Melissa Gorga’s Advice Book on Marriage and How to ‘Gorganize’ Your Relationship Hits Shelves September 17, 2013

Melissa Gorga revealed her cover (above) for her advice book on marriage, “Love Italian Style: The Secrets of My Hot and Happy Marriage,” which is available for pre-order now on Amazon. The book will hit shelves on September 17, 2013.

The following is the description of the book, no doubt approved by Melissa:

What you see is what you get with Melissa Gorga. On Real Housewives of New Jersey, viewers love her persona as a beautiful, ambitious woman who has a successful career but also puts family first. In fact, her stable yet sexy marriage to loveable Joe is a welcome antidote to the constant fighting and backbiting on the show. Despite the pressure of life in the spotlight, she makes marriage look easy. How does she do it? Melissa’s overriding principle: treat your husband like a King. And in response, you’ll be treated like a Queen.

In Love Italian Style, Melissa shares her (and his) secrets to relationship success—generations-tested old-fashioned advice served up with a sexy twist. To her, the four tenets to a happy marriage are: respect, honesty, loyalty, and passion (underscore passion). By sharing her and Joe’s life together—from their first date to still keeping it hot in the bedroom eight years later, Melissa admits that yes, marriage has been a lot of work, but the rewards are ten-fold. And, with her time-tested strategies, couples can “Gorganize” their own relationships, strengthen their bond, and amp up the passion for life-long bliss.

Appealing to the millions of Real Housewife fans, this playful guidebook promises to make any marriage better—the Gorga way.

Love Italian Style: The Secrets of My Hot and Happy Marriage
Melissa Gorga (Author)
List Price: $25.99
Price: $15.42 & FREE Shipping on orders over $25.
You Save: $10.57 (41%)

This title will be released on September 17, 2013.

Related:

• A Question for Patti Stanger — Do You Think Joe Gorga Should Leave Melissa for Cheating on Him?
• Life & Style Magazine Reports (Cover Story) on Melissa Gorga’s Extra-Marital Affair with Brian ‘Bulldog’ Bowen
• Melissa Gorga Tweets That She Has the Most Amazing Husband in the World; Bryan ‘Bulldog’ Bowen Gives His First Interview
• Melissa Gorga’s Minions Launch Second Twitter Attack on Her Ex Bryan ‘Bulldog’ Bowen
• Melissa Gorga and Her Sisters Keep Stirring the Pot and They Are Trying to Start a Twitter War With Melissa’s Ex Bryan AKA Bulldog
• The Sleeping ‘Bulldog’, Bryan Bowen, Has Been Awakened; Joe Gorga Sold His Parents’ Home Out from Under Them
• Melissa Gorga’s Ex Boyfriend Bryan Bowen AKA ‘Bulldog’
• Teresa Giudice Can Handle Criticism But Melissa Gorga Can’t: Teresa to Appear at Bridal Expo as Tabloids Continue to Spread Cheating Allegations About Her Husband
• Teresa Giudice Takes Phone Call from Melissa Gorga’s Past — Caller Claims Melissa Cheated on Joe
• Andy Cohen Wants to Make Melissa Gorga the New Star of the Show and Is Setting Up Teresa Giudice to Take the Fall for Outing Melissa as a Cheater
• Did Penny Drossos Karagiorgis Sign a Contract for RHONJ Season 5? — She Knows Melissa Gorga’s Secrets
• Melissa Gorga to Publish Advice Book About Marriage But Source Says Their Happy Marriage is a Facade
• Teresa’s Storyline for Season 5 is That She is Trying to Breakup the Manzo and Gorga Marriages
• Melissa Gorga Allegedly Cheated on Joe Before and After They Were Married; Bravo May Be Setting Up Teresa Giudice Again in Season 5
• Melissa Gorga and Kathy Wakile Promote the ‘Other Poshe’
• Cancun and the Real Story of How Joe and Melissa Gorga Met

Does Joe Gorga Abuse Steroids?

Here is what we know about Joe Gorga after two seasons on RHONJ:

• He disrespects his parents, especially his mother.
• He called his sister “garbage” and told her to “walk the f*ck away” at his son’s christening.
• He later called his sister a “f*cking bitch” in front of her children and his children at a family pool party.
• He treats his wife like his personal prostitute and claimed on camera that he “owns” her (Melissa said “everything he owns is for sale”; Joe retorted, “everything but his kids is for sale”).
• He called his daughter a “cock blocker.”

Is Joe a misogynist whose aggression has been heightened because of steroid use?

Joe Gorga Before (Season 3) and After Steroids (Season 5)

He has beefed up since season 3 (see photos above), and he could be experiencing roid rage. In the Gorga’s very first episode (season 3 episode 1), there is a weird scene with Joe Gorga and his parents at his son’s christening in their very first episode, but this could be attributed to drinking and drugs other than steroids (according to a former RHONJ post production supervisor, Joe was doing more than just drinking at the christening):

We hear Joe Gorga say: “Mom, you are cold, cold, so cold!”

His father chides him, and Joe Gorga is screaming at his father: “I’m your son, remember that! I’m your son!”

Joe’s father says to him: “And I’m proud of you.” But then he says: “Eh, you want to listen to me? Go cry to your mother. You only think about yourself.”

Joe Gorga turns back to his father and screams: “You’re my father! You’re my father!”

