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

“Why did you volunteer to be my husband in this little fake marriage?”


Lance felt his cheeks heat up as he worried his lower lip. Wade watched him, his eyes dark and intense. Shit. Lance’s cock twitched in response and he shifted in his saddle. Last thing he needed was Wade seeing him with a semi for him. “Well, Casey’s my best friend, so of course I want to do anything I can to help him.” He felt the heat spread down to his neck.


And fuck if Wade’s gaze didn’t drop to Lance’s lips. Surely he was misinterpreting things.


“And I’m gay, so I figured if you were single when…your father died…I would volunteer.”


“Are you out? I mean, Ididn’t know. And Ruby’s a pretty small town.”


Chapter 22