The series follows on the rich and powerful Cryer family in Savannah, Georgia, and working for Cryer's family is destitute maid and mother of two grown children (and grandmother of one), Hanna Young, who gains a best friend in the Lady of the house.Also seen is the Cryer's former friends (now rivals), the Harrington family and Celine Gonzalez, a former Cryer family housekeeper and one of Jim Cryer's many mistresses. The interactions of the three disparate families drives the stories.