Winner of the Launch Pad Writing Competition 2022

In this witty and heartfelt debut love story for fans of Josie Silver’sOne Day in December, a woman stranded in Paris for the day discovers that the wrong road can sometimes lead us in the right direction.

When Hannah and her boyfriend, Simon, set out to Amsterdam, theyre confident that theyll make it to his sisters wedding in time. However, unbeknownst to them, their train is scheduled to divide in the middle of the night. And when it does, half of it continues the route to Amsterdam. And the other halfthe one with Hannah in itheads three hundred miles away, to Paris.

Left without her belongings or hope of reuniting with Simon, Hannah has no choice but to spend the day in Paris before the next train out. Worse than being stranded in a foreign city alone? Being stuck with Lo, the handsome but infuriating Frenchman who blames Hannah for his own unwanted delay. The series of mishaps that sends them traipsing through the City of Light is only further proof that Hannahs day has gone from bad to worse. But as she takes in the glorious sights of the cityand spends more time with LoHannah discovers that the unexpected detour might actually be leading her to the life she was always meant to live…