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    The Road to Frankfurt
    Uncoupled
    A Complement of Lovers
    Ebook series4 titles

    A Complement of Lovers Series

    By Don Schecter

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    About this series

    Back in America, Rodney Brody finds life is good except for recurring doubts about his sexual orientation. Separated from his wife Meg, Rodney must balance his career at NSA with bringing up two daughters on his own while dating several attractive women. Join Rodney as he tries to experience life at its fullest while striving to understand his conflicting desires.

    Never Promise Forever is volume four in the Complement of Lovers series, and follows Rodney and Meg into the late '70s.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDon Schecter
    Release dateMay 3, 2013
    The Road to Frankfurt
    Uncoupled
    A Complement of Lovers

    Titles in the series (4)

    • 1

      A Complement of Lovers
      A Complement of Lovers

      A Complement of Lovers

      Don Schecter
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      It's the early ’60s in Washington, D.C. — the Camelot years. Conservative. Law abiding. Morally restrictive. No sex unless you’re married — not with a nice girl, anyway. At twenty-five, Rodney Brody is seeking answers to a problem he can’t admit he has. The girls he meets are off-limits because of their religion or strict upbringing, while the difficulties he encounters with the available ones make him question his sexuality. He's ready to throw in the towel and admit he’s just a guy on the outside, watching everyone else have fun at the party. On the local theater scene, Rodney meets Meg Harman, a confident young woman who leads a liberated lifestyle ahead of the times, while harboring a damaging secret of her own. In a nuanced narrative as stylish as a Mad Men plot, Rodney and Meg struggle to resolve their problems despite the strictures society places on them. Can two outsiders provide the answers each is looking for?

      It's the early ’60s in Washington, D.C. — the Camelot years. Conservative. Law abiding. Morally restrictive. No sex unless you’re married — not with a nice girl, anyway. At twenty-five, Rodney Brody is seeking answers to a problem he can’t admit he has. The girls he meets are off-limits because of their religion or strict upbringing, while the difficulties he encounters with the available ones make him question his sexuality. He's ready to throw in the towel and admit he’s just a guy on the outside, watching everyone else have fun at the party. On the local theater scene, Rodney meets Meg Harman, a confident young woman who leads a liberated lifestyle ahead of the times, while harboring a damaging secret of her own. In a nuanced narrative as stylish as a Mad Men plot, Rodney and Meg struggle to resolve their problems despite the strictures society places on them. Can two outsiders provide the answers each is looking for?

    • The Road to Frankfurt
      The Road to Frankfurt

      The Road to Frankfurt

      Don Schecter
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      The Road to Frankfurt is the second episode in the series A Complement of Lovers. It's a path of discovery for two lovers who run up against the practical side of unbounded freedom in the 1960s. Meg and Rodney believe their future is bright. Don't opposites attract, and can't each provide the other what's lacking? What could possibly go wrong for a young couple that makes its own rules and stands by them? But they find The Road to Frankfurt is paved with good intentions. In a time of rapid change, moonwalks and assassination, women that sought control over their lives and bodies were blocked by convention at every turn. Even supportive men limited their partners' options. Follow along with Meg and Rodney on their unusual journey .

      The Road to Frankfurt is the second episode in the series A Complement of Lovers. It's a path of discovery for two lovers who run up against the practical side of unbounded freedom in the 1960s. Meg and Rodney believe their future is bright. Don't opposites attract, and can't each provide the other what's lacking? What could possibly go wrong for a young couple that makes its own rules and stands by them? But they find The Road to Frankfurt is paved with good intentions. In a time of rapid change, moonwalks and assassination, women that sought control over their lives and bodies were blocked by convention at every turn. Even supportive men limited their partners' options. Follow along with Meg and Rodney on their unusual journey .

    • Uncoupled
      Uncoupled

      Uncoupled

      Don Schecter
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      The third book in the Complement of Lovers series, Uncoupled is the story of a man and woman forging new solutions to outdated norms. Now living in Europe, Rodney and Meg struggle to achieve balance in their married lives as everything seems to unravel. An NSA employee with secrets of his own, Rodney must learn to be all things: husband, father, boss, friend, even risk-taker. Despite their two small children, Meg aches for independence. Can a determined woman achieve her goals in the 70s without destroying her family? Can her marriage survive?

      The third book in the Complement of Lovers series, Uncoupled is the story of a man and woman forging new solutions to outdated norms. Now living in Europe, Rodney and Meg struggle to achieve balance in their married lives as everything seems to unravel. An NSA employee with secrets of his own, Rodney must learn to be all things: husband, father, boss, friend, even risk-taker. Despite their two small children, Meg aches for independence. Can a determined woman achieve her goals in the 70s without destroying her family? Can her marriage survive?

    • Never Promise Forever
      Never Promise Forever

      Never Promise Forever

      Don Schecter
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      Back in America, Rodney Brody finds life is good except for recurring doubts about his sexual orientation. Separated from his wife Meg, Rodney must balance his career at NSA with bringing up two daughters on his own while dating several attractive women. Join Rodney as he tries to experience life at its fullest while striving to understand his conflicting desires. Never Promise Forever is volume four in the Complement of Lovers series, and follows Rodney and Meg into the late '70s.

      Back in America, Rodney Brody finds life is good except for recurring doubts about his sexual orientation. Separated from his wife Meg, Rodney must balance his career at NSA with bringing up two daughters on his own while dating several attractive women. Join Rodney as he tries to experience life at its fullest while striving to understand his conflicting desires. Never Promise Forever is volume four in the Complement of Lovers series, and follows Rodney and Meg into the late '70s.

    Author

    Don Schecter

    I had an exciting career in communications with the National Security Agency in Maryland. Retired in San Antonio TX, now I travel and write fiction. My work has appeared in magazines, an anthology, and on internet sites. I've written five volumes of short stories dealing with the gay experience. HEIGHTS OF PASSION (2009), OUT OF THE BOX (2010), DISCOVERY OF FIRE (2011), LOVE WANTED, WILL TRAVEL (2012) and STILL YOUNG (2018). These are realistic stories, not intended as erotic fiction but listed under that heading because of their honesty. Sex happens because it's part of the plot, just as sex drives our lives. In 2019, I collaborated with a longtime Dutch friend, Jaap Cové, to produce REMEMBERED PLACES (2020). We had traveled the world in our full lives and certain stories recall their foreign, or local, settings. The longest tale is the true story of the man who gave the gay world The Spartacus Guide and the tortuous path he took rising to success only to tumble ignominiously from the heights.I used my life experiences in a series of novels. A COMPLEMENT OF LOVERS, published in 2013, is a full-length novel that describes the romance of a young couple, Meg and Rodney, who try to make their own rules for living, but come into conflict with the conventional thinking of the 60s. THE ROAD TO FRANKFURT (2014) continues their struggle to adapt while maintaining their individuality. UNCOUPLED, the third novel in the series, was published by Smashwords in August 2015. It follows Meg and Rod through the mid-70s. The fourth in the series, NEVER PROMISE FOREVER was published in 2016. In CUSPS, volume 5 published 2018, Rodney accepts that he is gay, while his daughters are becoming young women, and the family must adjust to a new reality. I'm currently at work on the final volume in the series. Rod begins an open, live-in relationship, hoping that his daughters can adapt to two dads.I hold degrees from Columbia University in both Arts and Engineering, and an Arts degree from Loyola University.

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