You're out there dating, and you're looking for marriage material. But how can you tell if the guy who's wining and dining you tonight has (somewhere deep inside his complex male machinery) the potential to make a lifelong commitment? And what can you do to significantly increase your odds for finding Mr. Right?Why Men Fear Marriageis the new dating bible, and it begins with one essential golden rule:If a man is interested, he'll let you know. From there, #1Essencemagazine bestselling author RM Johnson explains, with wit and honesty, what menreallythink, feel, and fear when it comes to tying the knot. You'll learn to recognize thefive types of guysyes, every man fits one of themand discover invaluable and empowering advice on every page: ten steps to make him pop the questionwithoutan ultimatum how to spot opportunities to meet marrying menat the gym,at the market, and elsewhere when to take his phone number, and when to give him yours how to let a guy down . . . gently where you should meet on your first date an instant way to win his respect. . . and much more.

R.M. Johnson is the author of ten books, including bestsellers The Harris Family and The Million Dollar Divorce. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Chicago State University. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Karen Hunter is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, a celebrated radio talk-show host, and coauthor of numerous New York Times bestsellers, including Confessions of a Video Vixen, On the Down Low, and Wendy’s Got the Heat. She is also an assistant professor in the Film & Media Department at Hunter College.