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The 80/20 Solution: Nora and Butch
Eighty/Twenty, baby; take it or leave it! That’s Nora’s demand! She has her husband, Butch, by the balls and he knows it. They’ve been married for over twenty years and have done very well for themselves, financially. Their net worth is over thirty million dollars. And, since they live in California, a joint-property state, half of that amount is as good as Nora’s, should she choose to file for divorce from her philandering husband! But she doesn’t really want a she wants revenge for the way Butch has been blatantly cheating on her for years. Her lawyer has made her aware of the Eighty/Twenty Solution and suggested it might be a way for her to have her cake and eat it too! Trapped by the X-rated video of him and his secretary the private detective Nora hired has obtained, Butch is forced to give her the freedom she wants. Will her demands for “equal time” to fool around with other men just as Butch has with other women for years spell the end for them as a couple, or it will mark the beginning of an exciting new kind of relationship? Read the Eighty/Twenty Nora And Butch, and find out!
197 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 14, 2017
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December 16, 2017
I really liked the premiss for this book and the opening set up. Nora is a strong woman fed up with her husband's philandering who does something about it: 80/20. It's great to see her husband Butch wake up as the cheating shoe is on Nora's foot and not Butch's.
Thereafter, the book goes down hill in my view. The sex is pretty "in your face". There are some angst filled moments as the couple pursues 80/20, but they don't really talk about it or grow as a couple; it's more forced acceptance resulting in awkwardness and poor to nonexistent communication.
I have read a number of Ralston's 80/20 books. Each has had a different premise that intrigued me. I'm feeling that C.K. is trying to up the intensity by writing the sex and characters harsher but this is turning me away from the series. I was hoping for the couples to explore 80/20 in their unique way and add to the subtlety, nuance and understanding of how this type of polyamorous relationship might work. This story sees the characters jam 80/20 into their marriage and not talk about it, escalating the strain rather than exploring it together. I don't know how any marriage survives that regardless of the financial consequences of divorce.
I'm closer to a 2.5- on this book, but it is well written and an easy read resulting in my 3 rating.
Thereafter, the book goes down hill in my view. The sex is pretty "in your face". There are some angst filled moments as the couple pursues 80/20, but they don't really talk about it or grow as a couple; it's more forced acceptance resulting in awkwardness and poor to nonexistent communication.
I have read a number of Ralston's 80/20 books. Each has had a different premise that intrigued me. I'm feeling that C.K. is trying to up the intensity by writing the sex and characters harsher but this is turning me away from the series. I was hoping for the couples to explore 80/20 in their unique way and add to the subtlety, nuance and understanding of how this type of polyamorous relationship might work. This story sees the characters jam 80/20 into their marriage and not talk about it, escalating the strain rather than exploring it together. I don't know how any marriage survives that regardless of the financial consequences of divorce.
I'm closer to a 2.5- on this book, but it is well written and an easy read resulting in my 3 rating.
April 28, 2019
80/20: It's not just beef any more!
C.K. Ralston remains amongst the cream of the crop when it comes to the hotwife genre. The 80/20 Solution series is certainly one of the best series for the lifestyle.
Nora has long-suspected that Butch has been screwing around behind her back. After the private investigator she hired gives her concrete evidence, her next call is to a lawyer. She doesn't want to divorce Butch, but wants to threaten him with it, since she knows that he's worth millions.
The lawyer gives Nora a copy of the 80/20 Solution and she decides that she's gonna call the shots from then on. Butch will agree to anything to avoid divorce.
The shenanigans from this point on, in the book come back to back to back and each one is hotter than the one before. An overall excellent read!
C.K. Ralston remains amongst the cream of the crop when it comes to the hotwife genre. The 80/20 Solution series is certainly one of the best series for the lifestyle.
Nora has long-suspected that Butch has been screwing around behind her back. After the private investigator she hired gives her concrete evidence, her next call is to a lawyer. She doesn't want to divorce Butch, but wants to threaten him with it, since she knows that he's worth millions.
The lawyer gives Nora a copy of the 80/20 Solution and she decides that she's gonna call the shots from then on. Butch will agree to anything to avoid divorce.
The shenanigans from this point on, in the book come back to back to back and each one is hotter than the one before. An overall excellent read!
December 20, 2025
𝘾𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝’ 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙜𝙚” 𝘼𝙨 𝙖 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙥𝙖 𝙞 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙮 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙠𝙞𝙙𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙚. 𝘼𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙗𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙢𝙮 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙯𝙞𝙦𝙘.𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙤@𝙜𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙡.𝙘𝙤𝙢 𝙜𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙖 𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚, 𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙨𝙖𝙥𝙥 𝙢𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙖 𝙢𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙤𝙘𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙥𝙖 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙨𝙤 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙡𝙤𝙡. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙪𝙢𝙖 𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙥𝙮 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙞𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮’𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙧 𝙣𝙤𝙩’ 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙚𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 ‘ 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚.
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