Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Gabriel's Angel by Nora Roberts. Pregnant, alone, and on the run to protect her unborn child, Laura Malone finds herself stranded with Gabriel Bradley, with whom she forms a bond after he provides her with shelter and friendship through the storm. Hardcover , pages. Published September 27th by Silhouette first published Laura Malone , Gabriel Bradley. United States of America.
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That was years ago and was very cute read. Jun 06, Laura rated it it was ok Shelves: This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Gabriel is driving back to his cabin in the Colorado mountains at the start of a blizzard. An oncoming car nearly hits him and swerves into the guardrail. It turns out the driver is Laura, a very beautiful, very pregnant woman who is running from something.
She goes to his cabin and discovers he is Gabriel Bradley, the famous and wealthy artist. He, of course, wants to paint her portrait, and she agrees as a way to thank him for his hospitality. The pregnancy complicates their romance, and as th Gabriel is driving back to his cabin in the Colorado mountains at the start of a blizzard.
The pregnancy complicates their romance, and as they find out more about each other they begin to have feelings for one another That is when Laura and Gabe's relationship should have joined the ranks of countless sleep-deprived parents before them -- code red, just survive another day and hope that in a few years things settle down enough that we can have a conversation that is more than a few sentences and we can have a meal where we both eat warm food at the same time.
But instead this is where the book comes so unrealistic that I could hardly read it. To start, Laura loses all of her baby weight and is back to being thin in just two months yes, the book actually makes a point of saying that. There isn't much to do in Gabriel's giant mansion, despite Laura's refusal to get any help. She has a newborn baby and a giant house and no one to help her clean it, and did I mention she painted the baby's room herself? And still she has nothing to do.
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Most people don't even get a shower or brush their hair or, I don't know, eat, after having a baby because they are just that busy. She just can't seem to find anything to do except fantasize about Gabe and wonder how he feels about her. The thing is, the baby is a plot device meant to create a situation that binds Laura to Gabe, making their motive for staying together confused and dramatic and romantic.
But real babies are not romantic, they are exhausting. This baby cries at inopportune times, but only if he is interrupting a love scene. He stays awake all night once , but only because Laura and Gabe needed a "real parenthood" moment that would give them time to bond over their new roles. Nora Roberts couldn't find any romance in real parenthood, so she had to invent a magical world of parenting where staying up for an all nighter results in a few laughs about how "this is parenthood and we'll remember it fondly when he's grown.
I will rewrite a day in the life of Laura and Gabe. The baby cries alone in his crib for 30 minutes before Laura and Gabe stumble out of bed arguing over who will get him and change his poopy diaper. Neither of them shower. No time for that. She goes downstairs to pour a giant mug of coffee, but her exhaustion has made her clumsy. She spills hot coffee on her blouse, curses because they have an important meeting to attend, and when she puts the pot down to clean the stain, it falls off the edge of the counter shattering and showering her brand new shoes with coffee.
She cleans up and changes into another outfit no time for breakfast now , grabs the baby, who promptly spits up on her. Since she had no time to do laundry this week and has already changed her outfit once, she'll have to wear the spit up blouse and cover it with a ratty old scarf that happens to be hanging in the closet. She dries the spit up off the baby's face with the coffee stained shirt, briefly wondering if inhaling caffeine is bad for him. Then she wrestles the baby into the five-point safety harnessed baby carrier, and Gabe is finally ready.
He had to change his outfit too because the baby kicked his heals into poop mid-diaper change, flinging it all over the newly painted walls and Gabe's arms. They load the baby into the car, and then the baby poops again. They get out of the car, change the baby again, but this time his diaper leaked so his outfit needs to be changed.
Finally they are all in the car again and on their way. Too bad they forgot the diaper bag. Back to the house. Ten minutes of packing -- diapers, wipes, extra pacifiers, favorite blankie -- then back out again. They thought they might have a few minutes to talk in the car, but the baby is wailing in the back seat because he's been strapped in for half an hour already.
Their ear drums are shattering along with the few shards of sanity they had left. They arrive at their meeting 25 minutes late.
They scramble out of the car, head to the office, then realize they locked their kid and their keys in the car. It is only 8 a. Find some romance in that, Nora Roberts. Dec 15, Ivy rated it liked it Shelves: Lara ist schwanger und auf der Flucht vor ihren Schwiegereltern. Jetzt wollen seine Eltern ihr Enkelkind um den Verlust "zu kompensieren". Gabriel rettet sie aus einem Schneesturm. Laras Hintergrund ist traurig, ihre Geschichte dramatisch.
Die ganzen Kleinigkeiten stimmen irgendwie nicht. Das Baby ist auch zu pflegeleicht und perfekt. Nov 20, Joy Gerbode rated it it was amazing. I absolutely loved this story. While I doubt it has spectacular literary value, it is one of the most delightful stories I've read in quite a while. Springing from a premise that parallels one of my own former "fantasies", this story developed characters, and watched as love transformed tragedy into triumph. Such an endearing book to begin my month of reading "Christmas fluff".
