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

“That’s it,” Dearne whispered. “Take me. Take anything you want. Take all of me.”


“Maxim,” Will whispered, and watched as those grey eyes darkened. “My Maxim.” Mesmerised, he lowered his head to take the offered kiss.


But then a massive crash followed by loud shouts from the lower floor jerked him right out of his trance and off Dearne’s pliant body.


He scrambled to his feet, and Dearne sat up, equally shocked. Outside the room doors opened and slammed, and voices could be heard. Will’s heart beat so fast he felt sick. He dragged on his nightshirt, wrestling with the sleeves, as did Dearne, and they waited until the noise died down.


“I’ll find out what is happening,” Dearne whispered, with his ear to the door.


“Just go back to your room so it doesn’t look like you were in here with me,” Will hissed.


Dearne scowled at him. “If someone is breaking into my brother’s house I am not cowering in my room.” He pulled the door open a crack, checked the corridor, and then slipped out.


Chapter 49