The Writer by Tracy Thorne

A brutal attack ends Frankie Moretti’s love affair with New York City, so she trades subways for grape vines and rugged California shorelines, and speech writing for fiction. The sleepy beach town is a perfect fit for Frankie until she spins the drama meant for her pages into real life and has a tumultuous affair with a married man. And when Frankie finds herself in the center of a murder investigation, there’s no turning back, no hitting the delete key.