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 shook his head as his heart started to hammer in his chest.


He reached out an unsteady hand and picked up the battered box. The lock was broken. Closing his eyes, he pushed open the lid. The money was gone. All of it. Every last penny of his savings, and all of Araminta’s money.


Fear exploded in him, making him shake. He opened the box again and closed it and opened it as though if he kept looking long enough the money would reappear.


It didn’t. The fear was replaced by incandescent fury.


There was only one man who knew about it. One man who knew where it would be.


Will barged into Dearne’s room without a hesitation. The door banged on the wall as he strode inside.


Dearne jumped, and the valet who had been attending him stared.


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