If You Love Romance, You’ll Adore Abby Jimenez’s Books
Looking for a new heartwarming romance novel to add to your TBR list? Head to your favorite bookstore and ask where the Abby Jimenez books are stocked! You won’t be disappointed.
Who is Abby Jimenez?
Even if you haven’t heard her name before, you’ve no doubt seen the colorful covers of Abby Jimenez books at your local Rochester bookstore! Before she was a New York Times bestselling author, Abby Jimenez got her start after founding Nadia Cakes out of her home kitchen in 2007. The bakery went on to win multiple competitions on the Food Network, with loyal customers singing its praises around the globe.
After spending the next few decades opening additional locations, Jimenez turned to creative writing as a way to relax. Though she was already a fan of romance novels, she had a hard time finding realistic ones with an equal balance of humor and depth. And so, she set out to write her own!
What Genres Does Abby Jimenez Write?
With two series and plenty of standalone novels, Abby Jimenez is often considered one of the leading novelists in the contemporary romance genre. If you’re a fan of Emily Henry or Christina Lauren, you’ll love the heartfelt plots, witty humor, and relatable characters Abby Jimenez books are known for.
Common Tropes in Abby Jimenez Books:
- Forced proximity
- Fake dating
- Opposites attract
- Miscommunication
- Friends-to-lovers
- Slow burn
- Small town
Is There a Specific Reading Order for Abby Jimenez Books?
Technically, you can read Abby Jimenez’s books in any order you wish, since they’re all categorized as standalone novels. But we recommend reading them or listening to them on audiobook in publication order, as she loves to add exciting easter eggs and play with character cameos.
The Official Guide to Abby Jimenez Books in Order
It’s pretty impossible not to fall head over heels for Abby Jimenez’s books once you start! Get a quick look at each heartfelt tale on this list to determine where you want to start your Jimenez journey before you head to a bookstore near Troy:
The Friend Zone Series:
- The Friend Zone
- The Happy Ever After Playlist
- Life’s Too Short
The Friend Zone (2019)
Abby Jimenez’s first book and the first installment of the trilogy, The Friend Zone, focuses on Kristen Peterson as she plans her best friend’s wedding. Typically, she has no time for drama, and especially no time for men who don’t understand her. All that begins to change when she meets the funny, sexy, best man Josh Copeland.
There’s just one catch: Josh dreams of having a big family—and she’s scheduled to have a medically necessary procedure that will make it impossible for her to ever have children. Kristen knows he’s better off with someone else, but the more they get to know one another, the harder it becomes to keep him at arm’s length.
The Happy Ever After Playlist (2020)
In The Happy Ever After Playlist, Abby Jimenez’s second book of The Friend Zone trilogy, Sloan Monroe’s life is spinning out of control. But everything changes when an adorable and abandoned pup jumps in her car, and she can’t get through to the owner. With Tucker by her side, everything begins to look up!
That is, until his supposed owner, a musician named Jason, begins to reach out during his tour in Australia, demanding his dog back. She won’t give up Tucker without a fight. As angry texts turn into flirty banter and long calls, it becomes harder and harder to deny their connection. There’s just one question: is exploring her feelings for Jason worth the possibility of heartbreak?
Life’s Too Short (2021)
When Vanessa Price quit her job to travel the globe, she certainly wasn’t expecting to gain a massive YouTube following that loves watching her live her life to the fullest. With the knowledge that her mother and sister never made it to 30, she knows not to take anything for granted. But when she unexpectedly gets custody of her half-sister’s daughter, the great adventure she calls life grinds to a halt.
When her hot next-door neighbor and lawyer, Adrian Copeland, shows up to help, she’s surprised by how much she wants to enter the next phase of life—falling in love. Find out how their story ends in the third book of The Friend Zone series, Life’s Too Short.
Part of Your World Series:
- Part of Your World
- Yours Truly
- Just for the Summer
Part of Your World (2022)
To ER doctor Alexis Montgomery, it doesn’t matter that her wealthy parents want her to carry on her family’s legacy of world-renowned surgeons. She’s completely satisfied with living her sophisticated city-girl lifestyle.
