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Only Love Can Hurt Like This

Only Love Can Hurt Like This

Contemporary RomanceRomance
Pages
400
Published
2023
Language
English

Synopsis

Wren's engagement collapses when she learns her fiancé loves someone else, so she flies from England to spend the summer healing on her father and stepfamily's farm in Indiana. Amid the cornfields she meets Anders, a widower still grieving his wife four years on. Their connection deepens fast — but Anders is carrying a secret that could upend both their lives if he acts on his feelings. A tightly-paced, dual-perspective story of grief, family, and whether love is worth the risk of the truth.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

SadHopefulHeartwarmingEmotionalRomantic
Second ChanceMultiple POVs

Genres

Contemporary Romance Romance Women's Fiction Contemporary Literature

About the author

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Paige Toon

Paige Toon grew up between Australia, the United States, and England, following her father's career as a race car driver. She spent eight years as Reviews Editor at Heat magazine before leaving to start a family and write full-time. Since 2007 she has published contemporary romance novels — including the Johnny Be Good series, Five Years from Now, and The Minute I Saw You — along with a young-adult spin-off series, selling over 3 million copies worldwide. She lives in Cambridge, England, with he...

Characters

Bailey (Only Love Can Hurt Like This)Supporting

Wren's half-sister on the Indiana farm, and the relationship Wren has to rebuild over the summer.

All characters in Only Love Can Hurt Like This

Frequently asked questions

  • Does this book belong to a series or is it a standalone?

    This novel is a standalone story and does not require reading any other books to understand the plot or character arcs.

  • Is the audiobook version narrated by a single person?

    The audiobook features a dual-narrator performance by Gemma Whelan and Jared Zeus to represent the different perspectives in the story.