Marius Gabriel

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  • Bibliography:
    14 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 1992
  • Latest Book:
    June 2024
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About the Author

Marius Gabriel Cipolla studied Shakespeare in the University of Newcastle in northern England. To finance his postgraduate research, he began writing romance fiction. He sold his first novel to Mills & Boon, published in 1983 under the female pseudonym Madeleine Ker. He left his academic pursuits to become a full-time writer.

Marius Gabriel (born 13 November 1954 in Mafikeng, South Africa) is an international romance and mystery writer, and artist. Under the pseudonym Madeleine Ker, he is a popular writer of over 30 romance novels since 1983. As Marius Gabriel he has written mystery best-sellers and historical novels. He has also written and illustrated children's books, including Smartypig, the tale of a genetically modified piglet.

He has lived in Cairo, Egypt and in London.

Full Series List in Order

Redcliffe Sisters

1 - Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye (Aug-2015)
2 - Take Me to Your Heart Again (Jul-2016)

Book List in Order: 14 titles

  • The Original Sin

    Eden van  Buren lies chained to an iron bedstead in a homemade  cell. Her captor is a handsome tormented young  sculptor who lives alone in the Arizona desert. He  is honest, compassionate, and uninterested in  money. Why then has he kidnap...

  • The Mask of Time

    Kate Kelly's quest for the truth about the secrets of her past lead her on a dangerous journey to Moscow, where a savage attack nearly takes her life, forcing her journalist-daughter, Anna, to continue the search. 40,000 first printing. $40,000 ad/pr...

  • House of Many Rooms

    No one is surprised when Michael Florio is suspected of setting the fire that killed his wealthy, estranged wife, Barbara. Michael arrived at the Pacific Heights mansion just in time to save his two daughters--but not Barbara. Handsome, charismatic, ...

  • The Seventh Moon

    As World War II rages, Francine Lawrence and her small daughter, Ruth, wait in the fading splendor of Raffles Hotel in Singapore for Francine's British husband. But when he is delayed, Francine, half-Chinese and unwelcome there, is forced to begin a ...

  • Gabon

    From the international bestselling author of THE MASK OF TIME, THE ORIGINAL SIN and THE SEVENTH MOON comes an enchanting novel of late 19th Century Africa.

    Intelligent, charming and handsome, Jean-Patrice has Paris at his feet. But when he e...

  • The Testament of Marcellus

    The year is 33 AD and Marcellus arrives in Jerusalem with a letter for Pontius Pilate. From the international bestselling author of THE MASK OF TIME, THE ORIGINAL SIN and THE SEVENTH MOON comes a spellbinding novel of the ancient world. The life an...

  • Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye

    Redcliffe Sisters - 1

    In a period of irreversible change, the Redcliffe sisters face monumental love and loss that will stretch the bounds of sisterhood to their limits… As the perils of World War II loom ever closer, Chiara is more interested in the joyful whirl of ...

  • Take Me to Your Heart Again

    Redcliffe Sisters - 2

    Tensions between three sisters, divided by life and love, are about to spill over into all-out conflict. It is 1942 and the world is at war. The eldest of the Redcliffe sisters, Isobel, impulsive and ideological, strives to make herself heard in a...

  • The Designer

    In 1944, newly married Copper Reilly arrives in Paris soon after the liberation. While the city celebrates its freedom, she’s stuck in the prison of an unhappy marriage. When her husband commits one betrayal too many, Copper demands a separation. ...



  • The Ocean Liner

    As war engulfs Europe, 1,500 passengers risk everything to find a brighter future. Cousins Masha and Rachel Morgenstern board the luxury liner the SS Manhattan bound for New York, desperate to escape the concentration camps that claimed the rest o...

  • The Parisians

    Paris, 1940. The Nazis have occupied the city­ -- and the Ritz. The opulent old hotel, so loved by Parisians, is now full of swaggering officers, their minions and their mistresses. For American Olivia Olsen, working as chambermaid at the hotel m...

  • The Girls in the Attic

    The bestselling author of The Designer presents a sweeping story of blind faith, family allegiance and how love makes one man question everything he thought he knew.Max Wolff is a committed soldier of the Reich. So when he is sent home wounded, only ...

  • Goodnight, Vienna

    Katya never wanted to look after Gretchen. Now she’s the young girl’s only hope of survival.1937. Katya Komarovsky is studying medicine in Glasgow, living among friends and eager to begin her career as a doctor. But when her spendthrift p...

  • Untitled Book 1

    A stolen child. A terrible wartime secret. Will the truth set her free?Norway, 1940. Liv has lived a quiet life on her family farm, dreaming of a happy life after the war is finally over. But all of her dreams vanish when the Nazi soldiers arrive in ...

Award-Winning Books by Marius Gabriel

The Designer
2018 RoNA -- Historical Romance


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Marius Gabriel has published 14 books.

The next book by Marius Gabriel, Untitled Book 1, will be published in June 2024.

The first book by Marius Gabriel, The Original Sin, was published in April 1992.

Yes. Marius Gabriel has 1 series.
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