Everyday Rowena

This is the first book in the Black Cobra Quartet. Stephanie Laurens got really creative when she outlined this series because I love the idea surrounding this group of books. The prologue sets up the entire series. It puts into motion what will happen in the coming books and I am much too excited about it.You see, the book starts out with five soldiers of the crown thrown together on a mission to hunt and bring down a monster of a villain. This villain is such a huge monster that it takes creative thinking to bring him down. Lots of strategic planning went into play here and I loved that Laurens brought in other war veterans to help out with this particular mission. It was great to see characters from the other series play a role in this story without stealing Del and Deliah's thunder. It was good to see all of the series come together to bring down the big beastly monster.The thing that makes this series unique is that each book in this series will be taking place at the same time, fighting the same fight but in different places. You see, the story starts in India and one of the five soldiers is killed and the remaining soldiers come together to avenge his death and to fulfill their mission. The strategic planning that I mentioned a little bit ago comes into effect when they get the evidence they need to bring this monster down. With help from Dalziel, they come up with a plan to bring the evidence back safely to England and into the right hands. This mission is a whole lot more complicated than just merely protecting a document and bringing it safely home. The villain has an army to do his bidding and so four guys taking on an army just won't work. They have to split up and they all have to take a different route home with either a copy of the evidence or the original evidence package. Nobody will know who has the original package but the person who draws it and they will all meet back home in England, hopefully in one piece to begin the second part of their plan. Bring the Black Cobra down.This book follows Derek "Del" Delborough as he makes his way to England. Along the way, he becomes entangled with a spirited young lady who won't stay where she's supposed to stay and just won't flat out listen. They encounter numerous attempts on Del's life and they just keep right on fighting the good fight. Together. I enjoyed getting to know these two and I thought that they were well suited for each other even though Deliah got on my nerves some of the time, I didn't hate her. Not at all. She was head strong but she wasn't TSTL. She knew what she was capable of and she ended being a huge help to Del. She was smart and she was capable. I liked her.Del was a solid, strong hero. One that I had no trouble following along with. He is a great leader and though I loved him, I can tell that I'm going to fall in love with one of the others just a little more. I'm mighty intrigued by Rafe, the hot headed one. Although I'm looking forward to getting to know both Gareth and Logan. I'm really excited for the rest of the series to play out and I think that Stephanie Laurens did a fantastic job with the start of this series. Del and Deliah's story was very entertaining and with the addition of the Cynsters and the Bastion Club, I think fans of Stephanie Laurens will not be disappionted.