Surfing to Sourdough – Paperback

A shark attack wasn’t how Matt Brown planned to start over.

Fresh out of prison after ten years, Matt wants his new life to be small: stay out of trouble, keep his brothers proud, and figure out who he is when no one’s watching. Then he borrows a surfboard, paddles out for the first time… and the ocean turns on him.

He survives—but barely.

Veronica  Sutherland is the one who calls for help, the one who shows up when everything goes wrong, and the one Matt can’t stop thinking about. She’s sharp, fearless, and full of sunlit confidence—the kind of woman who tells you to try again even when you’re terrified. She blames herself for what happened. Matt can’t decide what scares him more: the water… or wanting her.

While his body stitches itself back together, Matt finds peace in an unexpected place—flour, water, wild yeast, and the steady rhythm of his hands. Sourdough becomes more than food. It becomes therapy. Purpose. Proof he can build something good. What starts as a way to survive turns into a second chance—a business, a future, and a love that feels almost too real to trust.

Surfing to Sourdough is a tender, hopeful romance about redemption, found family, and the quiet bravery it takes to begin again.
Because sometimes love doesn’t arrive with fireworks.
Sometimes it arrives warm from the oven—one loaf at a time.