Yours Truly

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental. Copyright © 2023 by Abby Jimenez Reading group guide copyright © 2023 by Abby Jimenez and Hachette Book Group, Inc. Cover design and illustration by Sarah Congdon. Cover copyright © 2023 by Hachette Book Group, Inc. Hachette Book Group supports the right to free expression and the value of copyright. The purpose of copyright is to encourage writers and artists to produce the creative works that enrich our culture. The scanning, uploading, and distribution of this book without permission is a theft of the author’s intellectual property. If you would like permission to use material from the book (other than for review purposes), please contact [email protected]. Thank you for your support of the author’s rights. Forever Hachette Book Group 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104read-forever.comtwitter.com/readforeverpub First Edition: April 2023 Forever is an imprint of Grand Central Publishing. The Forever name and logo are trademarks of Hachette Book Group, Inc. The publisher is not responsible for websites (or their content) that are not owned by the publisher. The Hachette Speakers Bureau provides a wide range of authors for speaking events. To find out more, go to www.hachettespeakersbureau.com or call (866) 376-6591. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Jimenez, Abby, author. Title: Yours truly / Abby Jimenez. Description: First Edition. | New York; Boston: Forever, 2023. | Series: Part of your world | Summary: “Dr. Briana Ortiz’s life is seriously flatlining. Her divorce is just about finalized, her brother’s running out of time to find a kidney donor, and that promotion she wants? Oh, that’s probably going to the new man-doctor who’s already registering eighty-friggin’-seven on Briana’s “pain in my ass” scale. But just when all systems are set to hate, Dr. Jacob Maddox completely flips the game…by sending Briana a letter. And it’s a really good letter. Like the kind that proves that Jacob isn’t actually Satan. Worse, he might be this fantastically funny and subversively likeable guy who’s terrible at first impressions. Because suddenly he and Bri are exchanging letters, sharing lunch dates in her “sob closet,” and discussing the merits of freakishly tiny horses. But when Jacob decides to give Briana the best gift imaginable-a kidney for her brother-she wonders just how she can resist this quietly sexy new doctor…especially when he calls in a favor she can’t refuse”—Provided by publisher. Identifiers: LCCN 2022053084 | ISBN 9781538704394 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9781538704417 (ebook) Classification: LCC PS3610.I474 Y68 2023 | DDC 813/.6—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022053084 ISBNs: 978-1-5387-0439-4 (trade paperback), 978-1-5387-0441-7 (ebook) E3-20230314-NF-DA-ORI Table of Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Content Guidance Dedication Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapter 38 Chapter 39 Chapter 40 Chapter 41 Chapter 42 Chapter 43 Chapter 44 Chapter 45 Chapter 46 Chapter 47 Chapter 48 Epilogue Acknowledgments Discover More Reading Group Guide About the Author Praise for Abby Jimenez Also by Abby Jimenez Navigation Table of Contents Content Guidance This book is close to my heart for a lot of reasons, but before you dive in, I just want to give you a heads-up about a few themes, including a main character who was cheated on in a past relationship, a flashback to a pregnancy issue, a mention of suicide, and a character who has clinical anxiety. Yet despite these heavy topics, readers will be treated to laughs and happily ever afters for all. You can find further content guidance on my Goodreads page. Thanks so much for reading, and I hope you enjoy the book. Best, Abby To my wonderful husband, Carlos, who has nursed me through some very tough times. Thank you for always being harmless to me. Explore book giveaways, sneak peeks, deals, and more. Tap here to learn more. Chapter 1 Briana They’re calling him Dr. Death.” Jocelyn stood, peering at me dramatically from beyond the nurses’ station where I sat at my computer charting my patients. I glanced up at her over my screen and rolled my eyes. “Give him a break,” I said, typing in my notes. “The guy’s been here all of eleven hours. It’s his first day.” “That’s the point,” she whispered. “He has a hundred percent kill rate.” I scoffed but didn’t look back up. “You cannot call him that. We don’t need patients hearing nurses whispering about a Dr. Death.” “Can we call him Doctor D?” “No.” “Why?” “Because Doctor D sounds like a penis thing.” She huffed. “Okay, but seriously. Somebody should look into this. Six patients dead?” I checked my watch. “We work in an ER, Jocelyn. It’s not entirely unheard of.” “Aren’t you supposed to be chief of emergency medicine? Isn’t it your job to investigate stuff like this?” I did a final tap into my computer and looked up at her. “Dr. Gibson hasn’t retired yet and the board hasn’t voted on his replacement, so no, it’s not my job.” “But it will be. You’re totally going to get it. Don’t you think you should dress for the job you want and stop the carnage?” She stood back and crossed her arms. I could feel the eyes of a dozen other unseen nurses peering at me from around the floor. Jocelyn was sent as an ambassador. Once the nurses latched on to something, they weren’t letting go. This poor guy. He was not going to like it here. I let out a long sigh. “The first patient was a ninety-six-year-old with a