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

A knock at the door made him jump violently. He jumped out of bed and dragged the door open. Dearne stood there, barefoot, in his nightshirt with his hair all over the place.


“What is it?” Dearne’s eyes were bloodshot and his face was pale making his freckles stand out. His nightshirt was open at the throat.


Baffled, Will frowned. “So sleep. It’s early enough.”


Dearne pushed his way into the room and closed the door behind him. “It’s all your fault.”


“My fault?” What the hell was the man talking about?”


“Yes. Your fault. Nightmares. I can’t sleep without…I need to…I need…Christ, Will, can we just get into bed? I swear there will be no funny business, I just want to…need to hold onto you and then I can get some rest.”


Chapter 34