Ultimatum

<p>Henry's got it good. He's a semi-successful if not yet famous novelist. He's got a good job and good buds. Best of all he's got Layla his long-time live-in lover a fast-track associate at a New Jersey law firm. Henry loves Layla and she loves him. Life is a banquet until . . . <em>The Ultimatum</em>!</p><p>In a week Henry and Layla are off to Maine for a friend's wedding. And if Henry hasn't proposed marriage by the time the bride tosses the bouquet Layla swears they're finished. For good. Henry thinks if it's not broke don't fix it. But Layla needs proof of his love and devotion. And she's not kidding.</p><p>So who can he turn to for advice? Jake his despondent divorced brother? His marriage-junkie golf friend Big John? His outsized Peter Pan pal Pete who simply <em>won't</em> grow up? Meanwhile Layla's got her two best girlfriends tough-talking Gloria and sensitive Susan giving helpful contradictory advice.</p><p>Time is ticking away on the most important decision of Henry's life. But it'll take a mad high-speed road trip and some bizarre behavior--perhaps even an impromptu kidnapping--to point him in the right life-changing direction.</p>