"The Recovering Romantic" is companion to "Romantic Recovery" which itself emerged over twenty years from the co-authors' career backgrounds in Health and Education, as well as their two earlier books published by Temple Press, London in 1996, along with their thousands of hours of telephone counselling from 1996 to 2008 with callers from Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and America. This little book was prompted by the email enquiries from readers of "Romantic Recovery" who made it known that they wished to take a return journey into the labyrinth of "the game" in modern relationships by requesting a review of the eight players: Failed Family Daddy's Girl Cheating Partner Posing Friend Mummy's Boy Sexual Predator Bully Fanatic and also asked for a wider exploration of the reasons for the breakdown in man-woman unity. Waterford Adams have not shied away from their readers' troubling issues in the content of "The Recovering Romantic", and offer their trademark "old world wisdom with a new perspective" in frank and digestible terms which inspire anyone who wishes to make a sincere contribution to a dignified, rewarding, and enduring romantic relationship.