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Fake Relationships: The Romance Book List

Whether it’s a pretend date for a wedding, a faux fiancé to fool family members, or a work assignment, we can’t stop reading these sultry romances about fake relationships!

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    The Love Hypothesis

    by Ali Hazelwood

    Olive Smith is a third-year Ph.D. candidate who simply doesn’t have time for love. Plus, there is no scientific proof that love even exists! But Olive’s best friend isn’t buying it and so to get Anh off her back, Olive kisses the first man she sees, which just so happens to be Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor—and well-known ass. Which is why Olive can’t believe it when Adam agrees to be her fake boyfriend! And after a science conference brings them closer together, their little experiment feels dangerously close to combustion
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    The Kiss Quotient

    by Helen Hoang

    Stella Lane thinks math is the only thing that unites the universe. She uses algorithms in her job that has given her more money than she knows what to do with, and way less experience dating than the average thirty-year-old. So she decides to hire professional escort Michael Phan to teach her all the things she’s been missing. Their no-nonsense partnership starts making a strange kind of sense. And the pattern that emerges will convince Stella that love is the best kind of logic…
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    The Dating Plan

    by Sara Desai

    Daisy Patel has worked hard for the career of her dreams, but unfortunately it hasn’t left too much time for dating and her matchmaking relatives are getting impatient. At her wits end, Daisy asks her childhood crush to pose as her fake fiancé. Luckily, Liam Murphy just learned that his inheritance is dependent on his being married, so Daisy’s scheme comes at the perfect time. But even the best laid plans have a way of going awry!
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    I’m So (Not) Over You

    by Kosoko Jackson

    Kian Andrews and Hudson Rivers broke up months ago, but when Kian gets an urgent text from Hudson, they agree to meet up at a café. Kian is hoping for an apology but ends up agreeing to pretend to be Hudson’s boyfriend while his parents are in town. Will this fake relationship turn into something more? I’m So (Not) Over You is a delightful romance about second changes and following your heart.
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    The Wedding Date

    by Jasmine Guillory

    On the eve of his ex’s wedding, Drew is minus a plus one. Until a power outage strands him with the perfect candidate for a fake girlfriend. Agreeing to go to a wedding with a guy she gets stuck with in an elevator is something Alexa Monroe wouldn’t normally do, but there’s something about Drew that is hard to resist…
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    Well Matched

    by Jen DeLuca

    Mitch Malone is well known throughout the community as the hunk who wears a kilt (and not much else) at the Renaissance Faire every year. When his friend April Parker asks him for help renovating her house, he agrees but with a favor of his own. He would like April to join him for a family dinner as his fake girlfriend, so he can avoid the lectures about settling down that his relatives are sure to give him. She agrees, but when dinner turns into a weekend trip, it becomes harder and harder to tell what is fake and what is real.
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    Not the Girl You Marry

    by Andie J. Christopher

    Journalist Jack Nolan has had success writing buzzy articles, but longs to write more hard-hitting pieces. Fed up with fluff, he strikes a deal with his boss to write an article entitled: How to Lose a Girl. Easier said than done when the girl he meets is Hannah Mayfield, and he’s not sure he wants her to dump him.
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    Frankly in Love

    by David Yoon

    Frank Li has just met the girl of his dreams. Brit Means is beautiful, smart, and funny, but she is also white and Frank’s Korean family won’t approve. Desperate to keep his relationship secret, Frank asks his friend Joy Song to join him for family gatherings. But soon things get complicated between his real girlfriend and his fake girlfriend, and Frank doesn’t know where he stands.
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    The Lady Tempts an Heir

    by Harper St. George

    A fake engagement brings together a lady with bold and daring dreams, and the heir whose heart she captured—perfect for fans of Bridgerton!
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    The Ex Talk

    by Rachel Lynn Solomon

    Shay has her dream job working at the public radio station. But lately that dream is becoming more of a nightmare as she is constantly clashing with know-it-all Dominic. When Shay proposes the idea for a new show—where two exes give relationship advice—her boss decides that she and Dominic should host it, especially because they already hate each other. Both Shay and Dominic don’t love the idea of lying to their audience, but the show is a major hit! To further complicate matters, these two might not hate each other as much as they originally thought…
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    How to Fake It in Hollywood

    by Ava Wilder

    Grey Brooks is on a mission to keep her career afloat now. With a life-changing role on the line, she’s finally desperate enough to agree to her publicist’s scheme: fake a love affair with a disgraced Hollywood heartthrob who needs the publicity, but for very different reasons. Though their juicy public relationship is less than perfect behind the scenes, it doesn’t take long before Grey and Ethan’s sizzling chemistry starts to feel like more than just an act. But after decades in a ruthless industry that requires bulletproof emotional armor to survive, are they too used to faking it to open themselves up to the real thing?
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