Gabriels Woman by Robin Schone
Engaged My Emotions
In the erotic tour de force The Lover, readers met not only brooding,
passionate Michel des Anges, but his lifelong friend--the mysterious
Gabriel, a man with a past as dark as the London night. Now, renowned
author Robin Schone explores one of her most talked-about characters in
a novel that reveals the blackest secrets of a mans soul...and the
explosive heart of a womans desire. The Art Of Seduction Destitute and
terrorized by a nameless pursuer, thirty-four-year-old Victoria Childers
has only one thing of value left--her innocence. Its price will buy her
safety. But Gabriel, the dangerously beautiful man who purchases her,
doesnt want her virginity--he wants the man who stalks her. Trapped
together in a house where every desire can be fulfilled, Victoria and
Gabriel are plunged into a deadly game of passion and pursuit, where the
greatest threat is carnal hunger and the only rule is survival.
Personal Review: Gabriels Woman by Robin Schone

From the first page the book had me on tenterhooks wondering what was
going to happen next. The suspense was amazing and I like how well the
mystery was played out in the book. It didn't become the sole focus, rather
it was always there as a lingering thought and less so as an immediate
confront-able problem, which in a weird way allowed for a deeper
development of the characters and the emotional and physical aspects.
The characters were extremely well developed, I felt as if I knew Gabriel
from the very beginning. The reader is really able to get inside his mind
and struggle as Victoria does with making sense of if and how he can be
helped. Victoria is also an admirable character. She doesn't complain or
internally martyr herself. I loved how Schone didn't make her out to be this
shining beauty with such a beautiful and kind soul that calls to the tortured
hero. Instead, it was the hero who was painfully beautiful (but no less
masculine!!!!). Ultimately they were a perfect match though. Victoria tried
to understand him, not in a forced way but in a natural way that drew me
in. It made me appreciate and believe all the more how good they were
together.
And...even though Schone was very physically explicit, it wasn't just in a
sexual sense. True to the times, I imagine, the characters and the
encounters weren't even remotely dulled down or softened. For example,
there is a scene when the heroine's face gets cut, not just a nick but deep
and serious. Most books I come across wouldn't actually go that far, even
those that wade into the sexually explicit and daring territory. They would
stop before the heroine gets cut or fail to describe it so that it has that
forceful, slightly disturbing, but nevertheless highly effective effect that
Schone captures. When I try to think of another author that attempts the
shocking, both sexually and otherwise in their novels I think of Susan
Johnson. BUT!!!! Susan Johnson often leaves me with a bad taste in my
mouth. Her heros may be tortured but they are not sympathetic in any way
and can be really disagreeable, and anything explicit ends up leaving me
with a bad taste in my mouth. With Gabriel's Woman I actually believe her
characters and their struggles. If you looked at Gabriel and Victoria on
paper they may not seem like very appealing characters to pick, but there
is an inherent vulnerability and respect interwoven in the novel that is
capturing. Ultimately, Schone doesn't dress things up, but this fortunately
means that she doesn't get caught up in the more frivolous tendencies that
authors adopt especially concerning period pieces in England. I hate when
a sudden kiss in a garden leads to a forced marriage or when 21 is
considered "on-the-shelf". These stereotypes are so often contrived and
exaggerated that they make it hard to really get drawn into a book and they
fail to distinguish one novel from the next. Schone dealt with believable,
realistic and sometimes distasteful issues while managing to weave a
heart-wrenching tale, the combination of the two made the novel all the
more special and remarkable.
Even if you think the slightly romantica/erotica aspects might not be thing,
take a risk and read a wonderful and engrossing book! I couldn't put it
down. It did everything for me that I really want in a book; I laughed, I held

my breath, my heart clenched...and at the end I sincerely smiled. This has
convinced me to read all of her other stuff.
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