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This is an easy-to-read, important guide to finding and maintaining happiness with your spouse or partner. It's not too preachy or traditional, and it covers all areas of life--from sex to raising children to juggling the stresses of daily life. It's a complete and honest guide to working hard to achieve a happy relationship.

WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY

Wonderful Marriage acknowledges the practical ways to achieve a happy relationship without compromise or conflict.
¨John Gray Ph.D., Author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

Familiarity can breed contempt or contentment. Heed the principles in Wonderful Marriage to make sure your relationship stays fresh, sexy and strong.
¨Ian Kerner, sex therapist and NY Times bestselling author

Wonderful Marriage isn't just another relationship advice book. It is an honest and authentic approach to making a relationship work. It offers useful guidance and insight into what actually makes a partnership go the distance. Identifying the most vital issues in a relationship- money, sex, and children is crucial. In addition, the authors don't neglect to address what causes most relationships to fail.
¨Cherie Carter-Scott, Ph.D., author of, If Love is a Game, These are the Rules and Negaholics: How to Overcome Negativity and Turn Your Life Around

You can tell from the first page the Leeds know what they are talking about. This book is about setting and getting high standards in marriage. How refreshing! A powerful, practical book written by people who have walked the walk! The Leeds set a high standard for marriage and do convince the reader we all can achieve this. Inspiring; hopeful; touching; informing. I really liked the book and was touched by its authenticity and especially liked the 'don't settle' message as well as agreeing on the Big Six! All very doable and durable!
¨Pat Love, Ed.D. co-author How to Improve Your Marriage without Talking about It

Now you can take out a marriage life insurance plan by simply reading Wonderful Marriage: A Guide To Building a Relationship That Will Last A Lifetime by Lilo and Gerard Leeds! In it they offer the specific ingredients to connect in all the ways that will create a happy, healthy and vibrant marriage for life. It's a must read for all married couples!
¨Dr. Jane Greer, Marriage & Family Therapist, author of How Could You Do This To Me? Learning To Trust After Betrayal, [...].

Wonderful Marriage is a wonderful guide to help find true love and enter a relationship that can lead to a great marriage! The chapter about "Dating with Purpose" is advice I give my clients. Be prepared to devote time and positive energy to finding your partner. Smart dating takes commitment and focus and the results will pay off. Keeping this book by your bedside can help guide you from dating through sharing a whole wonderful life together.
¨Lisa Ronis, NYC Matchmaker and Dating Coach

This is the second novel in the "Rainbow Boys" triology, and it's as great as the first. Author Alex Sanchez has created three such distinct and likable characters who you can relate to and sympathize with, and enjoy their triumphs. He treats the many issues caused by their homosexuality with great care and honesty. I was particularly impressed with how Sanchez dealt with the issue of coming out as a member of a team sport, not with just one character but two, and with two sports that carry very different dynamics (Jason on the high school basketball team and Kyle on the swim team). This is a book that does a great service for gay teens, and it's eminently readable for people of all ages. It's compelling and inspiring, tender and fun. It's also upsetting at times--there are a number of situations caused by homophobia that stir genuine outrage. But it's these situations that cause the boys to grow--and their handling of the situations cause the readers to love the characters all the more. "Rainbow High" is another gay coming-of-age classic. And I'm looking forward to finishing the trilogy as I dive into "Rainbow Road."

This is a fantastic book. I found it very moving and it shows what we have to go through in life. It talks about being yourself and hiding because that is what all of closeted cases tend to do. I have discussed this with my friends and family and they still care about me no matter what my sexual orientation.

This book started off slow really. Then it got really good in the end. I was happy I kept reading it because the ending was so good. Jason comes out to his team and the school loves him for it while Kyle's life in school is the total opposite from his boyfriends. Nelson is thankfully over Kyle and he has a boyfriend. But as we all know, life isn't perfect now that you have a boyfriend. It was really good just not as good as the first book.

Finally, a story about gay teens, while told with honesty and realism, where no one dies. Author Sanchez has a great feel for teen language and motivation. He is also spot-on with the parental and other adult characterizations. The plot teaches without being pedantic and without ceasing to entertain. There's also a couple of scenes that steam lightly with the mildest, yet warm eroticism, but it's certainly not gratuituous in the least and written tastefully and without prurience. As a former young adult librarian, I've so often needed gay fiction to recommend to struggling teens for a bit of bibliotherapy. Until Sanchez, there's been a definite dearth of such literature. Looking forward to reading his other books and highly recommend this one. The eye candy covers are fun, but the content is far more than fluffy hotties looking bored.

