*~*Love Note: Gabriel to Julianne – Gabriel’s Inferno Series by Sylvain Reynard*~*

Title:   Gabriel’s Inferno  (Gabriel’s Inferno Book #1)

Author:   Sylvain Reynard

Genre:   Contemporary Romance

Enigmatic and sexy, Professor Gabriel Emerson is a well respected Dante specialist by day, but by night he devotes himself to an uninhibited life of pleasure. He uses his notorious good looks and sophisticated charm to gratify his every whim, but is secretly tortured by his dark past and consumed by the profound belief that he is beyond all hope of redemption.

When the sweet and innocent Julia Mitchell enrolls as his graduate student, his attraction and mysterious connection to her not only jeopardizes his career, but sends him on a journey in which his past and his present collide.

An intriguing and sinful exploration of seduction, forbidden love and redemption, “Gabriel’s Inferno” is a captivating and wildly passionate tale of one man’s escape from his own personal hell as he tries to earn the impossible…forgiveness and love.

Title:   Gabriel’s Rapture  (Gabriel’s Inferno Book #2)

Author:   Sylvain Reynard

Genre:   Contemporary Romance

National bestselling author Sylvain Reynard continues the story of Gabriel and Julia, two lovers bound together by their darkest desires.

But those very desires may destroy them . . .

Professor Gabriel Emerson has embarked on a passionate, yet clandestine affair with his former student Julia Mitchell. Sequestered on a romantic holiday in Italy, he tutors her in the sensual delights of the body and the raptures of sex.

But when they return, their happiness is threatened by conspiring students, academic politics, and a jealous ex-lover. When Gabriel is confronted by the university administration, will he succumb to Dante’s fate? Or will he fight to keep Julia, his Beatrice, forever?

In Gabriel’s Rapture, the brilliant sequel to the wildly successful debut novel, Gabriel’s Inferno, Sylvain Reynard weaves an exquisite love story that will touch the reader’s mind, body, and soul, forever.

Title:   Gabriel’s Redemption  (Gabriel’s Inferno Book #3)

Author:   Sylvain Reynard

Genre:   Contemporary Romance

Professor Gabriel Emerson has left his position at the University of Toronto to embark on a new life with his beloved Julianne. Together, he’s confident that they can face any challenge. And he’s eager to become a father.

But Julianne’s graduate program threatens Gabriel’s plans, as the pressures of being a student become all consuming. When she is given the honor of presenting an academic lecture at Oxford, Gabriel is forced to confront her about the subject of her presentation – research that conflicts with his own. And in Oxford, several individuals from their past appear, including an old nemesis intent on humiliating Julia and exposing one of Gabriel’s darkest secrets.

In an effort to confront his remaining demons, Gabriel begins a quest to discover more about his biological parents, beginning a chain of events that has startling repercussions for himself, Julianne, and his hope of having a family.

Well…it wouldn’t be a true ‘love note’ from Gabriel if he didn’t quote Dante…

Keep reading to see the full Love Note!

To Julianne, my Beloved,

“Beatrice tutta ne l’etterne rote

fissa con li occhi stava; e io in lei

le luci fissi, di là sù rimote.

Nel suo aspetto tal dentro mi fei,

qual si fé Glauco nel gustar de l’erba

che ‘l fé consorto in mar de li altri dèi.

Trasumanar significar per verba

non si poria; però l’essemplo basti

a cui esperienza grazia serba.

S’i’ era sol di me quel che creasti

novellamente, amor che ‘l ciel governi,

tu ‘l sai, che col tuo lume mi levasti.

“The eyes of Beatrice were all intent

on the eternal circles; from the sun,

I turned aside; I set my eyes on her.

In watching her, within me I was changed

as Glaucus changed, tasting the herb that made

him a companion of the other sea gods.

Passing beyond the human cannot be

worded; let Glaucus serve as simile-

until grace grant you the experience.

Whether I only was the part of me

that You created last, You-governing

the heavens-know: it was Your light that raised me.”

I live in the light of your love, Julianne, now and forever.

Happy Valentine’s Day,

Gabriel

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I’m interested in the way literature can help us explore aspects of the human condition – particularly suffering, sex, love, faith, and redemption. My favourite stories are those in which a character takes a journey, either a physical journey to a new and exciting place, or a personal journey in which he or she learns something about himself/herself.

I’m also interested in how aesthetic elements such as art, architecture, and music can be used to tell a story or to illuminate the traits of a particular character. In my writing, I combine all of these elements with the themes of redemption, forgiveness, and the transformative power of goodness.  Check out Sylvain’s Website for more info.