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    Gaming the System: Polyamorous Passions, #2
    Gaming the System: Polyamorous Passions, #2
    Gaming the System: Polyamorous Passions, #2
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    Gaming the System: Polyamorous Passions, #2

    By Sagan Morrow

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    What comes after you get to "have it all"?

    Since Emma discovered polyamory several months earlier, she knows she's getting a unique opportunity to eat her cake and have it, too. And yet, it hasn't all been fun and games. Sure, she gets to have the two men she loves in her life… but she also needs to handle their insecurities and juggle two intense relationships simultaneously.

    Does she really have what it takes to make polyamory work? Is it time for John and Carlos to finally meet each other? And besides that… is she ever going to be ready to come out as polyamorous to the other people in her life?

    About the series...

    "Gaming the System" is Book 2 in the Polyamorous Passions series.

    Polyamorous Passions follows the lives of three best friends as they each embark on their own journeys into consensual non-monogamy. Books 1—3 focus on Emma, Books 4—6 will focus on Helen, and Books 7—9 will focus on Scarlett. 

    This series is suitable for anyone interested in real-life polyamory, open relationships, ethical non-monogamy, feminism, positive female friendships, alternatives to monogamy and monogamous relationships, and explorations of sexuality. Includes explicit language and sexual situations; intended for mature audiences. This novella is approx. 22,000 words in length.

    About the author...

    Sagan Morrow has a degree in Rhetoric, Writing & Communication, with a decade of experience as a businesswoman, blogger, and copywriter across a variety of industries. Based in Winnipeg, Canada, Sagan is an amateur burlesque dancer and identifies as polyamorous.

    Sagan has authored two business books for freelancers and teaches online courses to empower new freelancers as they grow their own successful businesses. This is her second work of fiction.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSagan Morrow
    Release dateNov 6, 2018
    ISBN9781386491422
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      Gaming the System - Sagan Morrow

      GAMING THE SYSTEM: Polyamorous Passions, Book 2

      By Sagan Morrow

      What comes after you get to have it all?

      Since Emma discovered polyamory several months earlier, she knows she’s getting a unique opportunity to eat her cake and have it, too. And yet, it hasn’t all been fun and games. Sure, she gets to have the two men she loves in her life... but she also needs to handle their insecurities and juggle two intense relationships simultaneously.

      Does she really have what it takes to make polyamory work? Is it time for John and Carlos to finally meet each other? And besides that... is she ever going to be ready to come out as polyamorous to the other people in her life?

      Note: While reading this story, you can tune into the special Gaming the System soundtrack at SaganMorrow.com/playlist2 (the complete list of songs is available at the back of this book!).

      Gaming the System is Book 2 in the Polyamorous Passions series.

      Polyamorous Passions follows the lives of three best friends as they each embark on their own journeys into consensual non-monogamy. Books 1—3 focus on Emma, Books 4—6 will focus on Helen, and Books 7—9 will focus on Scarlett. Each novella can be enjoyed as a stand-alone.

      This contemporary new adult series is suitable for anyone interested in real-life polyamory and open relationships, positive female relationships, alternatives to monogamy and monogamous relationships, and explorations of sexuality.

      Read Book 1: A Choice Between Two

      Connect with the author: @Saganlives on Twitter and Instagram.

      Get updates on new book releases, access sample chapters, and learn more about the author at SaganMorrow.com/books.

      Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Any likeness to actual persons and events is purely coincidental. The views of the characters do not necessarily reflect the views of the author.

      Please note that the Polyamorous Passions series uses sex-positive language and both reclaims and embraces terms such as smut and slutty.

      All rights reserved. This book is not to be reproduced or distributed without express written permission from the author.

      Chapter 1

      Emma stared at the stage in confusion. She was supposed to play the lead role in this Shakespearean play? How was it she’d never heard of this particular play before?

      The first scene opened and her apparent fellow actors got on stage, tossing their scripts aside as they launched into memorized dialogue with flawless performance.

      I thought this was a table read, Emma thought to herself, smiling blandly around her. Her heart thudded in her chest but she was determined not to let on how panicked she was. Her phone began ringing—hadn’t she left it on silent?—and as she reached for it, she saw a childhood friend walking toward her with purpose.

      Before Emma could speak with them, someone came running up to her with a stack of resumes. You need to look at these right now, they said.

      But that’s my friend, Emma protested. I haven’t seen them in forever. I want to catch up with them. And anyway, I’m supposed to go on stage in two minutes. I can’t leave; I don’t know any of my lines yet. I haven’t read the script. I don’t have time to do work, too.

      Come on, they said, ignoring her excuses and pulling at her hand. The panic within her rose as she was pulled away from the stage, and she looked back at it in concern, and then her phone began ringing again, and ringing, and ringing...

      Emma woke up sharply, the sound of her shrill alarm filling the room. She sat up and turned it off in one swift motion before slumping back in bed, gasping for breath. Her skin was covered in a thin layer of sweat and the blankets felt hot and heavy against her. Kicking them off, Emma tried to regulate her breathing, tried to close her eyes and calm her mind, but she couldn’t quell the overwhelming feeling of anxiety that had bubbled up during her dream.

      Juggling so many different things in life wasn’t easy.

      IT WASN’T THAT EMMA had expected polyamory to be a walk in the park. It was just that she was so good at time management, she figured she’d be a natural at juggling two men in addition to her high-profile job, social life, and hobbies.

      It turned out that wasn’t the case. Even her cat, Frank, was starting to suffer from a lack of attention.

      Emma scratched Frank behind the ears now, the cat meowing affectionately and bunting her little head against Emma’s own forehead. She kneaded her paws on Emma’s arm, causing Emma to wince as those razor-sharp nails pricked at her skin. Worth it, she thought to herself, petting the little fluffball who had lived with her for the past four years.

      Perhaps it wasn’t so much the issue of time—although that was certainly a factor—that was Emma’s biggest problem. It might be more the emotional exhaustion that was inherent in having two boyfriends simultaneously. John and Carlos were both dear men who were mature enough to handle her desire for a polyamorous lifestyle. However, they didn’t quite understand why she needed it, and they each had their own discomfort, insecurities, and jealousy to process.

      It made sense: in a monogamous society, they’d all grown up ingrained with the notion that you should only love one person at a time, and if you happened to fall in love with two people simultaneously, then you dealt with it by cheating on one person with the other. Having an affair, Emma thought to herself wryly, was more socially acceptable than openly, ethically having two serious romantic relationships at the same time. So as much as John and Carlos accepted and (to an extent) supported her need to be polyamorous, they definitely both had issues with it.

      Emma hated to admit it... but it was starting to wear her down to navigate things between the two of them.

      It was no wonder she kept having exhausting dreams in which she was hell-bent on having it all. Several of the dreams, in fact, had involved literal juggling of various items: books, Frisbees, condoms, coffee mugs.

      She was even worse at the literal juggling in her dreams than she was at the metaphorical juggling in real life.

      Even so, Emma had no desire to go back to her old monogamous lifestyle. There was no way she could live like that anymore. The past few months of being polyamorous with John and Carlos had been exciting and wonderful and, most importantly, felt right. In some ways, she was amazed that she ever used to

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