{"product_id":"a-life-less-monogamous-cooper-s-beckett-9781518685712","title":"A Life Less Monogamous: a novel about swinging","description":"We all come to a point in our lives where we finally ask the ever-looming question, \u003cstrong\u003e\"Is this all there is?\"\u003c\/strong\u003e And most of us coast along afterwards, just accepting that the answer to that question is probably, \"Yes, this is it.\" Sometimes, though, we're lucky. Sometimes we run into the right people at the right time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRyan and Jennifer are at that point in their marriage, asking that question. Luckily, tonight at a friend's holiday party, they're about to run into those very right people at exactly the right time. Bruce and Paige have successfully crossed the Rubicon into the realm of \"what else there is.\" They've discovered delights and a way of living that Ryan and Jennifer have only ever dreamed about. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheir secret? \u003cstrong\u003eBruce and Paige are swingers\u003c\/strong\u003e. And very soon now, thanks to a chance meeting and a new friendship, Ryan and Jennifer will close their eyes, clasp hands, and jump into the deep end of life, exploring the untold wonders of sexuality. Hedonistic pleasures that they can't even fathom yet, threesomes and sex parties and a deep connection with friends and with each other. The swinging lifestyle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eToday is the day they proclaim: \"There is more.\" \u003cstrong\u003eToday is the day they change their lives.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCooper S. Beckett, host of \u003cem\u003eLife on the Swingset: The Podcast\u003c\/em\u003e now beginning its sixth year, author of the bestselling memoir \u003cem\u003eMy Life on the Swingset: Adventures in Swinging and Polyamory\u003c\/em\u003e, and guest expert on Dan Savage's \u003cem\u003eSavage Lovecast\u003c\/em\u003e, takes you back to the beginning with a novel about being a newbie in the swinging lifestyle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"With \u003cem\u003eA Life Less Monogamous\u003c\/em\u003e, Cooper continues the tradition set by his memoir \u003cem\u003eMy Life on the Swingset\u003c\/em\u003e, sharing even more insights about the real challenges in relationships of all kinds. Cooper teaches, titillates, and bares his soul, showing how a life less monogamous can keep sex between couples flourishing.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Betty Dodson, Author \u003cem\u003eSex For One\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Your life is yours to own. Cooper shows us how two people, or even more than two people, can design their relationships to be exactly what they want them to be. With authenticity, sensuality, and a sharp edge, \u003cem\u003eA Life Less Monogamous\u003c\/em\u003e lets you peek behind the curtain of a modern marriage adventure.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Ginger Bentham, \u003cem\u003eIntellectual Foreplay\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A good writer makes the reader feel, and that's what Cooper Beckett does here  Kick back and enjoy all the wining and dining, and yearning and learning that takes place \"\u003cbr\u003e- Kendra Holliday, \u003cem\u003eThe Beautiful Kind\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"If you're looking for a realistic \"high stakes\" story about love, sex, desire, and the mistakes that go along with asking for what you REALLY WANT (even if you never want to swing or open up your relationship), Cooper Beckett has captured something that can teach all of us a thing or two. If you just read one chapter, make it Chapter 47 \"\u003cbr\u003e- \"America's favorite sex geek,\" Reid Mihalko \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Cooper's debut novel provides an intimate look at the emotional life of one couple as they contemplate the leap from comfortable (but dull) monogamy to non-monogamy. For anyone wondering how and why couples open up their marriages, this book is a compelling account of the appeal, the struggles, and yes, the sexiness of what non-monogamy can mean to its practitioners. For swingers and non-swingers alike, this is a delightful, fast-paced read that follow's one couple's fantasies, adventures, and conflicts, with an irresistible blend of sensuality and angst.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Dr Jeana Jorgensen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cooper S. 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