You can鈥檛 fake your love for another person, but when it comes to being a romantic kind of guy you can become the Great Pretender.

That鈥檚 the premise of a book penned by Aldergrove school teacher and family man Martin VanWoudenberg.

Titled How to Fake Romance (When Your Love is Real) it鈥檚 a self-help book aimed at the men who need to rekindle the sparks of old flames.

It鈥檚 not a weighty tome at under 200 pages, and it鈥檚 broken into 90 chapters of 鈥渋deas鈥� on how to tell the woman in your life that you care. The ideas are not complicated or expensive for the most part, and are as simple as leaving  notes  around the house or a night out at the movies.

鈥淚t鈥檚 fast, inexpensive and there is not a lot of potential to mess it up,鈥� said VanWoudenberg.

鈥淏ut the impact is enormous. And the simple things often have the greater impact.鈥�

It is his third book, and it was previously self-published about five years ago. The new edition is published by iUniverse and was edited by Simon & Schuster. It has been released in Canada, the U.S., Britain and Australia in a run of 17,000 copies.

He also has published a collection of poetry and contributes to the Pacific Rim Review of Books in his spare time.

In his day job he teaches history, English and law at Credo Christian high school in 91原创. Over the years, he has also worked as a consultant in the technical fields of marketing and the Internet.

VanWoudenberg developed the ideas for the romantic tips book over about 10 years, and tested them on his own relationship with his wife and mother of their four children, Nicole.

He also convinced his brother-in-law, 鈥渢he most unromantic guy on the planet,鈥� to try some of the ideas.

鈥淵ou randomly pick a day of the month, so it becomes a system,鈥� said VanWoudenberg. 鈥淚t鈥檚 faking spontaneity but his wife liked it so much she bought him a copy of the book.鈥�

The book is also available in 鈥渆book鈥� version, and to VanWoudenberg鈥檚 surprise, this accounts for 15 per cent of its sales.

There is also a website at  www.fakeromance.com.