Rainbow High is a very inspirational book. Especially for the Lesbians, Bisexuals, Gays and Queers. An inspiration because alot of homosexuals are very uncomfortable with the way they look and how they would fit in with the world, and why won't the world except them for who they are. Sanchez shows all of the difficulties and hardships homosexuals endure in the "normal" community, including high school. He also expresses how other people react to their homosexuality, including there very own relatives.

I love this book because it inspires me personally.Alot of people dont except me for being bisexual and its hard. But as long as i stand up for myself and not let anyone control what I want to do and be in life, i'll have alot of respect after words.

Honestly, I think this is the funniest book I've ever read! I'm amazed more people don't know about it. I made the mistake of reading it on the subway and my I laughed so much that I started spluttering my coffee - people looked at me like I was insane but I just couldn't help myself!

Buy this book - but don't read it on the subway, you'll only embarrass yourself.

Maybe the publisher will bring out a paperback next Christmas and more people will get to enjoy it. A must-read for anyone who loves to laugh!

There's not a lot to this book, but it's an amusing read.

While reading this tome, consider the commercial link the author should have noted: For each monthly issue over several years a Scottish Whiskey company awarded a fairly costly bottle of single-malt to the personal ad judged most entertaining. I adore droll, clever, under-stated British humour. My book collection reflects this. Yet my cynical mind wonders how many personals were composed simply for the contest?

This book is too funny and I have discovered it is a great book to have around. Whenever someone comes by and has to wait some, this is the book they pick up to read. Almost always.

I absolutely adore this book. I keep it at work sometimes and read the ads to my co-workers to brighten up our day. They are absolutely hilarious! This is a really funny coffee table book - great for conversation.

This book is actually just a very long advertisement for other books written by Steve Bodansky about orgasm. I bought this book at the same time as What Women Want Men to Know, and De Angelis' book contains more useful information - at least to me.

an awesome book on how to get the most out of intimacy with your partner. Helps take it up a notch! Read it to your man so he knows exactly how to please you, hey if he understands it you'll like him more.

I want to preface this review by saying that I'm not an easy reviewer, especially when it comes to books in this genre. As we know, sex has been around for millions of years and there is probably one book written for each year that contains more of the same kind of information.

This book is practical, fun and takes the form of a self or couple-driven inquiry. It explores a lot of territory including the ins and outs of male and female orgasm, communication between the sexes and the role of intimacy. While I don't necessarily agree with all of the information "between the covers".... the pun is totally intentional... I think it has enough very good material to warrant a 4 or 4.5. It didn't quite reach the 5 category for me, but others certainly seem to feel it belongs in that space.

I believe you will like the sexual tips on pleasing a woman, creating intimacy, communicating about desires and creating the right emotional and psychological climate for great sex. Even if you pick up a few good ideas, laughs and tips... the book will certainly be worth the small cost.

this is an east to read yet astonishingly packed with important info. if more men and women read it there would be a lot more fun on this planet and the divorce rate would be significantly lowered. loved the part about everybody winning.

I found this a very easy to read book packed with wisdom about relationships and sex. There's a lot of insight into what Vera and Steve share ... if you take the time to absorb it. I've taken classes about the male/female dynamic, and have seen some of this material before, but this time, I understood some of the points in a new way. I suggest it for anyone in a relationship as they share some tips we all can benefit from!

I highly recommend it, and working with them. Their experience has helped me expand the pleasure in my life.

Tommy Nelson is perhaps the best teacher of the Word of God I know. His multiple studies on the Song of Solomon, Ecclesiastes, and other wisdom literature have given me such insight into who God is. The Book of Romance is a fascinating walk-threw of the Song of Solomon. In the introduction Tommy states, "Do you think God would allow men and women to marry and then toss them a grenade called intimacy and say to them, "Well, just fiddle around a little with this and you'll figure out how to work it"? Too many times the church as a whole skirts the issue of sex and romance even though the Song of Solomon hits it head on.

This is an amazing study that my wife and I did while we were dating, while we were engaged, and since we have been married. I have worked in youth ministry for nearly a decade and I have taught this material to youths as well. I credit my good marriage to learning the truths Tommy points out in this book.

