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Posted March 10, 2025 by Jana<\/a> in Top Ten Tuesday<\/a> \/ 16 Comments<\/a><\/p>\n

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Welcome to another TTT! This week\u2019s topic was submitted by Alice @ The Wallflower Digest and is: Books that Include\/Feature [insert your favorite theme or plot device here]. Examples include unreliable narrators, coming of age, darkness vs. light, time travel, metafiction, a specific romantic trope, good vs. evil. cliffhangers, flashbacks, plot twists, red herrings, loose ends, stories within stories, meet cutes, symbolism, etc. You know me, I love romance novels! I\u2019ve decided to share ten of my favorite romance novels featuring my favorite trope: the fauxmance. What\u2019s a fauxmance, you say? Fake romance! This means fake dating, fake engagement\/courtship, and fake marriage. You\u2019ll probably notice that some of these titles are frequently mentioned in my TTT lists, but that\u2019s because they\u2019re some of my favorite books of all time! Books with asterisks after them indicate that the romances are closed-door. Here we go!<\/p>\n

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The Unhoneymooners<\/a><\/strong> by Christina Lauren
A Week to be Wicked<\/a><\/strong> by Tessa Dare
I Temporarily Do<\/a><\/strong> by Ellie Cahill
Date Me Like You Mean It<\/a><\/strong> by R.S. Grey
The Love Hypothesis<\/a><\/strong> by Ali Hazelwood
Lovelight Farms<\/a><\/strong> by B.K. Borison
The Cheat Sheet<\/a><\/strong> by Sarah Adams*<\/strong>
Faking Christmas<\/a><\/strong> by Cindy Steel*<\/strong>
My Phony Valentine<\/a><\/strong> by Courtney Walsh*<\/strong>
First to Fall<\/a><\/strong> by Jenny B. Jones*<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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