title: The Husband Swap: A True Story of Unconventional Love
author:  Louisa Leontiades 
description: Hilarious. Poignant. Thrillingly erotic. Mind-opening. Heart-breaking. Louisa Leontiades has a powerful voice and the courage to live into her questions. ----Lucy H. Pearce, author of <i> The Rainbow Way and Moon Time </i><br /><br />The Husband Swapgives a much-needed peek at the always-entertaining world of polyamory and quads. It's wonderful reading for anyone curious about the possibilities of love beyond monogamy. ----Arianne Cohen, author of <i>The Sex Diaries Project</i><br /><br />Read this book carefully. There are excellent lessons in it like a lovely coral reef below turbulent waves. ----From the foreword, by Nol Lynne Figart, <em>The Polyamorous Misanthrope<br /><br /></em><span id="caseCorrespondence_28569412255_text">I would recommend this book to anyone look for a good story involving polyamory, and to poly newcomers for an open-eyed look at some of what can go wrong in a poly relationship.<br />Jessica Burde, author of <em>Polyamory on Purpose</em></span><br /><br /><span id="caseCorrespondence_28569412255_text">This compelling narrative of emotional growth and discovery will resonate with those in any style of relationship.<br />Barry Smiler, <em>Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality</em></span>
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  # Louquier's Third Act
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Katharine Fullerton Gerould
  
  
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  LOUQUIER had been crossed in love. The old phrase covers his case. The girl
  does not matter, the circumstances do not matter; nothing matters except that
  Louquier had fallen in love, and that the lady had not reciprocated—not at
  least effectively, to the point of marrying Louquier. She does not come into
  the story in her own person; only as a cause. She affected Louquier; and his
  state is responsible for what happened. Of course Louquier's own temperament
  counts largely; other men might have been affected differently. Louquier,
  crossed in love, was a very special human formula.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Louquier was cursed with a small patrimony that made it entirely unnecessary
  for him to work, so long as his tastes remained simple. The lady apart, he had
  no ambitions; he was, I regret to say the sort of obsolescent fool