Love with a proper stranger THE SECRET Gabriel Serrano had spent years trying to recover from the sins of the past. He lived quietly, raising his son, Brian—until a mysterious woman appeared on his doorstep. Suddenly history came tumbling back—and threatened to bury Gabriel in its wake. Madelyn St. James was a stranger, yet she arrived staking a claim to Gabriel's house—and, he feared, his soul. How much did she know about what had happened ten years ago? The quiet beauty seemed to offer salvation. But she was a temptation Gabriel didn't dare pursue….