Only love can hurt like this.

Paige Tone

"Poignant and heartbreaking" Giovanna Fletcher
"Deep, emotional, and powerful" Millie Johnson
"I was swept away" by Beth O'Leary
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An instant Sunday Times bestseller.

Neither of them expected to fall in love. But sometimes life has other plans. When Ryn realizes her fiancé loves someone else, she thinks her heart will never recover. On the other side of the world, Anders lost his wife four years earlier and is still struggling to move on. Ryn hopes that spending the summer with her father and family on their Indiana farm will help her heal. There, amidst cornfields and fireflies, she and Anders cross paths, and their world is turned upside down once again. But Ryn doesn't know that Anders is hiding a secret, and if he acts on any feelings he has for Ryn, it will have dire consequences for everyone. He will hurt Ryn more than she can imagine. But, knowing the truth, how can she stay?
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"This is a book that will have you swooning, crying, and turning pages late into the night." - Sophie Couzens

"Brilliantly written. So immersive and deeply felt." - Jill Mansell

"This is going to be absolutely huge, because it has everything: family, love, secrets, and rousing descriptions of dark and attractive men... absolutely brilliant." - Laura Jane Williams

"A touching, romantic, and incredibly moving novel, written by one of the few writers who can make me cry! Big Tone continues to weave the most beautiful and profound stories, and *Only Love Can Hurt Like This* is her best yet!" Leah Lewis

"A perfect deep dive into the ups and downs of love." Heidi Swain

"Paige Ton is a genius and I highly recommend this wonderful book." Lucy Vine

"A heartbreaking story... I feel deprived that I finished it." Ali Harris

"Painful and beautiful with a seismic twist." Zoe Folbigg

“Emotional, angst-ridden, and deeply romantic... this story will have you wiping away tears one moment and smiling dreamily the next.” Mia Sheridan

"The author is known for writing heartbreaking novels and she has hit the nail on the head again with this brilliant story." The Sun

"A captivating man with dark secrets, a radiant heroine, a gorgeous setting, and a slow-burning, passionate fire. Oh my. *Fanboy myself* Natasha Poleszuk

"A relentlessly page-turning novel, deeply romantic and beautifully moving. I stayed up all night and inhaled it in one big gulp. An absolutely brilliant read - I couldn't love it more." Emily Stone

"What a beautiful and deeply moving book. This story will stay with me for a long time..." Lizzie Dent

“Tone urges us to risk it all, not play it safe when it comes to the heart, and to know that care is always, always worth the cost.” Caroline Levitt

“Paige Tone’s writing is passionate and captivating.” Even as her novel was breaking my heart into tiny pieces, I couldn’t put it down. —Jill Santopoulo. “Heartbreaking, brilliant, and unforgettable [...] Only Paige can write like that!” —Danny Atkins. “This book is a delicious, slow-burning romance that touched parts of me I didn’t know existed.” —Annabel Monaghan. “A Sunday Times Bestseller, April 2023.”