As the holiday season gets underway, Gail Ingis reminisces about Christmas and some classics.
The classic “A Christmas Carol” is a beautiful story about sharing and
giving. What fills your heart more than anything?
For your reading pleasure, the classic story about the Ghost of Christmas Past .
. . which reminds me to have joy and peace, to be kind, loving, patient,
generous, good and faithful. Remember Scrooge?
Scrooge, the old miser, was a squeezing, scraping, clutching old sinner. He
hated Christmas, and said it was nothing but “humbug.” He refused any Christmas
dinner invitations, and slammed the door to anyone asking for donations to help
feed the poor. He couldn’t stand giving his workers time off for Christmas, but
did it because they would quit if he didn’t.
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Gail Ingis writes historical romance, loves history and romance of course, has
taught
history, and her weekly blog frequently covers historical content. A native of
Brooklyn,
New York, Ingis’s early days began and ended with writing, drawing and music.
Her
inspiration to write came from books gifted to her by an aunt. But life had
other ideas.
After graduating from the New York School of Interior Design with a BFA in
Interior
Architecture and Design and masters’ studies in Architecture and Design
Criticism at The
New School (Parsons). Her career in interior design and architecture led her to
the other
arts. Ingis founded the Interior Design Institute, a school of interior design,
that she
eventually sold, but during her tenure, she was twice asked by publishers to
write a
textbook, her efforts were thwarted by a heavy schedule.
Ingis resides in Connecticut with her scientist-writer husband. She and her
husband
travel and enjoy tennis. Currently, she sits on the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion
Museum Board
of Trustees and serves as Curator of Art for exhibitions at the museum.
She is a member of the CTRWA—Connecticut Chapter of Romance Writer’s of
America.
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In a whirlwind romance, a lovely New York socialite marries a fêted,
debonair author.
But beneath the charm is a cheating husband addicted to hasheesh. Her dream
marriage turns
sour and the simplicity of her life runs amok when a handsome stranger, her
husband’s
business partner, threatens her staunch loyalty to her wayward husband.
When she faces the ugly truth about her marriage, her need to finalize her
divorce sends
her on mad chase across the wilds of nineteenth century America with a
handsome stranger
where she learns the hard lessons of murder, kidnapping, and more, that
almost destroy her.
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