Joe’s father attempts to make his way to his son, but it looks like he’s getting a little roughed up, too. Joe Gorga finally tracks down his father in the hallway and tells him that Joe Giudice is garbage.

[Source]

About 13 minutes into the video above, “Turning Point with Frank MacKay” (taped in 2012):

Joe Giudice says there was a big change when Teresa’s family came on, trash talking her. Teresa and Joe both say that her family wouldn’t have done it if they weren’t on camera. And they say that they never treated her like that before coming on national TV. Joe says he used to get mad about it, but now he just feels sorry for them for doing that to their family. Teresa said it was a stab in the back, and her parents were very upset about it, especially after seeing what happened at the christening… her parents don’t even want to be on the show anymore, they want no part of it.

Some Known Potential Side Effects of a Anabolic Steroid Use:

Danielle Staub Has Meeting with Teresa Giudice; Teresa Calls Penny Drossos Karagiorgis a Stalker

A source close to Danielle Staub told @RHO_Gossip that she taped a scene for season 5 on March 10, 2013:

Real Housewives Of.. ‏@RHO_Gossip
DANIELLE STAUB IS FILMING TODAY #RHONJ
2:19 PM – Mar 10, 2013

iRealHousewives ‏@iRealHousewives
@RHO_Gossip really? How do u know? That’s exciting 🙂

Real Housewives Of.. ‏@RHO_Gossip
@iRealHousewives that’s what I have been hearing from a source close to her but not with Melissa 🙂

Fame-Whorgas heard the same thing from another source, and although the source had no details, they believe that only Danielle and Teresa were in the scene taped on March 10th. Perhaps Danielle and Teresa apologized to each other, agreeing to put the past behind them, especially the scene from season 2 where Teresa waited at the country club to confront Danielle after the Posche fashion show and then chased her into the parking lot:

Teresa decided to say “Hi” to Danielle. That “Hi” was as good as a loaded gun pointed straight at Danielle. And, of course, the two housewives’ conversation quickly escalated into a screaming cat fight, including arguably one of the best quotes of reality television, ever. Danielle: “Don’t call me honey.” Teresa: “Is ‘Bitch’ better?” Danielle retaliated by claiming that Teresa’s house was in foreclosure. [Source]

At the end of part 2 of the season 2 reunion special (which premiered on September 6, 2010), Danielle hugged it out with Teresa and Jacqueline and called a truce (Caroline refused to accept her apology). In January 2012, Danielle tweeted that only Teresa kept her promise for the truce; however, Danielle also tweeted that she would forgive Teresa only if she apologized in person.

During the scene they taped together, it is highly likely that Danielle and Teresa discussed how Melissa contacted Danielle to worm her way onto the show — they could have discussed the cheating scandal surrounding Melissa.

Penny Drossos tweeted that she would be seeing Kim D on March 10th, the same day Danielle and Teresa taped their scene together — so perhaps Kim D and Penny also taped a scene with Danielle and Teresa.

Courtre ‏@Courtre
@PDKhair @NLEventsDesign @KristenPosche I was trying to go [to Kim D’s birthday bash], but I haven’t been able to get a hold of tickets!!

Penny Drossos ‏@PDKhair
@Courtre @nleventsdesign @kristenposche call Kim at POSCHE 😉
1:16 p.m. – Mar 9, 2013

Courtre ‏@Courtre
@PDKhair I have! But, I’ll keep calling!

Penny Drossos ‏@PDKhair
@Courtre I’m seeing her tomo ill let her know 😉

Penny also tweeted on March 9th that she will be attending Kim D’s birthday bash scheduled for April 11, 2013.

Courtre ‏@Courtre
@PDKhair Are you going to Kim D’s birthday bash?

Penny Drossos ‏@PDKhair
@Courtre yes ill be there.. Are u coming!!

Teresa is listed as “special guest BFF” on the poster advertising Kim D’s birthday bash, so she will be there for sure (to obtain tickets for the event, contact the Posche Boutique at 973-406-7675).

In recent weeks it has been revealed by sources that Teresa is calling Penny a “stalker”, and Teresa appears to be distancing herself from her.

“I’ll be honest. Teresa did tell Melissa and Joe that Penny is a stalker and that she’s not friends with them. Teresa reacted this way because Melissa asked why Teresa would be friends with Penny when all Penny does is talk about Melissa. Teresa told Melissa that she is not friends with Penny, and Penny is a stalker dying to get on the show. She told all her friends this and it just blew up in her face.” – TeresasFriend, March 4, 2013, AllAboutTRH

According to a source, during a scene taped on February 28, 2013, Joe and Melissa Gorga made certain to tell Penny that Teresa is calling her a stalker in an attempt to get Penny to say that Teresa was involved in arranging the phone call she took from Mike at the holiday Posche Fashion Show on December 3, 2012.

Penny surely will want to address the stalking accusations with Teresa, hopefully on camera. It is possible that producers are manipulating the situation so that the two cannot discuss the accusations until the season finale, when all the cast is present.

If Teresa is involved with exposing Melissa’s past, I believe most of her fans will be sympathetic considering how she was put through the ringer in seasons 3 and 4 — and the entire cast held her up for public scorn before, during and after reunion 3, plus they continued the attack on her and her marriage during reunion 4. She was wronged by everyone and it is understandable that she would want to redeem herself and take them down in the process. She is only human, but if she is involved, in any way, with revealing Melissa’s secrets, it would be best to own it and let the chips fall where they may.