🎭 Fake Dating

Two people pretend to be a couple — for convenience, revenge, or social survival — and the charade inevitably blurs into something achingly real. The delight is in watching both characters realize the lie has become the truest thing between them.

Just for the Cameras

by Meghan Quinn

An NFL star's zoo-duty Instagram romance with a flamingo keeper turns inconveniently real.

3.96

65k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏈 Football Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🛡️ Protective Hero

Just for the Cameras

An NFL star's zoo-duty Instagram romance with a flamingo keeper turns inconveniently real.

by Meghan Quinn 2026

3.96

65k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏈 Football Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🛡️ Protective Hero

On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God

by Louise Rennison • 2000

When her dreamy boyfriend moves abroad, a dramatic teen fakes a romance with his funny rival.

3.95

49k+

📓 Diary Novel 🇬🇧 British Teen Humor 💔 Love Triangle 🎭 Dramatic Narrator 👯 Girl Gang

On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God

When her dreamy boyfriend moves abroad, a dramatic teen fakes a romance with his funny rival.

by Louise Rennison 2000

3.95

49k+ ratings

📓 Diary Novel 🇬🇧 British Teen Humor 💔 Love Triangle 🎭 Dramatic Narrator 👯 Girl Gang

Hot Dog Girl

by Jennifer Dugan • 2019

To win a diving pirate, a hot dog mascot starts fake-dating her best friend.

3.47

10k+

💕 Best Friends To Lovers ☀️ Summer Romance 🎢 Amusement Park 💗 Messy Queer Love 💜 Bisexual Protagonist

Hot Dog Girl

To win a diving pirate, a hot dog mascot starts fake-dating her best friend.

by Jennifer Dugan 2019

3.47

10k+ ratings

💕 Best Friends To Lovers ☀️ Summer Romance 🎢 Amusement Park 💗 Messy Queer Love 💜 Bisexual Protagonist

Foolish Puckboy

by Eden Finley • 2023

After a hockey star’s drag party goes up in smoke, the arriving fireman sparks real chemistry.

3.98

18k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 🔥 Firefighter Hero 🫂 Found Family 💔 Divorced Hero 🐌 Slow Burn

Foolish Puckboy

After a hockey star’s drag party goes up in smoke, the arriving fireman sparks real chemistry.

by Eden Finley 2023

3.98

18k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 🔥 Firefighter Hero 🫂 Found Family 💔 Divorced Hero 🐌 Slow Burn

Cover Story

by Mhairi McFarlane • 2025

An investigative journalist and her guarded intern pose as a couple to trap a predator.

3.79

14k+

💼 Workplace Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🕵️ Undercover Operation 📰 Investigative Journalism 💬 Witty Banter

Cover Story

An investigative journalist and her guarded intern pose as a couple to trap a predator.

by Mhairi McFarlane 2025

3.79

14k+ ratings

💼 Workplace Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🕵️ Undercover Operation 📰 Investigative Journalism 💬 Witty Banter

Wildest Dreams

by L.J. Shen • 2025

A single mom fakes an engagement with her brother's best friend, but the kisses feel too real.

4.17

33k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👩‍👧 Single Parent 🤫 Brother's Best Friend 🚪 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter

Wildest Dreams

A single mom fakes an engagement with her brother's best friend, but the kisses feel too real.

by L.J. Shen 2025

4.17

33k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👩‍👧 Single Parent 🤫 Brother's Best Friend 🚪 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter

Club Dead

by Charlaine Harris • 2003

A telepathic waitress infiltrates a vampire club with a werewolf to find her kidnapped boyfriend.

4.02

245k+

🔺 Love Triangle 🩸 Vampire Politics 🐺 Werewolf Ally 🔍 Supernatural Mystery 🧠 Telepathic Heroine

Club Dead

A telepathic waitress infiltrates a vampire club with a werewolf to find her kidnapped boyfriend.

by Charlaine Harris 2003

4.02

245k+ ratings

🔺 Love Triangle 🩸 Vampire Politics 🐺 Werewolf Ally 🔍 Supernatural Mystery 🧠 Telepathic Heroine

Royally Rearranged

by Emma St. Clair • 2021

To reclaim her prince, a princess fake-dates his roguish cousin. Her heart has other plans.

