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The Elusive Bride

By: Stephanie Laurens
Narrated by: Simon Prebble
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Stephanie Laurens, the phenomenal New York Times bestselling superstar is back with The Elusive Bride—the second book in her magnificent Black Cobra Quartet. Never before in print, this masterful blend of passion and intrigue follows The Untamed Bride, the first in the four-part historical romance series that Booklist calls, “fabulously entertaining.” A spellbinding tale of destiny, duty, desire, and peril—with ties to her popular Bastion Club novels and her well-loved romantic adventures featuring the endearing family of rogues, the Cynsters—The Elusive Bride confirms Laurens’s well-deserved standing as one of the genre’s premier storytellers.

©2010 Savdek Management Proprietory Ltd.; (P)2010 HarperCollins Publishers
 Crime Fiction Fiction Historical Mystery Romance

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Loved every second of it. This series is definitely a brilliant continuation of the Cynster series. I love that all the heroes and heroines of the Cynster series are involved in each of the stories.
Simon Prebble makes the story even better with his narration. He's one of my favourite narrators.
Now on to the next one.

Another brilliant story

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Such a great book, well read. love hearing if interweaving characters from other stories, they are like old friends!
This may be one of the few series I listen to over again.

Amazing, gripping, addictive!

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I would've enjoyed the story without a heroine who thinks nothing but how to get laid. In the early 19th century when they wouldn't even have used their given names before marriage.

Good story but too much soft porn

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What disappointed you about The Elusive Bride?

She is selfish and manipulative, I felt sorry for him, what man turns his back on sex. She has been husband hunting for sometime, she see him and decides that he could be the ONE.
So she sets out to catch him as long as he fills all her criteria, so despite all the danger that is swelling around them and his very important mission. She keeps to her plan to prove he is the one and everything has to be on her timeline and according to her plans. Naturally this involves lots of sex. I would really wish to know what was "ELUSIVE" about her.

What could Stephanie Laurens have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

It is amazing that this book is written by a woman, when the Heroine is so unlikable. I like the story about the Black Cobra and plots involved, but this book left me skipping to the end.

Would you be willing to try another one of Simon Prebble’s performances?

I didn't like the accent, I think if you can't do it properly, then don't try.

What character would you cut from The Elusive Bride?

Sadly the so called Elusive Bride.

Any additional comments?

This book is part of a sequel and so can't be avoided.

The Stalker Bride is more relevnt

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Could not invest in the heroine or the main male character. She lacks self control and is generally unbelievable. Nothing endearing. He is predictable.
Very disappointed in this and did not Finnish this book. Far too much unessasary explicit sex.

Too much sex

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