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 wiggled her eyebrows. “Good to know. Night. I enjoyed our talk, Wade.”


She turned around again and smiled. “I like that.”


He silently agreed with her as he rinsed off his dish before turning off the kitchen light and heading back to bed.


Wade’s morning was surreal to say the least. First of all, Casey walked in without knocking, loudly proclaiming it was time to get up and get his marriage license.


“Sorry we don’t have time for a bachelor party. I imagine you guys would like something a little different than me, huh?” Casey laughed and sat on the edge of the bed.


Wade pulled himself up and glared at his brother. “It’s too early to talk about weddings, Casey.”


Casey only laughed again. “I said the same thing, but Allyson insisted we needed to get going. Apparently there are a ‘ton’ of things to do,” he said, using his fingers to create air quotes.


Chapter 18