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Gabriel's Woman (The Lover #2)
by
Robin Schone (Goodreads Author)
In 2000, Robin Schone introduced readers to a pair of remarkably handsome, sensual men in her erotic historical romance The Lover. Michel and Gabriel met as boys, and were trained by a French madam to fulfill the sensual desires of those who sought their services. That was half a lifetime ago. Now, in Victorian England, the two are still closer than brothers, but their ser...more
Paperback, 369 pages
Published
September 1st 2001
by Kensington Publishing Corporation
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As much as I enjoyed the first book The Lover, I felt the second book, Gabriel's Woman was a better book. The plot, characterization, and ambiance of the story felt more fleshed out and intriguing.
Honestly, I don't think I've read a more tortured soul than Gabriel. The more I learned about his past and his trials, the more my heart ached for him. Victoria is such an endearing character. She's everything I love in a heroine. Strong and determined while remaining feminine and a little ...more
Honestly, I don't think I've read a more tortured soul than Gabriel. The more I learned about his past and his trials, the more my heart ached for him. Victoria is such an endearing character. She's everything I love in a heroine. Strong and determined while remaining feminine and a little ...more
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Juliana
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I read The Lover yesterday and Gabriel's Woman today, and I agree with those who say that they're best read in order. I enjoyed - though was a little conflicted about - The Lover, but I really loved Gabriel's Woman. They are both very emotional and somewhat difficult reads, because there is such horror that is faced. Both Gabriel and Michael are tortured souls, haunted by the unbelievable things they have survived.
The ages of the main characters were very unusual for romance and some...more
The ages of the main characters were very unusual for romance and some...more
Eastofoz
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Recommends it for:
Readers looking for a dreary/dark romance
Shelves:
historical-regency,
erotica
What an excruciating read –and not in a good emotional roller coaster way either. The vast majority of this book is a 2 star read for me. It’s exceptionally confusing and repetitive. I’m all for some suspense, not putting all your cards on the table at the start, leaving the reader guessing and all but this book needed a rewrite because it felt like a first draft that was printed. The French is in desperate need of editing seeing as most of it is either misspelled, wrong or just doesn’t make...more
There's nothing I hate more then shelling out good money for a book that bores me... Robin's work, NEVER does that! Her work is frank, sensual, and true artistry. Gabriel's Woman delivers that which I think every woman secretly desires. To reach in, touch, and heal the man she loves. Many times "mainstream" romance novels will not deal honestly with circumstances that happen in character's past for the sake of escapism. I like that Gabriel's Woman not only deals with things truthfully,...more
“Fumier means a piece of shit. Gutters are filled with sewage; I was born in a gutter. I lived in a gutter. A nameless bastard. It wasn’t whoring that made me what I am, it was living.”
- Gabriel
“We do what we must in order to survive.” – Victoria Childers
I loved this book! It packs an emotional punch and the plot is so much better than The Lover. There's suspense, romance, toe-curling love scenes, and a hauntingly beautiful hero that breaks your heart....more
- Gabriel
“We do what we must in order to survive.” – Victoria Childers
I loved this book! It packs an emotional punch and the plot is so much better than The Lover. There's suspense, romance, toe-curling love scenes, and a hauntingly beautiful hero that breaks your heart....more
KatLynne
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5++++++++++++
WOW..another keeper by Robin Schone. As most everyone knows, I love Robin's unique talent that blends emotionally intense love stories with graphic erotic scenes. Her skill with character development is wonderful. Gabriel's Woman is one of my favorites. This is a very complex story. It is a story of redemption, a story of passion and such intensity that comes from the soul. Gabriel's story blew me away. He is very, very much a tortured soul.
We first...more
WOW..another keeper by Robin Schone. As most everyone knows, I love Robin's unique talent that blends emotionally intense love stories with graphic erotic scenes. Her skill with character development is wonderful. Gabriel's Woman is one of my favorites. This is a very complex story. It is a story of redemption, a story of passion and such intensity that comes from the soul. Gabriel's story blew me away. He is very, very much a tortured soul.
