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

“Thank you for your care.” He meant it. Without Will he would no doubt have met his maker.


Will was stood at the sink, towel in hand, drying the bowls. He threw the towel on the table. “For God’s sake, will you sit down? You cannot possibly walk. Don’t be so bloody stubborn.”


Dearne tried to keep a hold of his tongue, he really did. “I can walk, and I will walk. Frankly, I don’t want to spend another moment in your company.”


Will’s eyebrows shot up and he looked shocked. “What?”


“You think I didn’t hear you laughing with those two idiots about me? You think I don’t know what you said? For a man who moments before had his tongue in my mouth begging for my cock you had an awful lot to say.” Dearne hadn’t really registered just how much that had rankled with him until the words were out of his mouth.


“Are you serious?” Will was shouting now. He stalked over to him. “Are you actually serious? What did you expectme to say?”


Chapter 21