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

Dearne’s mouth opened beneath his and they were kissing as though each was the other’s only source of air for survival. It was all consuming, everything. Will pushed at the robe Dearne wore, released his embrace long enough to bring his hands around to unknot the belt but he never once pulled his lips away, and Dearne moaned softly into his mouth. He wrenched the robe from him and when he had him naked in his arms his hands danced over every inch of soft, touchable skin making Dearne shudder and forcing any thought from Will’s mind other than pleasing Dearne.


Dearne was pulling at Will’s nightshirt, dragging it over his head and when he emerged, he wrapped Dearne back up in his arms and rocked them together, pressing against every inch of him.


“Will…I need you now…” Dearne was rocking steadily against him. “Now.”


Will pushed away, took his hand, and towed him to the bed. “You’re sure?”


Dearne just threw himself onto the bed, face down. “Hurry.”


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