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

The sun chose to shine the following morning. Will awoke to bright sunlight streaming through the window, and an empty bed. He rubbed his eyes and looked around, but there was no sign of Dearne. He let his head flop back on the pillow. He was being ridiculous. Childish even. Why the hell he couldn’t just take what was on offer, God alone knew. He pulled himself up and plumped the pillows behind him so he could lean back. The room was beautiful. Warm, lavishly decorated, and with clean, fresh linens.


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