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

Will accepted it. Grabbed Dearne’s head and kissed him.


They collapsed into each other, and kissed. Wide, yawning, aching, devouring kisses in his sister’s parlour with the door unlocked.


Dearne was the first to pull away, and when he did, he was panting heavily. He leaned his forehead against Will’s and held his face. Will closed his eyes and absorbed the contact, the feeling of being needed. Wanted.


Dearne swallowed. “I think we should most definitely retire.”


“We can’t do anything like that. There are people in the house.”


Dearne shook his head, forehead still pressed to Will’s. “Will, you just tried to ravish me in front of an unlocked door.”


Will couldn’t help the laugh which slipped out. Dearne never failed to amuse him and make light when his emotions threatened to run away with him.


“That’s better,” Dearne said and swiftly stroked one cheek leaving Will feeling oddly vulnerable.


Chapter 48