A young couple go on a camping holiday in Africa with her parents and older sister, but on arrival discover sister's friend and her husband were invited but sister did not book enough tents so her friends have to share with them, as they are from that country they find some surprising behaviour and customs.
Beth and Larry are in their junior year of college together. One night, they admit to each other that another couple, Sam and Rhonda, really turn them on and they try to see if the other couple are interested in swapping mates.
The Gathering is continued in a second volume, Book II. Part of the Hartstein universe
John Franck, 41, a sex addict, thus far has hidden it from his wife, but his shrink encourages him to make a recording of some of his conquests and Argie, his wife happens on it. What happens after this is the main story of the gathering in Houston.
Trying to seduce my wife's cousin by abusing Earth Day during a long visit. Will she bare and share all and agree to naked chores? Will she and my wife cooperate to seduce me?
While on the road, Frank goes to a strip club and comes back to his hotel seriously horny. Against his better judgment, he calls his wife to tell her about it. While on the phone, he gets himself off. But when he gets home, he finds that it wasn't his wife on the phone with him. It was another woman. But who?