Books about Love in Time for Valentine's Day

 



Has the upcoming Valentine's Day got you thinking about love? If so, here are some popular MSI Press books that you will enjoy.



57 Steps to Paradise (Patricia Lorenz)

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Looking for love in your 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's and yes, even your 80's or 90's? 57 STEPS TO PARADISE will help you navigate dating in midlife and beyond. Lorenz unzips her soul and exposes her foibles during 50 years of men weaving their way in and out of her life, providing a heap of wit and wisdom to help you make life-changing decisions about love and, perhaps, a life partner.

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A Movie Lover's Search for Romance (Joanna Charnas)

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A diverting and informative story of searching for love in mid-life by a divorced social worker, who intertwines entertaining stories of successful love interests with well-known movies containing similar plots and themes. Written as diary entries covering a 15-year period, the author shares openly, in detail, and with insights her experiences with dating, friendships, affairs, and relationships. Written candidly with a light hand and turns of phrase that reflect her personality and make the book hard to put down.

Hollywood Book Festival Honorable Mention

Book Excellence Awards Finalist

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How to Live from Your Heart (Nanette Hucknall)

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Recommended by US Review of Books, Heart energy. It comes from an always loving and wise Higher Source. Nurturing, warm, quiet, refined, and all encompassing, heart energy brings spiritual growth that fosters creativity, attracts loving relationships, and engenders peace and happiness. This practical book not only teaches you how to live from your heart but also provides scads of activities to practice doing so.

Pinnacle Achievement Book Award
Book of the Year Award finalist
Best Books Award finalist
Book Excellence Award
Readers' Favorite Book Award finalist
Kops-Fetherling Legacy Award, Self-Help

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Road to Damascus (Elaine Imady)

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Road to Damascus describes the Middle Eastern journey of an American who meets and falls in love with a Syrian when they are both attending school in New York. Giving up her country and her religion to follow her husband back to Syria, Elaine Imady has made a life that has successfully bridged two cultures and two continents. Raising three bi-cultural, bilingual children, Elaine has important insights to offer to readers from either the West or the Middle East about how we can all not only get along with each other but learn to love each other. Her life is symbolic of the best of what can be when two cultures come together.

Recommended by the US Review of Books
First runner-up, Eric Hoffer Legacy Award

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