Yours Truly

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
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 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
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 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 
 
 
 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.
 
 
 
 
 
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 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