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Blessing or Curse
by Morgan Mandel |
Since I'm in the last legs of finishing up
Blessing or Curse before sending it off to my editor, Helen Ginger, I thought I'd share something about it, and a small excerpt, which may change in the editing process, maybe not.
What
Blessing or Curse is:
Blessing or Curse is the sequel to the science fiction thriller,
Forever Young: Blessing or Curse. This book can be read as a standalone or part of the projected three-book series.
In the first book, the emphasis is on a 55-year old widow, who takes the young pill turning her back to 24. All should have been wonderful, but then she makes a discovery which has her fleeing both from the villains and the law.
Blessing or Curse, the new book, is chiefly a romance, with a smattering of science fiction, since no one yet has invented a Forever Young pill. It's broken into five separate stories depicting how the pill impacts the lives of five test market subjects, and whether or not their choice was the right one. These participants come from differing ethnicities, ages and classes, yet all have a reason to be young. The loved ones of these characters are also at some point in the stories impacted by the test subject's age reversion.
Here's the lineup of stories:
Desperation forces Consuela to order the Forever Young pill to cure her husband, Diego, who suffers from Parkinson’s Disease; but will the cure become a curse?
Ezekiel, an African-American male with E.D. difficulties, sends in for the young pill to prevent his lady love, Luana, from discovering he can’t get it up. Will the pill draw her closer or drive her away?
Strawberry blonde model, Sherri’s popularity is fading with her looks. The pill can bring her fame and fortune, but what about love?
Overweight Chicago Police Officer Walinski must pass a new physical or lose his job, along with his canine partner. Will the young pill provide security, when danger lurks in the line of duty?
Downtrodden going-on-sixty housewife, Dee Dee Marshall, suspects her husband of infidelity, and will do anything to keep him, even take an experimental pill. What she really needs is self-confidence.
A Sneak Peak at the Consuela and Diego's Story:
First
Trial Run - Albuquerque, New Mexico
Consuela & Diego Morales
Ah,
the wonderful love they’d shared. Why must it end this way?
“Diego,
eat,” Consuela Morales said, holding out a spoonful of puree to her shrunken,
wheelchair-bound husband. His dry parched lips remained obstinately shut, his
gray eyebrows furrowed. He wanted to die and she didn’t blame him. God help
her, sometimes she wanted him dead too. Till death do us part seemed a long
time to live with half a man.
Placing
the spoon into the jar with a klunk, Consuela gazed morosely at her husband. Mamacita,
God rest her soul, had warned her not to marry a man twenty years older, but
the ripe, chestnut-haired Consuela had paid no heed, choosing passion over
common sense. Diego of the raised eyebrows, straight black hair and cocky
mannerisms had fevered her blood, making her come alive as no other man could.
She
remembered the exact moment he’d strode into the basement of her friend,
Isabella’s brownstone. As their eyes met, her heart raced beneath the confines
of her ample breasts, almost drowning out the background sounds of New Year’s
Eve TV reveling.
Quickly
averting her eyes, she whispered to her friend, Isabel, “Who is that studly guy?”
Isabel
glanced at the new addition and frowned in concentration. “Oh, that must Diego,
Alessandro’s cousin. He broke up with his girl and asked if he could come with
tonight. He’s hot, if you go for father figures.”
“My father never looked that good his entire
life. That man steams. I need to cool off some.”
Hope you enjoyed the Sneak Peak. If all goes well, this book will be available on Kindle in December, fingers crossed!
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