Guest Author Sandra Cox Author of Grounded

Please welcome my guest, Sandra Cox who is holding a drawing for her newest book, Grounded.
Read on for the exciting excerpt and a chance to win this great new book for free:

BLURB:

On the surface, Gillian Stone has it all: wealth, beauty, and the freedom to come and go as she pleases…at least from sunset to dawn. From dawn to dusk, she’s grounded in several hundred pounds of marble. And if that’s not bad enough, her life expectancy is preordained to be short…unless, she can find a certain genie and reverse the wish-spell.

Pluses to Being GROUNDED In a Statue

Being stuck inside a statue from dawn to dusk isn't a perfect scenario but it does have benefits:

1. If you're a night owl you can sleep all day.

2. If you're wrongly accused and thrown in jail, poof -- you'll be gone come morning.

3. You never have to worry about not wearing enough sunscreen.

4. You don't have to fight rush hour traffic or get stuck behind a school bus first thing in the morning.

5. You don't have to mow the grass.

6. Or weed the garden.

7. Or deal with ants crawling all over you at a picnic.

8. Or worry about your sunglasses being out of style.

9. The beach isn't as crowded.

10. You can watch the fireflies flit in the dark.

11. Watch the moths dance in the light.

12. Take romantic walks in the moonlight.

13. Listen to the soft hoot of owls and other night birds.

14. Wander through a night garden.

15. Dance under the stars.

And lastly, just be.

EXCERPT

Be careful what you wish for.

While I’m dropping pearls of wisdom let me add, read the fine print.

Why am I wasting my time offering warnings that no one is going to listen to? Because as humans we have this unconquerable urge to try to help others learn from our mistakes. Or in this case my great, great, great, great grandmother’s mistakes.

She came from a very poor background and consequently wanted it all, riches beyond measure, beauty. Need I say more?

Great-great-plus Grams stumbled onto a genie’s lamp and made her wish.

You don’t believe in genies?

Trust me. They’re real all right. Unfortunately, when my ancient relative made her wish she didn’t bother to listen to the genie’s warning of strings attached. This lack of foresight has a direct bearing on the first born daughter of each generation, i.e. me.

To put it mildly, my life is complicated. I am literally grounded forever.

I live on a lavish estate in the mountains of North Carolina. Between sunset and dawn, my life is my own. But during the day I’m grounded in several hundred pounds of marble. If you happen to wander by the Stone Estate and peep through the fence, you’ll hear the rippling sounds of water from a lovely manmade pool surrounded by lush fragrant flowers. Beside it stands a life size statue of a young woman, with long flowing hair and classic bone structure, draped in a Greek toga a cat at her feet.

The young woman is me.

The cat is Merrick.

GROUNDED can be purchased at classactbooks.com or amazon.com

For a chance to win a PDF of GROUNDED just leave a comment. I will hold a drawing and announce the winner Sunday May 16^th.