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

“Thank you for coming to lunch with me today,” he murmured, his fingers tentatively stroking Wade’s arm.


“It was fun,” Wade whispered, using everything he had in him to keep from rolling on top of Lance. Continuing that kiss from earlier. He was already so hard again, he almost hurt, yet he would be content to kiss Lance for the next three hours, if that was as far as it went. Just one taste, his body cried out.


“About what?” Like he didn’t know what Lance was referring to.


Lance propped his head on his hand, looking down at Wade. “Seriously? That’s how you’re going to play this?”


Chapter 47