Wade Dwyer's life is turned upside down when his father dies and he learns he must marry or he and his siblings will lose the ranch. One last jab of the knife from his father. On top of that, his father's only friend knows about the stipulation and is determined to own the property by any means necessary.<br><br>He's facing the very real possibility of being the reason his family loses their home when his brother's best friend, Lance Matthews, offers to walk down the aisle with him. A faux marriage to the man he's loved for years is a torture he isn't sure he can endure.<br><br>Can he keep the ranch ... and the man of his dreams, too?

The Twisted Oak

“She didn’t want to come,” Casey added needlessly.


There’d been a mutual animosity between the two from day one, but as long as she cooked, cleaned, stayed out of his way, and took care of the boys, Kenneth Dwyer hadn’t really cared one way or another if she liked him.


Wade watched some of the mourners head to their cars, but many others stood in groups, talking quietly.


Chapter 4