This Time It’s Real by Ann Laing is an entertaining and gripping novel about a girl named Eliza. Having moved around a lot when she was younger due to her mom's job, Eliza did not have any close friends. When she is assigned to write an essay about her life she decides to make up a story about her non-existent love life. Unexpectedly her writing goes viral and now she is swarmed by people wondering who her boyfriend is.
Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter is a sweet high school rom-com that touches your heart from start to finish. In the book, you follow Liz, a high school senior who has been through more than most of her peers. When she was younger, her mother sadly passed away and left behind Liz and her father. One of the things Liz’s mother instilled in Liz was a love of movies, especially rom-coms. This leads to a bit of an obsession, and her appearing odd to most other students.
Twisted Lies is the final installment of the Twisted series by Ana Huang. Stella Alonso is a social media influencer with quite a few followers. However, with being famous comes some problems. Stella has a stalker, and as such needs protection. The man who owns the building she lives in, Christian Harper, agrees to pretend to be her fake boyfriend. In addition, Christian owns a business called Harper Security, making it so much easier to protect Stella.
Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating, by Adiba Jaigirdar, is a LGBTQ+ romance novel.When Hani comes out as bisexual to her school friends, they tell her that she can't be bi if she's only ever dated guys. To defend herself, Hani lies that she's actually dating a girl at school - Ishu. Ishu and Hani are opposites, but make a pact to pretend to date each other because it benefits them.
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood is a page turning romance that will have you begging for more. When Olive has to convince her best friend she is over her “ex” she kisses no other than the school's known jerk of a professor Adam Carlsen. With rumors spreading of a relationship both Adam and Olive find they could benefit from “dating”. But what will happen when a grumpy professor meets a ray of sunshine? Will feelings become involved or will they break things off when the timeline is up?
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is a contemporary YA romance written by Jenny Han. The story follows Lara Jean, a girl who hasn’t had much experience with romance but suddenly winds up in a fake relationship. Lara Jean wrote letters for every boy she had ever loved; they were meant just for her, but one day, they were mailed out.
