Books like For lovers only by Stephen Schwambach

Erich Fromm examines love as a practiced art rather than a simple feeling, distinguishing types such as brotherly, motherly, erotic, self‑love, and love of God, and urging genuine care amid modern superficiality.

Esther Perel explores why passionate sex often fades in long‑term relationships and how to rekindle desire amid the demands of domestic life.

DAVE -- THE MAN WHO POSSESSED HER SOUL.... — When he'd first kissed Gwen, she'd responded like a fairy princess awakened from a spell, but she usually treated her brother-in-law like a kid, never daring to admit how much she wanted him. When they were both called to mediate a nasty family fight at a mountain cottage, Dave decided it was time to raise the stakes -- to flirt, tease, and tantalize Gwen until she pleaded for his touch! HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO Provoked by his humor, excited by his intensity, Gwen surrendered her inhibitions and revealed her secrets when Dave commanded her, wooed her, and taught her a yearning only he could quench -- but how could this much younger man want to share her future? Once he'd claimed her with thrilling hunger, Dave vowed he'd love her forever, one day at a time -- but was she brave enough to insist on a stronger bond?

The definitive book on marriage, from the author of Unfinished Business, who describes what really goes on in a marriage; why one chooses a certain partner, what systems get set up; what the primary sources of conflict are. This work pushes beneath the surface of marriage to explore the depths of true intimacy.