Penelope had spent hours preparing to meet her future grandmother-in-law, Nana Margot. She baked a pie, bought flowers, and dressed carefully. But a nurse’s whispered warning changed everything.

Penelope had always focused on her career, so when she met Liam, a kind and thoughtful man, she never expected family traditions to be a challenge. After Liam proposed, he said Nana Margot, the family matriarch, would adore her. But Margot had other plans.