Ever since the sudden death of her mother left Emma in charge of caring for her grandmother and the family's French bakery, she has survived by rejecting change. The last thing she wants is an ex-boyfriend with commitment issues. But while making a delivery to the matchmaker sisters' cafe, Emma opens a door and is transported to eighteenth-century Paris, on the eve of the French revolution.

Bjoern has made a mess of things. He returned from fishing in Alaska believing his relationship with Emma would go back to the way things were, only to have Emma smash a pie in his face. But when Bjoern learns she is in danger, he leaps at the chance to save the woman he loves, even if she wants nothing to do with him.