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

“Why are you looking for him? Does he owe you, too?”


“Nah,” the larger man said, scratching his thinning dark hair. “Not us. Not sure what he has done, but someone is paying us a lot of money to find him so if you do know where he is I might be able to make it worth your while to say.” The man patted his pocket.


Will let his eyes grow wide. “Really?” He took his biggest teapot down and spooned tea into it. One of the advantages of working in a big house, a regular supply of decent tea meant he didn’t have to re-use leaves all the time. He would miss that. He gestured with the pot and both men nodded.


“I hope he gets what’s coming to him,” Will said, as he busied himself with the pot. He really hadn’t expected them to stay. His heart was thumping crazily in his chest.


“Oh, we will find him. He is most likely injured so can’t imagine him getting far. Skinny little brat, too.”


Chapter 19