New York fashion designer Melanie Carmichael suddenly finds herself engaged to the citys most eligible bachelor. But Melanies past holds many secrets, including Jake, the redneck husband she married in high school, who refuses to divorce her. Bound and determined to end their contentious relationship once and for all, Melanie sneaks back home to Alabama to confront her past, only to discover that you can take the girl out of the South, but you can never take the South out of the girl. 梅兰妮是纽约颇为成功的时装设计师,她年轻貌美,事业一帆风顺,并且刚刚和城里最吸引人的单身汉、纽约市长的儿子安德鲁订了婚。一切看起来都是那么的美好对不对?但麻烦的是——梅兰妮已经结过婚了! 梅兰妮还是少女的时候就和家乡阿拉巴马的小伙子杰克步入了教堂,之后她厌倦了小城一成不变的生活撇下丈夫独自来到纽约闯荡,在纽约她假装自己是单身,没人知道她的过去,可头脑固执的杰克始终拒绝和她离婚。带着即将结婚的好消息和摆脱麻烦丈夫的任务,梅兰妮回到阔别已久的阿拉巴马,在那里,她将再次面对自己的过去,在两个男人之间,梅兰妮会作何选择?;...