An affair can be passionate, exciting and wonderfully romantic. It can also drive you to the depths of dispair. How you feel is likely to depend on the role you're playing in it - the betrayer, the betrayed or the lover. In this book, the author looks at how affairs operate from every perspective - their history, the different reasons for affairs, when marriages are particularly vulnerable, and why almost as many women as men are now being unfaithful. Strategies are provided for resisting temptation, spotting the tell-tale signs, helping your marriage to survive or, if need be, coping with its demise.