14 Days of Foreplay

by Monica Lieser, Tianna Rooney

Lieser and Rooney have created a fun, activity template that invites partners to follow creative suggestions with a playful mindset. Couples guided by 14 Days of Foreplay will truly peak and listen to one another, creating a new frame for insightful understanding and trust. The time spent reading, acting on, and discussing the book’s activities will enrich all aspects of a relationship, including problem solving, expressing emotion, and coping with change, loss, or trauma. Those who invest honesty into the process will be rewarded with the ability to embrace the joys and triumphs of life. Enhanced intimacy and communication are tools for expressing new and changing wants and desires, and for knowing how to listen and turn toward one another even when turning away is an instinctive response.

Marriage and family therapists, Monica Lieser and Tianna Rooney offer simple, creative strategies to improve the way couples relate on a daily, and nightly, basis. From fully clothed make-out sessions to spilling saucy, appreciative secrets, the activities recommended are designed to suit couples of all ages, whether shy or boisterous. Utilizing the fun and playful gestures of intention proposed in 14 Days of Foreplay will bring a couple closer together in meaningful ways.

82 pages, Paperback

First published February 28, 2014

About the author

Monica Lieser resides in Missouri with her husband and their two sons. Monica’s much loved gestures of intention come in the forms of pillow talk with her husband, reading with her children, and inspiring conversations with friends.

Tianna Rooney lives in Michigan with her husband and their two sons. Tianna embraces playfulness by taking trips to tropical paradises, hosting themed parties, and investing in the imagination of her children.

Tianna and Monica are Clinical Fellows of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

Reviews

[Kristy · Rating 5 out of 5]

When I saw this book on the First Reads Giveaway I knew that I had to read it. When I received the book I held on to it because I knew I was getting married a few months later. I had decided to hold on to it until we had been married a few months and then start the book after some the shininess of our new marriage had worn off. I had scanned the book beforehand so I knew that it was a book more about the communication aspect than the physical aspect. This book is a great way to reconnect and brings to light all of the things you may have forgotten about your spouse. We had already been together several years before getting married but this book helped me remember and bring back some of those feelings from the beginning that had sort of faded with the busyness of our lives. This is a great book to help gain a reconnection.

[Lee Davidson · Rating 5 out of 5]

14 Days of Foreplay is a quick read that feels more like an instruction manual than book. There's no information overload, just enough to explain the "how" and "why" of each exercise. The writing is tasteful, clever, and informative. A few exercises take a little planning. After 13 years of marriage, my husband and I were both surprised to learn new things about each other. Being intentional in our relationship has rekindled the "spark" that I haven't felt since we were dating. Very fun and highly recommended!

[Jenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

So much information, packed into a nice, SHORT easy to read book! I don't ever feel like I have time to read, not with having two little ones, a career, a spouse, and a house to care for. This book was easy to read, and we did take it piece by piece, I think over all it took us a month to work through the book. I love that the book brings focus to the basics of a healthy functioning relationship. Recommend for any relationship!

[Maggie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cute read. I liked how the book didn't simply focus on the physical side of fore play but rather started out with communication and built up to the physical side. It was also an easy read, the lists and suggestions in the book were very helpful. All in all its a good book.

[Kristin Darden · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thoroughly enjoyed the activities. My husband and I are well matched and good friends and yet we still learned things about one another going through the chapters. It felt great to be recognized and know I'm understood. Light and fun, yet still serious and very important stuff.

[Monica Louise · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm proud of this work. :)