Mr. Commitment

<p>Duffy is engaged. He accepted Mel's proposal. But the trips to Ikea, dinner parties for couples and talk of babies are giving him itchy feet and now he's not sure if he can say goodbye to his extended adolescence and face up to that final walk down the aisle. How does he know if she's The One? Can he cope with responsibility? Does he have what it takes to become Mr Commitment? Because if he doesn't, he may just find that he's lost Mel - forever...</p>

Mr Commitment

Literature & Fiction

Mike Gayle

Humor & Satire

Flame

My Legendary Girlfriend

Parenting & Relationships

Hodder and Stoughton

Straight from the bestseller lists in the UK comes a novel "full of belly laughs and painfully acute observations" (The Independent on Sunday), an excursion into the world of a modern male that "delivers its punch lines directly to the heart" (Birmingham Evening Mail). Like Helen Fielding's smash success Bridget Jones and Nick Hornby's classic High Fidelity, Mr. Commitment promises to make a big splash this side of the Atlantic as well.Benjamin Duffy is a stand-up comic/temp who, like many men in their late twenties, is forced to face the eternal question: "To commit or not to commit?" After four years of biding her time, Benjamin's girlfriend has proposed, issuing an ultimatum that sets Benjamin's head spinning. He knows that Mel's the one for him, but should he swap his stellar record collection and fridge full of beer for dinner parties and trips to IKEA? Maybe if Benjamin could swap "till death do us part" with "renewable on a four-year basis" he'd be happy, but the choice-as far as Mel sees it-is all or nothing. Now or never. Mel or no Mel.So after a lifetime as Mr. Irresponsible, does Benjamin have what it takes to become Mr. Commitment?

Contemporary

Hodder

My Legendary Girlfriend: Minx Ed

Hodder & Stoughton General Division

Dinner For Two

Hodder&Stoughton

From their first meeting at the student union over a decade ago, Jim and Alison successfully navigated their way through first dates, meeting parents, moving in together and more! Then they split up and divided their worldly goods (including a sofa, a cat and their flat) into his 'n' hers. Now, three years on and with new lives and new loves, they couldn't be happier. Until a chance encounter throws them back together, and causes them to embark on a journey through their past to ask themselves the big question: where did it all go wrong, and is it too late to put it all right?

His 'n' Hers

Genre Fiction

Hodder Pb

Meet Will Kelly, an English teacher, film fan, king of sandwich construction and still in love with the One, desperately searching for an-Other One. In his decrepit flat, Will's lifeline is the telephone. There's Alice (who remembers his birthday), Simon (who doesn't), Martina (the one-night stand), Kate (the previous tenant of his rented Archway fleapit) and of course his ex, Aggi - the inimitable Aggi, who is his legendary girlfriend. Or is she? Two men, three women and a donkey called Sandy ...basically it's your classic love hexagon.

Still in love with The One, Will is desperate to discover if there can be Another One. In his decrepit flat where he can't even manage to cook spaghetti hoops without setting off the communal smoke alarm, his lifeline is the telephone. will realises that with a single call, friends can either lift him from the depths of depression or completely shatter his hopes.

Would a proper adult ignore the spilt milk under the fridge for weeks?Would a proper adult take three years to post a solitary Christmas card?Would a proper adult have decades-old underwear in active service? Mike Gayle is nowhere near being a proper adult -- even though his tenth wedding anniversary is looming; his second child is due any moment; and in less than twenty-four hours he is going to be officially closer to forty than he is to thirty. Appalled by this lack of maturity, Mike draws up a To-Do list containing every single item he's been meaning to do but just keeps putting off. He's got a lot of stuff that needs doing. But unlike previous To-Do lists, he promises himself that this one will actually get DONE. And along the way, Mike will learn stuff about life (323), love (999), friends (1004) and family (9) and finally work out what it means to be a grown up (846). Mike Gayle is the author of seven bestselling novels and has contributed to a variety of magazines including FHM, SUNDAY TIMES, STYLE and COSMOPOLITAN. To find out more about his novels, visit Mike's website at www.mikegayle.co.uk.

The To-do List

Hodder Hb

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Mr Commitment

My Legendary Girlfriend

Mr. Commitment

My Legendary Girlfriend: Minx Ed

Mr Commitment

Dinner For Two

His 'n' Hers

My Legendary Girlfriend

My Legendary Girlfriend

The To-do List