title: Dangled Carat
author: Grossman, Hilary
description: For every girl who wondered if she should love him or dump him.....
  For every girl who listened to her heart instead of her friends advice....
  For every girl who l wondered if she was wasting her time dating that guy....
  meet Hilary....
  She had gotten used to dating the commitment-phobic Marc, thirteen years her senior. They had a great relationship--why rush into things? She saw no need to pressure him for marriage, believing that when the time was right, he would propose. But after they had been together for four years, their friends decided to take matters into their own hands, pushing Marc to propose and making Hilary realize how much she really did want to marry the man that she loved. Unfortunately, Marc still wasn't ready--and their friends' meddling in the form of a faux engagement party led to a disastrous New Year's Eve that brought their relationship to an inevitable turning point.