As Valentine’s Day approaches, some recent, highly-publicized non-fiction debuts are sure to get you in the mood for romance: Staying True, by Jenny Sanford, chronicles the very public breakdown of her marriage to South Carolina governor Mark Sanford, who wasn’t hiking on the Appalachian Trail after all. Marry Him by Lori Gottlieb, the subtitle of which, the Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough, says it all, accuses you of being too picky and urges you to snap up that guy who’s an eight rather than waiting for the 10. And The Politician, Andrew Young’s explosive new tell-all about John Edwards, details his infidelity and exposes the second family he started as his wife struggled with cancer.

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