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An award-winning journalist delves into the growing trend toward relationships―including her own―that pushes love beyond the familiar borders of monogamy.

When Rachel Krantz met and fell for Adam, he told her that he was looking for a committed partnership―just one that did not include exclusivity. Excited and a little trepidatious, Rachel set out to see whether love and a serious partnership with Adam could coexist alongside the freedom to explore relationships with other people. Their relationship was designed to strike an exquisite balance between intimacy and independence, calibrated to fan desire for the long haul.



Armed with her instincts from her career as a journalist, Rachel not only put her own heart on the line, she also kept detailed journals, interviewed experts and therapists, immersed herself in the polyamory community, and relentlessly interrogated her own emotions. Now, in her debut memoir, she chronicles her dive into non-monogamy, from debilitating anxiety spirals to heart-opening connections with the men and women she dates. Through page-turning storytelling, she takes us inside the Brooklyn parties where Rachel first dips her toes in the water of non-monogamy; into the wider swinger and polyamory community where they search for a relationship style that suits them; and into her private moments with Adam and their other lovers. As she and Adam attempt to write a new plot for their love story, she also runs up against miscommunications, ancient power dynamics, and seeming betrayals that threaten the foundation of their love.



Casting new light on universal experiences like jealousy, restlessness, and love, Rachel breaks new ground in confronting the unique ways abuse and gaslighting manifest in open relationships, and explores the endless range of relationships couples have created to answer their desires.