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

Miss Rose touched his hand again. “About that book?”


Will let go of a breath, and with it a modicum of the tension which had invaded him, and smiled. He hoped his appreciation was evident. Her answering smile, and sparkle in her eye indicated it might have been. Why she and Lady Araminta weren’t having him thrown from the property was mystery enough, but although Miss Rose’s kindness was incomprehensible, he was, nonetheless, appreciative.


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