4.02

16k+

👑 Royal Romcom 👸 Princess Heroine ⚖️ Duty Versus Love 🔄 Reformed Playboy 💬 Witty Banter

Royally Rearranged

To reclaim her prince, a princess fake-dates his roguish cousin. Her heart has other plans.

by Emma St. Clair 2021

4.02

16k+ ratings

👑 Royal Romcom 👸 Princess Heroine ⚖️ Duty Versus Love 🔄 Reformed Playboy 💬 Witty Banter

Flirt

by Adriana Locke • 2022

Brooke hires co-worker Moss as her fake boyfriend for a family party. Their chemistry is real.

4.25

14k+

💕 Friends To Lovers 💼 Workplace Romance 💘 He Falls First 😏 Playful Banter 💔 Toxic Family

Flirt

Brooke hires co-worker Moss as her fake boyfriend for a family party. Their chemistry is real.

by Adriana Locke 2022

4.25

14k+ ratings

💕 Friends To Lovers 💼 Workplace Romance 💘 He Falls First 😏 Playful Banter 💔 Toxic Family

Pretend You're Mine

by Lucy Score • 2015

Broke and stranded, she agrees to fake-date a soldier who buried his heart with his wife.

4.22

110k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🖤 Wounded Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🪖 Military Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Pretend You're Mine

Broke and stranded, she agrees to fake-date a soldier who buried his heart with his wife.

by Lucy Score 2015

4.22

110k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🖤 Wounded Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🪖 Military Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

What I Should Have Said

by R.L. Atkinson • 2024

A teacher's SEAL rescue comes with strings: fake date him while a cartel hunts them both.

3.77

5k+

🦭 SEAL Hero 🛡️ Alpha Protector 🪢 Kidnapped Heroine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔐 Secret Past

What I Should Have Said

A teacher's SEAL rescue comes with strings: fake date him while a cartel hunts them both.

by R.L. Atkinson 2024

3.77

5k+ ratings

🦭 SEAL Hero 🛡️ Alpha Protector 🪢 Kidnapped Heroine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔐 Secret Past

Merry Little Kissmas

by Lauren Blakely • 2025

Fake dating for Christmas: a grumpy hockey dad and a sunny matchmaker find real sparks.

3.81

14k+

🎄 Holiday Romance 🏒 Hockey Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👨‍👧 Single Dad 💞 Matchmaker

Merry Little Kissmas

Fake dating for Christmas: a grumpy hockey dad and a sunny matchmaker find real sparks.

by Lauren Blakely 2025

3.81

14k+ ratings

🎄 Holiday Romance 🏒 Hockey Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👨‍👧 Single Dad 💞 Matchmaker

Red, White & Royal Blue

by Casey McQuiston • 2019

The First Son and a prince fake a friendship; in private, they aren't pretending anymore.

4.05

1.2M+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 👑 Royal Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Rom-Com 🌈 Coming Out 🤫 Secret Relationship

Red, White & Royal Blue

The First Son and a prince fake a friendship; in private, they aren't pretending anymore.

by Casey McQuiston 2019

4.05

1.2M+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 👑 Royal Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Rom-Com 🌈 Coming Out 🤫 Secret Relationship

Blind Side

by Kandi Steiner • 2022

A bookish PR staffer and a heartbroken football star fake-date to make their real crushes jealous.

3.95

85k+

💕 Friends To Lovers 📚 Lessons In Love 😍 He Falls First 🏈 College Football 💔 Vulnerable Hero

Blind Side

A bookish PR staffer and a heartbroken football star fake-date to make their real crushes jealous.

by Kandi Steiner 2022

3.95

85k+ ratings

💕 Friends To Lovers 📚 Lessons In Love 😍 He Falls First 🏈 College Football 💔 Vulnerable Hero

A Merry Little Lie

by Sarah Morgan • 2025

Becky's fake Christmas romance with her best friend fools everyone except her own heart.

3.96

11k+

💕 Friends To Lovers 🎄 Holiday Romance 💔 Marriage In Trouble 👯 Sister Bonds 🏠 Found Family

A Merry Little Lie

Becky's fake Christmas romance with her best friend fools everyone except her own heart.

by Sarah Morgan 2025

3.96

11k+ ratings

💕 Friends To Lovers 🎄 Holiday Romance 💔 Marriage In Trouble 👯 Sister Bonds 🏠 Found Family

My Favorite Holidate

by Lauren Blakely • 2024

After a public betrayal, a designer and her billionaire boss pretend to date for the holidays.

