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 pulled the cart to a halt and leaped down.


“Dearne?” he said as he rolled the man onto his back. He was deathly white and his lips were the same colour as his skin.


“Will?” he croaked, eyes fluttering open. “Bleeding…” He held up his hand covered in blood. Will’s heart pounded. He ran his hand over Dearne’s thigh, and sure enough, it was warm and wet.


“For God’s sake, Dearne, will you never listen?” Will was furious. The fury burned through him as he dragged his coat off and unwound his cravat. He lay Dearne flat and unbuttoned his falls whilst Dearne batted ineffectively at his hands.


“It needs binding before I move you.” He dragged Dearne’s breeches down, and his smalls, and then unwound the bandage now soaked in blood.


“Can’t get my cock out here,” Dearne whispered.


Dearne reached down and cupped himself.


Chapter 22