No Regrets

by JoAnn Ross

As children, Molly, Lena, and Tessa McBride were torn apart by a life-changing moment. Now, tragedy will bring the sisters together again, offering them the chance to find happiness in sorrow.

A POWERFUL AND PASSIONATE STORY OF THREE SISTERS

Torn apart by tragedy, Molly, Lena and Tessa McBride chose different paths ... until fate and one man reunited them.

Molly chose God -- but could never forget the child she gave away ... or her sister's husband.

Lena always searched for love -- Dr. Reece Longworth offered her that. Raising her sister's child created the family she so desperately craved.

Tessa wanted fame -- but the love of a man led her into terrible danger. A vice cop who needed her to betray her friends offered her the only promise of survival.

Only after tragedy strikes once again can the surviving sisters choose happiness .... if they dare pay the price.

Genres: Romance, Contemporary Romance, Contemporary, Fiction

480 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published July 1, 1997

About the author

New York Times bestselling author JoAnn Ross has written over a hundred novels for a bunch of publishers. Two of her titles have been excerpted in Cosmo and her books have also been published by the Doubleday, Rhapsody, Literary Guild, and Mystery Guild book clubs.

A member of the Romance Writers of America's Honor Roll of best-selling authors, she's won several awards, including Romantic Times's Career Achievement Awards in both category and contemporary single title.

Currently writing a new Honeymoon Harbor series for HQN set on the Washington peninsula, that will launch in April, 2018, JoAnn lives with her husband (her high school sweetheart, who proposed at the sea wall where her Shelter Bay books are set), in the Pacific Northwest.

Reviews

[Wanda Gibbons · Rating 3 out of 5]

Taken from the web site just so I remember the book. I like these stories that weave together the fabric of numerous characters.
As children, Molly, Lena and Tessa McBride witnessed their parents murder-suicide. That life-changing moment shaped their future in unimaginable ways, but was unable to destroy the ties between them.

Molly chose a life of helping others through her work as a nun. But her determination to do good cannot prevent darkness from touching her life;or make her forget the man she secretly loves: her sister's husband.

Lena longs for intimacy, but fears again losing someone she loves until she meets Dr. Reece Longworth. His belief in her makes her willing to try to open her heart again. But by the time she learns to love him, will it be too late?

Adopted as a baby, Tessa McBride remembers little of her sisters, but feels the effects of their parents deaths as keenly. She seeks fame, but finds herself caught by a man whose promise of love comes with terrible consequences.

[Bona Caballero · Rating 1 out of 5]

Más que romántica contemporánea, es women’s fiction, porque se centra más en la evolución personal de la heroína que en su relación amorosa. Es un novelón de más de trescientas páginas sobre las múltiples desgracias que padecen tres hermanas. Pasa de todo: homicidio-suicidio, bebé prematuro, violación, un personaje que pierde sus piernas, otro que muere, otro que cae en el infierno de las drogas y la prostitución,…
El personaje central es Molly McBride, una monja que trabaja en un hospital con el marido de su hermana Lena. La historia de la tercera hermana, Tessa, se va narrando en paralelo porque no se conocen.
El tono general es bastante tristón. Me costó llegar al final. En su momento la valoré 3/10 y lo dejo en una estrella, porque ni me acuerdo, años después de qué iba esta novela, no me dejó la menor huella. Crítica más extensa, en El rincón de la novela romántica.

[Crystal · Rating 2 out of 5]

First let me say that the writing is great as far as it flows smoothly. My issue with this book stems from the plot. First, this book has a terrible start. Within the first two chapters you have a murder suicide in front of three children and that is followed by a fast forward and a nun that is brutally attacked and raped. At this point I'm already set to dislike the book but like a train wreck I had to keep reading. After the horrible beginning, it could easily be the plot to a season on a daytime Soap that is referenced in the book. That's how bad the plot is. Although, if you enjoy daytime Soaps then you would probably love this book.

[Elaine · Rating 4 out of 5]

very good book, lots of story lines, lots of interesting characters, some predictability but some suspense also. great author, usually love most of her books, was not disappointed. kind of an easy mindless read when you don't want something too deep or too real.

[Sharon · Rating 3 out of 5]

I actually read this book years ago but somehow never put it on here. I mostly skimmed it this time as I remembered passages.

[Betty · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ok read. Little predictable but a nice summer read!

