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Paige Toon is an author who grew up in Australia, United States and England following her father's career as a race car driver meant she grew up all over the world. Paige worked at Heat magazine for eight years as Reviews Editor, but left to have a baby. She is now a full-time author and freelance journalist and lives in Cambridge with her husband Greg, an architect, son Indy and daughter Idha. [1]

She has 18 novels to her name in the romance genre, three young adult novels (the Jessie Jefferson series) and two e-novellas. Her most recent novel 'Only love can hurt like this' was released in 2023.

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References

  1. "Me and my family Q&A: Paige Toon, author". Cambridge News. 16 June 2015.