The Fake Boyfriend Series by Eden Finley

by | Aug 2, 2026

Fake Dating in Sports Romance: Public vs. Private, Inverted Three Ways Checked against our FAKING IT Framework, what makes this trilogy worth studying isn’t which book nails every step best — it’s that each book puts the fake/real split in a different...

Him by Elle Kennedy & Sarina Bowen

by | Jul 29, 2026

What to Know Before You Read This is stressful to read, by design. This isn’t a low-angst comfort read, and the eventual “surprise blowjob after a shootout bet” scene that kicks off the relationship’s physical side lands with real weight rather...

The Deal by Elle Kennedy

by | Jul 28, 2026

What’s to Know Before You Read This reads very “new adult,” and that’s polarizing on purpose. Both hosts noted their own resistance to the college-set genre generally — Garrett’s off-campus frat-adjacent house, the general chaos of...