Love Italian Style: The Secrets of My Hot and Happy Marriage

Melissa Gorga

Sep 2013 · Sold by St. Martin's Press

About this ebook

Real Housewives of New Jersey star Melissa Gorga shows you how to love your man and keep him happy, satisfied, faithful, and devoted to you.

What you see is what you get with Melissa Gorga. On Real Housewives of New Jersey, she's that beautiful, ambitious woman with a successful career who puts her family first. In fact, her stable yet sexy marriage to lovable Joe is a welcome antidote to the constant fighting and backbiting on the show. Despite the pressure of life in the spotlight, she makes marriage look easy. How does she do it? Melissa's overriding principle: Treat your husband like a king! And in return, you'll be treated like a queen!

In Love Italian Style, Melissa shares her (and his) secrets to relationship success—generations-tested old-fashioned values served up with a modern, sexy twist. To her, the four tenets to a happy marriage are respect, honesty, loyalty, and passion (underscore passion). By sharing her and Joe's life together—from the story of their first date to how they still keep it hot in the bedroom a decade later—Melissa admits that, yes, marriage has been a lot of work, but the rewards are ten-fold. With her time-tested strategies, you can "Gorganize" your own relationship, strengthen your bond, and amp up the passion for lifelong bliss. Some of Melissa's how-to's:

· Dress to impress your man.

· Flirt with your hubby.

· Cook Italian style.

· Fight right.

· Keep the romance alive and the home fires burning.

· Raise little princes and princesses.


This playful guidebook promises to make any marriage better—the Gorga way!

Ratings and reviews

I think if anyone that reads this has been in a long term marriage, they can relate. To those who think this book is about " Marital Rape"? They clearly are miserable souls. I think it's great that they have found what works for their marriage and she chose to share that. If you already have a pre conceived notion about her because of the show and it is a negative one, why read the book? Good for you Melissa I hope you continue to have success in your marriage for years to come.

Okay I'll have to admit I had my reservations in regards to this book. But after reading it, I found myself really really liking it. Not bad at all!

Poorly written and clearly promotes domestic violence and marital rape, either I cry out for help or a cheap scandal for more fame, and a plot to be a victim for ever.

About the author

MELISSA GORGA and her husband, Joe Gorga, have been married for nine years. They have three beautiful children-Antonia, Gino, and Joey. A housewife and proud of it, Melissa blends old-school Italian values with a modern lifestyle that allows her to follow her passion. As a recording artist with multiple songs breaking the top ten Dance/R&B charts on iTunes, including "On Display" and "How Many Times," she has a blossoming music career. Love Italian Style: The Secrets of My Hot and Happy Marriage is her first book, and she hopes you have as much fun reading it as she did writing it!