Neighbors who live so close to each other get into different parts of each others personal lives. Sometimes they get a bit too close and into some parts they might regret later
Male-perspective bisexual: Jim is a nondiscriminatory portrait painter, using-fully using-male and female models alike, painting them in a unique multidimensional mode. When he brings Juliet home to lay and paint, his at-home lover, Jules, isn't keen on sharing his sex partner with Juliet. Jim, though, highly sexed and fully bisexual, has what he thinks is the solution.
The small-farm valley in Idaho on the western slope of the Grand Tetons was devoid of fit men in 1943. They were all off fighting the war. The job of getting in the harvest and taking care of business was left to the women and older men and boys too young for the war, like 14-year-old Jimmy and Sam. Sam is being covered by the town lawyer who would also like to cover Jimmy. A disabled veteran, Jack Fox, is added into the mix. He is quite able for the women and for Jimmy too.
This is the prequel to how the Fucking Gift Exchange arose by Juan and Cindy who were looking into swinging. It only seemed natural to do it with friends. What's a little fucking between friends.
Amelia escapes the intentions of her step father and travels to a Britain in which women take the lead in relationships. Adapting to a different social order where she is expected to be in charge is quite a challenge as her letters home reveal.