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

“I got up, washed and dressed myself, and walked.” Dearne rubbed his face. “Beyond that, I recall nothing.” Dearne’s head was aching. “Describe the man who came to tell you I had lost the Manor again.”


Will frowned. “He was tall, quite handsome, fair-haired…” Will was scowling, those dark brows drawn down. “Can you remember where you were?”


“How long have you been in the country?”


Dearne shrugged again and then blinked rapidly and held up a hand. “York. It was York.” Elation bubbled through him as the memory shaped up a little. “I remember the Minster.”


Dearne closed his eyes and held his head but as much as he concentrated, that appeared to be it. He shook his head and returned to the question of the man who had told them the house had been sold.


Chapter 24