3.87

39k+

💰 Billionaire Romance 🎄 Holiday Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👧 Single Dad 📊 Workplace Romance

My Favorite Holidate

After a public betrayal, a designer and her billionaire boss pretend to date for the holidays.

by Lauren Blakely 2024

3.87

39k+ ratings

💰 Billionaire Romance 🎄 Holiday Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👧 Single Dad 📊 Workplace Romance

To All The Boys I've Loved Trilogy / The Summer I Turned Pretty Trilogy

by Jenny Han • 2019

A shy dreamer's secret love letters get out. Her fix: fake-date the golden boy everyone wants.

4.35

1k+

💔 Love Triangle 👯‍♀️ Sisterhood 💕 First Love 🔥 Slow Burn 🫶 He Falls First

To All The Boys I've Loved Trilogy / The Summer I Turned Pretty Trilogy

A shy dreamer's secret love letters get out. Her fix: fake-date the golden boy everyone wants.

by Jenny Han 2019

4.35

1k+ ratings

💔 Love Triangle 👯‍♀️ Sisterhood 💕 First Love 🔥 Slow Burn 🫶 He Falls First

Just His Secretary

by Elena Johnson • 2021

To appease his mother, a gruff boss claims his secretly smitten secretary as his fake girlfriend.

3.66

7k+

💼 Boss Secretary Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💘 Secret Pining 🧁 Sweet Romcom 💬 Witty Banter

Just His Secretary

To appease his mother, a gruff boss claims his secretly smitten secretary as his fake girlfriend.

by Elena Johnson 2021

3.66

7k+ ratings

💼 Boss Secretary Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💘 Secret Pining 🧁 Sweet Romcom 💬 Witty Banter

Between Desire and Denial

by Shain Rose • 2024

After one night with Dimitri Hardy, a fake relationship drags him into her hometown's dark secrets.

3.81

11k+

🖤 Possessive Hero 💔 Wounded Heroine ⚔️ Touch Her And Die 😮‍💨 Angsty Romance 🔑 Family Secrets

Between Desire and Denial

After one night with Dimitri Hardy, a fake relationship drags him into her hometown's dark secrets.

by Shain Rose 2024

3.81

11k+ ratings

🖤 Possessive Hero 💔 Wounded Heroine ⚔️ Touch Her And Die 😮‍💨 Angsty Romance 🔑 Family Secrets

A Pizza My Heart

by Teagan Hunter • 2019

She agrees to fake-date her brother's best friend. The feelings? Not fake at all.

3.85

5k+

💙 Brother's Best Friend 👫 Friends To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💪 Independent Heroine 🥺 Pining Hero

A Pizza My Heart

She agrees to fake-date her brother's best friend. The feelings? Not fake at all.

by Teagan Hunter 2019

3.85

5k+ ratings

💙 Brother's Best Friend 👫 Friends To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💪 Independent Heroine 🥺 Pining Hero

Hunted

by Suzanne Wright • 2023

A harpy fakes a romance with a hellhorse shifter. Their demons refuse to keep it fake.

4.32

4k+

👿 Demon Romance 🐺 Shifter Romance 💫 Fated Mates 🏠 Found Family 🖤 Possessive Hero

Hunted

A harpy fakes a romance with a hellhorse shifter. Their demons refuse to keep it fake.

by Suzanne Wright 2023

4.32

4k+ ratings

👿 Demon Romance 🐺 Shifter Romance 💫 Fated Mates 🏠 Found Family 🖤 Possessive Hero

Waiting to Score

by Elouise Tynan • 2021

To escape a stalker, she fake-dates a basketball star. Falling was never part of the deal.

3.79

4k+

🌑 Stalker Ex 💬 Witty Banter ❤️‍🩹 Hurt Comfort 👥 Dual Pov Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity

Waiting to Score

To escape a stalker, she fake-dates a basketball star. Falling was never part of the deal.

by Elouise Tynan 2021

3.79

4k+ ratings

🌑 Stalker Ex 💬 Witty Banter ❤️‍🩹 Hurt Comfort 👥 Dual Pov Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity

Alive at Night

by Amelie Rhys • 2023

A fake wedding date with her childhood rival turns into something she can't pretend away.

