Male-perspective bisexual: NY doctoral student, Aiden Macallum, is in an open marriage of convenience with older Columbia U English professor Sandra Gainsworth. They both fall for New Zealand author Bram Overby, who invites Sandra to take a sabbatical at his hedonist artists' colony NZ beachfront house. Sandra accepts, Aiden tags along. Both become sexually embroiled not only with Overby but also in a community where everyone is doing everyone else and everyone wants to do Aiden.
Young Dave and his hot Japanese wife Naomi are helpless against Dave's powerful wily stepfather Frank. As Dave secretly watches Frank ravish his young wife, he has to confront his own doubts about their relationship. First released in 2000, the story is heavily revised.