5 Best Fake Dating Books To Read After ‘To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before’
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Let’s just put it out there, we are never going to get over Lara Jean and Peter Kavinsky. This couple made us fall in love with the “fake dating” trope, and needless to say, we are grateful for it. With To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before celebrating its third anniversary this month, we cannot help but bring back the spark of “pretend relationships” and “fake dating” by reading books with a similar plotline.
These books are light-hearted and super fun to read. Plus, the main leads give you the kind of butterflies that is hard to get from the usual boy-meets-girl, boy-falls-for-girl books.
To honor our favorite movie adaptation, we have put together a list of some of the best fake dating books which you can read online.
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Before moving forward, we can’t help but mention that it is high time that we start saving trees by skipping paperbacks and instead downloading eBooks on Kindle devices. E-readers are not only more eco-friendly but they are super portable as well. Moreover, if you have an internet connection from reliable providers like Cox Communications, then downloading books becomes a piece of cake. Provided that you don’t have a subscription to this company’s internet plan, you can get it today by contacting the customer support agent of Cox en Español (for non-native speakers) and getting all the information regarding the installation process.
In this way, you will not only be having quality reading time but will also be saving the planet.
Without much further ado, let’s jump right into the list of the 5 best books with fake dating tropes you need to add to your TBR.
5. The Love Hypothesis By Ali Hazelwood
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Release Date: September 14, 2021
The Love Hypothesis is a cute, romantic, and comedic journey of Olive Smith as she tries to convince her best friend that she is well on her way to a happily ever after. However, in reality, Olive is hoping to get back with her ex. To make her friend believe, Olive kisses the first guy she sees. This sparks a rumor that she is dating the grumpy professor Adam (the stranger she kissed).
For their own personal gains and reasons, Olive and Adam decide to fake a relationship. But soon, the pretense starts to turn into something real.
The book is a slow burn that will give you plenty of swoon-worthy scenes and highly likable characters.
4. Dating Dr. Dil By Nisha Sharma
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Release Date: March 15, 2022
Fake dating? Check.
Hilarious family members? Check.
Enemies to lovers? Check, Check, Check!
Nothing can go wrong with a perfect blend of one of the most phenomenal tropes of all time in one book. This is enjoyable, relatable, and super fun to read as we get to meet our main character Kareena Mann, who hopes to achieve a love story like her parents. But she is not willing to do anything for it. Everything changes when her father announces that he is going to put her mother’s house on sale. Kareena is now faced with the challenge to find herself a fiancé if she wants to save the house.
But fate has something else planned for her. Kareena’s argument with Dr. Prem Verma, host of the Dr. Dil Show goes viral, leaving them both the only option for damage control as they decide to get into a fake relationship with each other.
3. Meet Cute Diary By Emery Lee
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Release Date: May 4, 2021
Noah Ramirez has the persona of being an expert on romance. He has all the stories on his blog to back it up. The Meet Cute Diary is his collection of all the romantic moments he has experienced in life. Noah’s blog gives his trans readers hope that someday, they will get to experience love, just like he does.
But here is a thing – all those stories are completely made up. However, when a troll exposes his blog as a work of pure fiction, Noah has no choice but to convince everyone that the stories are true.
Drew's timing could not be more perfect as he enters the life of Noah and agrees to fake-date him to save his blog. But what happens when Noah’s feelings begin to grow and he realizes that real life is far from fiction?
2. Fake It Till You Bake It By Jamie Wesley
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Release Date: June 21, 2022
Jada Townsend-Mathews is probably the most hated woman in America right now for rejecting a proposal on a reality dating show. After this disaster, she comes back home to lay low as she finds a job at the city’s newly opened cupcake bakery. Jada has to work for her uptight owner, Donovan Dell, who is a professional football player.
Faced with another troubled situation, Jada and Donovan decide to get into a fake relationship. They both hope to take advantage of this proposition as Donovan will be able to save his bakery and Jada can get back on people’s good books.
But there is one thing they both completely forget about, love has a reputation for showing its face in the most unexpected circumstances.
1. The Unhoneymooners By Christina Lauren
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Release Date: May 14, 2019
Olive has always been unlucky, whether it is in love or her career. On the other hand, her identical twin sister seems to have it all. And now that Ami is getting married to the love of her life, Olive cannot help but feel miserable about it. But it is only the 24 hours of the wedding that she has to tolerate until she goes back to her life.
And then there is Ethan, the bane of her existence and the best man at the wedding.
When everyone (including the bride and groom) at the wedding gets food poisoning, Olive and Ethan are only the ones left unaffected. As a result, they are offered to explore the all-expenses-paid honeymoon. All they have to do is tolerate each other.
What happens when her boss meets them on the honeymoon, and now Ethan and Olive have to pretend to be a married couple? In this fake marriage, love is just the ticking time bomb waiting to explode.
Well, there you have it. These are some of the best fake dating books you need to read if you loved “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before.” Comment down below the names of other fake dating books you know about because 2022 is all about collecting books with a pretend-relationship trope.
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