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

“You. Are. Beautiful.” The words were punctuated with kisses. “What we did was beautiful. We are beautiful.”


Dearne levered himself up onto one elbow leaving Will looking up at him. “I’ll get a cloth,” Dearne whispered.


He went to the bowl and started cleaning himself, so Will rolled on his side to give him some privacy. His heart was still racing, and his limbs felt as though they belonged elsewhere.


Dearne passed the cloth to Will. “How are you feeling?” he asked.


Will wiped the last of the mess away and handed the cloth back. “I don’t know.”


“Well, I will take the fact you are still lying there and haven’t broken down the door to run away as a good sign.”


Will’s smile quirked higher. “Nowhere to run. This is my room.”


Dearne dispensed with the cloth and then climbed back into the bed beside him and wriggled down so they laid side by side.


Chapter 55