We first...more
It was difficult for me to feel the romance in this story. Most of the time, it felt as if Ms Schone was trying a tad too hard in sounding mysterious, what with all the one-liners, cryptic allusions to vague events and people, repeated self-contemplations, and dark thoughts left hanging (with their signature ellipsis…)
The story definitely felt like it was all Gabriel’s, and that Victoria was just a poor innocent thrown into the mix to give the man a body to lose himself in. Even unt...more
The story definitely felt like it was all Gabriel’s, and that Victoria was just a poor innocent thrown into the mix to give the man a body to lose himself in. Even unt...more
Dinjolina
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Yes, everybody and their grandmother loved this book. Yes, I feel like I am administering a slap in the face to all the other goodread reviewers that liked this book.
And yes, I feel this because I hated this book.
At first I thought that it was funny how the author grabbed at straws trying to make her book more…Gothic…more…pure…more scandalous…more intellectual...more…poetic…more…just more.
But it was only JUST pathetic.
It was funny at first …
...more
And yes, I feel this because I hated this book.
At first I thought that it was funny how the author grabbed at straws trying to make her book more…Gothic…more…pure…more scandalous…more intellectual...more…poetic…more…just more.
But it was only JUST pathetic.
It was funny at first …
...more
Jess the Romanceaholic
rated it
Well color me disappointed. :(
I had high hopes for this book, because I really enjoyed Gabriel's character in The Lover, and was looking forward to reading his story. Unfortunately, it fell a bit short in my opinion. The twist, while surprising, was a bit contrived (even moreso that "the man" in The Lover), and again the technical jargon during sex was a put-off for me. I don't know if it bothered me more in this book because it was more prolific, or if it was merely my gett...more
I had high hopes for this book, because I really enjoyed Gabriel's character in The Lover, and was looking forward to reading his story. Unfortunately, it fell a bit short in my opinion. The twist, while surprising, was a bit contrived (even moreso that "the man" in The Lover), and again the technical jargon during sex was a put-off for me. I don't know if it bothered me more in this book because it was more prolific, or if it was merely my gett...more
I wasn't really able to appreciate this darkly erotic piece of literature, unlike I did with the first two books I've read from this author (The Lady's Tutor, The Lover - in that order). The atmosphere was heavy with malicious intent, murder, anxiety, and questions.
The author really wrote in riddles, nothing and no one is who s/he seem to be, except for Victoria. She's a very likable character, a woman who's hungry for passion and intimacy, who's ashamed of admitting to her own sexua...more
The author really wrote in riddles, nothing and no one is who s/he seem to be, except for Victoria. She's a very likable character, a woman who's hungry for passion and intimacy, who's ashamed of admitting to her own sexua...more
Gabriel's Woman by Robin Schone.
This was one of the weirdest, wackiest, most confusing, bizarre, sexual, and surprisingly compelling books I have read. I have never been so confused at the beginning of the book. Who was the first man? Who was the second man? Who the hell was Michel? Who was the other woman? The evil woman? The evil man? The angel? Gabriel? Remember that scene in Moonstruck where the grandfather says "I'm so confused!" and he has tears in his eyes? That was...more
This was one of the weirdest, wackiest, most confusing, bizarre, sexual, and surprisingly compelling books I have read. I have never been so confused at the beginning of the book. Who was the first man? Who was the second man? Who the hell was Michel? Who was the other woman? The evil woman? The evil man? The angel? Gabriel? Remember that scene in Moonstruck where the grandfather says "I'm so confused!" and he has tears in his eyes? That was...more
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Catherine
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This was a very nice follow up to the first book, The Lover. Any time I saw Gabriel in that book he stole the scene. I was fascinated by him and wanted to know who he was, how he thought, and what led him to the point he was at today. I didn't understand how he could love Michael and seem to hate him at the same time. I just needed to know why.
This was very much a story about Gabriel. I know it's advertised as an Erotic Romance but just like with The Lover, that wasn't the appeal ...more
This was very much a story about Gabriel. I know it's advertised as an Erotic Romance but just like with The Lover, that wasn't the appeal ...more
L'Orpailleuse
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Lu en VO. Aussi bon que le précédent. Après Micheal, on découvre les secrets du second ange déchu, le prostitué Gabriel. Qui est encore plus impressionnant et complexe que son comparse. Encore une fois, Robin Schone tisse une trame tordue et délicieusement perverse, où le sexe est omniprésent : ce ne sont pas tant les scènes de sexe elles-mêmes (très bonnes pourtant) que les sous-entendus et les réparties sensuelles imprégnant les dialogues qui font la qualité de son écriture. Son style, pas tou...more
5 Stars +
What can I say about this except that this book deserves more than 5 stars and makes me seriously want to reconsider the way I rate books.
