The author of The Comfort Table cookbook series makes her fiction debut with a compelling novel in the tradition of Gigi Levangie Grazer about a young woman recovering from divorce who finds healingand lovethrough surfing. Sometimes the biggest ripples come from the smallest events. Like the day that Emma Guthrie walks into movie star Garrett Walker's trailer. When she steps through the door, she's a novice PA who's just dropped out of college after losing her scholarship. When she walks out, she's on her way to becoming the wife of an A-list actor. Soon, Emma has made the transition from nobody to red-carpet royalty, trading jeans and flip-flops for Chanel and Birkin bags, attending every lavish party and charity gala on both coasts. With her husband's encouragement, Emma pens a screenplay based on her life, Fame Tax, which becomes a blockbuster sensation. Through it all, Garrett is her ally and her mentor…until their relationship is thrown into question by an incriminating text message that Emma discovers the night of the Met Costume Institute Gala.

Devastated by her husband's infidelity and hounded by the paparazzi, Emma must flee NYC to clear her head. Her destination? A sleepy coastal town in Mexico where no one recognizes her and there is nothing but unspoiled beaches for miles. Here, she meets Ben, a gorgeous, California-born surf instructor, who teaches her about the healing powers of surfing, shows her the joys of the simple life, and ultimately opens her up to the possibility of love.