Reims, France, 1805: Barbe-Nicole Clicquot has just lost her beloved husband but is determined to pursue their dream of creating the premier champagne house in France, now named for her new identity as a widow: Veuve Clicquot. With the Russians poised to invade, competitors fighting for her customers, and Napoleonic court politics complicating matters, Barbe-Nicole must set herself apart quickly and peranently if she, and her business, are to survive. In present-day Chicago, broken from her divorce, Natalie Taylor runs away to Paris. In a bookstall by the Seine, she finds a collection of the Widow Clicquot's published letters and uses them as inspiration to step outside of her comfort zone and create a new, empowered life for herself. But her Parisian escape takes a shocking an unexpected turn when she meets a charming Frenchman, and Natalie must make a choice. Should she return home to what she's always known, or seek a future she's only dreamed about? What would the widow do? With the help of the widow's advice, Natalie learns to become the kind of woman who stands up for herself. As her adventure takes her from tiny jewelry stores to picturesque vineyards and beyond, she learns to trust her instincts and fight for the future she desverves.