She's desperate for peace and safety... Lucinda, Lady Denbigh, is running from a husband who physically and emotionally abuses her because she is unfashionably plump and has failed to produce an heir. Posing as a widow, she seeks refuge in the quiet countryside... He's returned from the wars, wounded and tormented... Lord Hugo Wanstead, with a wound that won't heal, and his mother's and Spanish wife's deaths on his conscience, finds his estate impoverished, his sleep torn by nightmares, and brandy his only solace. When he meets Lucinda, he finds her beautiful - body and soul - and thinks she just might give him something to live for ... Together they can begin to heal, but not until she is free from her violent past... PRAISE FOR MICHELE ANN YOUNG'S NO REGRETS "... dark heroes, courageous heroines, intrigue, heartbreak, and heaps of sexual tension. Do not miss this fabulous new author." —Molly O'Keefe, Harlequin Superromance "Readers will never want to put her book down!" —Bronwyn Scott, author of Pickpocket Countess "... the suspense and sexual tension accelerate throughout." —Romance Reviews Today