The Man Club. It’s the electric place where gay gents pick up one-night stands, hot male dancers work for big tips, and fresh bachelorettes have their steamy, pre-marital parties. Running The Man Club is a crazy job for middle-aged Gyles Beare. Between hiring and firing dancers, keeping wait staff in line, and paying the bills, Gyles tries to have a love life, but it isn’t easy. Not at all. Enter Car Tate. Car lives with Gyles, and has been a solid tenant for the last few months. Handsome. Charming. A good head on his shoulders. Car sometimes works at the club to help Gyles out. He always has Gyles’s back. Lately, though, Car’s been over-the-top nice to Gyles. The sweet and romantic things Car’s been doing for Gyes are oddly pleasant. What’s going on? Is Car in love with Gyles? Is it time for Gyles to confront his hidden feelings and land the man of his dreams?

The Man Club

Our lips meet. It feels right. It feels real.


I don’t push him away. I can’t. I refuse to.


He slides one of his palms to the center of my legs and rolls fingertips over my khakis, hardening me. His other palm finds the back of my head, and he brushes fingers through my hair. The kissing continues, and we heavily pant, needing and wanting each other, creating a fresh, and different relationship together.


I pull away from him, pant. “What are we doing, Car?”


“Caring for you,” he whispers, wiping spittle away from his lips with the back of his right hand.


“Since I first moved in. You drive me mad. I have more than a crush on you. You’re all I think about these days. The question is, do you want this like I do?”


I don’t have to think about it and say, “I do care for you and…”


Chapter 17