How to make anyone fall in love with you

Jacket design by Scott Rattray Interior design by Mary Lockwood Excerpt from : Copyright ' 1995 by Debra McCarthy-Anderson and Carol Bruce-Thomas All rights reserved Reproduced with the permission of the publisher, Harlequin Books S.A Copyright ' 1996 by Leil Lowndes All rights reserved Published by Contemporary Books An imprint of NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company Two Prudential Plaza, Chicago, Illinois 60601-6790 Manufactured in the United States of America International Standard Book Number: 0-8092-3211-1 10 Page v Howto MakeAnyoneFallinLovewithYou Page vii Anyone? Yes, Practically Anyone Science "Discovers" Sex How More Research Was Compiled How the Techniques Were Developed How I Tested the Techniques What Makes People Fall in Love? The Six Elements What Makes People Fall in Love? The Six Elements I First Impressions II Similar Character, Complementary Needs 10 III Equity 11 IV Ego 12 V Early-Date Gender-Menders 13 VI Rx for Sex 14 The Physical Side of Falling in Love 17 "Why Do My Insides Go All Funny?" 17 "Does Somebody Have to Be Pea-Brained to Fall in Love with Me?" 17 "Why Do We Fall in Love with One Person and Not Another?" 18 "How Can These Little Things Start Love?" 19 Page viii Where Are All the Good Men and Women? Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places 23 23 Does Love at First Sight Exist? 25 How to Make a Dynamite First Impression 29 First Impressions Last Forever 29 Conversation Is Like Making Love 62 Conversation Is Like Selling 62 How to Know What Topics Turn Your Quarry On 65 Page ix How to Fool Your Quarry into Thinking You Two Are Already in Love 68 Get Even Closer by Giving the Gift of Intimacy 70 Make Your Lifestyle "Fit" Your Quarry’s Lovemap 71 11 Your First Date 75 The Game Begins in Earnest 75 "How Soon Should I Make My Move?" 76 "Playing Hard to GetShould I, or Shouldn’t I?" 77 The Scientifically Proved Best First Date 79 Give Your Quarry First-Date Butterflies 80 Plant the Seeds of Similarity 82 First-Date Restaurant Smarts 82 Hunters, Some Spit and Polish for Your P’s and Q’s 84 Huntresses, Forgive His Foibles 85 First-Date Duds 87 "I Haven’t Got a Thing to Wear" 87 Pursuing Rich and Famous Prey The Look of Money 181 The Sound of Class 182 What Does the U Crowd Talk About? 184 Use Status Words with Status Prey 185 28 Upping Your Ante in Other Assets Knowledge, Social Graces, and Inner Beauty Are Tangible Assets 187 Page xii 29 Help Them Convince Themselves That They Love You 189 Let Your Quarry Do Favors for You 189 Hey! What About "O Lyric Love, Half Angel and Half Bird"? 191 30 "I Hope He or She’s Not a Jerk Like All the Others" 195 "I Want a Man I Can Talk to, a Woman Who Thinks Like a Man" 196 31 What Is "Man Talk" and What Is "Woman Talk"? (Does It Exist?) 199 32 "How Do You Feel About That?" 203 33 "Excuse Me, Could You Tell Me Where " 207 "Excuse Me, Could You Tell Me Where " 34 "Please, Spare Me the Details" 209 35 "Tell Me (Don’t Tell Me) About It" 213 36 "What’s the Best Way to Get from Point A to Point B?" 217 "A Straight Line!" He Declares; "A Gentle Curve?" She Asks 217 37 "Could You Give Me a Hand with This?" 221 38 Little Words to Win Your Quarry’s Heart 225 39 Are There Dangerous Waters Ahead in the Gender Gap? 227 Page xiii 40 Your Quarry’s Hottest Erogenous Zone 231 41 No Two Sexualities Are Alike, as No Two Snowflakes Are Alike 233 How Do Men’s and Women’s Sexual Desires Differ? 235 Why Are Men’s and Women’s Fantasies So Different? 235 Yet More Differences 236 How to Use Differences to Make Your Quarry Fall in Love with You 237 How to Use Differences to Make Your Quarry Fall in Love with You 42 Forget the Golden Rule Between the Sheets Men in Lust, Women in Love 43 Hunters, Make Love to a Woman as a Woman Wants It 237 239 240 243 The One-Hour Lesson That Will Change Your Life 243 Another Crash Course in Steamy Sensuality for Men 247 44 Huntresses, Have Sex with a Man as a Man Wants It 253 Let’s Go to the Videotape 254 Additional ’’Coarse’’ Materials for Your Raw Sex Curriculum 257 45 A Quiz: Who Loves More, Men or Women? 259 46 Your Quarry’s Sexual Desires Are as Individual as a Thumbprint 263 Sex Is Like a Steak 266 The Number One Sexual Wish 267 "Why Did He or She Lose Interest?" 268 Page xiv "Is This Woman Enough for Me Sexually for the Rest of My Life?" 47 Huntresses, Become a Sexual Sleuth Let Your Quarry Know You’re a Sexual Adventurer 269 273 275 ... Making Love 62 Conversation Is Like Selling 62 How to Know What Topics Turn Your Quarry On 65 Page ix How to Fool Your Quarry into Thinking You Two Are Already in Love 68 Get Even Closer by Giving... of Falling in Love 17 "Why Do My Insides Go All Funny?" 17 "Does Somebody Have to Be Pea-Brained to Fall in Love with Me?" 17 "Why Do We Fall in Love with One Person and Not Another?" 18 "How. .. in Love with You 237 How to Use Differences to Make Your Quarry Fall in Love with You 42 Forget the Golden Rule Between the Sheets Men in Lust, Women in Love 43 Hunters, Make Love to a Woman as