Shopping for Mr. Right: How to Choose the Right Guy and Get the Most Out of Him

A Note to Readers: Shopping for Mr. Right is the second installment of J.M. Kearns' Why Mr. Right Can't Find You. Shopping continues where Why Mr. Right left off, covering new ground. The second book completes the first. Together they give you what you need to connect with the good man who is out there trying to find you. (For more on how the two books relate, please see the Q&A in From the Author, below.)

Shopping for Mr. Right takes the core principles of Why Mr. Right Can't Find You and extends them to a bunch of important new topics, including:

• Understanding the man-beast: Kearns explains how to decide how much testosterone you want in your man, and lays bare the mysteries of the notorious male ego and the surprising ways men open up about their feelings, if you know how to read them.
• Sightings: Why Mr. Right Can't Find You discussed how to take advantage of those priceless moments when you and an interesting guy have a sighting of each other. Shopping for Mr. Right pushes that envelope to an even freer place.
• Online dating has come of age. But it's a thorny maze, so you need a strategy! Shopping for Mr. Right tells you the two searches that reveal which dating site is the right one for you, and explains how to navigate past the pitfalls and find your dream man.
• Test love by trying love: When you find a good prospect, you need a trial run. Does your new relationship really have legs? Find out by completing seven intriguing assignments during the crucial early months.
• Resist shopping addiction: After shopping-till-we-drop, some of us like to comparison-shop till we forget what we already bought. With this book, you'll see how to fend off the temptations posed by today's ultra-connected world and really commit to each other.
• Get long-term satisfaction: Find out the number one secret of lasting couples: how to opt out of the "perfect bliss" game that no one can win, and go for real love instead.

J.M. Kearns, PhD, is a writer of fiction and non-fiction who has at various times been a philosopher of perception, a crisis counselor and a music journalist. He brings to his writing the unusual combination of a philosopher's analytical mind and a novelist's insight into emotions. His best-selling Why Mr. Right Can't Find You has been embraced by readers and the press on both sides of the Atlantic and has been featured on Oprah & Friends and in OK! Magazine, Glamour, Cosmopolitan-UK, Maclean's, The Toronto Star, and many others. Since then two more of his books have been published to critical praise: the novel ex-Cottagers in Love, and his second book of relationship advice, Better Love Next Time. J.M. Kearns grew up near Toronto, Canada and now lives in Cape May, New Jersey with his partner Debra. For more on Kearns and his writings, please visit jmkearns.com.