As if by Accident — Julie Johnston

Whe Val Hudson discovers her husband of 11 years is killed in a car accident, the life she once knew comes to an end. Struggling with grief and guilt, she searches her past for meaning . Enter Gus, a screenwriter turned novelist, who bases his second book on Val's story after reading about it in a local newspaper. Through a series of coincidences, their lives intersect and chance encounters turn into fortuitous twists of fate.