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

“Well, he kept trying to find ways to persuade me I didn’t need Miss Rose anymore. Said I didn’t need a companion as I had Eleanor.” Araminta’s chin lifted.


“He couldn’t insist you give her up.” Dearne was shocked.


“He tried. He kept reminding me it was he who paid her wages.”


Dearne bit back the retort which came to mind. The miserable bastard.


“Well, I wasn’t having any of that, I can tell you, but it was a constant strain. Anyway, when I decided I would move to Denton, the question of a companion was resolved. Miss Rose would need to come with me.”


Dearne’s head was spinning. “He’s not going to want you to try and move to Denton because if he has sold it, you would discover the truth.”


“Let me get this straight.” He closed his eyes for a moment. “I was missing in Belgium for some time, and eventually you received notification I had been killed.”


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