Sweet, adorable Lacy has stolen service dog trainer Marcia's heart, but money is tight. Like it or not, she needs to complete the human phase of training and deliver young Lacy to her new owner in order to get paid.

But the former Army nurse client turns out to be a challenging trainee, and she is being stalked. Soon both Marcia and Lacy are caught in the stalker's malicious orbit.

The training fee would make her solvent again, but how can Marcia put her dogs, especially Lacy, at risk? Can she and her Black Labrador sidekick, Buddy, figure out what is going on, before the stalker decides to pay her off in a very different way?