(CNN) -- While renovating a bed-and-breakfast in California's Sierra Nevada, Maddy Breyer finds herself falling for the local sheriff. That fictional location is as rugged and beautiful as the real thing for author Stacy Finz, whose debut novel, "Going Home," features a young woman who moves to the fictional small town of Nugget, California, to start over. A veteran food writer and obsessive traveler, Finz left a career writing about crime when she realized that she'd rather write happy endings. Read more on NewsOK.com