For one, Riley's father and brother will not go down without a fight. And so Riley's plan to get his fair share of the company while upsetting his father by masquerading as gay and marrying into a rival family looks like it might just work out.īut there are a few things Riley didn't quite count on. Jack's reluctant, obviously, but one thing Riley has learned as a Hayes is how to manipulate people. Jack's gay, and Riley enlists him to get married to fulfill the terms of Gerald's agreement. He contacts Jack Campbell, son of one of Gerald's biggest rivals, with a proposition. Riley's beyond upset, but he has a plan to get back at this father. That is, unless he gets married-for love-and stays that way for a year.

But when the plan for control is outlined, Riley learns he'll be getting far less than his older brother. And with Riley's father, Gerald, nearing retirement, he'll surely leave it to his children. His family owns the incredibly successful Hayes Oil. Riley Hayes, second son of the Hayes family, leads a charmed life. But under and through it all, as Riley learns over the months, this is a tale about family and everything that that word means.

This is a story of murder, deceit, the struggle for power, lust and love, the sprawling life of a rancher and the whirlwind existence of a playboy. Riley hadn't counted on the fact that Jack Campbell, quiet and unassuming rancher, is a force of nature in his own right. Riley marries Jack and abruptly his entire world is turned inside out. There is no mention in his father's documents that the marriage had to be with a woman and Jack Campbell is the son of Riley Senior's arch rival. Blackmailing Jack Campbell into marrying him 'for love' suits Riley's purpose.

Angered by the requirement, Riley seeks a means of bypassing his father's stipulation. Concerned about Riley's lack of maturity, his father requires that Riley 'marry and stay married for one year to someone he loves'. His father, CEO of HayesOil, passes control of the corporation to his two sons but a stipulation is attached to Riley's portion. Riley Hayes, the playboy of the Hayes family, is a young man who seems to have it all: money, a career he loves, and his pick of beautiful women.

Texas Family by R.J. Scott