I HIGHLY recommend this book.

This book goes line by line explaining the whole chapter. I loved it.... Now I understand - it is not only a love story, but instructions - exact instructions - on how you are to treat each other in marriage... it is an exact example on how to date, select a mate, wedding vows and promises, marriage, make love, conflict resolution, it has it all ! I have read so many books on how to make a marriage work... how to argue fair, be loving, be respectful, how to EVERYTHING, but this one is straight from the BIBLE... can't get any better than that !

The very best wedding present !

This book's title is "The Book of Romance: What Solomon Says About Love, Sex, and Intimacy"... from the way it is written, a better title might have been "The Book of Romance: What Tommy Nelson Says About Love, Sex, and Intimacy."

While refering to the Song of Solomon in each chapter, most chapters are his own musings on the topics of love, sex, and intimacy. It is of course quite alright from him to write from his own personal experience on these topics, but when the book as presented as what Solomon and his experience can teach us about love, that's where I check out.

Nevertheless, the book does present insight/knowledge that has and will be useful for many, but don't think that what he says will necessarily flow directly from scripture.

This book was a great book in that the author was right on target. I learned alot about marriage and now my husband is reading the book. We have both agreed that our three daughters will read the dating and courtship sections before they are allowed to date. Then as they approach maturity and marriage, they will read the rest. The conflict resolution chapters for marriage gave great insight on how men and women think and how to approach a problem and resolve it. It is rare to come across a book on romance that is so biblically founded and so on target. I highly recommend it for everyone!!!

Tommy Nelson does a great job of dispelling the myth that sensuality is not for us Christians. A really fun read.

Really learned nothing from this one, but better than some. Basic info that may be helpful to others, just not me. Way better books out there, but it's decent if someone needs very basic information... "OK"

I just had to comment on this book. I am here to buy a copy for a friend of mine who is having relationship problems. I read this book over 9 years ago and always recommend this book to everyone who is having issues with relationships. Before this book I never thought I would get married, but after reading this book and applying love tactics, I was able to find, meet, and fall in love with someone the right way. This book should be a must read for everyone, and wish I would have had this knowledge in high school. I let my 16 year cousin read it, and then gave him my original copy. He talks about how grateful he is to have read this book. Lucky dog! I wish someone would have led me to this book a lot earlier in life. Buy and apply!

I've read a few other books such as the one from Blase Harris, but none are as useful and easy to read as the Love Tactics... the first version from the 80's is even better than the new version. It was written in a bulleted format, with easy to understand and effective principals. I would highly encourage anyone to buy the first version of the Love Tactics by the same author.

This book should get 10 stars. I LOVED this book when I was single and quote it in both my own dating books Finding A Man Worth Keeping and The Automatic 2nd Date.... This version of Love Tactics is an updated version of the original from the 80s. Still as good and relevant as it was back then.

This little book is the BIBLE on romance and relationships! If you want to change you life, your luck and how you look at yourself, do not miss this one. You will never find a more definitive resource on what is right and wrong and what you can do about your relationships. This is not an advice book. This is a new way to look at yourself and your apporoach to life itself.
The premise of this book is that in order to find the right person you have to be the right person. And the authors show you step by step how to do it. If you've been spinning in circles, sabotaging one relationship after another, this is a must read. It really will change your mind and your life.

Our impression of this book is neutral. Books generally are based on the opinion of thier writers. We were hoping for a more "emotional, psychological" approach to the issue. This book makes a fair attempt.

This book makes you aware of many things nobody told me would happen after I had PC Surgery. Your whole system changes and without help it is difficult to live a normal decent life with your spouse. I should have bought it immediatly after surgery, 3 years ago, but didn't know about it until 2 months ago.
We Survivours of PC should unite to help others with the tremendous resources like this book and many others. Read the book, it will get you back on the right track. Love life is not over after PC!!

I read this book to assist a friend that is trying to deal with his ED issues. He is single. I think that this book had addressed issues that are faced by married men as well as single men. I would like to see more books on this topic as it relates to single men because I believe that many single men believe that this limits their ability to have a fulfilling relationship with the opposite sex.

My wife and I are in our 70s with children and grand-children. We have had a very happy marriage, but did not really talk alot about our sex life together. I had surgery 18 months ago for prostate cancer and afterwards experienced impotency. This book was immensely helpful in working through this problem. We read sections together and felt that we could have used it years ago. We have better communication now than we ever did.

