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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  # Chapter One
  
  
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  SNOWFLAKES DRIFTEDlazily past Leonora’s bedroom window and onto the pavement
  bellow, softening the hard London contours. She’d pulled back the curtains
  moments earlier to admit a pale purple hue of early morning light and was now
  in the process of combing her hair. Tying it up in a knot at the nape of her
  neck, she dressed, wrapped a thick woolen shawl around her shoulders, and
  exited her bedchamber.
  
  
  Her days were different now from what they’d once been. But at four and twenty
  she’d long since given up on marriage and had therefore asked her father if he
  would permit her to use her dowry to open a shop instead.
  
  
  Having her younger sister already settled and married to a viscount had
  definitely helped persuade him. The family line was secure. But she was still
  a gentleman’s daughter intent on going into trade, and this h