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

“Cheers.” Jonno flicked it open and turned the pages, then folded it and handed it to Will. Sure enough, there it was in the obituary column.


Memoriam: Captain Maximilian Arthur George Dearne, youngest son of the fourth Earl of Holbrook, lost in Belgium following the glorious victory…


Will scanned the rest of the words holding his breath. “Could…could I borrow this a moment?” he said. Both Jonno and Bob nodded so he sauntered out to the yard in what he hoped was a casual way. He found Dearne sat on a bale of hay watching whilst a groom finished brushing the horse.


“Are you ready?” he asked. Dearne nodded wearily. Well, he didn’t look too good, but he definitely wasn’t dead. Will grabbed the bag with his things in and then sat beside Dearne on the hay bale. The groom had disappeared, so he took a breath.


“Will the landlord recognise you here?”


Dearne frowned. “No. Never been in. Think the last time I was here I was about twelve years old. Feel rather guilty I never visited.”


Chapter 29