Will Marsden is a man on the run from his memories and his past. Steward of Denton Manor was a good position until Captain Dearne, the owner, lost the manor on the turn of a card. When the feckless Dearne is dumped unconscious and near death on his doorstep, Will grudgingly accepts an enormous sum of money to care for him.<br><br>Dearne regains consciousness but has no memories of how he came to be in the bed of a dark-haired, angry, but gorgeous man or how he came to be so badly injured.<br><br>When nightmares drive Dearne into Will’s arms every night, the attraction between them explodes. As Dearne battles with lost memories, he is forced to accept the fact that someone in his family wants him dead, and Will is forced to confront his past head on. Will the revelations uncovered manage to tear them apart?

Memories

“I will pay you a hundred and fifty pounds to look after my brother for a week, and I will give you another two hundred and fifty when I come back if he is alive and in good health.” She brandished the handful of money at him. The determined tilt to her chin became more pronounced.


Two hundred and fifty pounds…Will shook his head. Good Christ, that was a ridiculous sum and it made him wonder.


“Nothing…I don’t know.” She stared at him for a long moment, and then shook her head and swallowed.


She appeared to reach a decision. “Holbrook wants him dead. He had a good go at killing him. Dearne is gravely injured and in urgent need of help and a safe place to be and someone to nurse him. I don’t know what else to do. I don’t know who I can trust. I brought him here because…” She stopped and put her hand to her eyes.


Chapter 4