Sylvain Reynard writes contemporary romance with references to art, literature and academic life, best known for the Gabriel series. Gabriel's Inferno follows professor Gabriel Emerson and graduate student Julia Mitchell, whose relationship develops through shared connections to Dante, Italian culture and a difficult personal history. The sequels continue the same couple through marriage, academic work and conflicts tied to family or the past. Reynard has also written the Florentine series, which shifts into paranormal romance while retaining an interest in Renaissance art and Italian settings. His books are slow-building, relationship-led and reference-heavy, fitting contemporary romance, academic romance and paranormal romance for readers who like cultural or literary material woven into the central love story. Read more Less