Thomas Jefferson said, "Knowledge is power." You've probably heard that quote before, but have you taken its principles to all areas of your life? Veronica Karas, a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER(TM), takes her wealth (yes, pun intended) of knowledge and experience in the financial industry and brings it to all seasons of your life. Following her first book in the Money Matters series, Money Matters: Everything You Should Have Learned in School, but Didn't, she systematically takes you in her second book, Money Matters: Merging Lives, Merging Finances- Get it Right so You Don't Fight, through the season of joining your life and finances with a partner. She masterfully lays out, step-by-step, the progressive nature of merging your partnership financially, in all its logical and emotional aspects, while blending your lives with your love. As you take that "next step" in the season of your romantic relationship, this must-read book walks couples through the seemingly continuous minefields of discussion of blending finances, while discovering that gaining knowledge does matter, because Money Matters.