Books.
The Summer of Wonder
Professional surfer Zoe Smith is supposed to be rising.
At twenty-three, she has the sponsors, the rankings, and years of discipline behind her. But something has shifted. The rhythm she once trusted feels forced, and the relationship she’s been holding onto is already slipping away.
When the season ends in disappointment, Zoe returns home to Australia unsure of what she’s fighting for anymore. Without the distraction of tour life, she’s left with questions she can’t outrun - about love, ambition, and who she is when she’s not chasing the next wave.
With the steady support of her best friend Sophie and the unexpected spark of a new connection, Zoe begins to loosen her grip on the version of herself she thought she had to be. And when an unexpected encounter forces her to question everything she believes about control, fear, and trust, she realizes the breakthrough she’s been chasing might not be about winning at all.
As the next season approaches, Zoe must decide whether to rebuild the life she planned… or risk becoming someone new.
The Summer of Wonder is a contemporary women’s fiction story about friendship, love, ambition, and learning to trust yourself, in sport and in life.
“A very relatable feel good story for surfers and non-surfers alike. You won’t want to put the book down!”
The River Away From Home
At twenty-three, Tiffany Manchester walks away from wealth, comfort, and a life that makes sense on paper. What she wants cannot be found in Toronto’s skyline or polite society. She wants adventure.
Drawn into the gritty world of raft guides and kayakers, she discovers that whitewater does not care about pedigree or approval. It demands instinct, grit, and the willingness to risk everything when the current turns violent.
Armed with a paddle and a ragged red backpack she calls Red Fran, the sharp and skeptical voice of her inner compass, Tiffany chases wild places across the globe. She survives near-disaster on a moped in Taipei, treks the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal, endures three days lost in the Ecuadorian jungle with nothing but two mangos and a bottle of rum, and faces massive rapids on the Nile in Uganda.
But the most dangerous terrain is not always the river... it's the space between who you were raised to be and who you are becoming.
The River Away From Home is a raw, immersive adventure memoir about choosing freedom over expectation, risk over comfort, and learning to trust your own current even when no one else understands where it is taking you.
“A crazily adventurous book that will make you cry, laugh, and fall in love with risking it all!”
Illustrated Poems.
