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Life's Too Short

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 'No one does funny, emotional, life-affirming love stories quite like Abby Jimenez. She just keeps outdoing herself' EMILY HENRY

'Funny and poignant, relatable and aspirational, heart-tugging and satisfying. It is, in a word, perfect' CHRISTINA LAUREN

'Abby Jimenez's words . . . sprinkle humour and warmth all over my life' ALI HAZELWOOD

'The sort of emotionally resonant love story I adore - I was captivated from the very first page' PAIGE TOON

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When Vanessa Price quit her job to pursue her dream of traveling the globe, she wasn't expecting to gain millions of YouTube followers who shared her joy of seizing every moment. For her, living each day to its fullest isn't just a motto. Her mother and sister never saw the age of 30, and Vanessa doesn't want to take anything for granted.

But after her half-sister suddenly leaves Vanessa in custody of her baby daughter, life goes from 'daily adventure' to 'hourly nappy change'. The last person Vanessa expects to show up offering help is the hot lawyer next door, Adrian Copeland. After all, she barely knows him. No one warned her that he was the Secret Baby Tamer or that she'd be spending a whole lot of time with him and his geriatric Chihuahua.

Now she's feeling things she's vowed not to feel. Because the only thing worse than falling for Adrian is finding a little hope for a future she may never see.

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🌟 DISCOVER WHY READERS LOVE ABBY JIMENEZ . . . 🌟

'Sweet and achingly romantic - a truly wonderful love story' BETH O'LEARY

'Full of fierce humour and fiercer heart' CASEY MCQUISTON

'A deliciously hot, sweet debut. This book is an absolute treat' L. J. SHEN

'This book deserves all the stars in the universe' READER REVIEW

'Things I loved about this book . . . I mean it's literally everything. Not a single flaw' READER REVIEW

'Wow. wow. WOW. Every book I've read of Abby's just gets better and better' READER REVIEW©2021 Abby Jimenez Contemporary Contemporary Romance Romance Romantic Comedy Women's Fiction Comedy

Critic reviews

This is the kind of novel that leaves you a little better than when it found you. Jimenez is a true talent
Abby Jimenez's knack for tackling heavy subjects with humour and care shines through in this exquisitely written story about love, difficult family relationships, and living life to its fullest
With refreshingly real characters and compulsively readable prose, Abby Jimenez captures the thrill of falling in love without shying away from deeper themes. Clear your schedule because you won't be able to put this delicious book down!
Jimenez masterfully blends heavy issues and humour
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I was full of emotion reading this story, all through the book. The slow burn was a little slow in stages, but their connection was beautiful.

so much heart

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Wow I love this book. Omg I got so emotional at the end. It’s like the flood gates opened just as I started to hear the end credits 🥹
I really enjoyed this.

I know I love Abby Jimenez’s book

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The humor and the description of the characters, the taughts, emotions and lives. I have listened twice already.

Great read

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Abby’s books are new to me but I can see amid the romance and the laughs there is a lot to learn about mental health, ALS and other things we take for granted or are ignorant about. I read “Just for the summer” before this and that was beautiful as well. Highly recommend.

The story was beautiful and I learnt so much

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It's such a good book and as a standalone it's perfectly good but I felt the lead up of the relationship too long in comparison to the rest of the novel. it could have been longer.

Great narration (again!).

another great Abby Jimenez book... but...

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