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Pregnant, alone and on the run to protect her unborn child, Laura Malone found herself stranded on a snowy Colorado road, at the mercy of a stranger. Fortunately, Gabriel Bradley's only intention that fateful night was to provide her shelter.

She was an angel with midnight blue eyes and a shock of blond hair, and Gabe might have thought she had come out of the snowy night to save him -- if he were the kind of man to believe in such things. But ever since he had lost his beloved brother, he had lost hope. Now the only solace Gabe took was in his solitude.

Together they weathered the storm, sharing their intimate secrets and soon powerful passion. By the time the roads had cleared, a promise had been made. For Gabe understood Laura needed protection if she hoped to keep custody of her child through the coming court battle.

For her sake, he was prepared to offer marriage. But his motives weren't nearly so pure. Truthfully, this beautiful, vulnerable stranger had given him an invaluable gift. Life with Laura had given Gabe a reason for being -- courage to hope, and the power to dream that he could have the future and the family he had once dreamed of . . .

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Great Romance novel!	Customer Rating:
I love this story! Maybe not as Christmasy as it is advertised but it truely is a beautiful romantic story about a lonely artist who was very involved with his work, and a a beautiful, pregnant, young woman who is on the run from her deceased husbands family. In the midst of this all they fall madly in love with each other. I absollutely loved it!!!

A Romantic Tale for Any Time of the Year

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First off, GABRIEL'S ANGEL is, indeed, a reprint of the original Silhouette edition that was published in 1989. I had read this story years ago, but wanted to reread it and was intrigued with the new cover. Is the book a Christmas story? Not in the literal sense. In the way that it inspires love, happiness, selflessness, and a sense of well-being, then yes, it's a good holiday read. Laura Malone, former model and a woman whose face was known worldwide, is on the run--not from an abusive husband or a group of bad guys determined to due her harm, but from a domineering, powerful ex-mother-in-law who wants nothing more than to take away Laura's unborn child. Although Laura's former husband is no longer alive, the unborn grandbaby is, at least to Mother-In-Law-Dearest, the necessary means to keep her son alive. With more money than she knows what to do with, she sends out private detectives to find Laura, to force her to return home to hand over custody of her child. While traveling through Colorado on her way to Dallas, Laura makes a wrong turn--and almost ends up dead during a snowstorm on an isolated mountain road. Fortunately, she narrowly avoids hitting Gabriel Bradley, an artist who has chosen solitude in a small mountain cabin to ease his pain and grief over his brother's untimely death. With no other viable ways to get Laura rescued, he takes her home with him--and is immediately struck not only by her beauty, but by her inner strength in the lengths she'll go to protect her child. As the storm rages on, Laura and Gabe learn more about each other than they'd planned--and they devise a plan that includes a marriage of convenience to save Laura's unborn child from its grandmother. But their feelings, although not spoken aloud, are edging towards love. Will it be enough to save this family? Rereading GABRIEL'S ANGEL, I was once again reminded of why I love Nora Roberts and her books. A contrived relationship and overly-used storyline (i.e. marriage of convenience, marry for the baby's sake, etc.) it may be, but Ms. Roberts has a way of writing that fully immerses you in the story. A true romance classic, this is one to reread over and over again.

Not my favorite

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I've read numerous Nora Roberts books and usually enjoy them for the characters and how she develops them. This book lacked that. As another reviewer mentioned, I also found that I couldn't connect to the characters and found them unlikeable and a bit flat. I finished the book because I felt I should, but I didn't like it. I did like Roberts' Blue Smoke and Blue Dahlia, both of which take more time with the story. I'd recommend spending the money on them over this.

Wonderful!

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As other reviewers have said the cover is misleading because the story is not set around christmas. This is my first Nora Roberts book. I did not realize until later that it was a reprint of one of her older novels. Gabe is a painter who is in a cabin locked away in the woods for many months. Since losing his brother Micheal he has not been able to paint. Along comes Laura, pregnant and stranded in the blizzard and needing protection. So starts this novel about finding love a second time around, learning to heal and putting old demons behind. I think the author could have wrapped the story up in lesser pages. I also felt she allowed the main characters to be in too much torture that dragged on for too long. Overall I did enjoyed it looking forward to reading another Nora Roberts novel.

gabriel's angel	Customer Rating:
Always enjoy anything by Nora Roberts. Characters are so real to me.