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

“And we pray that Mary understands that just because she’s seventeen doesn’t mean she can stay out all hours of the night,” Shelly added.


“Your curfew is ten o’clock, young lady. Don’t you Mama! me.”


“I told you I was going to be late.”


“If you can’t abide by your curfew, you can just stay home,” Shelly said easily.


Mary rolled her eyes in typical teenage fashion. I offered her a look to suggest that I felt her pain.


“You kids are a handful!” Mama said, glancing at Mary, Josh, Eli, and Noah.


“I’m going to Bible Camp,” Eli announced proudly. “Ain’t I, Mama?”


“Yes, you certainly are,” she said.


“You’ll have fun with all the rest of the babies,” Josh added. Was that a moustache on his lip?


“Fourteen!” he said petulantly, like he couldn’t believe I had the nerve to not remember


“You’re not going to Bible Camp?”


Chapter 84