The series follows the life of three siblings--brother Ralph-Angel (trying to rebuild his life after jail) and sisters, Nova Bordelon (social activist, root woman, and herbalist) and Charley Bordelon (L.A. basketball wife), who, with her teenage son Micah, moves to the heart of Louisiana to claim an inheritance from their recently departed father - an 800-acre sugarcane farm. 《蔗糖女王》该剧根据Natalie Baszile的同名小说改编。故事描述充满活力的Charley离开洛杉矶的上流生活（她是一名NBA篮球明星的妻子兼经纪人），到路易斯安那州圣约瑟芬继承父亲留下的遗产——一座占地面积800英亩的甘蔗农场。对她和青春期的孩子来说，全新的生活环境和生活方式令他们一时难以适应，而且从零开始重建农场也绝非易事。有人好奇，有人厌恶，有人包容，有人试图传递爱意，但她最终明白这才是她需要并喜爱的生活。
