🎭 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.

Dolly All the Time

by Annabel Monaghan

A broke single mother fake-dates a panicked heir. Her price: sixty thousand.

4.36

87k+

💰 Cross-Class Romance 👩‍👦 Single Mother Heroine 🌊 Anxious Hero 💖 Learning To Receive 🦞 Coastal New England

Dolly All the Time

A broke single mother fake-dates a panicked heir. Her price: sixty thousand.

by Annabel Monaghan 2026

4.36

87k+ ratings

💰 Cross-Class Romance 👩‍👦 Single Mother Heroine 🌊 Anxious Hero 💖 Learning To Receive 🦞 Coastal New England

Mixed Signals

by B.K. Borison • 2022

Weary of bad dates, a baker agrees to practice romance with the town's overlooked teacher.

3.93

57k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 💘 He Falls First 🍩 Cinnamon Roll Hero 🥐 Baker Heroine

Mixed Signals

Weary of bad dates, a baker agrees to practice romance with the town's overlooked teacher.

by B.K. Borison 2022

3.93

57k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 💘 He Falls First 🍩 Cinnamon Roll Hero 🥐 Baker Heroine

The Hotshot

by Piper Rayne • 2026

To keep three orphaned kids, a nurse fake-dates her best friend's brother, a baseball star.

4.01

19k+

🏟️ Sports Romance 💖 Friends To Lovers 👪 Unexpected Guardian ⚾ Baseball World 🏠 Forced Proximity

The Hotshot

To keep three orphaned kids, a nurse fake-dates her best friend's brother, a baseball star.

by Piper Rayne 2026

4.01

19k+ ratings

🏟️ Sports Romance 💖 Friends To Lovers 👪 Unexpected Guardian ⚾ Baseball World 🏠 Forced Proximity

Written in the Stars

by Alexandria Bellefleur • 2020

When an astrologer and an actuary fake a relationship, the stars have their own plan.

3.83

68k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance ☀️ Grumpy/Sunshine 🎬 Rom-Com Energy 💬 Witty Banter 📖 Austen Retelling

Written in the Stars

When an astrologer and an actuary fake a relationship, the stars have their own plan.

by Alexandria Bellefleur 2020

3.83

68k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance ☀️ Grumpy/Sunshine 🎬 Rom-Com Energy 💬 Witty Banter 📖 Austen Retelling

Mr. Mayfair

by Louise Bay • 2021

To face her ex's wedding, Stella hires a fake boyfriend who needs her invitation for business.

4.09

14k+

👥 Dual Pov Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💼 Class Divide Romance 💔 Healing From Betrayal 💬 Witty Banter

Mr. Mayfair

To face her ex's wedding, Stella hires a fake boyfriend who needs her invitation for business.

by Louise Bay 2021

4.09

14k+ ratings

👥 Dual Pov Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💼 Class Divide Romance 💔 Healing From Betrayal 💬 Witty Banter

April

by Audrey Carlan • 2015

A hired girlfriend for a reckless Red Sox pitcher must unite him with his lovestruck publicist.

3.95

13k+

⚾ Sports Romance 💘 Matchmaking 👯‍♀️ Female Friendship 🔥 Steamy 😊 Feel-Good

April

A hired girlfriend for a reckless Red Sox pitcher must unite him with his lovestruck publicist.

by Audrey Carlan 2015

3.95

13k+ ratings

⚾ Sports Romance 💘 Matchmaking 👯‍♀️ Female Friendship 🔥 Steamy 😊 Feel-Good

The Fine Art of Pretending

by Rachel Harris • 2014

Sick of being just a friend, Aly asks her best friend to fake a romance.

3.69

7k+

💕 Best Friends To Lovers 🏫 High School Setting 💋 Makeover 💖 Self-Acceptance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Fine Art of Pretending

Sick of being just a friend, Aly asks her best friend to fake a romance.

by Rachel Harris 2014

3.69

7k+ ratings

💕 Best Friends To Lovers 🏫 High School Setting 💋 Makeover 💖 Self-Acceptance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Oathborne

by Morgan Rice • 2024

A silver-eyed thief is thrust into a deadly magic academy where the final exam is survival.

