Lauren Frances, founder of the Institute for Romantic Research is the love coach to countless women and men around the globe including some of Hollywood's hottest celebrities. She’s a noted author, lecturer and seminar leader in the area of love and relationships which has made her a highly sought after expert in her field for TV, radio, print and broadband media.

Lauren's love and relationship coaching has been featured on Bravo's The Real Housewives of Orange County, Dr. Phil's Decision House, EXTRA'S Weekend Edition, VHI, NBC's YourLA and GMTV. She's an AOL Love Coach, and has been a relationship columnist for Flaunt Magazine, Yahoo, and The Huffington Post.

She’s the author of 'Dating, Mating and Manhandling: The Ornithological Guide to Men'. (Crown 2006) which has been called 'The Rules' for the Sex and the City generation. Frances delivers with wit and invaluable insight the same advice she's been giving to her faithful clients for over a decade. Dating, Mating and Manhandling is in its first reprint and has been translated into six languages thus far.

She was partnered by Victoria's Secret for the national joint launch of 'Dating, Mating and Manhandling and Victoria's Secret's Very Sexy™ Makeup throughout 2006 and 2007. Lauren made personal appearances at 14 Victoria's Secret launch events for Very Sexy Makeup nationwide. She was also sponsored by VS for the launch of her Man Magnet Seminar Series. held in hotspots like Chicago's Ghostbar and the Mansion nightclub in Miami.

Coming Up:
Lauren’s much awaited love and relationships blog The Red Stiletto.com launches this April. Her love coaching will be profiled in Los Angeles Magazine and she’ll be conducting Man Magnet Seminars in Las Vegas and Los Angeles throughout the summer. She will be on tour in Prague and England and then finally Berlin for the German release of Dating, Mating and Manhandling this September 2008.