Say You'll Remember Me
When social media manager Samantha Diaz brings her ailing kitten to veterinarian Xavier Rush, the visit goes badly — he gently suggests it may be kindest to put the kitten down, and Samantha, refusing to accept it, crowdfunds the treatment to prove him wrong. Weeks later, a chastened Xavier apologizes and asks her out, and their first date turns out to be the best night of Samantha's life.
There is just one problem: the very next morning, Samantha is leaving Minneapolis for Glendale, California, to care for her mother, who has early-onset dementia. What might have been the start of something becomes a long-distance leap of faith, tested by two thousand miles and by the very real weight each of them is already carrying.
The first book in Abby Jimenez's Say You'll Remember Me series, this is a warm, funny, and emotionally honest contemporary romance that pairs sweet and steamy moments with a clear-eyed look at caregiving, grief, and the courage it takes to fall for someone when your life is anything but settled.
Samantha's mother, diagnosed with early-onset dementia.
Samantha's younger brother, an artist.
Yes. It's the first book in Abby Jimenez's "Say You'll Remember Me" series, an interconnected set of standalone romances. The second book, "The Night We Met," followed in 2026, with a third installment expected in 2027.
It hasn't won a major book prize, but it hit #1 on the New York Times Combined Print & E-Book Fiction bestseller list and the Publishers Weekly bestseller list, and was a finalist for the Goodreads Choice Award for Romance.