Editing Abby Jimenez (section)

===The Friend Zone series (2019–2021)===

Jimenez's debut novel, ''[[The Friend Zone]]'' (2019), follows Kristen, who is hiding a life-changing medical secret from everyone around her while falling for her best friend's best man. The novel became a ''USA Today'' bestseller, won the Goodreads Choice Awards for both Best Debut Novel and Best Romance, was named book of the year by ''O, The Oprah Magazine,'' ''Booklist,'' and ''SheReads,'' and was a bestseller in Poland, where it won an Empik Award in 2020.

''[[The Happy Ever After Playlist]]'' (2020), the second book in the series, follows Sloan, a young woman still grieving the loss of her fiancé two years earlier, who finds an unexpected connection with a rising music star through a stray dog that belongs to him. The novel appeared on numerous best-of lists, including those from Amazon, ''Oprah Mag,'' and BuzzFeed. It was optioned for a feature film adaptation by Thruline Entertainment in 2021, with the screenplay by writer Marisa Coughlan and direction by two-time Primetime Emmy winner Gail Mancuso.

''[[Life's Too Short]]'' (2021) centres on a free-spirited influencer who unexpectedly becomes primary caretaker to her sister's infant child and finds an unlikely connection with her reserved next-door neighbour. The novel debuted as a ''New York Times'' and ''USA Today'' bestseller and won the 2022 Minnesota Book Award in the Genre Fiction category.