HOW TO MAKE ANYONE FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU

The author of HOW TO CAPTURE A FIRST-RATE MATE applies the same type of proactive self-manipulation to attracting love--discovering what your love object, or "quarry," needs, how to speak to those needs with sophisticated verbal and nonverbal techniques, and how to please him or her sexually. The six reasons people fall in love are first impressions, compatibility, marketability equilibrium, ego, the need to mend gender differences, and great physical/emotional sex. Though Lowndes presents her ideas with memorable examples and true-sounding principles, her reading is confusing. She's glib and overconfident about these admittedly manipulative prescriptions, and yet it's obvious that she's sensitive about the needs that draw people together and the vulnerabilities that, if not respected, can end a promising connection before it has a chance. T.W. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine [Published: AUG/ SEP 07]