Until she meets the hot, casual, risk-taking, and ten-years-younger carpenter Daniel Grant. Their worlds don’t, no, can’t, mesh—and yet she can’t seem to walk away from the happy life she’s found with him either. Is it possible to look past their differences and choose happiness once and for all? Find out in the first Abby Jimenez book in her second trilogy, Part of Your World.
Yours Truly (2023)
In Yours Truly, the second in the Part of Your World series, Dr. Briana Ortiz’s life is falling apart. With a divorce about to be finalized, a brother waiting for a kidney donor, and her dream promotion going to a pain-in-her-ass new colleague, Dr. Jacob Maddox, it’s all going south—until he sends her a letter out of nowhere that reveals he may not be as evil as she thought.
Turns out he’s soft-spoken, funny, and deeply caring, all of which becomes crystal clear when he offers to give his kidney to her brother. But that kind of selflessness never comes without a price.
Just for the Summer (2024)
Justin is cursed—every woman he dates finds their soul mate as soon as they break up. When a woman named Emma finds his story online and DMs him with the same woes, they hatch a plan. Date one another, break up, cancel their curses out, and go on to find the loves of their life. The summer fling is a crazy idea… but it just might be crazy enough to work.
Together, they rent a cute cottage on a private island, but when Emma’s toxic mother shows up, and Justin ends up assuming guardianship of his three siblings, the two end up navigating much more than they agreed to. Discover if Fate brought them together for a reason in the last of the Part of Your World trilogy, Just for the Summer.
Standalone Abby Jimenez Books
- The Situationship
- Worst Wingman Ever
- The Fall Risk
- Say You’ll Remember Me
- The Night We Met
The Situationship (2024)
If you’re looking for a quick read, The Situationship is the perfect short and sweet e-novella for you. As a travel nurse, Maddy doesn’t have time to date anyone, including the rugged and handsome farmer, Doug, who appears to be a walking green flag. After the two run into each other, thanks to the town mascot, Kevin Bacon the pig, their spark is unavoidable. She thinks she can handle a simple fling—but it may turn into a classic situationship.
Worst Wingman Ever (2024)
Reeling from a bad breakup and the impending death of her grandmother, Holly is dealing with a lot. When she discovered a Valentine’s Day card left on her windshield, what was an amusing mistake turns into a thrilling exchange of anonymous notes and growing feelings between strangers. What happens when one must say goodbye?
Note: Worst Wingman Ever is exclusively available through Amazon platforms. If you subscribe to Amazon alternatives, don’t worry—you can still read the rest of Abby Jimenez’s books without feeling like you’ve missed out.
The Fall Risk (2025)
Another short story sold only by Amazon, The Fall takes place over Valentine’s Day weekend. Charlotte, attempting to emotionally recover from having a stalker, and Seth, a recently divorced arborist, are not looking for romance. When a disaster traps them one flight up with no way down, the predicament may just force the two to face their fears and let down their walls.
Say You’ll Remember Me (2025)
When Samantha brings her kitten to the clinic and meets a gorgeous veterinarian, she thinks he may be the perfect guy—until Xavier Rush opens his mouth and says literally everything wrong. After a profuse apology, the two go out on an incredible date. But there’s a problem: Samantha is moving across the country to take care of her mother and believes no type of relationship is possible. Will the two be able to defy distance and make their unlikely love work? Find out in Say You’ll Remember Me.
The Night We Met (2026)
In life, a split-second decision has the power to change everything. For Larissa, that moment came when choosing a ride home after a concert. Even though she and Chris are great friends, coparents to a perfect dog, and share all the same niche interests, he wasn’t the man she went home with all those months ago—it was his best friend and her now boyfriend. Chris wants her to be happy, even if watching it from the sidelines is slowly killing him. How do you know if something that feels so right is worth the risk? The Night We Met, the latest in the long line of Abby Jimenez books, comes out March 24th, 2026.
If you love love, you’ll adore Abby Jimenez’s books. Stop by Novel to grab the one that caught your interest most today!