Books like The Friend Zone

If you liked The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. Yours Truly

    Abby Jimenez · 2023 · Part of Your World #2

    Because also by Abby Jimenez; shares tags: romance, contemporary, family.

    Divorced ER doctor Briana Ortiz fake dates anxious newcomer Jacob Maddox, trading honest letters while her brother waits for a kidney donor.

  2. Part of Your World

    Abby Jimenez · 2022 · Part of Your World #1

    Because also by Abby Jimenez; shares tags: romance, contemporary, family.

    ER doctor Alexis Montgomery falls for carpenter Daniel Grant in Wakan while her surgeon family presses duty.

  3. Just for the Summer

    Abby Jimenez · 2024 · Part of Your World #3

    Because also by Abby Jimenez; shares tags: romance, contemporary, family.

    Emma and Justin date to break a matching curse, then face sudden guardianship and illness on Lake Minnetonka.

  4. The American Roommate Experiment

    Elena Armas · 2022 · Spanish Love Deception #2

    Because shares tags: romance, contemporary, slow burn.

    Blocked romance writer Rosie experiments with dating beside roommate Lucas.

  5. From Lukov with Love

    Mariana Zapata · 2018

    Because shares tags: romance, contemporary, slow burn.

    Stalled skater Jasmine pairs with rude champion Lukov for one last season built on 5 a.m. ice.

  6. Always and Forever, Lara Jean

    Jenny Han · 2017 · To All the Boys I've Loved Before #3

    Because shares tags: romance, contemporary, family.

    Senior year brings college letters, distance from Peter, and a dad wedding Lara Jean helps hold together.

  7. Without Merit

    Colleen Hoover · 2017

    Because shares tags: romance, contemporary, family.

    Merit Voss feels invisible in a crowded converted church home until Sagan, Luck, and a painful night force the truth out.

  8. Things We Left Behind

    Lucy Score · 2023 · Knockemout #3

    Because shares tags: contemporary, family, romance.

    Lucian Rollins returns to Knockemout to bury his father's past and collides with librarian Sloane Walton.

  9. The Pact

    Jodi Picoult · 1998

    Because shares tags: family, romance, contemporary.

    After Emily Gold dies from a gunshot, her boyfriend Chris Harte says it was a suicide pact and faces trial for murder.

  10. The Kiss Quotient

    Helen Hoang · 2018 · The Kiss Quotient #1

    Because shares tags: romance, contemporary, family.

    Stella Lane hires escort Michael Phan to practice dating and learns logic fails where touch and family press in.

  11. The Rosie Project

    Graeme Simsion · 2013 · Don Tillman #1

    Because shares tags: romance, contemporary, family.

    Melbourne genetics professor Don Tillman launches the Wife Project to find a partner by questionnaire, then meets chaotic Rosie Jarman and…

  12. The Last Song

    Nicholas Sparks · 2009

    Because shares tags: romance, contemporary, family.

    Angry teen Ronnie spends a summer in Wilmington with her pianist father, finding first love, family repair, and loss.

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