Book excerpt: Red Flag Romance has been written at time, according to America's 2017 census, when adult singles are at a record high 45.2% of the US population. Further, in 2018, $143 million was scammed from persons using internet sites, apps or social media seeking dates and romance - making more financial havoc than any other form of fraud. This book and its' substantial research hopes to help reverse both of these trends.Red Flag Romance provides 28 Red Flags so you can quickly eliminate the fake and harmful date candidates. These 28 Red Flags are explained over 3 chapters that covers where you will see them. These chapters are: Profile Red Flags with Red Flags 1-6 emanating from key words or photos in each profile or important information absent from the written information or photos offered; Communication Red Flags get a lot more serious and the heart of most concerns in Red Flags 7-24 offering ideas for early questions you should ask to such important comments or questions that may be asked of you. It is in these early communications that it is easiest to identify the bad profiles or time wasters, minimum. Of course, you want eliminate the bad elements and massive time wasters. Setting Up the First Meeting Red Flags which are Red Flags 25-28 are the key four concerns you need to know in setting up this first meeting. Remember the first face-to-face meeting is very important, because this is superior to any communications you've had up until this time. The meeting is the only way to know if you click, or have chemistry. Without that, there will be no interest in ever dating.To understand better all 28 Red Flags, you will next enjoy reading Actual Communications per Red Flag. While these are less than 10% of the bad communications received, they should give you a much better feel for how the red flags can be identified and are used.Next you will get other examples of the 28 Red Flags in Actual Communications with Multiple Red Flags. Here you will see many of the red flags used in just one communication. This could be comical, but isn't at all if you don't catch the thief early in the pursuit. Interesting and Odd Actual Communications could suggest more than 28 red flags, but this chapter offers unique insight into other devious means by which your prospect can serve you wrongly.Effective Responses to Use per Red Flag might prove very helpful to you in offering responses that have worked against most of the 28 red flags. The right response might help you dump this candidate faster, too. That will save you both time and money.Next, the chapter entitled Dating Site and App Suggestions offers six free dating apps that might benefit you of the 100s researched. They are each explained and ranked from Best to Least Favorite, and again, they are all free.That chapter is followed by Social Media Specifics which points out particular things you should consider and be aware of should you decide to date on social media.With Helpful Tools and How to Use Them, you are presented a very helpful free tool in identifying fake photos. That chapter is followed by Other Helpful Resources which provides 20 helpful tools and enlightening information from related articles to advice and suggestions from US and foreign regulatory sources and free internet sites with common photos used by scammers and much more.Finally, in the Conclusion, everything covered is summarized. There are also suggestions on how we might all work together to reverse the problems currently in dating on internet sites, apps, and social media. You should be perfectly prepared for safer, more effective dating by the time you reach this last chapter.