Oh Yeong-shim | Actress Shin Ae-ra

She is an excellent cook and runs the household superbly. With her down-to-earth, friendly personality, she is liked by almost everyone. But she has had difficulties in conceiving a child for years with her husband. Tragedy befalls her when her husband dies in a car accident. Widowed and lonely, she is also blamed by her mother-in-law for not bearing a son who will carry the family name. Ridden with guilt due to her shortcomings as a woman, wife and daughter-in-law, she finds it hard to endure life...

Choi Mak-nyeo | Actress Kang Boo-ja

She was married to the 11th male descendant of the Lee family clan. She is the spiritual leader of the women in the family. Charismatic and strong, she has the gravitas becoming of the lady of the house. Her husband died when she was pregnant with their second child. She was 19 at the time. Settling down with her in-laws, she decided to stay unmarried and fulfill her duty as the only daughter-in-law in the head family clan. But alas, her daughter-in-law and great-daughter-in-law become widowed just like her. Losing her son and grandson in succession, she believes that the family’s ancestral spirits are punishing her for angering them...

Cha Hye-ja | Actress Kim Bo-yeon

Her husband died when their three children were still young so she decides to continue living with her late husband’s family, which means she must constantly endure the berating of her mother-in-law who is a strict disciplinarian. After devoting her life to her in-law’s family, which is also a head family clan, she finds it upsetting that there are no sons who will continue the Lee bloodline. Living with her stubborn and demanding mother-in-law, she sees many crises befall the family, and it falls upon her, her daughters and daughters-in-law to resolve them. Every day another problem emerges. Then one day, an old flame reappears in her life...

Kim Yeon-jeong | Actress Lee Ha-nui

She is the eldest grandchild in the Lee family clan. She currently works as a chef at the Queens Hotels which is owned by the Queens Group. She is sassy and a blunt talker. But she also has a good heart. When she dates men, she likes to fawn over them and get fussy to keep them on their toes. Her goal in life is to get married! But her boyfriend of ten years abruptly breaks up with her to marry someone else. This sows a deep mistrust of men in her...

Moon Shin-woo | Actor Park Yoon-jae

The second son in the family that founded the Queens Group. He spent most of his childhood abroad and graduated from a prestigious university where he was a business major. After spending a few years working at Wall Street firm, he returns to South Korea to join the family business. He is handsome and has a cool demeanor. He also appears aloof... He doesn’t show much interest in dating girls but once he finds a girl he’s charmed with, he’ll go out of his way to win her heart. But he finds himself turned down for the first time by an older woman who turns out to be widowed.