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

He ate quickly, spooned seconds into his bowl, and polished that off, too. Once everything was washed and put away, he sat himself at the table in the kitchen with his paper again and began a list of the possible employers. The most promising was as steward of the MacBride estate in Scotland. He went to the cupboard and pulled out his writing case. No time like the present. He dusted off a sheet, set his nib, and then tapped his chin with the quill. How to begin. Writing had never been his strong suit.


His attention was distracted by sounds of movement from the bedchamber. He sighed, shook his head, and put pen to paper, but a loud crash and a shout had him jumping again, and splattering ink all over, ruining a brand new sheet. He slammed the pen down, creating yet more mess by streaking ink across his hand. Exasperated, he grabbed a cloth and wiped at it as best he could and then stalked towards the noise.


Chapter 15