Alexandra Penney once struggled financially, seeking a breakthrough. She found it when she wrote How to Make Love to a Man. This would be the first of several sex-related bestsellers she wrote. Her formula must not have been very good, though, as she is divorced. Of course, she also lost most of her life savings in the Madoff scandal. (NOTE: One must wonder why she never questioned him, when he told her he had her money invested in super-safe Treasurys. She was undoubtedly paying a very high maintenance fee to Madoff, whereas she could have bought Treasurys directly, with no overhead.)

Then there’s Kim Cattrall, of Sex and the City notoriety. For all her promotion of sexual liberty–she even co-wrote a book with her most recent ex–she’s been married 3 times. Yes, you read that correctly: the husband with whom she wrote a sex book, is no longer her husband.

Romance novelist Danielle Steele appeared to have a semi-happy ending, although it took her four attempts to get it right. Two of her ex-husbands included a rapist and a heroin addict.

Interestingly enough, William Masters and Virginia Johnson–yes, we are referring to the infamous Masters and Johnson, who established themselves as the foremost “sex experts” in the world (even though they were building on the foundation of pervert-researcher Alfred Kinsey)–would eventually divorce.

One of the fundamental laws of marketing is that sex sells. In fact, the two things that probably sell most effectively are (1) sex, and (2) the family dog. (NOTE: this is why advertisements that include family dog are very common. This is also why Michael Vick is going to have a VERY hard time recovering his career when he gets out of prison, as his marketability is now crap.)

On the other hand, the sellers of sex are not necessarily promoting good marital relations.

Are Christians against husbands and wives having hot, steamy sex? Of course not. In fact, the Song of Solomon illustrates very clearly that sex is for marital enjoyment–not martial enjoyment. For the latter, we recommend these…