3.94

8k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💼 Office Romance 🏢 Forced Proximity 🌱 Childhood Rivals 💬 Banter-Heavy

Alive at Night

A fake wedding date with her childhood rival turns into something she can't pretend away.

by Amelie Rhys 2023

3.94

8k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💼 Office Romance 🏢 Forced Proximity 🌱 Childhood Rivals 💬 Banter-Heavy

My Vampire Plus-One

by Jenna Levine • 2024

A type-A accountant's fake wedding date is a vampire with a centuries-old target on his back.

3.72

26k+

🧛 Vampire Romcom ☕ Cozy Paranormal 🛏️ Only One Bed 🎭 Opposites Attract 🏠 Found Family

My Vampire Plus-One

A type-A accountant's fake wedding date is a vampire with a centuries-old target on his back.

by Jenna Levine 2024

3.72

26k+ ratings

🧛 Vampire Romcom ☕ Cozy Paranormal 🛏️ Only One Bed 🎭 Opposites Attract 🏠 Found Family

Check & Chase

by Clara St. James • 2025

A one-night stand with a hockey star gets complicated when she's hired as his physical therapist.

3.51

727

🏒 Hockey Romance 💼 Workplace Romance 😈 Reformed Playboy 🏠 Forced Proximity 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

Check & Chase

A one-night stand with a hockey star gets complicated when she's hired as his physical therapist.

by Clara St. James 2025

3.51

727 ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 💼 Workplace Romance 😈 Reformed Playboy 🏠 Forced Proximity 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

Indiscretion

by Vi Keeland • 2025

She's a disbarred prosecutor. He's the defense attorney she punched. Now they're sharing a cabin.

4.20

11k+

👊 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 💼 Workplace Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn

Indiscretion

She's a disbarred prosecutor. He's the defense attorney she punched. Now they're sharing a cabin.

by Vi Keeland 2025

4.20

11k+ ratings

👊 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 💼 Workplace Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn

Say You'll Be Mine

by Naina Kumar • 2024

To survive her ex's wedding, a teacher agrees to a fake engagement with a guarded engineer.

3.76

13k+

☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 👥 Dual Pov 🪷 Arranged Marriage

Say You'll Be Mine

To survive her ex's wedding, a teacher agrees to a fake engagement with a guarded engineer.

by Naina Kumar 2024

3.76

13k+ ratings

☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 👥 Dual Pov 🪷 Arranged Marriage

The Hooker and the Hermit

by L.H. Cosway • 2015

She secretly trashed a rugby star online. Now she's the fake girlfriend he's falling for.

3.89

29k+

🏉 Rugby Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💻 Anonymous Online Love ✉️ Epistolary Romance ⛓️ BDSM Romance

The Hooker and the Hermit

She secretly trashed a rugby star online. Now she's the fake girlfriend he's falling for.

by L.H. Cosway 2015

3.89

29k+ ratings

🏉 Rugby Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💻 Anonymous Online Love ✉️ Epistolary Romance ⛓️ BDSM Romance

Of Heartbreak and Harmony

by Brit Benson • 2024

A broke musician fake-dates the rock star who shattered her dreams. Their history won't stay buried.

4.27

4k+

🎸 Rock Star Romance 💔 Second Chance Love 🏠 Forced Proximity 🖤 Wounded Hero 😢 High Angst

Of Heartbreak and Harmony

A broke musician fake-dates the rock star who shattered her dreams. Their history won't stay buried.

by Brit Benson 2024

4.27

4k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Star Romance 💔 Second Chance Love 🏠 Forced Proximity 🖤 Wounded Hero 😢 High Angst

Adorkable

by Cookie O'Gorman • 2016

To escape matchmaking, she fake-dates her soccer-star best friend. The kisses start to feel real.

3.92

13k+

😍 Friends To Lovers 🤓 Nerdy Heroine ⚽ Soccer Romance 💬 Banter-Heavy 🏫 High School Romance

Adorkable

To escape matchmaking, she fake-dates her soccer-star best friend. The kisses start to feel real.

by Cookie O'Gorman 2016

3.92

13k+ ratings

😍 Friends To Lovers 🤓 Nerdy Heroine ⚽ Soccer Romance 💬 Banter-Heavy 🏫 High School Romance

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