Fake Dating

Book Trope

The goal: pretend to be in a relationship so that one party’s friends don’t have to keep worrying about them and so that the faux counterpart’s family will stop trying to get them to ask for their ex to come back. Simple enough, right? That is until the line between what’s real and fake only gets blurrier until all anyone can focus on is the potential for a genuine romance.

A Court of Mist and Fury

Sarah J. Maas

Better Than the Movies

Lynn Painter

Boyfriend Material

Alexis Hall

Brutal Bargain by Laurelin Paige

Brutal Bargain

Laurelin Paige

Brutal Obsession

S. Massery

Burning Ivy by Brandy Hynes

Burning Ivy

Brandy Hynes

Daydream

Hannah Grace

Fire Away

Lainey Lawson

Emily Henry's 'Funny Story' cover

Funny Story

Emily Henry

How My Neighbor Stole Christmas

Meghan Quinn

How to Fake It in Hollywood

Ava Wilder

Husband Material

Alexis Hall

I'll Get Back to You by Becca Grischow

I'll Get Back to You

Becca Grischow

If the Ring Fits

Camilla Isley

Just For the Summer by Abby Jimenez

Just For the Summer

Abby Jimenez

Make My Wish Come True by Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick

Make My Wish Come True

Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick

Roomies

Christina Lauren

Summer in the City by Alex Aster

Summer in the City

Alex Aster

The Beast Takes A Bride

Julie Anne Long

The Broprosal

Sonora Reyes

The Charmer book page

The Charmer

Ava Rani

The Co-Op by Tarah DeWitt

The Co-Op

Tarah DeWitt

The Deal

Elle Kennedy

The Love Hypothesis

Ali Hazelwood

The Spanish Love Deception

Elena Armas

The Unhoneymooners

Christina Lauren

Yours Truly

Abby Jimenez

Yours Truly (Steamy Lit Special Edition)

Abby Jimenez

Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez Steamy Lit Special Edition

Yours Truly Special Edition

Abby Jimenez

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