Hot Monogamy
by Patricia Love and Jo Robinson
Nine elements of passion in long-term relationships (communication, body image, technique, intimacy, variety, romance, sensuality, desire, sex and the body) with a questionnaire and exercises. A 1994 classic that still reads well.
Read it if…
you want a structured programme for passion in a committed relationship.
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Skip it if…
you want theory; it is a workbook.
Try instead: The Normal Bar →
Three things you will actually use
- Passion has components; work on the weakest.
- Variety and romance are scheduled, not spontaneous.
- Talk about sex outside the bedroom.
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Take the questionnaire together.
Our verdict
Passion, in nine elements.
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