3.89

555

📚 Magical Academy 🌑 Shadow Magic 🐆 Magical Familiars 🔺 Love Triangle ⚔️ Deadly Trials

Oathborne

A silver-eyed thief is thrust into a deadly magic academy where the final exam is survival.

by Morgan Rice 2024

3.89

555 ratings

📚 Magical Academy 🌑 Shadow Magic 🐆 Magical Familiars 🔺 Love Triangle ⚔️ Deadly Trials

Demon Kissed

by Ann Denton • 2020

Summoned by a spell, five demons infiltrate her high school, determined to make her crush jealous.

4.08

4k+

🖤 Demon Romance 💫 Fated Mates 🏠 Found Family 🏫 Paranormal High School ✨ Accidental Magic

Demon Kissed

Summoned by a spell, five demons infiltrate her high school, determined to make her crush jealous.

by Ann Denton 2020

4.08

4k+ ratings

🖤 Demon Romance 💫 Fated Mates 🏠 Found Family 🏫 Paranormal High School ✨ Accidental Magic

Breathless

by Brigid Kemmerer • 2013

An air elemental hides behind a convenient girlfriend until a dancer stirs feelings he can't name.

4.00

5k+

🌀 Elemental Magic 🚪 Closeted Teen 🏚️ Toxic Home 💃 Dance As Refuge 🪞 Body Image

Breathless

An air elemental hides behind a convenient girlfriend until a dancer stirs feelings he can't name.

by Brigid Kemmerer 2013

4.00

5k+ ratings

🌀 Elemental Magic 🚪 Closeted Teen 🏚️ Toxic Home 💃 Dance As Refuge 🪞 Body Image

Fake Out

by Eden Finley • 2018

After a scandal outs him, an NFL star fakes a romance with a senator's son. Neither expects to fall.

3.96

31k+

🏈 Sports Romance 🌈 Closeted Athlete 🚢 Forced Proximity 💰 Class Difference 👥 Chosen Family

Fake Out

After a scandal outs him, an NFL star fakes a romance with a senator's son. Neither expects to fall.

by Eden Finley 2018

3.96

31k+ ratings

🏈 Sports Romance 🌈 Closeted Athlete 🚢 Forced Proximity 💰 Class Difference 👥 Chosen Family

Secret

by Brigid Kemmerer • 2014

A closeted gay teen fakes a romance; his family's elemental powers draw a deadly hunter.

4.15

6k+

🌈 Coming Out 🌪️ Elemental Magic 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💘 Enemies To Lovers 💪 Trauma Recovery

Secret

A closeted gay teen fakes a romance; his family's elemental powers draw a deadly hunter.

by Brigid Kemmerer 2014

4.15

6k+ ratings

🌈 Coming Out 🌪️ Elemental Magic 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💘 Enemies To Lovers 💪 Trauma Recovery

Here Comes My Man

by Lauren Blakely • 2022

A romance writer and his movie star ex pretend to date, but the feelings are dangerously real.

4.31

3k+

💔 Second Chance Romance ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🎬 Hollywood Romance 👥 Dual Pov 🔥 Steamy Romance

Here Comes My Man

A romance writer and his movie star ex pretend to date, but the feelings are dangerously real.

by Lauren Blakely 2022

4.31

3k+ ratings

💔 Second Chance Romance ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🎬 Hollywood Romance 👥 Dual Pov 🔥 Steamy Romance

Best Served Cold

by Angela Casella • 2025

Betrayed by her fiancé, she fake-dates his estranged brother for revenge, and finds something real.

4.02

3k+

😂 Romantic Comedy 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn 🏘️ Small Town 🌈 Feel-Good

Best Served Cold

Betrayed by her fiancé, she fake-dates his estranged brother for revenge, and finds something real.

by Angela Casella 2025

4.02

3k+ ratings

😂 Romantic Comedy 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn 🏘️ Small Town 🌈 Feel-Good

Sweet Collide

by Ava Harrison • 2024

When a hockey star hires a fake girlfriend, she conceals that they were childhood best friends.

3.68

13k+

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 🍬 Childhood Sweethearts 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏡 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Healing

Sweet Collide

When a hockey star hires a fake girlfriend, she conceals that they were childhood best friends.

by Ava Harrison 2024

3.68

13k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 🍬 Childhood Sweethearts 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏡 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Healing

Well, That Was Unexpected

by Jesse Q. Sutanto • 2022

Catfished by their parents, a California artist and Jakarta heir must fake a romance through Bali.

