Succulent Singles is a witty, practical guide to creating CuddleBuddy, BonkBuddy and Friends with Benefits relationships with more honesty, self-awareness, kindness - and rather less unnecessary suffering.

Being single does not have to mean being emotionally or physically starved. Human beings still need touch, affection, intimacy, companionship, sexuality and connection. Sometimes those needs are met through relationships that do not fit neatly into the usual boxes.

This book explores how to enjoy those relationships without accidentally creating a mini-marriage, silently assuming exclusivity, confusing intimacy with commitment, or accepting arrangements that leave you feeling less valued rather than more alive.

Drawing on more than 35 years of work with relationships and human behaviour, Frances Amaroux offers clear, humane guidance on how to know what you actually want, have the conversation before anything happens, make agreements instead of assumptions, ask for what you want and hear a no, manage jealousy and changing feelings, recognise when casual has become careless, and end well when a relationship has run its course.

Along the way, Succulent Singles includes real-life stories, practical scenarios, check-in questions, red and green flags, sample conversations and a simple relationship toolkit.

This is not a book telling you how relationships should look.

It is a book about how to treat each other well inside whatever relationship you consciously choose.

For the most succulence - and the least suffering.