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

Wade leaned against the curved wood headboard and stared at the ceiling. Hell.That was the longest he’d ever spent talking about feelings with his brother. Probably long overdue, but it still left him reeling.


Allyson had everyone traipsing all over Ruby, irritating the hell out of Wade. He would much rather be riding the fence line back at the ranch. There were a few places he knew needed fixing, but he wanted to check them out to see if they were due to weather and wear, or possibly tampered with. The damaged areas butted up to Milton Randle’s place and that man rubbed him the wrong way.


Chapter 19