About the Author

Dr. Duana Welch (pronounced DWAY-nah) is known for using social science to solve real-life relationship issues. She has been a professor at universities in Florida, California, and Texas across 20 years, and has contributed to NPR, PBS, Psychology Today, and numerous other outlets, podcasts and videos. Her Love Factually books all rely on science rather than opinion to help men and women find and keep the right partner. She is an expert for Paired, the couples relationship app. Her client practice is global, via Zoom and other technologies. For more information and free content, see LoveFactually.co.

Reviews

"Finally we have a research-based guide for how to sensibly select a partner. A must read for all those of us seeking a lasting love."

-Dr. John Gottman, author ofThe Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work

"Love Factually is a great book. It's anchored in solid science. It brings key principles to life with gripping real-life mating stories. And importantly, it brims with practical advice in the form of concrete actions everyone can take to improve their love lives. If you plan to read one book to improve your mating life, this is the one to read."

-David M. Buss, Ph.D., author ofThe Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating

"Love Factually is a real treat: a smart, funny page-turner, full of heart and based on the best science. If you're at any stage of the dating process, you'll get the clear, doable steps you've needed all along to find and keep the right life partner. And if you're already happily wed, you'll be entertained by all the sage advice you can pass on to others. I was hooked from the first chapter, and I'm married and know the research inside out!"

-Dr. Linda J. Waite, professor of sociology at the University of Chicago, and author of The Case for Marriage

"This book is a ray of hope in a world of cynicism. Even better, it's hope founded on fact. In my twenty-plus years writing about and helping couples find and keep good partnerships, I've seen an increase in fear, a major roadblock to love. Readers of this book will learn why holding onto hope is realistic, as well as how to move through their fears, create lasting love, and feel better about themselves in the process. Love Factually is a helping, healing journey."-Susan Page, author of If I'm So Wonderful, Why am I Still Single?
"If you are going to read any book about love, make it Love Factually. Duana Welch has written an inspiring, perceptive, truthful analysis about love, which will undoubtedly lead you to finding a better relationship, and hopefully what you are ultimately searching for." -Jeannie Assimos, Sr. Director, eHarmony
"If you want to transform your dating life into an effective search that significantly increases your odds of meeting the right person, Love Factually is a must read. Dr. Duana Welch is like having a kind, gentle, funny, and firm love guide/guru beside you as you traverse the rocky trail of being able to fully embrace a healthy, deeply fulfilling, satisfying and enriching relationship. I recommend this book to my clients, and to men and women who are serious about investing in themselves in order to become, and attract, the person they want and deserve." -Carrie Lynne Pietig, LPC-S, using Gottman Method Couples Therapy in private practice
"Love Factually is like having Malcolm Gladwell and Brene Brown gene-splice with Dear Abby and The Rules. The Steps here are fantastic, and it's a great, fun read we highly recommend!"-Ellen Fein & Sherrie Schneider, authors of The Rules, All the Rules, and Not Your Mother's Rules