Regret is a sly enemy... It isn't that Tait Mackenzie regrets his life of pirating and plundering, but he's getting older. And it's Christmas. And he's lonely. Especially since foul weather has him stranded at his hideaway instead of spending a joyous Yule with his cousin and her little ones who adore him. Never before has he thought about missing a life with a good woman and children of his own, but he's thinking about it now...