Determined to capture the happiness that eluded them when they parted years ago, they must defy their own painful pasts as well as obstacles which now conspire to keep them apart. Julia struggles with her own self-worth as she grows to trust Gabriel's feelings for her. Gabriel sees her unconditional love as his path to salvation even as he acknowledges his selfishness in doing so. The story unfolds around the electrifying connection between Gabriel and Julia and their increasingly passionate affair. Gabriel cannot recall what Julia knows: that they have a shared history rooted in an important moment of their lives. When she enrolls at the University of Toronto, she knows she will see someone from her past - a man she met once, in an encounter she has never forgotten.

Julianne Mitchell, a compassionate, kind young woman, is still struggling to overcome a childhood of neglect and abuse. A lovely, intelligent graduate student in his seminar triggers a dim memory - one he cannot place, but which is the key to the happiness he long thought was impossible. His cold, aloof exterior masks dark secrets he successfully hides, though he has never overcome them. Gabriel Owen Emerson is a brilliant and enigmatic professor of Dante studies at the University of Toronto. The film was cut into three parts the first part of the film was released on. A film adaptation was released on the streaming service Passionflix. Gabriel's Inferno and its sequels appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list. The novel was originally published online as a Twilight fan fiction entitled The University of Edward Masen (Edward Masen being Edward Cullen's human name) under the pen name of Sebastien Robichaud. The series has been compared to Fifty Shades of Grey because both originated as Twilight fan fiction, with the International Business Times reporting that Gabriel's Inferno differs in that it bears 'few similarities to the story that inspired it'. The work was first published on 4 September 2012, along with the second book in the series, Gabriel's Rapture. The story was first published in novel format in 2011 by Omnific Publishing, with further publishing rights to the series being purchased by Berkley Books. Gabriel's Inferno is an erotic romance novel by an anonymous Canadian author under the pen name Sylvain Reynard.

Gabriel's Inferno by Sylvain Reynard