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

Lance glanced at the clock and frowned. Another hour until Wade would arrive.


“Whatever. I know you, Lance. What’s going on?”


Lance started to deny it again, but knew his friend was on to him. “Wade’s meeting me here and we’re walking over to Ruby’s Diner for lunch.”


Ash’s eyes widened. “Oh, my God. Are you falling for your fakehusband?”


Lance pursed his lips as his cheeks heated. “Um, I guess you can’t really say I’m falling for him when I’ve kind of had a crush on him for years.” More than a crush. So much more.


Ash’s jaw dropped. “No shit? Does he know?”


Ash leaned back in his chair. “I did notsee that coming.”


Lance rose and glanced out the window. Main Street was busy today, a lot of people hurrying by as they shopped for Christmas presents. The temperature had dropped over the last few days, but it wasn’t snowing and the wind seemed to have calmed down.


Chapter 60