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 stepped under the water and let his thoughts fill with Lance instead. Yeah, there were things going on at home that marred the happiness he felt with his new husband, but he sensed that he and Lance could get through anything together.


There was that weird connection thing again, making him feel as strong as a superhero. Funny how love seemed to give him confidence.


They pulled into the ranch earlier than planned due to an almost-too-good-to-be-true drive where they never got caught in any traffic on the way home from the airport. At times they sailed down the highway like they were the only humans left on the planet, which was a little eerie sometimes.


They’d been quiet on the drive, each lost in their thoughts, but when Lance took his hand, just casually, as if it were the most normal thing in the world, Wade had shaken his head to make sure he was awake. Was this really his life now?


Chapter 76