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

“Well,” he managed, pulling his eyes open to look at Will again and effected his best drawl. “If you are going to beat me, Mr. Marsden do you think we can get it over with, the suspense is killing me.”


Will’s frown remained in place. “Why the hell would I beat you? I’ve just spent the last day and night trying to keep you from dying.”


“And why would you do that?” Dearne asked softly. For a ridiculous moment he wanted to hear, well, he didn’t know what he wanted to hear, but it wasn’t what Will said.


“Because your sister offered me a considerable sum to take you in, and another if you were still alive by the end of the week when she returns for you. Seeing as you gambled away my livelihood it seemed like a fair exchange.”


Dearne rubbed his throbbing temple. “Indeed.” The beautiful man who had been his lifeline had been paid to be there. Wonderful.


Chapter 11