Ride the Wind Home — Christina Kingston

It was a journey of peril and possibility--one that would merge two souls....

Recently widowed Diana Huntley has no intention of becoming the wife of another bad-tempered baron. So while her father schemes to produce another ill-conceived match, she plots an escape to her godmother in London. But her one chance at dodging the confines of matrimony brings her face-to-face with the one man who makes marriage seem like a worthy state of affairs....

Disguised as a lowly servant, Michael David Lawrence, ninth duke of Smythington, wants only to escape the memories of his year in brutal captivity. But his quest to bring peace to his shattered soul is cut short when he catches sight of the headstrong beauty traveling across the English countryside. Determined to help her reach her destination safely, he discovers quickly that this woman--and not solitude--just may be the key to healing his heart...