The novel by the famous American writer Rosalind Laker tells the story of the difficult fate of the daughter of a Parisian pastry chef, Sophie Delcourt, who was forced to flee France, engulfed in revolutionary fire, to save the young son of her aristocratic patrons. Thanks to her perseverance and hard work, Sophie, having overcome many obstacles, establishes her own confectionery business in England, the best in Europe, and finds the love of the charming gentleman adventurer Tom Foxhill. The reader, in addition to the intense plot and psychologically reliable characters, will find in the novel the most interesting details from the life of the English royal court.