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 got up and paced the room. Damn Dearne and his ridiculous, dramatic declarations. He scrubbed his face with his hands, but he could still smell Dearne on them. He dropped them to his side. He needed to make sure there was no real, material threat to Dearne and then get on with finding somewhere to live. Establishing himself and making sure he, too, was safe.


Dearne watched as Will stomped away from the house, seemingly headed for the gardens, and felt like a complete fool. What in God’s name had possessed him to say those words? Will Marsden was the prickliest bastard alive and he should have known something like this would happen. He should have known what his reaction would be. But just for once, it would have been good if Will could have just said something nice instead of behaving as though he had done something dreadful. He sighed. Perhaps the thought of being loved by him was dreadful.


Chapter 59