

She meets a young journalist who is working the story, and becomes reacquainted with a handsome and wealthy young man, the son of her father's business partner. Unhappily, several thefts have occurred, affecting some of her favorite clients. To earn a living, and to keep a connection with the old Charleston she loves so well, Rylee works as a dogwalker for many of the city's wealthiest residents. She had been part of Charleston's elite, but now she and her grandmother, who raised her, have spent most of the small bequest they were left.

Rylee Monroe's fortunes have changed since both her parents died within days of each other when she was about eight years old.
