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

“Hit him?” Lady Araminta stopped what she was doing and stared incredulously.


“Because you thought he had stolen your money?”


“Even so, do you not think that was a little…”


“Yes.” He cleared his throat. “Leave his shirt. It will serve as a nightshirt.” Will started to unbutton the falls of Dearne’s breeches and then hesitated. Lady Araminta turned her back, and so did Miss Rose. Will quickly divested him of his breeches and then pulled down the shirt, making him relatively decent. As before, He got hold of one arm, tucked his shoulder beneath his armpit, and heaved him up, and managed to get Dearne’s frighteningly unresponsive body onto the bed. He pulled the blankets up and stroked the hair from his face.


“Talk to me, Dearne,” he said softly. “Talk to me. Please?” He took Dearne’s hand and leaned over to kiss him, but then jerked back as he remembered he was not alone.


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