Title:
The Lady Meets Her Match
Author:
Gina Conkle
Series:
Midnight Meetings
Pubdate:
April 7th, 2015
ISBN:
9781402294303
Finding
her is only half the battle
Cyrus
Ryland didn’t become England’s wealthiest bachelor by being a
pushover, but the mysterious beauty he discovers sneaking around his
study during a grand ball enflames his curiosity. They share one
dance, but when the clock chimes midnight, she’s nowhere to be
found. So Cyrus vows to scour all of London to uncover who she is.
Claire
Mayhew is risking it all by forging Ryland’s signature. But the
maddening man won’t lease properties to an unmarried woman. He
stands in the way of Claire’s dream: running her own business. The
midtown property fits her plans perfectly—a place to live as an
independent woman of commerce. When she sneaks into his study and
forges his signature, she never expects to be attracted to the stodgy
bachelor. But if he finds out who she is, all of her dreams could go
up in smoke…
Gina
Conkle, a history nerd to the core, loves castles and museums.
Her motto is “the older and moldier, the better.” When not
enjoying relics, she lives in the present, dabbling in organic
gardening at her home in San Diego, California. She lives with Brian,
her husband and favorite alpha male, and their two boys. Visit her at
www.ginaconkle.com.
***
Today
we’re sitting down with historical romance author Gina Conkle!
Gina’s latest book, The Lady Meets Her Match, comes
out this April. To celebrate we’re participating in the “Ask Gina
Spotlight Tour”, take it away Gina!
- Why do you write romance?
- I love romance and have since I fell in love with the poem “The Highwayman.” Romance is a fun escape, but there’s an element of people trying to make sense of relationships. Plus, we like that shot of “fall-in-love” oxytocin these books give. Romance is as much a feel good fix to read as it is to write.
An
Excerpt:
Cyrus removed his
fine blue coat, the slide of cloth on cloth an inviting sound to her
benumbed senses.
“You’re not
warming up sufficiently.” He leaned in and wrapped his coat over
her shoulders, his deep voice like an intimate connection. “Someone
needs to take care of you.”
She shuddered when
his breath tickled her ear. His warmth and nearness was just as
heavenly as what he draped around her. She could tell he found her
refusal more amusing than deterring. Cyrus closed the coat in front
of her, his body heat palpable inside. The collar’s woven
broadcloth brushed her rain-misted cheeks, his pleasant scent on the
cloth. The coat was part of an expensive, well-tailored ditto suit:
identical blue fabric with spare gold trim on the coat, waistcoat,
and breeches.
“I’ll ruin part
of a perfectly good suit.” But she pulled the coat tighter, greedy
for the snug feel.
He added more coal
to the blaze. The inferno’s orange light danced across white cotton
stretched over his shoulders. Muscles moved under the fabric,
mesmerizing her while he built a hotter fire. And then there was his
offer to waive her rent and give her a loan, an offer apparently free
of unique requirements.
His act of generosity pinched her conscience.
How dare he be
so…nice.
“About the rent,
the loan, I cannot accept your kind offer.” She cleared her throat,
trying to sound competent. “I’ll find a way.”
Ryland glanced at
her but said nothing to counter her refusal. Instead, he dropped to
the floor, kneeling before her. Without asking her leave, he removed
one shoe and then the other, and set the soaked footwear against the
hearth’s ash pan.
“What are you
doing?” Her words, like her body, went slack, all of her too worn
down.
His
head bent close to her knee. One hand, large and warm, curled around
her ankle, rubbing life back into her foot. A big, masculine palm
moved under the arch, creating delightful friction. She pressed her
lips together, holding back a moan of pleasure.
“I would think a
land steward’s daughter would know wet clothes are hazardous for
one’s health.” He flashed a devilish grin. “You ought to remove
your wet clothes, cover yourself with something warm and dry.”
Such as covering
myself with you.
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