Review: Raising the bar
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 17, 2013
Derrick and Dylan are identical twins, and no-one will notice if they swap places - they hope. Derrick is in construction and Dylan's a psychiatric doctor. But it's just a project business meeting, and Derrick needs personal time so Dylan agrees to impersonate his brother - there's a bet involved which I didn't find very convincing.  But Harper who works with Derrick does notice the difference, and he insists Dylan meet him over dinner later to explain himself.Augusta, Georgia is respectable, but Harper frequents a private club where anything goes. Dylan doesn't hide the fact that he's bisexual, unlike Derrick, and Harper is like-minded.  The part-owner of the club, a choosy redhead named Freddie, notices the chemistry between the two good-looking guys. So next day when her brother tells her that he's seen one of them with a girlfriend, she just thinks Dylan is a skunk.Marie Harte plays the twin card for amusement, but she makes the point that just because one twin is into an alternate lifestyle it doesn't mean the other one is.  Dylan, Harper and Freddie find themselves compatible for a relationship, but polyandry is not socially acceptable, however happy the participants.  A sub-plot involving Derrick and Dylan's widowed mother starting a new relationship in her golden years is good to round the brothers off as family members.Marie Harte has also written a paranormal series, and RAISING THE BAR is a short read about a committed trio, with some light bondage.