The Recurring Cast
Reading order · 3 books · 2019 to 2021 · Set in California

Friend Zone Books in Order

The Friend Zone books follow a group of friends in California, each facing love and loss.

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Series facts

Books
3
Published
2019 to 2021
First book
The Friend Zone
Latest
Life's Too Short (2021)
Setting
Set in California

The reading order

Every Friend Zone book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.

3 books · Set in California
  1. 1The Friend Zone2019Kristen Petersen knows she can never have children, and Josh Copeland, the firefighter she cannot stop thinking about, wants a big family.Buy on Amazon
  2. 2The Happy Ever After Playlist2020With Sloan Monroe and Jason RymanSloan Monroe, still grieving her fiancé, finds a lost dog, and starts texting the dog’s owner, Jason Ryman, a musician on tour.Buy on Amazon
  3. 3Life's Too Short2021With Vanessa Price and Adrian CopelandVanessa Price, who travels the world filming her adventures, suddenly finds herself looking after her sister’s baby, and her neighbour, the lawyer Adrian Copeland, offers to help.Buy on Amazon

Do you need to read them in order?

Read The Friend Zone, The Happy Ever After Playlist, then Life’s Too Short.

Who appears in which book

The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.

Who appears in each Friend Zone book
BookSloan MonroeJason RymanVanessa PriceAdrian CopelandKristen PetersenJosh Copeland
1 The Friend Zone·Minor·Minor
2 The Happy Ever After PlaylistLLeadLLead·Minor·Minor
3 Life's Too ShortLLeadLLead·Minor·Minor

Characters in the Friend Zone books

6 characters from Abby Jimenez’s chart, with the number of Friend Zone books each appears in.

CharacterBooksFirst in this series
Sloan MonroeGrieving artist1The Happy Ever After Playlist 2020
Jason RymanRising musician1The Happy Ever After Playlist 2020
Vanessa PriceYouTuber living life to the full1Life's Too Short 2021
Adrian CopelandLawyer and Josh's brother1Life's Too Short 2021
Kristen PetersenWoman who cannot have children3The Friend Zone 2019
Josh CopelandFirefighter who wants a family3The Friend Zone 2019