Don’t you hate it when you have to fake an engagement with your hot next-door neighbor so you can enter a couple’s cooking contest, the only way to save your failing sourdough bread baking business?
Or when you, a professional bodyguard, have to pretend to be the girlfriend of a famous movie star to save him from a stalking fan?
And it’s just the darn worst when your ex-rugby-playing coworker (who recently rescued you from an office building fire) asks you to fake a relationship to boost publicity for his children’s sports charity. Happens every day, right?
In these delightfully silly romances, it does! The fake dating trope might be farfetched, but it’s beloved by the romance-reading community for creating funny situations, angsty miscommunications, and reluctant—but undeniable—attraction between characters. Check out the zany shenanigans and sizzling chemistry in the following romcom titles featuring fake relationships that may or may not turn real (spoiler alert: they do!)
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When sourdough-enthusiast Reena encounters trouble in her baking career, her next-door neighbor Nadim agrees to fake an engagement so they can enter a couple’s cooking contest. This rom-com is full of gossiping family, crackling chemistry, and delicious baked goods. This title is also available as an eBook on Libby and as eAudio on Libby.
Rom-com obsessed Liz wants to land the boy of her dreams as a prom date, but so far, he hasn’t even noticed her. When Liz’s childhood nemesis Wes agrees to help by fake dating her, the two former enemies become closer than ever before. This title is also available as an eBook on Libby and as eAudio on Libby.
When a married-to-her-job bodyguard is assigned to a world-famous movie star, she learns she’ll need to pretend to be his girlfriend in order to protect him from an overzealous fan. This silly-sweet romance is full of laughs and heartfelt moments. This title is also available as an eBook on Libby and as eAudio on Libby.
When the son of a famous rockstar has his messy life exposed in the tabloids, he decides to find a normal, boring, fake boyfriend to clean up his image. But the fake relationship ends up being anything but boring in this laugh-out-loud novel full of snappy banter and multilayered characters. This title is also available as an eBook on Libby, as eAudio on Libby, as an eBook on Hoopla, and as eAudio on Hoopla.
A queer rom-com about a free-spirited social media astrologer who agrees to fake a relationship with an uptight actuary until New Year’s Eve. This title is also available as eBook on Libby, as eAudio on Libby and as eAudio on Hoopla.
After a terrible first impression at work, two emergency room doctors form a touching friendship through an exchange of letters. When Jacob agrees to donate a kidney to Bri’s brother and Bri in turn agrees to be Jacob’s fake date for a wedding, their friendship turns into something more in this emotionally deep, slow-burn romance. This title is also available as an eBook on Libby and as eAudio on Libby.
