The Reckless Bride by Stephanie Laurens

The Reckless Bride is the fourth book in the Black Cobra Quartet by Stephanie Laurens.  Stephanie Laurens is the author of the Cynster novels, the Bastion Club novels, Adair's Casebook and now, the Black Cobra Quartet Novels.  The Reckless Bride is the last of the novels but it can stand alone, as well.  Stephanie Laurens books tend to have character cross over from the other novel series and this book does see it's fair share of Bastion Club members and Cynsters.  The Black Cobra Quartet follows four soldiers as they race across the Continent, trying to ferry an incriminating letter to the one man in England who can bring down the Black Cobra.  Three of the men are carrying decoy letters and the fourth is carrying the real letter. 

Rafe Carstairs is on his way to England with the real letter when he finds two English ladies in need of his help.  He grudgingly complies, knowing that he can not afford the distraction that Miss Loretta Michelmarsh will definitely be.  Rafe protects the ladies as they travel and uncovers a sinister plot to dispose of Lady Esme along the way.  Loretta, meanwhile, drops the prim and proper pretense that she has hidden behind for years so that she may learn what it is she expects from marriage and if Rafe might be the man destined for her. 

I loved this book as a light and fun read after some pretty serious and heavy reading in the past week.  The book was pretty well paced and easy to get into.  The plot was not transparent, there were a few good twists and turns along the way.  An all around wonderful read and I would recommend Stephanie Laurens' books to anyone who likes a good Historical Romance with a plot.  You can learn more about Stephanie and her books on her website or on Goodreads!

Reckless Bride earns 5 Fairies for another great Stephanie Laurens book!

Genre: Historical Romance/Regency

W W W Wednesdays

W... W... W... Wednesdays is a weekly feature at Should Be Reading. To play along you just have to answer three simple questions:

1. What Are You Currently Reading?
2. What Did You Recently Finish?
3. What Do You Think You'll Read Next?

Here's my WWW:

1. What am I currently Reading?     The Reckless Bride by Stephanie Laurens 

2.  What did I recently finish?  Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

3.  What will I be reading next?  Unearthly by Cynthia Hand

Teaser Tuesday!

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My Teasers are from the book I just started, The Reckless Bride- Book 4 of the Black Cobra Quartet by Stephanie Laurens.  When I want a nice, relaxing historical romance that isn't utter crap- I pick up one of her books.  She writes the Cynster series, the Black Cobra Quartet and the Bastion club books.  They are ALL well worth the time.

Rafe pushed aside his cloak, enough to expose the hilt of his saber. 

Johnson's gaze flicked Loretta's way.  "Just the two of you?"