Melina Gerosa Bellows is the editor-in-chief of National Geographic Kids magazine. The former senior entertainment editor at Ladies' Home Journal-where she profiled Oprah Winfrey, Julia Roberts, and Mel Gibson, among others-Bellows is also a freelance writer for many popular magazines. She began research on this book when she met her husband-to-be in 1998 and has been fine-tuning the fun ever since. Melina lives in the Washington, D.C. area with her husband, Keith, dog, Zanzibar, and cat, Chiang Mai.

From the author of the wildly successful The Fun Book: 102 Ways for Girls to Have Some, comes the next step in the process. You became such a fun girl you attracted a fun guy. So have fun together, and keep having fun together, for it leads to happiness, or in this case, keeps a relationship alive and happy. Planning surprises and adding fun to dates and down time puts action behind the words "I love you." As we all know, the couple that plays together stays together, and The Fun Book for Couples holds many ways to spice up and maintain a healthy relationship:ß When booking travel accommodations, always say it's your honeymoon. Act like it is.ß Leave notes on his pillow or in his wallet. Write things like "Come home early. I have a surprise for you."ß Etch your initials in a heart under the kitchen table (or the dining room table if you are really committed).ß Wash each other's hair. Watch Out of Africa for inspiration.Where merriment abounds, there is contentment.