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

“Wouldn’t want that,” Will whispered. “Would we?” 11


The journey to Holbrook House was uneventful. They travelled slowly even though the road was good, and for once, Dearne didn’t look like he was about to expire. They travelled mostly in silence, and Will was grateful for that. His head was a whirling mass of nonsense and he needed some peace and quiet. He knew he only had a few days left with Dearne at the most, and the prospect of time alone with him alternately elated and terrified him.


They swayed together with the movement of the horse. Will glanced at him. Leaving him behind would be hard.


After a little while, Dearne began to lean heavily and his head swayed gently with the gait of the horse as he drifted off to sleep. Will shifted a little to let him lean more securely.


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