Make Your Relationship Stronger with These Romance eBooks

eBooks can teach you how to express love to your partner. They can also advise how to make your relationship last for many years to come. Here are some of the best romance eBooks that you should read with your significant other.

Ravishing the Heiress- Sherry Thomas

Millie Graves marries Lord Fitzhugh even though she knows her husband does not love her. She’s still pining for his childhood sweetheart, Isabelle Pelham. The duo had agreed to get married to each other for convenience purposes for only eight years. As time passes, Millie starts growing stronger feelings. When Isabelle reappears, she is left with no option but to convince him to explore something different and more robust. Get this eBook at Readiva.

Pucked- Helena Hunting

Violet Hall meets a professional hockey player, Alex Waters. She thinks she knows what she has gotten herself into. The two meet for a one-night stand, and he says she will write him off just like the others he had met before. Alex is smarter, and he uses his techniques to get Violet to fall for him. There is romantic tension between Violet and Alex since she knows that she will end up getting hurt.

Black Sheep- Meghan Marc

Freeman becomes the black sheep in his criminal family when he shifts his loyalty to Drew Carson, the love of his life. The eBook is irresistibly exciting and captures the drama, intrigue, and danger of the Mafia world.

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Romance quotes for those going through a rocky relationship

Sometimes relationships aren’t perfect, and this is completely normal. If you are currently experiencing hard times in your relationship, then hopefully these love quotes can help.

“True love doesn’t happen right away; it’s an ever-growing process. It develops after you’ve gone through many ups and downs, when you’ve suffered together, cried together, laughed together.” – Ricardo Montalban

“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

“Love involves a peculiar unfathomable combination of understanding and misunderstanding.” – Diane Arbus

“Love is a two-way street constantly under construction.” – Carroll Bryant

“I will never be perfect for you, but I will always imperfectly try to be.” – Atticus

“Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That’s why it’s a comfort to go hand in hand.” – Emily Kimbrough

“You’re not looking for perfection in your partner. Perfection is all about the ego. With soulmate love, you know that true love is what happens when disappointment sets in – and you’re willing to deal maturely with these disappointments.” – Karen Salmansohn

“When love is not madness it is not love.” – Pedro Calderón de la Barca

“When I say I love you more, I don’t mean I love you more than you love me. I mean I love you more than the bad days ahead of us, I love you more than any fight we will ever have. I love you more than the distance between us, I love you more than any obstacle that could try and come between us. I love you the most.” — Author unknown

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Cute Love Quotes For Her To Bring The Romance Back

Looking for some words to bring the romance back to your relationship? Here you go!

“Loving you is like breathing… How can I stop?”

“What brings me joy? You, of course. Always you.”

“I remember the first day I ever looked into your eyes and felt my entire world flip.”

“I love you not because of anything you have, but because of something that I feel when I’m near you.”

“You stole my heart, but I’ll let you keep it.”

“They asked him

“How’s your life?”

He smiled and answered

“She is fine”.

“Life is too short you know, So, I would like to spend my rest of life with you, just me and you because baby I love you.”

“It takes millions of people to make the world, but mine completed with one and it’s you.”

“I love you not only for what you are but for what I am when I am with you.”

“8 letters, 3 words, 1 meaning.

I Love You. Truly, madly and deeply.”

“Only you can make me smile after having a bad day.”

“I just want you, that’s all. All your flaws, mistakes, smiles, giggles, jokes, sarcasm. Everything. I just want you.”

“I love you more than yesterday and that’s how I feel every day.”

“My heart has waited so long to be loved by someone like you.”

“There is my heart, and then there is you, and I’m not sure there is a difference.”

“One day I’m going to wake up, roll over on my side, and kiss the love of my life.”

“There is no one else as special as you.”

“If I did anything right in my life, It was when I gave my heart to you.”

“If I ever made a good decision it was loving you.”

“Our bond is stronger than the distance between us.”

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What to Know if You Want a Healthy Relationship

Relationships take a lot of work, that goes without saying, but they also require a lot of knowledge. Here are two important things to know if you want a healthy relationship.

It’s ok to be attracted to other people. It’s easy to think that by being with someone, we can’t so much as look at someone else, but repressing these urges does far more harm than good and even makes us more likely to act on them. A committed relationship doesn’t mean you’ll never find someone else attractive or interesting, it means you’ll acknowledge what you find attractive or interesting in someone else while remembering that your chosen partner offers all that and more. Once you come to that realization, it’s a lot easier to overcome temptation.

Relationships end, and it’s important to know when to end them. Relationships are often romanticized in literature and in film, with characters in a love story often sacrificing anything, and occasionally everything, just to be with each other. It’s perhaps one of the reasons why we view the end of relationships as personal failures, when it’s just not the case. Compatibility, circumstances, timing, life goals, they all play huge roles in determining the success of a relationship, and when they just don’t align it’s worth considering that the relationship may not be worthwhile anymore.

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The Chemistry of Attraction

You know the feeling. Some people equate it to butterflies in the stomach, others equate it to walking on air, but one way or another you definitely feel something when you’re attracted to someone. But just what is attraction? To help explain it, here are just a few of the many chemicals at play in the body and brain when we’re attracted to someone.

Adrenaline: Feel like your heart is racing when the object of your affection so much as walks by? That’s your body releasing adrenaline into your system, a chemical which puts you on high alert and sends oxygen-enriched blood throughout your body to prepare you for immediate action.

Dopamine: Does the mere presence of your crush make you feel happy? Or dare we say even giddy? That’s dopamine at play, a chemical released by the body as a reward stimuli. Unfortunately, dopamine is a double edged sword and can nurture habit forming behaviors like cravings and drug abuse.

