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

“You don’t recall losing the Manor?”


Dearne shuddered. “I was. I remember I almost died, but little else.”


Well, that was odd. Will thought for a moment and then stood up. He gathered all the things together and paused by the bedside. “Try not to dwell on it. Probably best if you rest and perhaps it will come back to you.” Dearne looked at him for a moment, and then shook his head and closed his eyes. Will had the oddest feeling he had let him down somehow. 7


Chapter 23