3.70

6k+

🏝️ Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧 Parental Meddling 👥 Dual Perspective 🌴 Southeast Asian Setting 🔒 Family Secrets

Well, That Was Unexpected

Catfished by their parents, a California artist and Jakarta heir must fake a romance through Bali.

by Jesse Q. Sutanto 2022

3.70

6k+ ratings

🏝️ Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧 Parental Meddling 👥 Dual Perspective 🌴 Southeast Asian Setting 🔒 Family Secrets

The Husband Hoax

by Saxon James • 2023

One needs a wedding date, the other a husband. Fake dating was the easy part.

4.02

12k+

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🏠 Found Family 💰 Class Difference ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🗣️ Witty Banter

The Husband Hoax

One needs a wedding date, the other a husband. Fake dating was the easy part.

by Saxon James 2023

4.02

12k+ ratings

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🏠 Found Family 💰 Class Difference ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🗣️ Witty Banter

Baggage Claim

by Juliana Smith • 2022

Dreading a family Christmas, she lets her charming flight companion pose as her fake boyfriend.

3.67

13k+

🎄 Christmas Romance ✈️ Forced Proximity 💔 Family Estrangement 🏔️ Mountain Town 💋 Witty Banter

Baggage Claim

Dreading a family Christmas, she lets her charming flight companion pose as her fake boyfriend.

by Juliana Smith 2022

3.67

13k+ ratings

🎄 Christmas Romance ✈️ Forced Proximity 💔 Family Estrangement 🏔️ Mountain Town 💋 Witty Banter

Just Our Luck

by Denise Williams • 2025

A winning ticket and a failing donut shop force a fake romance that stops being pretend.

3.44

7k+

⚡ Opposites Attract 💫 Messy Heroine 💪 Caretaker Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Expectations 😊 Feel-Good Romance

Just Our Luck

A winning ticket and a failing donut shop force a fake romance that stops being pretend.

by Denise Williams 2025

3.44

7k+ ratings

⚡ Opposites Attract 💫 Messy Heroine 💪 Caretaker Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Expectations 😊 Feel-Good Romance

Bright Lights & Summer Nights

by Kat Singleton • 2024

An NFL quarterback claims a lost stranger as his girlfriend for his sister's Hamptons wedding.

4.20

37k+

🏈 Sports Romance ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💬 Playful Banter 🏖️ Beach Town Romance

Bright Lights & Summer Nights

An NFL quarterback claims a lost stranger as his girlfriend for his sister's Hamptons wedding.

by Kat Singleton 2024

4.20

37k+ ratings

🏈 Sports Romance ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💬 Playful Banter 🏖️ Beach Town Romance

Dungeons and Drama

by Kristy Boyce • 2024

A theater kid in her dad's game store fakes dating a gamer to spite her ex.

4.09

47k+

💕 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 🎭 Musical Theater 🎲 Tabletop Gaming 🫂 Found Family

Dungeons and Drama

A theater kid in her dad's game store fakes dating a gamer to spite her ex.

by Kristy Boyce 2024

4.09

47k+ ratings

💕 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 🎭 Musical Theater 🎲 Tabletop Gaming 🫂 Found Family

Not the Witch You Wed

by April Asher • 2022

To dodge forced mating, a witch without magic and her Alpha wolf rival fake a romance.

3.77

15k+

💔 Enemies To Lovers 💫 Fated Mates 🐺 Witch Shifter Romance 😂 Paranormal Romcom 👑 Alpha Wolf Hero

Not the Witch You Wed

To dodge forced mating, a witch without magic and her Alpha wolf rival fake a romance.

by April Asher 2022

3.77

15k+ ratings

💔 Enemies To Lovers 💫 Fated Mates 🐺 Witch Shifter Romance 😂 Paranormal Romcom 👑 Alpha Wolf Hero

If Only You

by Chloe Liese • 2023

To repair their images, a soccer star fakes a friendship with her brother's notorious best friend.

