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How to Make Anyone Fall in Love with You
Leil Lowndes
CONTEMPORARY BOOKS A TRIBUNE COMPANY
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lowndes, Leil. How to make anyone fall in love with you / Leil Lowndes. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8092-3211-1 1. Love. 2. Man-woman relationships. 3. Intimacy (Psychology) 4. Sexual excitement. I. Title. HQ801.L69 1996 306.7—dc20 96-14502 CIP
Jacket design by Scott Rattray Interior design by Mary Lockwood Excerpt from Obsession: 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 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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To fulfill the promise of the title, How to Make Anyone Fall in Love with You offers 85 techniques based on scientific studies into the nature of romantic love.
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CONTENTS
1 Anyone? Yes, Practically Anyone
Science "Discovers" Sex How More Research Was Compiled How the Techniques Were Developed How I Tested the Techniques
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2 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 III. Equity IV. Ego V. Early-Date Gender-Menders VI. Rx for Sex
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3 The Physical Side of Falling in Love
"Why Do My Insides Go All Funny?" "Does Somebody Have to Be Pea-Brained to Fall in Love with Me?" "Why Do We Fall in Love with One Person and Not Another?" "How Can These Little Things Start Love?"
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4 Where Are All the Good Men and Women?
Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
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5 Does Love at First Sight Exist? Part One: First Impressions You Never Get a Second Chance at Love at First Sight 6 How to Make a Dynamite First Impression
First Impressions Last Forever
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First Impressions Last Forever Be Ready for Love—Always! Stay Psychologically "Fit to Kill"
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7 How to Ignite Love at First Sight
How Much Eye Contact Does It Take to Imitate Love? How to Get Sexy "Bedroom Eyes" How to Awaken Primal, Unsettling, Sexy Feelings in Your Quarry Naughty Eyes Are So Nice
8 Your First Approach
The Gentle Art of Pickup (Not for Men Only) Hunters, Make the First Move . . . Fast Huntresses, Make the Fast Move . . . First First Moves That Work for Women
9 Your First Body Language
Let Your Body Do the Talking When You Are Quarry The Word That Can Save Your Relationship "But This Is So Basic!"