My husband is a physician and I am a marriage and family therapist. This book covers, in a reader friendly manner, the proverbial psycho social medical waterfront concerning erectile dysfunction. The most important message is that about penile rehabilitation, ( to be done with doctor's approval ) to be practiced quite soon after recovery from surgery. Published in 2004, it has all the up to date information on both drug and other therapies. In our opinion, this book should be in the hands of every person considering prostate cancer surgery, so that they will be informed about what they need to do after follow up.

I was delightfully surprised when I began reading this book. There is so much more to it beyond sex secrets. Some of the core and most important relationship skills are highlighted and discussed in this book. I love how Veronica explains the importance of communication, boundaries, and so much more...., Of course the sex secrets are just incredibly Juicy! I feel this book should be given to every women, and even men for required reading!

For writing, this book deserves ONE star. It's so bad. I actually looked up Monet on line and read a few of her essays and they were okay, so I suspect she was on a time crunch without a strong editor. For content, I'd rate around 3 stars... that is, if you can set aside that creepy feeling that she doesn't quite understand she was an escort. As an example, while she has a point that women don't always let their intelligence be part of what makes them sexy (as I'm sure many of us have seen our female friends dumb themselves down in front of certain men), Monet misses an opportunity to observe that men have reason to flatter her. What is that cliché -- beautiful women want to be told they're smart and smart women want to be told they're beautiful? ...She also glosses over how men are not going to act the same towards an escort as they are around women they see every day. That being said, this book seems to contain valid male-pleasing advice.

The book starts well but fails to really deliver on the details. The book feels like a large survey of topics: personal hygiene; sex; love; and orgasms. No single topic is really addressed in great detail and often times there are very literal examples or courses of action one should take in the matters of seduction.

If you have read text dedicated to seduction, sex, orgasms, and relationships or have found yourself in midway through the course of a examined life, I would say that this book comes across as too simple and too literal. You, the reader, will likely feel bored. However, I feel as though this would make a decent primer for girls leaving adolescence with a number of unanswered questions.

I did not see the kind of detail I would expect from an escort with 18 years experience. You would expect that she could fill the book with remarkable anecdotes. Instead she will give examples of her husband's behavior! She talks about men who are ignorant and need advice about how to please a woman in bed. Her clients are all in love with their wives! It is quite a dull book of very banal sexual advice from a conventional woman's perspective. I am concerned if women should try to understand men using the author's "experience". Men will simply be bored.

Although the book was well written and somewhat entertaining, it wasn't what I was expecting. Rather than being a manual filled with "techniques" it is more about the psychology of why men pay to see escorts. If you are interested in that, then this book is a very good one. If you are looking for detailed "how-too's" its not.

I bought both How to love a Black man and How to love a Black woman. I gave the How to love a Black Woman to my partner while I started reading How to love a Black man. Both of us then exchanged what we had gotten from the books and had a deep conversation for hours on the issues brought up in the book. I learned about myself and about the pysche of a Black man. My girlfriends are waiting to read it with their mates!!

This is a book I definitely enjoyed. It's not some corny, step-by-step joint. Dr. Elmore did a great job of, for one, forcing the reader to look into the mirror at our own faults and insecurities. If one is able to do so and recognize they need work, then you should be able to read this with an open mind. Also, it should be much easier to take his words and advice and apply them to your situations. He is able to make something which we tend to complicate...extremely simple. There were plenty of times while I was reading when I saw something he said and knew I was guilty of this, or did that well, etc. He does a tremendous job of showcasing what we do in a positive light while also pointing out the various areas in which we need work and should pay closer attention. Plus, it shows how men can benefit from doing this, and the costs of doing that. There are times when you may read something and feel it's something you knew, but it helped me to know another person was thinking the same thing. It's pretty detailed in it's approach, but easy to take in. This is a book which should be read by every black man who has a genuine and sincere interest in building better and more loving relationships with Black women.

A great book for the brothers. Our reading circle debated it for hours. The next month we selected LaDawn Black's Stripped Bare for the ladies. These books are great companion pieces.

