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

Dearne was panting heavily and rubbing his leg.


“Lie back and try to control your breathing. If they get in they will hear you.”


Dearne bit back a snappy retort when Will held up his hand. “Here they are. Do you know them?”


Dearne craned his neck and peered through to look at the carriage which drew up by Will’s cottage. It was unmarked, and Dearne was faintly relieved it was not Holbrook’s carriage. It pained him to think his brother might really be trying to have him murdered. The groom got down and opened the door and a young woman got down and shook out her travelling gown. 8


Dearne’s jaw tightened as he watched the young woman march to the door of the cottage, the groom trailing behind her.


Dearne said nothing, eyes pinned on the scene unfolding in front of them.


Chapter 26