Background
Gabriel was born on November 13, 1954, in Mafikeng, South Africa.
Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, United Kingdom
Gabriel attended Newcastle University as a doctoral candidate.
(As World War II rages, Francine Lawrence and her small da...)
As World War II rages, Francine Lawrence and her small daughter, Ruth, wait in the fading splendor of Raffles Hotel in Singapore for Francine's British husband. But when he is delayed, Francine, half-Chinese and unwelcome there, is forced to begin a terrifying journey. Seeking to escape a world exploding in a nightmare, Francine ultimately makes a gut-wrenching decision: to entrust Ruth to strangers in order to save the child's life. But when the war ends, all traces of Ruth have vanished; years of searching bring only heartbreak. Three decades later Francine is a formidable businesswoman, pouring all her energies into her companies. Then one day a soft-spoken young woman walks into her New York office on the Festival of the Hungry Ghosts. Her name is Sakura, and she hints that she may be Francine's daughter. What Francine does not know is that beneath Sakura's calm surface lives the heart of a warrior. Francine cannot begin to imagine the places Sakura has been, the horrors she has endured - or the secret that gives her the strongest motive in the world to lie...
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2015
(Giving up her newborn daughter wasn't easy. Nor was seein...)
Giving up her newborn daughter wasn't easy. Nor was seeing her in the headlines, fifteen years later, accused of burning her adoptive mother to death. For Dr. Rebecca Carey, no longer a troubled teenager, but now a dedicated pediatrician, there was only one choice: Find out the truth about her child.
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2015
(A wartime sin reaches out of the grave to poison those bo...)
A wartime sin reaches out of the grave to poison those born from its seed. At the day of reckoning is the cycle of love and betrayal doomed to repeat itself, or can the truth redeem three haunted generations?
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2015
(As war engulfs Europe, 1,500 passengers risk everything t...)
As war engulfs Europe, 1,500 passengers risk everything to find a brighter future. Cousins Masha and Rachel Morgenstern board the luxury liner the SS Manhattan bound for New York, desperate to escape the concentration camps that claimed the rest of their family. America offers a safe haven, but to reach it they must survive a hazardous Atlantic crossing. Among their fellow passengers fleeing the war, each with their own conflicts, secrets, and surprises, are the composer, Igor Stravinsky, making a new start after a decade of tragedy, and Rose Kennedy, determined to keep her four children from harm. Particularly worrying to Rose is her daughter Rosemary, a vivacious but troubled woman whose love for a Californian musician may derail her family’s political ambitions. And then there’s young Thomas, a Nazi with a secret… But, under the waves, the Manhattan is being stalked by a German U-boat. Will any of those aboard the ocean liner ever achieve their dream of a new life in America?
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2016
(Winner of the RNA Historical Romantic Novel of the Year A...)
Winner of the RNA Historical Romantic Novel of the Year Award. In 1944, newly married Copper Reilly arrives in Paris soon after the liberation. While the city celebrates its freedom, she’s stuck in the prison of an unhappy marriage. When her husband commits one betrayal too many, Copper demands a separation. Alone in Paris, she finds an unlikely new friend: an obscure, middle-aged designer from the back rooms of a decaying fashion house whose timid nature and reluctance for fame clash with the bold brilliance of his designs. His name is Christian Dior. Realizing his genius, Copper urges Dior to strike out on his own, helping to pull him away from his insecurities and towards stardom. With just a camera and a typewriter, she takes her own advice and ventures into the wild and colorful world of fashion journalism. Soon Copper finds herself torn between two very different suitors, questioning who she is and what she truly wants. As the city rebuilds and opulence returns, can Copper make a new, love-filled life for herself?
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2017
(In occupied Paris, one woman risks everything to help bri...)
