The novel that affects all our senses, like the finest chocolate!

Two female destinies. A family heirloom. A true love story.
Stuttgart, 1903. Judith Rothmann, the daughter of a chocolate manufacturer, lives a privileged life in the villa district of Degerloch. But appearances are deceiving, nothing is as perfect as it seems at first. Judith's passion is making chocolate, she spends every free minute in the factory, experimenting with new and new special sweets. His greatest wish is that one day he can take his father's place. However, the elderly Rothmann has completely different plans for his daughter: he wants to marry her well, and moreover to a man whom Judith could never love. Then the handsome and talented Victor Rheinberger appears, who wants to start a new life in Stuttgart...
In the first part of Maria Nikolai's series of romantic novels, she presents turn-of-the-century Germany, a world of resourceful adventurers, where an idea can make you rich, and women take control of their destiny into their own hands.

We recommend it to fans of Downton Abbey and Anne Jacobs novels (also).