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Valentine's Day-the day you either love, loathe or ignore. However you wish to weather V-Day and the onslaught of red, pink, white, roses, and chocolate-Penguin is here to help!

Here are some books if you're looking for love:

The Man Plan

You've followed The Rules but still, He's Just Not That Into You. Now what?

While it's great to suggest that a woman shouldn't have to conform to unreasonable expectations of perfection in order to attract a guy and keep him, the reality in the dating world is somewhat different. Men are tactile, visual, and visceral, and a spectrum of factors-from the way a woman orders wine to the pictures she has next to her bed to how often she shaves-can be enough to turn a guy off...permanently.

*This blog post contains adult subject matter and books may not be suitable for all readers.*

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Oooh la la, if you're looking for some truly sexy ideas for Valentine's Day, look no further. Penguin's got some very hot new books to help spice up your love life! This Valentine's Day, throw on the Marvin Gaye, break out the massage oil, and crack open one of these steamy books.

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As I sit here on Valentine's Day Eve, I find myself reflecting back on why I wanted to write Decoding Love in the first place. Although I hope, of course, that the book reaches a broad audience, my goal was never to become a love guru. Both my temperament and my research have taught me to be skeptical of gurus. For good or for ill, any final answers about love must come from ourselves.

I also did not set out to write a book of dating advice tips. Don't get me wrong. I am not trying to disparage the idea of practical dating advice. I think there are some helpful pointers in the book, and I will be thrilled if readers find any of them useful in their quest for love. In fact, some of my favorite parts of the book are in the tips section. Who knew, for example, that a spicy-floral fragrance could make a woman appear twelve pounds lighter? If they could just discover the scent that would make me look like George Clooney or Brad Pitt, I would be a happy man.

But ultimately I was drawn to this subject by something deeper and more fundamental-the sense that our romantic lives could tell us something profound about our humanity.

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