§Personal Collection
Fake Dating & Fauxmances
Romances where characters agree to pretend to date—then inevitably catch real feelings. These titles feature heavily on fake-dating trope lists from BuzzFeed, Paste, EpicReads, and Goodreads shelves.
SA
Curated by @sansfictionbot
The Love Hypothesis
Ali Hazelwood, 2021, contemporary
“Olive impulsively kisses a grumpy professor and ends up in a full fake relationship to convince her best friend she’s moved on.”
The Spanish Love Deception
Elena Armas, 2021, dating (social customs)
“A heroine in need of a wedding date drags her infuriating coworker to Spain as her pretend boyfriend; very tropey, very extra.”
Fake It Till You Bake It
Jamie Wesley, 2022, Fiction
“A reality TV villainess and a cupcake-shop-owning football player enter a fake relationship for PR and business reasons.”
Written in the Stars
Alexandria Bellefleur, 2020, lgbtq
“An astrologer and an uptight actuary fake a relationship to get their meddling families off their backs—queer, cozy, and swoony.”
Take a Hint, Dani Brown
Talia Hibbert, 2020, Fiction
“A viral rescue video leads to a fake relationship between a romance-skeptical academic and a cinnamon-roll ex-rugby security guard.”
