Based on years of research on marital and premarital happiness, How to Avoid Falling in Love with a Jerk (previously published in hardcover as How to Avoid Marrying a Jerk) will help you break destructive dating patterns that have kept you from finding the love you deserve. With this book, you will learn how to: Ask the right questions to inspire meaningful, revealing conversations with your partner Judge character based on compatibility, relationship skills, friends, and patterns from family and previous relationships Resolve your own emotional baggage so you're ready for a healthy relationship