For Jake, the lesson was brutal: Love for a sibling must include boundaries. For Emma, the lesson was humbling: A crush is not a calling. For Blake, the lesson was inevitable: Winning your brother’s wife is losing your soul.

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Emma and Jake had been married for six years. By all accounts, theirs was a "rock solid" relationship. They lived in a suburban Nashville home, complete with a white fence and a golden retriever. The one recurring character in their marriage, however, was Jake’s younger brother, .