Love Like A C.U.N.T. (Confident, Unapologetic, Notorious, Tyrant)

"You have been accepting less than you are worth, for so long, that less has started to feel like love."

That sentence is the whole reason this book exists.

If you've ever stayed too long, apologised for things that weren't your fault, or made yourself smaller to keep the peace, if you've ever wondered quietly at 3am whether the way you're being treated is just what love looks like now, this one's for you.

I'm Pablo's Mam. Northern Irish. Spent years getting it catastrophically wrong. Then got it absolutely right. This is the book I wish someone had handed me 20 years ago.

Love Like a C.U.N.T. (Confident, Unapologetic, Notorious, Tyrant of your own life) is not a dating manual. It is not a list of tips for decoding his three word text at 2am like a deranged fucking cryptographer. It is a brutally honest, warm, no bullshit guide to what real love actually looks like when you finally love yourself first.

Across 13 chapters we cover:

• The gap between what you deserve and what you've been accepting
• Red flags that are not renovation projects
• Green flags that are not unicorns
• Communication for grown adults (saying the fucking thing)
• How to leave cleanly without falling apart
• How to be single and sane
• How to recognise the right one when they finally turn up

For the woman still in something that's slowly destroying her. For the one who just got out and doesn't recognise her own kitchen yet. For the man who's been told this kind of book isn't for him (it is). For anyone who hasn't given up on real love, even after everything.

Here's what I can promise you:

You will see your last relationship clearly, possibly for the first time. You will recognise patterns you've been calling "just how I am" for years. You will laugh somewhere in Chapter 8 and probably cry somewhere in Chapter 10. And by the end, you will know, properly know, what you will never accept again.

It's the cheapest mirror you'll ever own.