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

“Right, let’s get this down you,” he muttered, and spooned some of the sweet tea up. It had cooled but Will tested the heat of the spoon against his own lip and, satisfied it wouldn’t burn, pushed it gently into Dearne’s unresponsive mouth. It dribbled, but with a little adjustment he managed to spoon the liquid in, tilt his head and get it down. The man coughed and spluttered, but then swallowed. He managed to get half a cup down him that satisfied his worry he might expire from thirst, and gave some encouragement he might wake before long. Will laid him back and then drank his own tea in a couple of huge mouthfuls. He rinsed the cups and put the used leaves in a dish, then put everything away and wiped the table.


Chapter 7