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

“If he’s so happy, why is the DHS visiting?”


“I thought you had made your peace with this, Billy.”


“I have,” he said. “But if there’s something going on…”


“My pastor read your book,” Bill said, switching gears.


“He had a lot of interesting things to say.”


“You’re an example of how this homosexual agenda is steamrolling the rest of us. Y’all don’t give a shit about our feelings, our beliefs—you just want what you want and you don’t care about the consequences. You don’t care about what’s going to happen to Noah when he grows up and tries to make his way in the real world and he has to explain to people about his ‘two daddies.’ What kind of future is he going to have?”


“Since when did you ever worry yourself about his future?”


“He’s my nephew. We’re not the heartless bastards you pretend we are.”


Chapter 48