When his snobbish future in-laws travel all the way from Boston to visit, wise-cracking Southerner Wiley Cantrell learns gay marriage is not without its disadvantages. He’s preoccupied by concerns over the health of his special needs son Noah, a meth baby who was not expected to live yet is now on the cusp of puberty, and the antics of Wiley's outrageous would-be mother-in-law and severely conservative father-in-law strain his relationship with Jackson Ledbetter, a pediatric nurse who poses problems of his own. As their respective families meet and greet, each just as meddlesome and inflexible as the other, North meets South and the fireworks and cultural misunderstandings are plenty.<br><br>Then a tornado blows through the small Mississippi town where Wiley's mother lives, wrecking his mother's house and leaving their lives in disarray. And Jackson's secret drug addiction comes to light, devastating Wiley and Noah. With so many stones in the road, Wiley and Jackson find their dream of becoming a real family falling apart. Though Wiley relies on humor to cope, he'll need something more to keep his happily ever after from slipping away.

Stones in the Road

I had noticed this about him before—this paralysis, this look of bewilderment about the simplest of things. Jackson said I babied him when I made such decisions for him, and perhaps he was right, so now I waited to see what Noah would do. He continued to look around, biting at his lower lip, looking distressed, almost afraid.


He offered me a helpless look, hugging his arms to his chest. I handed him a pair of shorts


I stripped the sheets off his bed and gathered them up. He followed me to the laundry room, one hand hooked in the waistband of my boxers as if to make sure I didn’t leave. He continued to cling to me while I loaded the washer.


He’s just concerned about you, that’s all.


Chapter 15