Gabriels Woman takes up were The Lover finished and so to apprieciate the story you should really have read Micheal and Annes story first.
Gabriel is haunted man, Victoria a desperate woman. The two become enmeshed in an elaborate contrivance which has it's foundations firmly rooted in the past. Gabriel fears for...more
What can I say about this except that this book deserves more than 5 stars and makes me seriously want to reconsider the way I rate books.
Gabriels Woman takes up were The Lover finished and so to apprieciate the story you should really have read Micheal and Annes story first.
Gabriel is haunted man, Victoria a desperate woman. The two become enmeshed in an elaborate contrivance which has it's foundations firmly rooted in the past. Gabriel fears for...more
Vixenne
rated it
Moody, Gothic, and So Very Sexy...
Robin Schone once again challenges our notions of female sexuality and male power with Gabriel's Woman. Like her previous short works and novels, neither Gabriel or Victoria are the stereotypical romance couple. Gabriel, a former prostitute and now owner of an exclusive brothel that bears his name, is a man tormented by an act so tragic, that it has shaped him into the untouchable being he now is. Wealthy women will pay any price for his services, bu...more
Robin Schone once again challenges our notions of female sexuality and male power with Gabriel's Woman. Like her previous short works and novels, neither Gabriel or Victoria are the stereotypical romance couple. Gabriel, a former prostitute and now owner of an exclusive brothel that bears his name, is a man tormented by an act so tragic, that it has shaped him into the untouchable being he now is. Wealthy women will pay any price for his services, bu...more
Sandy
added it
EW. Waste of my time! I want it back! Picked it up expecting it to be a good read. But it wasn't! Not for me anyways. I didn't like the homosexuality (I'm not against it) because it really dampened the ending and it was too rocky and emotional for me to handle. 0 stars.
A continuation of the story in Schone's The Lover. Unlike The Lover, this one doesn't get hot and heavy right away, but builds up to the passion slowly. Gabriel's story is also darker, more violent. Very much a story about the redemptive powers of sex.
I seldom ever leave a novel unfinished once I have begun reading it. There are exceptions, however, and this so called "erotic" novel was one of them.
The only comments that I can give after reading the few chapters are even fewer. Her style is like that of Hemingway's, choppy and a stream of consciousness so that I found myself constantly rereading the same sentences and paragraphs just to understand what the author was trying to say. To me, the writing seemed far to stacca...more
The only comments that I can give after reading the few chapters are even fewer. Her style is like that of Hemingway's, choppy and a stream of consciousness so that I found myself constantly rereading the same sentences and paragraphs just to understand what the author was trying to say. To me, the writing seemed far to stacca...more
Interesting, good sex scenes, not enough sex for erotica, but lots of kinky stuff mentioned. Feel like I should have read the previous book. Convoluted plot with superhuman hero and villain.
I didn't realize until halfway through that this was the second book in the series. That said, I found the writing well done, it just wasn't to my taste.
I loved this book. I ended up reading the complete series, but this was my favorite. Great book. Love the tortured hero!
My paperback copy has fallen apart from it being read so many times. I can't wait for it to come out in an ebook!
It was an improvement over 'The Lover', but only slightly. I just don't think that Schone is my thing....
My first Robin Schone and I am now a huge fan. Such intricate story lines and so beautifully written. A+
Mitzi
rated it
Great book. Sequel to Michael's story The Lover.
four stars for being very uniquely sexy.
Just had trouble getting into...paranormal (angels & mythology) has never been a favorite. Putting on STOP shelf for now.
I'm not sure if I quite liked this book as much as Robin Schone's The Lover. Part of that is my problem that the ending to me didn't really seem to resolve much between the two characters. You could tell they know how they feel about each other but there didn't seem, to me anyways, like I got my big scene where they tell each other. Regardless of that Robin Schone's writing is quite fantastic as I've come to expect, and her characters are fantastic.
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USA Today Bestselling Author Robin Schone is the recipient of the Romantic Times 2008 Career Lifetime Achievement Award for Most Innovative Historical Romances. She is published in thirteen countries, including China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and Spain. Scandalous Lovers (Kensington Brava 2007) was chosen by RUSQ (Reference & User Services Quarterly, the official journal of the Refe...more
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