25 More Sapphic Fake Dating Romance Books to Add to Your TBR

Once you’ve worked through the core sapphic fake-dating reading path, these 25 additional titles expand the list even further, spanning small-town rom-coms, holiday specials, YA, and steamier indie reads currently available on Amazon. Star ratings below are pulled directly from Amazon at the time of writing, so treat the ones with only a handful of reviews as early indicators rather than settled verdicts.

1. Fake Dating My Ex’s Sister by Aurora North

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 / 5 (152 ratings)

When an old breakup and a brand-new pretend romance collide inside the same family, the small-town gossip mill gets a serious workout. North keeps the tension anchored in real unfinished business between exes rather than just surface-level fake-dating hijinks.

2. The Good Act (The Vesper Island Series) by Reese Tierney

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 / 5 (6 ratings)

The second island-set installment leans on the same performance-under-scrutiny setup that made the series opener work, with a small-town cast who all seem to have an opinion about the “couple.” Best read after book one, The Lucky Cast, for full context.

3. More Like Enemigas: A Sapphic Rivals to Lovers Wedding Romance by Stephanie Hope

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 / 5 (24 ratings)

A wedding-season setting stacks rivals-to-lovers friction on top of the fake-dating premise, giving both women plenty of reasons to bicker before either admits what’s really going on.

4. Until You Say Stay: A Small Town, Fake Dating Romance (The Midnight Men)

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 / 5 (1.3K ratings)

The second entry in a long-running small-town series leans cozy rather than chaotic, with the pretend relationship easing into something real against a backdrop of familiar side characters.

5. Ignite: A Fake Dating Christmas Romance (Hearts Aflame) by Paige Blanchet

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 / 5 (52 ratings)

The opener to a five-book holiday collection sets its fake-dating premise against a Christmas backdrop and keeps the heat on the sweeter end of the scale.

6. Fake Cover: A Celebrity Fake Dating Sapphic Romance by Mónica Benítez

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 / 5 (7 ratings)

A celebrity-and-publicity spin on the trope, with a manufactured relationship that has to survive tabloid attention before either woman can trust that what she’s feeling is real.

7. The Wedding Date Mistake: A Sapphic Fake-Dating Romantic Comedy by Juliet Henderson

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 / 5 (1 ratings)

A lighter, rom-com-leaning riff on the classic wedding-date mix-up, best suited to readers who want low-stakes banter over heavy drama. It’s a newer release, so the rating above reflects only a small handful of early reviews.

8. Plus One for Every Wedding: A Sapphic Fake Dating Romance by Luna Vire

★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 / 5 (5 ratings)

One recurring plus-one arrangement gets stretched across an entire wedding season, giving the couple repeated, escalating chances to slip out of character.

9. The Girl I Pretended to Date (Alder Grove Romance) by Elise J. Chapman

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 / 5 (11 ratings)

The series opener sets up a single pretend relationship with consequences that ripple through the rest of the small-town cast, so it’s worth starting from book one.

10. Rules for Fake Girlfriends by Raegan Revord

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 / 5 (154 ratings)

Built around an actual rulebook for faking a relationship, this one gets good mileage out of watching the characters break their own rules one by one.

11. Playing Pretend: A Steamy Sapphic Fake Dating Romance by Aurora North

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 / 5 (10 ratings)

A faster-burn, steamier entry from one of the trope’s most prolific current authors, trading the slow reveal for a much quicker spark.

12. Fake Dating my Lesbian Best Friend by Janessa Quinn

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 / 5 (18 ratings)

A friends-to-lovers spin where the pretend relationship is layered on top of an existing friendship, raising the stakes since there’s a real bond to lose if it goes wrong.

13. Fake Wife, Real Heat: A Steamy Sapphic Fake Dating Romance by Aurora North

★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 / 5 (1 ratings)

A marriage-adjacent premise pushes this one toward the higher end of the spice scale, with the fake-wife arrangement collapsing fast once real feelings show up.

14. Her Pretend Girlfriend (Smutty & Sapphic FF Bundle) by Maggie Berry

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 / 5 (6 ratings)

Part of a themed short-story collection, this shorter entry trades slow-burn pacing for a quicker, steamier payoff.

15. Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 / 5 (5.4K ratings)

One of the genre’s most-recommended crossover hits, this astrology-flavored favorite pairs a skeptic and a believer in a fake relationship that becomes the backbone of an entire connected series.

16. Lake Life: A Fake-Dating Romance about Small Town Activism by Tanya Boteju

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 / 5 (3 ratings)

A YA read that pairs the fake-dating setup with community organizing and small-town politics, keeping the romance sweet and the focus on identity and belonging rather than heat.

17. Just Might Work: A Fake Dating Romance by Katia Rose

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 / 5 (560 ratings)

A well-reviewed, straightforward take on the trope built around classic forced-proximity beats, popular enough to have built a substantial reader following.

18. Fake It ‘Til You Make It: The Complete Sapphic Fake Relationship Collection by Natasha West

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 / 5 (10 ratings)

An anthology-style collection for readers who want several fake-dating stories in one volume, and a low-commitment way to sample West’s take on the trope.

19. Fake Dating by Georgia Grey

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.7 / 5 (14 ratings)

A no-frills, trope-forward title that does exactly what the name promises, best suited to readers who just want the classic setup without much embellishment.

20. Playing for Keeps by Alexandria Bellefleur

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 / 5 (359 ratings)

A follow-up from a favorite voice in sapphic rom-com, carrying over the same warmth and comic timing that made Written in the Stars a crossover hit.

21. The Study Date Disaster (Sweet Crushes) by Kelly Spano

★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 / 5 (1 ratings)

A campus-adjacent, lower-heat entry for readers who prefer sweeter romance, part of a short connected series that’s easy to binge in order.

22. Fake Dates and Past Mistakes: A Sapphic Fake Dating Thanksgiving Romance (Birchwood Heights Holidays) by Claerie Kavanaugh

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.0 / 5 (2 ratings)

A Thanksgiving-set entry in a long-running holiday series, with mixed early reader feedback so far.

23. Her Terms of Surrender: An Ice Queen and Fake Dating Sapphic Romance by Sophie Duke

★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 / 5 (1 ratings)

An ice-queen-thaws pairing layered on top of the pretend-relationship setup, for readers who like their fake dating with a side of frost that slowly melts.

24. The Supermodel’s Fake Girlfriend (Lesbian Bodyguard Series) by Raina Kaufman

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 / 5 (38 ratings)

A bodyguard-and-celebrity dynamic adds a protection-detail twist to the trope, with professional closeness giving the ruse an extra layer of tension.

25. Back to Me: A Fake Dating RomCom (Quiblings) by Katie Duggan

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 / 5 (129 ratings)

A family-series entry built around banter-heavy fake dating, best enjoyed as part of the wider Quiblings series for readers who like a returning cast of characters.

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