The Engagement Game: Why I Said "I Don't" to Marriage and "I Do" to Me

Joi-Marie McKenzie almost has it all; a successful career, a supportive family, and an apartment in Manhattan. What she doesn't have is a husband.

Ambitious and successful, 28 year-old Joi-Marie is confident she can attain her checklist of a perfect life. She has the career, the friends and the lifestyle she has always dreamed of. And her boyfriend is really pretty great...except for the fact that he won't propose! So when the husband she wants doesn't fall into place, she decides she has to play "the engagement game." After receiving a list of advice on how to secure a proposal - and even researching "engagement chicken"--Joi-Marie begins to wonder if the perfect life may not come in the form she imagined.