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

“I’d like to meet her. Your wife, I mean.”


His father cleared his throat several times and pulled a handkerchief out of his pocket and mopped his face. “I would be honoured. I’d like to meet Captain Dearne.”


Will nodded. And nodded again and then looked at his father and smiled.


A knock at the door interrupted them. Will went to answer it. He opened the door to find Dearne outside looking anxious. He raised his eyebrows in silent question.


Will opened the door to let him in. When he spoke, his voice was husky with emotion. “Father, may I present Captain Maximilian Dearne. Dearne, my father. The fifth Earl of Sutton.”


Will watched and waited. His father looked at Dearne, then to him, then cleared his throat and held out a hand. “Good to make your acquaintance, Dearne.”


Will felt as though his blood had been replaced with champagne. He was fizzing from the inside out. Dearne was languishing on the bed, fully dressed, watching him pace the carpets.


Chapter 82