Category Archives: Gina Conkle
How to Stock a Kitchen Like a Georgian by Gina Conkle
England’s flourishing economy under the four King Georges (1714 – 1830) spilled over to the kitchen. Culinary delights were in demand. The number of pastry chefs and confectioners increased by almost 20,000 from the late…
How to Feast Like a Georgian: Christmas Past by Gina Conkle
Georgian Christmases were a gorgeous celebration of pastoral England. Christmas was truly a season, beginning on Saint Nicholas Day (December 6th) and ending on Twelfth Night (January 6th). Parties, balls, and family get togethers marked…
How to Feast Like a Georgian: Delicate Muffin Pudding by Gina Conkle
Christmas pudding was one of the most controversial foods in history. Really! The harmless dish is most often associated with desserts, and it also comes as heartier fare in blood puddings.
But did people hotly debate…
Battle of the Books: First “He’s Hot” Moment by Gina Conkle*
The Battle of the Books continues...
Two novels in my Midnight Meetings series are launching in these final months of 2017: The Lord Meets His Lady (book 3) and Meet a Rogue at Midnight (book 4, a novella). Part of…
Battle of the Books: First Funny Moment (re-blogged from Sourcebooks Casablanca)
The Battle of the Books continues...
Two novels in my Midnight Meetings series are launching in these final months of 2017: The Lord Meets His Lady (book 3) and Meet a Rogue at Midnight (book 4, a novella). Part of…
A Book Birthday Surprise!
It's my youngest son's birthday this month. His birthday also times up with the release of Meet a Rogue at Midnight. To celebrate, I'm giving some books away!
You met Jonas in Meet the Earl at Midnight.…
Two “First Meets” in Romance – A Battle of the Books
The "Meet Cute" ranks up there in romance with "First Kiss" and the "Big Ending." We like them quirky, funny, poignant, or hair-on-fire-mad (like an enemies to lovers first meet). We like them in contemporary…
Advanced Peek at Mr. Beckworth from Midnight Meetings series, book 8
Midnight Meetings series, Book 8
Chapter One
A man in possession of a humble fortune knows the trials and tribulations of finding a wife. When said gentleman is neither titled nor well-connected in Society, the challenge grows…
It’s in His Kiss – A Battle of the Books by Gina Conkle (cross-posted with Casablanca Author’s Blog)
It's been fun this year to see two very different heroes come into their own: Lord Marcus Bowles, a second son and Jonas "Bacon" Braithwaite, man of business for the Earl of Greenwich.
Both men appear…
“I have a few requirements, milord…” an excerpt from The Lord Meets His Lady by Gina Conkle
The Lord Meets His Lady
Midnight Meetings series, book 3
Where rakish Lord Bowles fixes a cottage, and his impertinent housekeeper fixes his heart
An excerpt: "I have a few requirements milord..."
Miss Turner bent over at the hearth,…