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 slipped into the bathroom to get ready for the day and wasn’t surprised to hear himself humming as he shaved. Lance felt lighter than he had in years. While they still needed to talk about what was happening between them, he at least knew they were on even ground.


He didn’t see Wade again until he walked into the kitchen to join everyone. Casey set a platter of sausage links in the center of the table while Allyson set a basket of biscuits and a large bowl of gravy near it. Landon and Jake were deep in discussion about some new song that Lance hadn’t heard of.


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