Contents
Chapter 1: Now We Are One
Can’t take my eyes off of you . . .
Motherhood and apple pie
What is love?
When language is so inadequate
Chapter 2: Truly, Madly, Deeply
Love hormones?
The story gets more complicated
Laughter, the best medicine
The whiff of success
Ae fond kiss?
Chapter 3: The Monogamous Brain
Just how demanding can pairbonds be?
Scheherazade triumphant
The mystery in the mind
Chapter 4: Through a Glass Darkly
Rational choice?
How lonely the heart
The Cinderella moment
Showing off
Chapter 5: Saving Face
Something in the way she moves
Faces in the crowd
The sweet smell of symmetry
Chapter 6: By Kith or by Kin
Family and friends
The importance of being networked
Why friendships wane
The costs of romance
When your choice is not your own
Chapter 7: A Cheat by Any Other Name
Breaking up isn’t hard to do
It’s the pain that you feel
Cads v. dads
Trust in what you see
Mad, bad and indescribable
Chapter 8: Sleeping with the Devil
In love with God
Charisma, sex and religion
The God spot
Beyond the edge of despair
Chapter 9: Love and Betrayal Online
Mirage and avatar
Virtual love
Cyberwars
Virtual unreality
Chapter 10: Evolution’s Dilemma
Unpacking the evolutionary question
Putting humans in their place
Hired guns in a poacher’s paradise
Who loves whom?
When did pairbonds evolve?
Envoi
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Index