Inamorata: An Anthology

The inamorata is a series of short, romantic, erotic stories that will leave you wanting more. Celebrating the strength and success of women and the battle of love, the stories each have a woven series of issues that the characters overcome. Done in her usual flare, Gabrielle writes in a way that the issues stand far behind the sexuality and sensuality of the work. Katherine V. Forrest offered story advice on The Mirage, a story of a woman's quest to overcome her battle with her own inner prejudice. Touching a woman missing a limb couldn't be any different than standing by her friend when she lost both an arm and a leg? Gabrielle St. Charles touches our hearts and stirs our minds intensely evoking response in each story.

About the Author :
Gabrielle St. Charles is often referred to as a single, professional, Christian, lesbian mother of a black adopted child living in Kansas, that just about sums up her life. She is the CEO of Pride Industries and had been, until recently, a single mother. The rewards that come from being a single mother of a black adopted child living in Kansas are aplenty. Her educational background is diverse, resulting in a dual degree in management and theology. She now lives with her partner in Kansas and their five children. Her writing career began in 2000 with the advent of a new stress reliever. Stricken with an acute disorder in her early twenties, she had to find a way to alleviate stress and deal with many issues she faced in succumbing to the disability. She began writing short stories and from there she moved on to full-length romance novels in the lesbian genre. She now has added two non-fiction works. In September of 2000 she began writing the Dear Gabby column, lesbian romance advice, nationally for thirteen magazines and newspapers. The column ran for two years and then Gabby moved to a new vocation and career. In doing so, she felt that Dear Gabby would be best to lie dormant and for her to pursue the avenues in writing that she most loved, romance. She has one other published work, Surrender and spent the summer of 2001 doing Triangle Radio's program OutFront with Melinda Tremliano as a regular guest. Called the "Queen of Romance" more often than not, Gabrielle has a way of writing for the reader. She leads the reader to a place that she gently delivers them and their imagination takes charge and drops them at a final destination. Her books are intriguing, forging issues that are dealt with and sometimes left in the dark in the secular world. Her spirituality is evident in each work and she guides her promotion of love and acceptance forth in each piece. She employs a style of writing that is different than most and has said, "I might not be the best writer, probably won't win any awards, but when someone tells me they are angry and disappointed that they ran out of pages ... my work is done." Gabrielle also takes pieces and characters from one work and creates new works based off of them. Her works, although not required, are best read in succession.