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

His phone rang, lighting up the screen on the middle of the dash.


“Need you to turn around. We’ve got a mess back here.”


Wade did a U-turn in the middle of the road and hit the gas. “On my way. What’s going on?”


“Almost all our fence has been vandalized along the property butting up to Milton’s property. We need to repair and count the cattle. That bastard is going to pay for this.” The anger in his voice came through the phone loud and clear.


“I’ve already called the sheriff. Just get back here as soon as you can and get saddled up.” Casey hung up before Wade could answer, but he understood. His brother was in crisis mode.


He was pretty pissed himself and it took a lot of willpower to keep from going too far over the speed limit. As he rode the last curve before coming on Dwyer Ranch, his phone rang again. The screen showed it was Lance.


“Hey,” he said, his voice filled with tension.


Chapter 53