4.02

21k+

🏒 Brother's Best Friend 🧠 Autistic Heroine ⚽ Sports Romance 🖤 Reformed Bad Boy 🔥 Slow Burn

If Only You

To repair their images, a soccer star fakes a friendship with her brother's notorious best friend.

by Chloe Liese 2023

4.02

21k+ ratings

🏒 Brother's Best Friend 🧠 Autistic Heroine ⚽ Sports Romance 🖤 Reformed Bad Boy 🔥 Slow Burn

The Fine Art of Faking It

by Lucy Score • 2018

Enemies fake a romance to expose their town's matchmakers. The fire between them never died.

4.21

23k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 💥 Enemies To Lovers 💞 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter

The Fine Art of Faking It

Enemies fake a romance to expose their town's matchmakers. The fire between them never died.

by Lucy Score 2018

4.21

23k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 💥 Enemies To Lovers 💞 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter

Wish Upon a K-Star

by Kat Cho • 2025

A shunned idol and her childhood rival fake a televised romance to rescue their reputations.

3.73

1k+

🎤 K-Pop Romance 💘 Rivals To Lovers 👧 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💔 Angsty Romance 🎬 Behind The Scenes

Wish Upon a K-Star

A shunned idol and her childhood rival fake a televised romance to rescue their reputations.

by Kat Cho 2025

3.73

1k+ ratings

🎤 K-Pop Romance 💘 Rivals To Lovers 👧 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💔 Angsty Romance 🎬 Behind The Scenes

I Think They Love You

by Julian Winters • 2025

A people-pleasing event planner fake-dates the ex who broke him to prove he's CEO material.

3.80

3k+

💔 Second Chance Romance 😂 Romantic Comedy 🖤 Black Romance 🏢 Family Business 🛏️ Forced Proximity

I Think They Love You

A people-pleasing event planner fake-dates the ex who broke him to prove he's CEO material.

by Julian Winters 2025

3.80

3k+ ratings

💔 Second Chance Romance 😂 Romantic Comedy 🖤 Black Romance 🏢 Family Business 🛏️ Forced Proximity

Dream On, Ramona Riley

by Ashley Herring Blake • 2025

A waitress fake-dates the star she's training, unaware they shared a first kiss at thirteen.

3.70

14k+

🖤 Sapphic Romance 🌟 Celebrity Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔗 Childhood Connection ✨ Hollywood Glamour

Dream On, Ramona Riley

A waitress fake-dates the star she's training, unaware they shared a first kiss at thirteen.

by Ashley Herring Blake 2025

3.70

14k+ ratings

🖤 Sapphic Romance 🌟 Celebrity Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔗 Childhood Connection ✨ Hollywood Glamour

Wyatt

by Jessica Peterson • 2024

She returned to comfort her grieving best friend. Their fake date feels more real than goodbye.

3.94

67k+

🐴 Cowboy Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🖤 Grieving Hero 🏠 Return To Hometown

Wyatt

She returned to comfort her grieving best friend. Their fake date feels more real than goodbye.

by Jessica Peterson 2024

3.94

67k+ ratings

🐴 Cowboy Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🖤 Grieving Hero 🏠 Return To Hometown

Fake As Puck

by Sarah Smith • 2024

After a viral kiss, a notorious hockey star and his coach's daughter must fake a romance.

3.81

2k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 👨‍👧 Coach's Daughter 😈 Reformed Playboy 💼 Workplace Romance 💕 Vulnerable Hero

Fake As Puck

After a viral kiss, a notorious hockey star and his coach's daughter must fake a romance.

by Sarah Smith 2024

3.81

2k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 👨‍👧 Coach's Daughter 😈 Reformed Playboy 💼 Workplace Romance 💕 Vulnerable Hero

Wishing for Champagne Kisses

by Brittanee Nicole • 2022

Best friends fake a relationship for a Tahoe wedding, but their feelings are anything but fake.

4.14

2k+

💞 Friends To Lovers 🏡 Small Town 🎄 Christmas Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💓 Mutual Pining

Wishing for Champagne Kisses

Best friends fake a relationship for a Tahoe wedding, but their feelings are anything but fake.

by Brittanee Nicole 2022

4.14

2k+ ratings

💞 Friends To Lovers 🏡 Small Town 🎄 Christmas Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💓 Mutual Pining

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