Serotonin: Every hear that cheesy old pickup line “your legs must be tired because you’ve been walking around in my mind all day?” Well, when you just can’t seem to get someone off your mind, serotonin is usually to blame, or rather, a drop in serotonin. That same drop in serotonin is present in people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, just to add some food for thought.

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Speeding up Romantic Bonds

Many who look for love crave that intimate connection, that deep romantic bond that comes from a long-term committed relationship. The problem is, however, that kind of connection takes a lot of time to develop, and some wish there was a way to speed up the process and have that experience sooner. Enter Arthur Aron, a psychologist at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Aron took interest in the way people develop romantic bonds and came up with a creative way of speeding up those bonds through a series of questions. The questions, and much more, can be found in Aron’s 2004 Handbook of Closeness and Intimacy Paperback, co-written by Debra J. Mashek, but here’s just a few for those who’d like some first date question ideas. 😉

1. Given the choice of anyone in the world, whom would you want as a dinner guest?
2. Would you like to be famous? In what way?
3. Before making a telephone call, do you ever rehearse what you are going to say? Why?
4. What would constitute a “perfect” day for you?
5. When did you last sing to yourself? To someone else?
6. If you were able to live to the age of 90 and retain either the mind or body of a 30-year-old for the last 60 years of your life, which would you want?

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Everyday Romantic Gestures

Valentine’s day may be behind us, but that doesn’t mean the romance has to be reserved for just one day a year. These romantic gestures are perfect for everyday when you want to show your loved one you care.

Hold hands. PDA certainly isn’t for everyone, but a big sloppy kiss isn’t the only way to display affection. Holding hands when walking down the street or even while sitting on the couch at home is not just a show of intimacy, it’s an everyday romantic gesture that simply shows you care.

Small surprises. We’re creatures of habit and it’s easy to slip into routine, especially when the relationship has been going for some time. Small surprises, anything from doing the dishes before your partner gets home to taking them out to their favorite restaurant says a lot about your love and helps keep things fresh.

Love notes. They don’t have to be epic poems expressing your undying affection, and they certainly don’t need a special occasion. A quick little note with nothing more than the words “I love you” on it can be just the thing to brighten your partner’s day.

Do things together. The best relationships are partnerships, and doing things together like preparing meals or cleanup up afterwards aren’t just ways of strengthening that partnership, they’re everyday romantic gestures too.

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Hot Winter Date Ideas

With a lot of us looking for love this winter it may be a challenge to think up some good date night ideas. It may not be too tempting to brave the cold, but rather than resort to the stereotypical night of Netflix and chill, why not give these three winter date ideas a try?

See the lights. If you’re brave enough to bundle up and head out into the cold for a romantic evening stroll, find yourself a well lit public park that’s full of fresh snow. The light’s reflection on the fresh snow will give everything a romantic glow, like moonlight before your very eyes!

Skating. You certainly don’t have to be a pro to strap on a pair of skates and heat things up on the ice. With indoor and outdoor skating both extremely popular during the colder months, and the occasional slip and fall leading to some hearty laughs, skating could be just the ticket for that romantic winter date night.

Cook together. If the weather outside absolutely refuses to cooperate, why not aim a little higher than a lazy night on the couch? Cooking together can not only be a lot of fun but leaves plenty of opportunity for a playful little food fight, and who knows where that could lead? Don’t forget to top it all off with a mug of homemade hot cocoa, the perfect ending to what may certainly be a perfect meal together.

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Why We Should All Stop Think About Soul Mates

It’s a romantic notion that sometimes feels as old as time itself: The soulmate, that one true love, the one person out there who is absolutely perfect for us and who we’re meant to be with. But romantic as it sounds, is it really true? Is there someone out there we’re meant to be with? Maybe… but maybe not. Here are 3 reasons why we should all stop thinking about soul mates.

We may never stop looking. Time for a bit of math. There are 7.5 billion people living on the planet. That’s billion, with a B. Add to the fact that they’re spread out over roughly 1 million square kilometers of land, and your odds of finding that one true love may just mean you’ll be looking forever. Forever is a very long time…

We give up on our relationships too easily. Relationships take a lot of hard work and compromise, and not to give away any major secrets, but hard work and compromise are the reasons why relationships last. More often than not however that work ethic gives way to the idea that we’re just not with who we’re meant to be with, leading many of us to give up far too quickly on what could be long lasting and fulfilling relationships.

We look back with regret and wonder too much. As the saying goes, “half of all marriages end in divorce.” While realistically speaking the number is likely closer to 40%, the fact of the matter is that relationships end and often we look back with regret, thinking of it as “wasted time” that we could have spent with our soul mates. In reality, though, just because the relationship ended doesn’t mean it was all bad, and we’d be better served by thinking of the good times shared rather than what could have been with someone else.

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Winter Date Ideas

With shorter days and colder temperatures it’s only natural that some of us may be feeling the winter blues at this time of year, but that doesn’t necessarily mean we have to let winter weather affect our love lives! There’s still lots to head out and do this winter, and a wide variety of date possibilities for any couple. Here are three winter date ideas that are guaranteed to be a blast!

Head out for a skate! Though the uninitiated may experience the occasional slip and fall, a little bit of skating on a night out is sure to bring out the laughs and smiles. Many indoor rinks are operational in the evenings, and outdoor rinks are a great choice as well for when you’re willing to bundle up.

Try on a pair of snowshoes. Romantic evening walks are always a winner when it comes to date ideas, but rather than slip or fall on icy streets and sidewalks why not rent a couple of pairs of snowshoes and head out for a romantic stroll through some snowy terrain? The reflection of the light on the white snow will make for a glowing ambiance as you walk and talk well into the night.

When outside isn’t an option. For those night where weather just won’t cooperate, an evening indoors with board games and hot cocoa by the fire is the perfect prescription for a delightful date. Don’t forget the marshmallows!

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