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

When they went to check out the Christmas tree farm, he’d take him out to a nice meal. He’d planned on renting a motel room, but now decided to find a nice hotel instead. Feeling better with the new plan, he urged Stardust into a gallop and caught up with the others.


The rest of the week went by relatively smoothly. Landon had his last day of school until after the New Year, Lance met with several different security companies and they’d settled on one, and Lorna had been treating them to Christmas cookies nearly every day. The best part, though? No fences were damaged, nothing was set on fire, and no cattle were hurt.


Wade wasn’t stupid enough to think Martin Randle had stopped his war on their ranch, but maybe the sheriff’s talk with him put some sense into him for the time being.


Chapter 67