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

“Perhaps he was trying the very best to do what was right. He got it dreadfully wrong, but…” She shrugged.


Will had never thought of it that way. His head was beginning to hurt.


“Only because I understand,” she said with a smile. “I know what it is like to love someone who the whole of society would disapprove of.”


The door opened and Miss Rose returned with a tray of tea. Lady Araminta stood and helped her with it making Will embarrassed he had not done so. He went and helped as best he could.


“Was he far beneath you?” Will asked, carrying on their conversation.


It took several moments of staring stupidly before what she was saying registered in Will’s head. When Lady Araminta took Miss Rose’s hand and kissed it the penny dropped and Will flushed.


Chapter 69