April 29, 2025 Angela Reviews, Romance
The Fall Risk by
Abby Jimenez Published by Amazon Original Stories on March 1, 2025
Pages: 82
Format: Audiobook Narrator: Julia Whelan,
Connor Crais Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
Genres: Romance 
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Two good neighbors make the best of a bad Valentine’s Day in a funny and improbably romantic short story by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Just for the Summer.
It’s Valentine’s Day weekend, and Charlotte and Seth are not looking for romance. Armed with emotional-support bear spray, Charlotte is in self-imposed isolation and on guard from men. Having a stalker can do that to a person’s nerves. Just across the hall and giving off woodsy vibes is Seth, a recently divorced arborist. As in today recently. Heights, he’s fine with. Trust? Not so much. But when disaster traps them one flight up and no way down, an outrageously precarious predicament forces a tree-loving guy and a rattled girl next door to embrace their captivity. Soon their defenses are breaking away. Considering how close they both are to the edge, Charlotte and Seth could be in danger of falling—in love.
I will drop everything to read whatever Abby Jimenez writes: a book, a manifesto, a diary entry, a grocery list. So even though I almost always find novellas disappointing, of course your girl was going to read The Fall Risk. Still, I was surprised by how enjoyable it was.
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About Abby Jimenez
Abby Jimenez is a Food Network champion, motivational speaker, and contemporary romance novelist living in Minnesota. Abby founded Nadia Cakes out of her home kitchen in 2007. The bakery has since gone on to open multiple locations in two states, won numerous Food Network competitions and amassed an international cult following. Abby has since turned her talents to penning novels. She loves a good book, coffee, doglets, and not leaving the house.
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