In occupied Paris, one woman risks everything to help bring down the Nazis. Paris, 1940. The Nazis have occupied the city - and the Ritz. The opulent old hotel, so loved by Parisians, is now full of swaggering officers, their minions, and their mistresses. For American Olivia Olsen, working as a chambermaid at the hotel means denying her nationality and living a lie, every day bringing the danger of discovery closer. When Hitler’s right-hand man moves in and makes her his pet, she sees an opportunity to help the Resistance - and draw closer to Jack, her contact, whose brusque instructions may be a shield for something more… Within the hotel, famed designer Coco Chanel quickly learns that the new regime could work to her benefit, while Arletty, one of France’s best-loved actresses, shocks those around her - and herself - with forbidden love. But as the war reaches its terrible end, all three women learn the true price of their proximity to the enemy. For in the shadow of war, is anyone truly safe?
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2019
Gabriel was born on November 13, 1954, in Mafikeng, South Africa.
Gabriel attended Newcastle University as a doctoral candidate.
In late-1970's Britain, sunk in recession and industrial turmoil, Gabriel submitted a manuscript for a novel in a desperate attempt to stave off his creditors. Unusually, for both a man and a Shakespearean scholar, Gabriel had written a romance novel, and when Harlequin accepted it, the young author assumed the pen name Madeline Ker to conceal his identity. Aquamarine, written in just ten days, is a classic romance that includes a beautiful, virtuous English heroine, a handsome, somewhat dangerous Sicilian hero, and a rich uncle's eccentric will that brings these two together. Harlequin director Jackqui Bianchi saw something special in the manuscript and invited the author to London. Under that pseudonym, Gabriel has gone on to publish twenty-eight romances for the company and is one of only a few men to become a successful Harlequin author. Actually, Gabriel had entered the romance field at an interesting time, when passive maidens fearful for their reputation were giving way to feistier, more realistic heroines and grittier plots. Ker's novels stood out for their passionate sex scenes, as well as the solid research that went into their exotic locales. It was a highly successful union of author and publisher, but eventually Gabriel decided to put Madeline Ker to rest to write under his own name.
Gabriel's first novel under his own name was The Original Sin, a positively riveting tale of love and loss that spans three continents and as many generations. It is the story of wealthy, pampered Mercedes Eduard, whose comfortable life is suddenly shattered when her daughter is kidnapped by a man who demands ten million dollars for her release, a sum even Mercedes finds difficult to come up with. Gradually, both Joel, the kidnapper, and Eden, the victim, who goes through a painful drug withdrawal, emerge as fully realized characters; the kidnapping itself reveals an accumulation of buried secrets.
Gabriel followed The Original Sin with Mask of Time, a satisfying Nazi/Cold War potboiler. Beginning in the immediate aftermath of World War II, the novel opens with a disparate cast of characters, including an American named Joseph who is trying to get out of a Latvian displaced persons camp, a penniless Englishman named David who wants to win over a bride who can give him the money and connections he needs, and an Italian woman who dies giving birth to an illegitimate daughter, Catarina. Catarina grows up to become Kate, who is threatened by sinister forces that somehow trace back to Joseph and David. To save her mother, Kate's daughter Anna must uncover the past, and the book moves back and forth between the chaos of war-torn Europe and the more tranquil but still dangerous post-Cold War era.
Gabriel's next romantic thriller is House of Many Rooms, the story of Dr. Rebecca Carey, who gives up a daughter for adoption but must fly to her rescue thirteen years later when she sees her picture in the newspaper. It turns out the girl, Therese, is suspected of starting a fire that has killed her adoptive mother and is now on the run with her adoptive father, Michael. Rebecca tracks down their hideout in Italy and, pretending to be a nanny, insinuates herself into the household, hoping to protect her unstable daughter and find out the truth. As her attraction to Michael grows, Rebecca faces a choice between her child and the man she loves, uncomfortably aware that either one could be a murderer.
(As World War II rages, Francine Lawrence and her small da...)
2015(As war engulfs Europe, 1,500 passengers risk everything t...)
2016(In occupied Paris, one woman risks everything to help bri...)
2019(A wartime sin reaches out of the grave to poison those bo...)
2015(Winner of the RNA Historical Romantic Novel of the Year A...)
2017(Giving up her newborn daughter wasn't easy. Nor was seein...)
2015Gabriel is married and has three children: two sons and a daughter.