Dec 13, April Wood rated it it was amazing Shelves: And I believe you and the baby helped him get back his heart A moody artist named Gabriel stops to lend her a helping hand, and offers her shelter at his house. What Gabriel wasn't expecting, was for Laura to rescue him in return Gabriel's Angel is a classic Holiday romance by the legendary N "I believe the time in the mountains helped Gabe get back his art. Gabriel's Angel is a classic Holiday romance by the legendary Nora Roberts that will warm your heart. I thoroughly enjoyed this story, and I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good winter Holiday read!
Haberkorn does a credible job with male and female voices alike, a particularly good effort voicing seniors. On a dark mountain road in near blizzard conditions, a very pregnant woman has a spin-out accident. Her car disabled, the two main characters spend a platonic few weeks stranded in his Audible.
Her car disabled, the two main characters spend a platonic few weeks stranded in his mountain cabin. No secrets given, this foundation is put forth by Nora Roberts early in the story. Where she was going, where she was from, her history, his history, etc. And … this is a Nora Roberts romance, after all … the two leads fall in love and overcome all obstacles in their paths. A happily-ever-after, curl-up-on-the-sofa love story. No big twists, nothing is a surprise, events are predictable.
Not terribly deep, not intended to be. Not explicit in sex or language, much is fade-to-black. Jan 16, Lauri Saplad rated it really liked it Shelves: Laura is running away from her manipulative former in-laws and she has a special set of problems. Could this be love? She's pregnant with someone else's child.
What could possibly happen? Dec 15, Lainy rated it it was ok Shelves: When you write as many books as Nora Roberts you're bound to have a dud or two - and a holiday title written in the 's is a pretty good candidate. Readable but not memorable. Not sure why it made BookRiot's Holiday Romance recommendations. The love story of Gabriel and Laura. Laura is on the run for her Dead husband's family. Gabriel is an artist who slunk away to Colorado to deal with his grief. They meet on a mountain road during a snowstorm. She almost hit him and wrecker her car.
I love this story. Jun 17, Belinda rated it really liked it Shelves: Nov 23, Camille rated it did not like it Shelves: I'd give this about a 1. It was a bookclub book, and although I'd never pick it up on my own, I really did try to keep an open mind. Gabriel's main function in Daniel is that of revealer, a role he continues in later literature.
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In the Book of Ezekiel, Gabriel is understood to be the angel that was sent to destroy Jerusalem. According to the Jewish Encyclopedia , Gabriel takes the form of a man, and stands at the left hand of God. In Kabbalah , Gabriel is identified with the sephirot of Yesod.
Gabriel also has a prominent role as one of God's archangels in the Kabbalah literature.
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There, Gabriel is portrayed as working in concert with Michael as part of God's court. Gabriel is not to be prayed to because only God can answer prayers and sends Gabriel as his agent. According to Jewish mythology , in the Garden of Eden there is a tree of life or the "tree of souls" [13] that blossoms and produces new souls , which fall into the Guf , the Treasury of Souls. Gabriel reaches into the treasury and takes out the first soul that comes into his hand.
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Then Lailah , the Angel of Conception, watches over the embryo until it is born. The intertestamental period roughly BC — 50 AD produced a wealth of literature , much of it having an apocalyptic orientation. The names and ranks of angels and devils were greatly expanded, and each had particular duties and status before God.
In 1 Enoch 9: And the Lord said to Gabriel: Gabriel is the fifth of the five angels who keep watch: When Enoch asked who the four figures were that he had seen: First, concerning John the Baptist , an angel appeared to his father Zacharias , a priest of the course of Abia, Luke 1: After completing his week [15] of ministry, Zacharias returned to his house in Hebron [16] and his wife Elizabeth conceived.
After she completed "five months" Luke 1: And the angel departed from her. Gabriel only appears by name in those two passages in Luke. In the first passage the angel identified himself as Gabriel, but in the second it is Luke who identified him as Gabriel. Gabriel is not called an archangel in the Bible. Believers are expressly warned not to worship angels in Colossians 2: The trope of Gabriel blowing a trumpet blast to indicate the Lord's return to Earth is especially familiar in Negro spirituals.
However, though the Bible mentions a trumpet blast preceding the resurrection of the dead, it never specifies Gabriel as the trumpeter. Different passages state different things: In related traditions, Gabriel is again not identified as the trumpeter. In Judaism, trumpets are prominent, and they seem to be blown by God himself, or sometimes Michael. In Zoroastrianism , there is no trumpeter at the last judgement. In Islamic tradition, it is Israfil who blows the trumpet, though he is not named in the Qur'an.
The Christian Church Fathers do not mention Gabriel as the trumpeter; early English literature similarly does not.
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He ended, and the Son gave signal high To the bright minister that watch'd, he blew His trumpet, heard in Oreb since perhaps When God descended, and perhaps once more To sound at general doom. Later, Gabriel's horn is omnipresent in Negro spirituals, but it is unclear how the Byzantine conception inspired Milton and the spirituals, though they presumably have a common source.
