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

He thumbed through the pages of a magazine he had selected and found an interesting article on crop management, but found he couldn’t settle enough to master the content. He realised just how unused to sitting about idly he was. His days were filled with labour. Often back breaking labour, which meant, he realised, he didn’t need to think above much. Sitting in the parlour like this, just waiting for Holbrook to arrive, was interminable. What the hell were they to say to the man? What was Dearne going to do? Confront him?


Will’s gut churned uncomfortably. He closed the magazine and placed it on the table, making Dearne look up.


“I think I might take a walk,” he said to no-one in particular. Lady Araminta and Miss Rose looked up and smiled.


“I might join you,” Dearne said, putting his own book down.


“Excellent.” Will smiled tightly at Dearne and they both bowed to the ladies and left.


Chapter 52