This is a great book with a lot of truth. If focuses on Ephesians 5:33, "However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband." Eggerich points out the differences between the command to “Love” a wife, and to “Respect” the husband. I think Eggerich is on target, and delivers a very helpful look at how to love and how to give respect.
Only one problem. I have seen this book backfire. When a man reads the “respect” section of the book, or a woman reads the “love” section they will often put the book down with a sour taste in their mouth. They recognize that their spouse is not meeting this goal, and then the feel a hole. A hole that is now abundantly clear. My suggestion is for couples to ONLY read the section geared to the opposite gender. Men only read the Love sections; women only read the Respect sections. Then focus on the truths found in these pages and how you can apply them to your spouse. Read in this way I highly recommend this great resource!
I know that many of you have read this wonderful book already, it is one of
my all time favorite marriage books so I simply had to list it here! This is my first recommendation to any couple! It is so good that I think it should be mandatory reading for all husbands and wives! Why do I love it so much? Simply because Gary Chapman has explained a truth about how God has designed each of us differently in an easy to read and easy to apply format
presents 5 different ways that we speak and hear love. Words of affirmation, Acts of service, Gifts, Physical touch, and Quality time. Since there are 5, most couples will find that their primary language is different then the language their spouse is speaking. This book helps couples to identify their spouses language, and learn how to speak it! 
". Why? Because Gary Chapman is nice to us husbands, after each language is explained he has written a whole section titled "if your wife is this then you should do ___". It can't get any easier then that!