Derrick and Dylan have swapped places for a business meeting. They're identical twins, and no-one will notice - they hope. Derrick is in construction and Dylan's a doctor. But it's just a project meeting, and Derrick needs the personal time so Dylan unwisely agrees to impersonate his brother. But Harper who works with Derrick does notice, and he insists Dylan meet him over dinner later to explain himself, in RAISING THE BAR.

Augusta, Georgia is respectable enough, but Harper frequents a private club where anything goes, and the sophisticated doctor is unsure of himself. Dylan doesn't hide the fact that he's bisexual, unlike Derrick, and Harper enjoys meeting a like-minded man. The part-owner of the club, a choosy redhead named Freddie, works behind the bar and notices the chemistry between the good-looking guys. So next day when her brother tells her that he's seen one of them with a girlfriend, she doesn't realise that twins are involved, and just thinks Dylan is a skunk.

Marie Harte plays the twin card for amusement in her hot story of a threesome, but she makes the serious point that just because one twin is into an alternate lifestyle it doesn't mean the other one is. Dylan, Harper and Freddie find themselves compatible for a relationship, but polyandry is not socially acceptable and such relationships have to stay in the closet - however happy the participants. A sub-plot involving Derrick and Dylan's widowed mother starting a new relationship in her golden years is good to round the brothers off as family members, concerned for their parent and yet jealous of the space their father had held.

Marie Harte has written several books including a paranormal series, and RAISING THE BAR is an entertaining short read about a committed trio, with some light bondage.

Book Summary

One plus one plus one equals love.

Dr. Dylan Warren is too old to be swapping places with his twin brother, but to save a million-dollar deal, he’ll play along. He never counted on a sexy, nosy male contractor being able to tell the difference between them. In order to protect his brother’s reputation, Dylan agrees to meet Harper for dinner—at what turns out to be a high-class club that caters to its patrons’ every need.

Dylan has never made any bones about being bi, but he’s never had two lovers at once. Suddenly, he’s in lust with not only Harper but the hot female bartender intent on serving them more than drinks. Between Freddy, a beautiful woman who seems to know him better than he knows himself, and Harper, a man who pushes his every boundary, Dylan finds himself in that most uncomfortable of places—falling in love without a safety net.

Warning: Losing a bet may lead to sex clubs, threesomes, and spankings. One sexy psychiatrist, one giant hunk of a contractor, and one cute blond bartender combine in all imaginable configurations…and then some.

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