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‘family secrets, new horizons and a gorgeous continent-crossing romance . . . prepare to be swept away!’ lucy diamond how do you find where you’re going, if you don’t know where you’re from? angie has always wanted to travel. but at twenty-seven, she has barely stepped outside the small mining town where she was born. instead, she discovers the world through stories told to her by passing travellers, dreaming that one day she’ll see it all for herself. when her grandmother passes away, leaving angie with no remaining family, she is ready to start her own adventures. then she finds a letter revealing the address of the father she never knew, and realises instantly where her journey must begin: italy. as angie sets out to find the truth – about her family, her past and who she really is – will mysterious and reckless italian alessandro help guide the way? ‘heart-warming, wistful and full of joy . . . paige toon tugs on the heartstrings like no other; this is a beautiful book about someone searching for her place in the world and finding herself along the way’ lindsey kelk ‘warm, inspiring, like a holiday mood in book form’ mhairi mcfarlane ‘i loved if you could go anywhere. such a beautiful love story; not just a heady, compelling romance, but a really charming, moving story about how a life is made of so many different kinds of love . . . will make every reader’s life feel a bit more magical’ daisy buchanan ‘toon writes beautifully about family, grief and the bravery in turning dreams into reality’ daily mail praise for paige toon: ‘you’ll love it, cry buckets and be uplifted’ marian keyes ‘tender, heartbreaking and magical’ giovanna fletcher ‘poignant and lovely, warm and wise’ milly johnson ‘a gorgeous, warm novel’ adele parks ‘for smart, romantic fiction, look no further than the new book from bestselling paige toon’ red ‘achingly romantic and brilliantly written . . . five stars!’ heat ‘filled with warmth and poignancy’ catherine isaac ‘simply gorgeous’ sun ‘you won’t be able to put down this emotional read’ closer ‘paige toon is the queen of will-they/won’t-they romance, setting up an ending that will leave you in bits’ sunday express ‘full of living-in-the-moment and what-might-have-been contrasts, this tender read pulls at the heart strings’ fabulous ‘a lovely read’ bella

It’s hard being that woman, the one whose husband disappeared. he went out five years ago for a pint of milk and never came back. so here i am with a daughter who blames me for everything, a son trying his best to pick up the pieces and a gaggle of neighbours who are incredibly nosy. then i find a left luggage ticket in the pocket of one of his old coats and suddenly i’m thinking… what if he’s not dead? what if he’s still out there somewhere?

The page-turning, heart-in-mouth first book in the bestselling ink trilogy. every action, every deed, every significant moment is tattooed on your skin for ever. when leora’s father dies, she is determined to see her father remembered forever. she knows he deserves to have all his tattoos removed and made into a skin book to stand as a record of his good life. but when she discovers that his ink has been edited and his book is incomplete, she wonders whether she ever knew him at all. full of universal themes that speak to a ya readership: finding your place in the world, reconciling your past and your future, first love, secrets and lies. big, bold, high-concept ya with a literary slant. books in the inktrilogy ink(book 1) spark(book 2) scar(book 3)

When a mummy disappears from the local history museum while cass and her friends max-ernest and yo-yoji are there, they try to solve the case in order to clear their names and, they hope, discover the secret they have been seeking.

Originally self-published, with slightly different text, as an e-book in 2011.

Everything, everything is now a major motion picture starring amanda stenberg from the hunger games and love simon’s nick robinson. a #1 new york times bestseller! ‘absolutely loved the book’ – zoella maddy is allergic to the world; stepping outside the sterile sanctuary of her home could kill her. but then olly moves in next door. and just like that, maddy realizes there’s more to life than just being alive. you only get one chance at first love. and maddy is ready to risk everything, everything to see where it leads. ‘powerful, lovely, heart-wrenching, and so absorbing i devoured it in one sitting’ – jennifer niven, author of all the bright places and don’t miss nicola yoon’s #1 new york times bestseller the sun is also a star, in which two teens are brought together just when the universe is sending them in opposite directions.

One summer, simon armitage decided to walk the pennine way – a challenging 256-mile route usually approached from south to north, with the sun, wind and rain at your back. however, he resolved to tackle it back to front, walking home towards the yorkshire village where he was born, travelling as a ‘modern troubadour’, without a penny in his pockets and singing for his supper with poetry readings in village halls, churches, pubs and living rooms. walking home describes his extraordinary, yet ordinary, journey of human endeavour, unexpected kindnesses and terrible blisters. the companion volume, walking away, is published in june 2015.

Haunted by her past, clary is dragged deeper into new york city’s terrifying underworld of demons and shadowhunters – but can she control her feelings for a boy who can never be hers?