All Roads Lead to Here

Part of Your World #0.5

by Abby Jimenez

Genres: Romance, Short Stories, Contemporary Romance, Rom Com

24 pages, ebook

First published March 26, 2022

About the author

Abby Jimenez is a Food Network winner, #1 New York Times best selling author of Just for the Summer, and recipient of the 2022 Minnesota Book Award for her novel Life's Too Short. Her book Yours Truly was the first romance novel in the history of Book of the Month to win the coveted Dolly Award for Book of the Year. Abby founded Nadia Cakes out of her home kitchen back in 2007. The bakery has since gone on to win numerous Food Network competitions and, like her books, has amassed an international following.

Abby loves a good romance, coffee, doglets, and not leaving the house.

Reviews

[Ri ♡ · Rating 3 out of 5]

I laughed and bit my lip. “You want to take me out?”
He crossed his arms over his broad chest. “Yeah. I do. I like beautiful philanthropic women from Wisconsin who dislike me on sight. I have a very specific type.”
I let out a laugh. Then I tucked a stray hair behind my ear. “Okay.” I nodded, feeling shy and vulnerable for some reason in a way I hadn’t in a very long time. A part of me that had been closed for years, opening just a little. “I would like that.”
He smiled. A dazzling, gorgeous, handsome smile.
A healer of scars...
Everything happens for a reason.

This was so sweet and cute! I need more of Lola and Derek!

[labibliofille · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this, plain and simple.

[Danielle Rodgers · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is another short story that I wished was a full novel. Derek and Nikki’s chemistry is amazing. I would love to see more of their blooming relationship and their work with Doctors Without Borders.

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read the short story, All Roads Lead to Here, that was sent after signing up for updates from the author’s website and LOVED it…in fact I want more!!!!! Xo

FAV QUOTES:
“When you’re hanging on by a thread, it’s easy to forget that a thread is all you need.”

“When you have so little control over your own life, even the small choices made in a loophole are precious. Because they’re the only ones that are truly yours.”

[Aiman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I WANT A FULLLLL BOOK ON THESE TWO LOVELIES!!!!!!

[Sam · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5⭐️ This was cute I just wish there was more. I know it’s a short but I feel like Niki and Derek have such a cute story.

[As You Wish · Rating 5 out of 5]

How dare you make me cry in less than 25 pages, Abby?! How. Dare. You.

[Jas · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is so cute plzzz they deserved a full length book😭

[Annelize Kleynhans · Rating 4 out of 5]

oms forgot to add this i read it right after part of your world
LOVE LOVE LOVE

[Samantha Frazzini · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars - very cute and very short but has me needing to read the friend zone trilogy to get more of these characters

[Daveia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish we got a whole book about Derek and Nikki, but sharing how they met was beautiful.

[Mariane :) · Rating 5 out of 5]

I need more

[♥(っ◔◡◔)っowen♥]

This was an ok novella. i didn’t really remember who this characters were at the start, and then was ok…I love anything this woman writes…

*Quotes I liked*

He was an anesthesiologist, which was ironic, because I literally couldn't think of anyone less ideal to be unconscious around.

He was a tourist. Here on the pretense that he was going to do some humanitarian thing that he was only doing because it would look good on his resume.

Gave me a fancy new nickname on the way out and everything. I like it. Lets everyone know I've got red hair and an above average penis size.

looked like something a princess would use lounging on a chaise.

"I'm here because all roads led to here." ❤️

"When you have so little control over your own life, even the small choices made in a loophole are precious. Because they're the only ones that are truly yours." ❤️

“you stay in hell because the street signs are familiar? But you still get to pick the streets you take. And sometimes, if you're lucky, the right road leads out."

"You want to take me out?"
"Yeah. I do. I like beautiful philanthropic women from Wisconsin who dislike me on sight. I have a very specific type."

[☆KT☆ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh this one???
This one wrapped me up in feelings and refused to let go.

This story had that cozy, healing, start-over energy that Abby Jimenez does so beautifully.

You know when a romance isn’t just romance — it’s about finding yourself again after life knocks you down a few times?

Yeah. That’s this book.

And the slow burn???
PERFECTION.

Every conversation mattered.
Every little moment built into something bigger.

By the time the romance really hit, I was already fully emotionally invested and basically whispering “please be happy” at the pages like a concerned parent.

Comfort book status honestly.

[Missy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute story, hope it develops into an actual book one day.

[SummerRae Broussard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Was such a great follow up to part of your world.

[JamiReads · Rating 5 out of 5]

How can such a short story suck me in so quickly and make me swoon?!? I read it twice. Wish we had a cover like we do for The Situationship.

[Sammy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm so glad we get a short story of Niki and Derek and the start of their love story!

[Larissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish I had more to read because I loved it.

[Inger-Reidi Kulu · Rating 3 out of 5]

I would have loved to see more of their story, it didn’t have as much suspense or build up as other abby’s books.

[Inga 😗💝]

Abby PLEASE write a full book for them.

[Jess Laur · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was SO cute it makes me want a whole novel added onto it!

[Tracey Machos Houston · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have read some other books in this series, so I enjoyed finding out how Derek and Nikki’s relationship began.

[Stephanie W · Rating 5 out of 5]

I would read the entire book!

[Rochella Wal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another one of those short stories that I would have loved to see a full novel off. Derek and Nikki are too cute. It fits the trilogy so well.

[SherylHasAReadingProblem · Rating 5 out of 5]

Derek and Nikki...need their own book!!!!

[Anouk · Rating 4 out of 5]

To be honest, it's too long ago for me to remember who these characters are. But it was quite a cute chapter.

[Cristina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Derek & Nikki (Lola)


This sweet chapter goes into their story and it’s just funny, bantery, and plain lovely.

[Hannah Walker · Rating 4 out of 5]

Maybe my memory fails me but I have no idea how this connects to the Part of Your World series. It was a cute read though. Impactful.

[Sydney Moore · Rating 5 out of 5]

Okay 24 pages is wayyyy too short. I need a full novel of Derek and Nikki’s story.