Gabriel's horn also makes an appearance in The Eyes of Texas where it signifies the rapture. In Marc Connelly 's play based on spirituals, The Green Pastures , Gabriel has his beloved trumpet constantly with him, and the Lord has to warn him not to blow it too soon. Saint Gabriel Archangel's festivity day was exclusively celebrated the 18th of March as of many sources dating between the years and , except for a source published in , [23] where the feast was celebrated on April 7th for unknown reasons a parentheses notes that the day is normally celebrated on March Writer Elizabeth Drayson mentions the feast being celebrated in March 18 the year of in her book: Drayson, Elizabeth January 13, The Lead Books of Granada.
Palgrave Macmillan - edition. One of the oldest out of print sources pronouncing the feast for March 18th, was first published in and has the name "Flos sanctorum: The feast of Saint Gabriel was included for the first time in the General Roman Calendar in , for celebration on March In the day was officially transferred to September 29 for celebration in conjunction with the feast of St. The Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite celebrate his feast day on November 8 for those churches that follow the traditional Julian Calendar , November 8 currently falls on November 21 of the modern Gregorian Calendar , a difference of 13 days.
Eastern Orthodox commemorate him, not only on his November feast, but also on two other days: March 26 is the " Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel" and celebrates his role in the Annunciation. July 13 is also known as the "Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel", and celebrates all the appearances and miracles attributed to Gabriel throughout history.
The feast was first established on Mount Athos when, in the 9th century, during the reign of Emperor Basil II and the Empress Constantina Porphyrogenitus and while Nicholas Chrysoverges was Patriarch of Constantinople , the Archangel appeared in a cell [28] near Karyes , where he wrote with his finger on a stone tablet the hymn to the Theotokos , " It is truly meet The Ethiopian Church celebrates his feast on December 28, with a sizeable number of its believers making a pilgrimage to a church dedicated to "Saint Gabriel" in Kulubi on that day.
Additionally, Gabriel is the patron saint of messengers, those who work for broadcasting and telecommunications such as radio and television, remote sensing , [ citation needed ] postal workers, clerics, diplomats, and stamp collectors.
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In Latter-day Saint theology, Gabriel is believed to have lived a mortal life as the prophet Noah. The two are regarded as the same individual; Noah being his mortal name and Gabriel being his heavenly name. As the Bible portrays Gabriel as a celestial messenger sent to Daniel , [35] Mary , [36] and Zechariah , [37] so too Islamic tradition holds that Gabriel was sent to numerous pre-Islamic prophets with revelation and divine injunctions, including Adam , whom Muslims believe was consoled by Gabriel some time after the Fall.
According to Muslim belief, God revealed the Quran to the Islamic prophet Muhammad through the angel Gabriel, [38] and the fifty-third chapter of the text describes the angel without naming him, in a passage that Islamic commentators have unanimously interpreted as referring to Gabriel. The passage in question, This is naught but a revelation revealed, taught him by one mighty in power, very strong; he stood poised being on the higher horizon, then drew near and suspended hung, two bows'-length away, or nearer, then revealed to His servant that he revealed.
Gabriel is also named numerous times in the Qur'an 2: In Muslim tradition , Gabriel is considered one of the primary archangels. Exegesis narrates that Muhammad saw Gabriel in his full angelic splendor only twice, the first time being when he received his first revelation. Muslims also revere Gabriel for a number of historical events predating the first revelation.
Muslims believe that Gabriel was the angel who informed Zachariah of John's birth as well as Mary of the future nativity of Jesus , [41] and that Gabriel was one of three angels who had earlier informed Abraham of the birth of Isaac. Gabriel also makes a famous appearance in the Hadith of Gabriel , where he questions Muhammad on the core tenets of Islam. Contrary to Christian tradition, Islamic traditions depict Gabriel as the warring angel. Accordingly he aided Muhammed to overcome his adversaries, significantly during the Battle of Badr and against a demon during the Mi'raj [43] [44].
Angels are described as pure spirits. Brown draws comparisons in Byzantine iconography between portrayals of angels and the conventions used to depict court eunuchs. Mainly from the Caucasus, they tended to have light eyes, hair, and skin; and those "castrated in childhood developed a distinctive skeletal structure, lacked full masculine musculature, body hair and beards Brown suggests that "Byzantine artists drew, consciously or not, on this iconography of the court eunuch".
Archangel Gabriel in the church of St. Archangel Gabriel at the facade of the Cathedral of Reims. The eccentric English hagiographer and antiquarian, Sabine Baring-Gould — , wrote the English lyrics to Gabriel's Message , which he translated from the Basque Christmas carol Birjina gaztetto bat zegoen , which was probably related to the 13th or 14th-century Latin chant Angelus Ad Virginem , which itself is based on the biblical account of the Annunciation in the Gospel of Luke. In Creed's song, "My Own Prison", Gabriel is mentioned deciphering the visions to the main character in the song.
Gabriel is most often portrayed in the context of scenes of the Annunciation. In a 16th-century drawing by Lucas van Leyden of the Netherlands was discovered.