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

We don’t make love in the shower, although he wants to. Truth is, we don’t have enough time, late for dinner. Instead, we continue to shower, dress, and end up at the restaurant five minutes late. No biggie.


Sadie Mumford is striking. I can’t think of any other word to describe her. She looks like Princess Diana, beyond stunning. Same haircut. Same eyes. Same lips. Sadie can pass for royalty, this is how beautiful she is.


The waiter, a young version of Robert De Niro in The Godfather Part II, serves our drinks and appetizers. He’s suggestive, sexy, and won’t stop undressing my boyfriend with his eyes during the evening.


Eventually, I have to gain his attention and whisper in his ear, “I’m taking my boyfriend home tonight, and he’s going to fuck me so hard, I’ll probably be bruised in places. You’re the last queer on the planet he’ll be thinking of, so stop looking at him. Find your own man.”


Chapter 23