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

He stepped into the shower and slid the glass door shut. Bracing his hands on the tiled wall, he hung his head forward and let the warm water pour over him. Like fingers on his skin, the pounding water worked at the knots, removing the tension from the day and little by little he began to relax.


But knowing Lance was in his bedroom—their bedroom—just a few feet away wouldn’t allow him to relax completely


God, he’d tried to not care about Lance for so long, but he couldn’t do it. How could he when the man had stepped up to help his entire family? Avoiding him now wasn’t even an option, no matter how crushed he’d been when Lance had turned him down years ago.


Chapter 30