Having read "How To Love A Black Man", I had hoped that this book would be just as good, interesting and right on target. This book seems like it was rushed, not as much thought went into this book as the other book. Just to make sure, I had friends, both male and female, read both books. We all agreed that this book was not as well written as the other book. Seemed more like Dr. Elmore just said the opposite from the first book here without any real thought as to the woman's point of view.

This book is WONDERFUL! African men our different than any other man and our unique in their own right! Finally a book about us for our men... I also purchased his book about men for women.... I strongly urge anyone african person in a relationship to purchase the set and read them and then have a discussion with their mate

In dealing with others we always find ourselves blaming everyone else for our state of being/happiness. This book if used for those times of confusion, can help guide us to understanding the true relationship can only be about our "selves". Hold this book to your heart and ask your soul, your gut or whatever you choose to call it, to bring you to the page that will provide you with the best solution to understanding self. Over a period of time you will find your ego softening and your heart expanding. In knowing "self" we can finally be in place where all of our relationships are nuturing and loving.

This book is divided into brief page-size daily bits of advice regarding a positive outlook on life and relationships. I have personally found it to be a very perceptive and emotionally supportive book. If I could give it more than five stars I would. If you're having problems with your current relationship or simply want to make a good one even better, I highly recommend this book.

I checked this out from the library and am having trouble even thinking about having to return it. This book is full of good insights and advice on ways to change your thinking about your role in your relationships. A lot of the advice or principles remind me of things I've read from "A Course In Miracles."

Divided into 366 lessons one per page, it's set up to be used as a daily devotional type book, and you will also benefit from picking it up and randomly reading wherever you land. You get a lesson, a blurb explaining the lesson and a bottom paragraph about how to incorporate this advice/ knowledge into your life today. I love that each lesson is short and straight to the point. You don't have to read several pages on a subject to get the meaning.

I am so impressed with this book that I've gotta get my own!

This book is well thought out and explained. There are 366 passages, with a title/lesson and a through explanation following to incorporate that lesson. Each is given one full page (an extra for the lucky leap year.) The author's writing is spiritual in nature and full of much wisdom. You do not have to read this book front to back but open it to anywhere, to read just one lesson for the day.

Obviously this book is way over the previous reviewers head. Heck this is a simple book with much wisdom but, you must be willing to do some self reflecting and have accountability for your actions, to make the magic of these words happen! If you do not have the patience to look within, then don't buy this book.

I'd like to address what the other reviewer ('bunnyrabbit4') found so ridicules and I find so wise. This is paraphrasing of the authors intent. Principle #168, "If I'm attracted to someone then I have a gift for them." This means when we feel a certain pull towards another we have something to offer them. There is a reason why we feel a pull towards some and not towards others. The author explains that we should not enter into a relationship with the attitude of what can I get out of it. This is not about constantly doing for another or to just keep on giving to try and win approval, God no... but being the gift without expectations attached. The gift comes from our soul. #169 "If I give up being right, I'll be happy" We are so caught up in being right that we close ourselves off and block all else out. Wanting to be right at any expense comes from an inflated ego. We would rather argue to be right, then to be happy and have love in our hearts. We don't have to win every disagreement; we need to pick our battles carefully. This is a powerful one for me and one that I hope to master some day.
The one most disliked by previous reviewer is principal #92 ..good ol' 92 about anger... We must be accountable for our own feelings. Our anger is an attempt to project on to another our own feelings, and pretend the very thing we are angry about has nothing to do with us. This is about being accountable. All anger is an imbalance in our own nature. We choose how we react to situations. A person can insult you and you can become enraged and blame your whole rotten day on them or, you can consider the source and even have pity on then. Why, because all anger is a reflection of how we treat ourselves. *Some of the titles of the lessons may not be so clear to some people but, the authors message is insightful and right on track.

Also this book is great for a single person contrasting what another reviewer said. Heal yourself before you enter your next relationship, to attract a more healthy future partnership. Restated do not buy this book if you are trying to change someone else; it is only for those that are willing to look within. Hope this helps.

Anyone who has had the great fortune to attend at a seminar with Chuck Spezzano knows that the daily principles in this book can be transformational. They are lessons which I try to live by. They are reminders that I have the power to make profound changes in my life and that all changes are my choice. They are lessons to remind me that I am not a victim of circumstance but have the ability to move past my issues and be happier and healthier. This book is essential for me to stay on my spiritual path and I keep it close by. I think Chuck Spezzano is a brilliant man who has searched his own soul and now chooses to share it with us.