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

“Certainly, sir. Would sir like me to hold his cock?”


Dearne gawped, and Will looked as though he had shocked himself.


“You utter bastard,” Dearne said, on a short laugh, although even that made him weak.


Will flushed a little and bent to fish under the bed until he emerged with a clean chamber pot. Dearne staggered to his feet and had to clutch the bedpost again, swaying badly, but then Will slid an arm around his waist to steady him. Dearne ignored the strongest urge to lay his head on the shoulder that presented itself beside him, and the depth of need shook him.


“Do you want me to hold it for you?”


“The pot. I meant the pot.” Will sounded flustered now


Dearne assessed the likelihood of him falling if he let go of the bedpost and decided it was very strong.


Chapter 13