Laurie wonders whether she made a terrible mistake in coming to lovable but shabby Starr's Fall. Will she even find customers for her pet store and bakery, never mind a community to welcome and accept her? Not according to Joshua Reilly, the handsome but grumpy manager of the bookstore across the road, who claims he's never heard of anything so ridiculous as a bakery for dogs. But Laurie remains stubbornly undeterred.