The Elusive Bride (Black Cobra #2)

The Elusive Bride is the second book in Stephanie Laurens's Black Cobra Quartet - about four soldiers racing home from India with evidence that will end the terrible reign of the evil Black Cobra. Each man is to take a different route, either with the original evidence or a copy of it, and return to England.

Major Gareth Hamilton is returning to England via the diplomatic route. His job is to dispose of as many of the Black Cobra's cultists as he can to pave the way for those behind him.

When he reaches Aden in what is now Yemen, Major Hamilton see a woman he knows - the very woman who brought the evidence he is carrying. The meeting is no accident. Emily Ensworth has intercepted Gareth in an attempt to travel back to England with him. She is sure he may be the "one" for her.

What Emily does not know is that the Black Cobra will stop at nothing to make sure that they do not reach England at all.

Laurens has created a wonderful story of travel in early 1800s. As far as regency romance novels, this one is unique as it includes so many different cultures as Emily and Gareth travel across the Middle East, across Europe, and home to England. Characters from her other book series make appearances in this series which will delight fans.

Laurens, Stephanie. (2010). The Elusive Bride. New York: Avon.