Risk It

By Isabelle Drake

Come to the Triple B Ranch and find your bliss! Gwen Baker has just been invited to participate in a new reality show, the Get Tied Down Challenge.

Couture dress-maker Gwen Baker says yes to spending a weekend at exclusive, singles-only The Triple B Ranch courtesy of the reality show, the Real DC. Recently dumped by a guy who insisted she wasn't exciting or spontaneous, she's eager for the chance to practice her man-hunting skills and take advantage of the live stream event to show off her custom cocktail dresses—even if the setting is a little bit rustic. Not one to be discouraged by setbacks like trying to look sexy in silk while roasting marshmallows over a campfire, Gwen arrives at the ranch ready to play along and pick one of the contestants. But the three guys from the city do nothing for her while the cook makes her ache for some serious sizzle.

As the head cook at the singles-only dude ranch, Connor Tate thinks he's immune to the charms and temptations of the female guests. Long legs, curvy or cute...he can ignore them all. He doesn't want any drama. He's only at the ranch to earn cash for grad school. So when the cast and crew of the Get Tied Down Challenge arrive at the camp, he's sure he'll be able to keep to himself and avoid the raven haired-hottie roaming the trails. But an impromptu kiss with Gwen turns into a contest of domination that soon comes a test of wills—a test he's glad to fail. He gives in to the sweet temptation she offers but he's a long way from being satisfied.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Totally Bound Publishing
• Release date: May 15, 2015
• ISBN: 9781784305444

Isabelle Drake

Isabelle Drake got her start writing confession stories for pulp magazines like True Confessions and True Love. Since publishing those first few stories she has written in multiple genres, earned an MFA in Creative Writing and became an English & Writing Professor.When away from her keyboard, she watches films, especially classic noir, horror and romance, and reads (of course). An avid traveler, she'll go just about anywhere--at least once--to meet people and get ideas.Find Isabelle as Isabelle Drake on Facebook, Youtube and Goodreads & @isabelledrake on Instagram, Twitter and Tumblr & isadrake on Snapchat.

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A Totally Bound Publication

Risk It

ISBN # 978-1-78430-544-4

©Copyright Isabelle Drake 2015

Cover Art by Posh Gosh ©Copyright April 2015

Edited by Rebecca Douglas

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Warning:

This book contains sexually explicit content which is only suitable for mature readers. This story has a heat rating of Totally Burning and a Sexometer of 2.

Invitations

RISK IT

Isabelle Drake

Book six in the Invitations series

Come to the Triple B Ranch and find your bliss! Gwen Baker has just been invited to participate in a new reality show, the Get Tied Down Challenge.

Couture dress-maker Gwen Baker says yes to spending a weekend at exclusive, singles-only The Triple B Ranch courtesy of the reality show, the Real DC. Recently dumped by a guy who insisted she wasn’t exciting or spontaneous, she’s eager for the chance to practice her man-hunting skills and take advantage of the live stream event to show off her custom cocktail dresses—even if the setting is a little bit rustic. Not one to be discouraged by setbacks like trying to look sexy in silk while roasting marshmallows over a campfire, Gwen arrives at the ranch ready to play along and pick one of the contestants. But the three guys from the city do nothing for her while the cook makes her ache for some serious sizzle.

As the head cook at the singles-only dude ranch, Connor Tate thinks he’s immune to the charms and temptations of the female guests. Long legs, curvy or cute…he can ignore them all. He doesn’t want any drama. He’s only at the ranch to earn cash for grad school. So when the cast and crew of the Get Tied Down Challenge arrive at the camp, he’s sure he’ll be able to keep to himself and avoid the raven haired-hottie roaming the trails. But an impromptu kiss with Gwen turns into a contest of domination that soon comes a test of wills—a test he’s glad to fail. He gives in to the sweet temptation she offers but he’s a long way from being satisfied.

Dedication

For the students of my Fall ’14 WRIT 278, Writing the Novel, class at Lansing Community College. Thanks for laughing at my jokes, your generous encouragement of each other, and for hanging around even when I pushed.

Acknowledgement

Christopher Bramhall Hastings

Trademarks Acknowledgement

The author acknowledges the trademarked status and trademark owners of the following wordmarks mentioned in this work of fiction:

Twitter: Twitter, Inc.

Disney: The Walt Disney Company

Snow White: The Walt Disney Company

Pinterest: Pinterest

Facebook: Facebook, Inc.

Men’s Wearhouse: The Men’s Wearhouse, Inc.

Chapter One

"Do it! Open your mailbox! It has to be there. The Capitol Girl post said the notifications would arrive today."

I’m just about to look. I’ll call you right back. Gwen said goodbye to her friend Sabrina then slipped her phone into her bag and pulled out her key ring. She rushed up the few steps to the entryway of her apartment building then unlocked the door. The cooler air inside swept across her skin, nearly making her shiver after walking in the steamy July heat.

Like in most of the residential buildings in her Washington, DC neighborhood, the mailboxes hung in a tidy row on the wall right inside the entryway. A few more steps and she’d find out if what Sabrina believed was true. Almost there… Until one of her neighbors, a retired college professor, came along, blocking her way as she was about to slide the small brass key into the mailbox lock.

Good afternoon, Miss Baker, he said, clutching a white poodle under his arms.

Hi, Professor Lyons.

Can you believe this is the third time Diego has asked to go out this afternoon? The man jostled the dog and laughed. I think he has a crush on the terrier from across the street. You know…the one who wears the sweaters?

The small edges of the key pressed against Gwen’s finger, teasing her with the possibility that the mailbox held the invitation Sabrina had described. Still, she took