Free The Gentlemen's Ranch (Erotica Series, Book 1) by Ever Wood

 
     
     
     
The
Invitation

     
    “ You
really got us an invitation?” I ask Camryn. “To The Gentlemen’s
Ranch?”
    My best friend smiles as
she stretches a thick, velvet-covered square toward me. I can
barely see her teeth past all the canary feathers.
    I shrink back from the
offending missive. “I don’t know, Cam, I’ve heard some pretty wild
stories about that place.”
    “ Exactly,” she purrs and folds her long legs underneath her as
she sits on my sofa. Oh, sure, what does she have to worry about?
Almost six-foot-tall, blonde, articulate, socially savvy. Oh, and
an attorney. Every man in the place will be fighting over
her. All of which begs the question, why
the hell am I even friends with her to begin with? I glance down at my yoga pants and t-shirt and
shrug. I may look like a slug now, but I can clean up quite nicely
when I have to. I’m only five-five, but I have a pretty rocking
body and long black hair. Neither one of which come easy. Or
cheap.
    “ Do you realize how many
women would die for this?” she asks.
    “ How many?”
    “ Rhetorical question,
Tesh.”
    “ Sarcasm,
Camryn.”
    She throws a pillow at me
and I swat it away.
    I can tell by the look in
her eye, she’s gearing up for her closing arguments. “Come on,
Tesh, aren’t you tired of trying to find the right man on your own?
I know I am. I’m tired of going to clubs. I’m tired of meeting men
only to find out that they still live in their mother’s basements.
And, think about it. Let’s say we do meet someone we find
interesting. How do we know he’s the
one ? We could waste years trying to figure
it out. That’s why we need The Gentlemen’s Ranch. I refuse to settle for a
lame husband who thinks romance is screwing like the Energizer
Bunny for three minutes and then passing out. Trust me, there are a
lot of them out there. I want someone that I’m compatible with
on all levels.
For the rest of my life.”
    I feel like I should throw a gavel down.
    She sits forward and hands me the invitation
once again with a wicked glint in her eye.
    With a petulant sigh, I
take the invitation out of her hand and open it up.
     
    The Gentlemen’s
Ranch
    Invites You
    Check your inhibitions at
the door and find out which one of our eligible bachelors is your perfect match.
Success guaranteed.
    Day One: Meet & Greet
    Day Two: Blindfold Test
    Day Three: The Selection
     
    *Medical Exam
Required
     
    “ Pretty cryptic, isn’t
it?” I snort. “And, what’s this about an exam? I don’t want some
random doctor poking around inside me.”
    Camryn rolls her eyes.
“Oh, grow up. This is a millionaire’s club, Tesh. I’m sure they
want to make sure all participants are disease free. In fact, I
would insist upon it myself. Shit, Tesh, look at the men on that
invitation!”
    I do and I see what she’s
means. Drop-dead gorgeous. All of them. I don’t tell her that the
chances that the men at The Ranch look anything like the models
that grace this invitation are slim to none. “Like I said, I’ve
heard stuff. Orgies, kinky parties, sex toys. I’ve even heard that
the women have to surrender their clothes at the door.”
    Even Camryn has the
decency to blush at that statement.
    “ I know, but if it helps
me find my husband, I’ll do whatever it takes.” She stands up and
grabs my hands. “Come on! What do we have to lose? We’re both close
to thirty and our eggs are shriveling faster than a pair of
Siberian balls.”
    I laugh, but inside my
stomach clenches at the thought of stepping that far out of my
comfort zone. Can I really do this? I suppose I could ask for a few days off at the
Accounting firm, and you never know, my “Mr. Right” just might be
there. I look at the photos again. I actually hope the men at The
Ranch don’t look
like these guys. My passions have always been more cerebral in
nature, preferring brains over brawn any day.
    I take a deep breath. “All
right, I’ll go.”

 

Meet &
Greet

     
    Our limo turns