Contemporary Romance
Date Published: August 10, 2026
Chicago social worker, Maggie O’Hara, arrives at the Minneapolis airport
where she awaits the arrival of her family to pick her up and take her home
with them for Thanksgiving. She’s nervous, due to the surprise she has
for them in her arms—her newly adopted baby girl from Korea. With little
thought, Maggie grabs a stranger getting off the same airplane, and asks him
to portray himself, temporarily, as her fiancé. She knows that her
old-fashioned family will disapprove of the adoption because she’s not
married. What Maggie doesn’t count on is falling in love with Dr. Nick
Capra, who does more than a passable job of posing as her fiancé that
day, and over the holiday week.
From the moment Maggie snags Nick, a confirmed bachelor, his gut tells him his
single days are over and that she’s the woman for him. While posing as
her fiancé he tells her he wants to be a permanent part of her life.
While Maggie has fallen in love with Nick, she has a secret that could ruin
their chances of being together, though she refuses to divulge the secret to
him—until the choice is taken out of her hands.
About the Author
Nancy Schumacher is the owner-publisher of Melange Books, LLC, writing under
the pseudonyms, Nancy Pirri and Natasha Perry. Being a publisher doesn’t
allow much time for the creative process of writing and publishing her own
works, but every once in a while it happens.
She is an associate member of Romance Writers of America (RWA). She is also
one of the founders of the RWA chapter, Northern Lights Writers (NLW), in
Minnesota.
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