"A Joost Elffers book"--Title page.
First published: 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The seductive character. The siren
The rake
The ideal lover
The dandy
The natural
The coquette
The charmer
The charismatic
The star
The anti-seducer
The seducer's victims-the eighteen types
The seductive process. Choose the right victim
Create a false sense of security-approach indirectly
Send mixed signals
Appear to be an object of desire-create triangles
Create a need-stir anxiety and discontent
Master the art of insinuation
Enter their spirit
Create temptation
Keep them in suspense-what comes next?
Use the demonic power of words to sow confusion
Pay attention to detail
Poeticize your presence
Disarm through strategic weakness and vulnerability
Confuse desire and reality-the perfect illusion
Isolate the victim
Prove yourself
Effect a regression
Stir up the transgressive and taboo
Use spiritual lures
Mix pleasure with pain
Give them space to fall-the pursuer is pursued
Use physical lures
Master the art of the bold move
Beware the aftereffects.

Charm, persuasion, the ability to create illusions: these are some of the many dazzling gifts of the Seducer, the compelling figure who is able to manipulate, mislead and give pleasure all at once. This book unearths the two sides of seduction: the characters and the process. It provides instruction on how to identify victims by type.

Adult