[Sue Perkinson Hawkins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good reading with happy ending

[Geraldine DEIBERT · Rating 4 out of 5]

a great story about 3 sisters with all the twists and turns. really enjoy JoAnn's books

[Vicki · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good

[Katy Lovejoy · Rating 2 out of 5]

My regret is that I read that

[Kate Vale · Rating 5 out of 5]

In the letter to readers preceding the story, the author states that Sister Molly remains one of her favorite characters. That statement alone wasn't enough for me to want to read the story of Molly and her two sisters, but the notion that I might discover why Molly is so memorable was. I wasn't disappointed.

In this story, the three sisters share a horrific backstory no one would want to wish on anyone, much less small children. What follows sends the three girls in very different, and yet entwining, life trails. After being sheltered by a Catholic-run School for Wayward Girls, Molly becomes a nun and an ER nurse. Lena endures a series of foster homes that make her distrustful and certain she is ultimately unlovable--until she meets and marries Reece Longworth. Tessa has always wanted to be an actress and she becomes one in one of the most unlikely settings, but her adoption after the murder-suicide of their parents means she is lost to her older sisters.

How their disparate lives become intertwined when they are adults spans years and is life-changing in ways none of them could have predicted, but ultimately proves that love is, indeed, possible, even in the midst of grievous situations. A keeper of a story and one worth re-reading.

Oh, and Sister Molly became a favorite character for me, too.

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very interesting book about three sisters who had a very disturbing childhood incident that changed their lives. This story is about the decisions they have made as adults and the consequences that come from those decisions. I enjoyed the storyline and it made a great read.

I have re-read this book because anytime I can read a JoAnn Ross book, I do it. This book was actually better the second time around as I can see things that I missed in the first reading. There is so much love and compassion between the two sisters during their time in foster homes and later as they grow up, one a wife and one a nun. There is so much feelings between the man that later becomes one sister's husband and the nun. I absolutely loved this time, even the second time around.

[Anne Holly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Worth the read, since it was generally well-written with a strong opening. I found it had too many characters for me to grow attached to any of them, and seemed rather dated in many ways, with a lot of character tropes common to the 90s.

My biggest problem is with "rape as plot device", instead of being treated like a major life event; one rape was only there to make events unfold, and all of the rapes were shrugged off with offensively casual ease.

This book was not really my cup of tea, but I did appreciate Molly as a character, and found it engaging enough.

2.5/5, rounded up to 3, as is my habit.

[La comunidad del libro · Rating 4 out of 5]

Esta historia, a pesar de tener un toque trágico, te engancha desde el principio y sacará de tu corazón más de unas lágrimas, además lo más importante es el reflejo de un amor sin mezquindades, una entrega sin reservas, de la protagonista central que logrará tener sus recompensas.
Para leer la reseña entera pasaros por la Web La Comunidad del Libro...
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[Wendy · Rating 2 out of 5]

I can't say that this is one of my favorite books of Joann Ross. I have loved most all of her other books, but I can't give this one a high rating. This was an emotional, and depressing book. So many tragic events that you start to think there can't ever be a happy ending for these characters. Murder, Rape, Drug Addiction, Accidental Death There is no happiness here.

[Mcfree · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is all over the place. It is set in the 1990's and is one of those druggie Hollywood novels with a nun of all things The only reason I got past the opening was because it was a JA Ross book. I really have no good excuse for not giving it a 1, except that her characters saved it often enough to keep me going.

[Jodi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was not the best book I've ever read; HOWEVER, it had me hooked right up to the end. It gives you a mix of "good boys" and "bad boys." Also, shows the strength of sisterly love. I would recommend this book.

[Sara · Rating 5 out of 5]

A story that can bring you on a roller coaster of emotional, events. Lives intertwined in uncanny yet wonderful ways. Lives destroyed and lives reborn. One awesome story.

[Linda J · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this story!

[Dianna · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was an amazing book. Parts of it were really really sad!! I could barely put it down. Did not get much sleep while reading this one.

[Angela Caldwell · Rating 3 out of 5]

It helped pass time but not one of my favorites.

[penelopewanders]

This was very unlike the other books I'd read by this author. It was far more violent and at the same time as (one of?) the main character (s) is a nun, the Catholic church plays a strong role as well. I expect this was written earlier than the other books I've read by her, and although there were some pretty evil characters in some of those books, this seems to have a bigger helping of them. So many bad things happen to these poor characters - it seems like they have more than their share of bad luck.