“Romance on the Run” was not the title we wanted when our agency sold Tara Roth Madden’s celebration of quick sex between married couples, but the publisher was nervous about baldly advocating quickies. Though a hasty roll in the sack sounds like the furthest thing from romantic, Madden says it does more to rekindle the flame of romance for a long-married couple than the predictable five pound box of chocolates and bouquet of red roses. Men and women whose spontaneity has been all but squeezed out of their marriage by the routines of work schedules, domestic chores, and childrearing, can not only revive the flame of desire but set their marriages ablaze by snatching two minutes of mad, dangerous lovemaking while the kids are playing in the yard or guests are in the den watching a football game.

The author interviewed many real couples and learned how joyous monogamy can be when given an unscheduled booster shot of lust. Read Romance on the Run but be prepared to expand your definition of “romance”.

- Richard Curtis