Double Switch is a full length novel with a Prologue, an Epilogue and 18 chapters. So it will take a commensurate time to read. It is erotic in places but not on every page or even in every chapter. So a little patience is necessary. It is a love story, actually three love stories. I hope you will be rewarded for your time and trouble.
All of the major characters are completely fictional and bear no resemblance to actual people, living or dead.
Prologue
"You can't be serious", gasped Ernest, as he stared at his wife in utter disbelief. "You can't mean what you just said! For nearly thirty years, I thought I'd..." He exchanged a dubious glance with Frank, his twin brother sitting across the table. Except for the four of them, the patio was deserted. All of the other lodge guests had gone inside, most to bed, but some to play cards or do jigsaw puzzles, or just sit and talk, or read; in the overstuffed chairs dotting the large rustic lobby.
"Frank, did you...? That night? You never said you..."
His brother didn't respond, but even in the dim light, his countenance displayed the pangs of longï·“suppressed guilt and embarrassment he felt at the mention of the prank they had concocted as young newlyï·“married men.
It was fortunate the two couples had the patio to themselves. The subject matter of their conversation demanded privacy.
Frank Adams, his wife Sally, his identical twin brother Ernest and his wife Sue, had not had the opportunity to share such intimate accounts of their earlier life in many years of jobï·“enforced separation. Their allï·“toï·“few brief previous getï·“togethers, over their thirty years of marriage, had afforded them little opportunity to become really re acquainted and to reï·“live the exciting times of their courtships and early married lives. Besides, in those few meetings they did manage, the presence of parents and/or their children inhibited whatever opportunity they might have otherwise had to let their hair down, as they were finally now able to do this night.
Ever since they made plans to rendezvous at the lake, which had played such an important role in their earlier lives, all four had been anticipating this opportunity to get to know one another once again and reminisce about their early days as young couples. Sally and Sue, also identical twins, had married their husbands thirty years before in an impressive double wedding ceremony.
Ernest K. Adams, with his PhD, in chemical engineering, had worked all over the world since receiving his doctorate twenty-ï·“seven years before. In the intervening time, he designed, and upervised the construction of, large chemical plants and refineries in over a dozen countries.
As a result, he and Sue have made their home in Europe, South America, Asia and the Near East; but only briefly, and seldom, in the U.S. His expertise, always soughtï·“after, he has commanded substantial salaries and thus has accumulated comfortable nest egg for his eventual retirement. Sue, when she wasn't busy raising their three children, Ernest Junior, Sandra and Richard, spent most of her time writing, with considerable success, becoming a well known author of some two dozen commercially successful historical romance novels, most set in Elizabethan England.
Over the past thirty years, several books by Susan Davidson Adams have made the New York Times Best Seller List.
Frank Adams, a mechanical engineer by training, has worked his way up in the company he joined after graduation. In his early years at the firm, he secured a masters degree in engineering, attending college part time. Then, when the company recognized his managerial talents, he was granted a year off to obtain an MBA. Frank's wife, Sally taught school for several years but quit after the birth of their first child, Frank Junior. Since then, they have had three more children, Sheila, Shirley and Samantha.
Both families are grown now, or nearly so. Frank and Sally's youngest, Samantha, is still in college as is Ernest and Sue's youngest, Richard. All of the others are out of school and married. Ernest Junior, a computer programmer, and his wife, Janet, have already produced the first grandchild, little Sue, named after her grandmother.
"Do mean you and Sue..." Frank broke in, eyeing his wife with a shocked expression which matched that of his twin brother.
"Yes, I think, after all these years," Sally responded, "we'd better come clean about the little trick we pulled on you guys at the cottage. What was it, twentyï·“nine years ago?"
"That's right. It was just a few months before our first wedding anniversary," Sue continued. "But, do you think we should tell 'em, even now?" she asked with a quizzical look toward her twin sister.
