For her 50th birthday, Ellie Johnston's husband gives her an unwanted divorce, takes their elegant home in an upscale Nashville neighborhood and installs his girlfriend, a waitress! Alone and broke, she hides in the rundown cottage she buys with her divorce settlement, but discovers that the house comes with an undisclosed perk. It's one of 4 built by the original members of the Woodlawn Avenue Bridge Club and Ellie is now the Queen of Hearts in the decades-old foursome. Ellie only wants to be left alone and she doesn't even know how to play bridge. But Jane, Queen of Diamonds, is the first to lure Ellie from her prison with warm pound cake and an invitation to learn the game. Grace has reigned as the Queen of Spades for 50years, has buried three husbands and claims they all died with a smile on their face. Linda, Queen of Clubs, is a Nashville socialite and she and the others teach Ellie the game and Ellie starts to come out of her shell. With the help of her new friends, she starts her own business and throws herself into decorating her new home and it isn't long before Ellie's dating a handsome European and fending off ex. Which only shows that it's never too late to learn new tricks.

Millie Truman has a problem. Make that two problems: her sons, Mitchell and Steven. Because of their slovenly ways, both of them have relationship troubles. Now Millie finds herself with a messy, needy houseguest in Steven and having to clean Mitchell's aprtment every week. Her sons are putting a crimp in her lifestyle! Widowed for 5 years she would like to travel and live her life her way. She also wouldn't mind getting to know her newly-divorced neighbour, Charles. Along with her good friends and fellow red Hat members, Kim and Theresa, they hatch a plan to get the dependent men in their lives to take care of themselves - with the Bachelor's Survival Class at their Condo's community centre. After some manipulation, both Steven and Mitchell start attending. Soon Millie is giving all the men in the condo her Domestic Goddess secrets - and perhaps finding love with the handsome Charles...who just happens to be her favourite student!

Mia MacAfee and Leanne Chilton, the two 50-year-old owners of the Brewed Awakening coffee shop, are startled when they find a shivering, teenage runaway named Rachel dozing in their storage room. Hiding her from Sheriff Cade Sloan is a challenge the women are ready to face, but when the widowed Mia and the sheriff begin to fall in love, can she trust him with the truth?