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

The microwave dinged and he pulled out the plate and grabbed a fork before pulling up a bar stool to the island. “Join me?” he asked, gesturing to the stool to his right.


They sat together, neither looking at the other. Wade wasn’t sure what to say. What was the proper way to initiate conversation with a sister you never knew you had?


“So, this is awkward,” Patricia acknowledged with a small chuckle.


“Crazy few days. Ever since Mr. Matthews contacted me.”


“Lance. He wouldn’t like being called Mr. Matthews by a Dwyer family member.”


She smiled. “Okay. Wow. Family…it’s just so unexpected. I was an only child and always wanted a brother.”


“Now you have three of us,” Wade reminded her with a grin. “Trust me, you’ll be pining for your solitude soon.”


Chapter 15