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

“Gonna cook in your underwear?” I asked, raising my eyebrows.


“Today it’s my underwear. Tomorrow it’s the Naked Chef!”


“I’m surprised you don’t shower with your clothes on like a nun.”


He turned to me, an impish smile on his lips.


He casually removed his underwear, tossed them on the floor, stood there like the Greek god that he was.


“Isn’t it liberating?” I asked. “You’ve got to free your willy!”


He maintained his bluster for about eight seconds before darting forward to grab up his shorts and put them back on. “Someone might see,” he said sheepishly.


“Naked breakfast wasn’t built in a day.”


“I am noteating breakfast in the nude!”


“Do you have any idea what it’s like to spend all day inside your shorts? Honest to Christmas! Show a little mercy on that poor thing.”


“I’m not kidding. What is it with you?”


Chapter 40