The Girlfriend Lie

One fake girlfriend. One very real crush. And one cruise that could ruin everything.

Angie has a problem: she's fallen in love with a woman who insists they're nothing more than friends with benefits.

Teala is gorgeous, irresistible, and emotionally unavailable. Angie wants commitment. Teala wants to keep things casual. And despite knowing better, Angie keeps coming back for more.

Enter Nina, Angie's best friend, who's just been dumped after seven years and has a rather unusual favour to ask. Her parents have booked a month-long cruise to celebrate her relationship with her supposed girlfriend. There's just one little problem: the girlfriend doesn't exist.

Nina needs Angie to play the part.

Angie agrees for the free holiday—and because she has a plan. If Teala sees her happily coupled up with someone else, maybe she'll finally realise what she's been missing.

But between staged social media posts, suspicious parents, drunken kisses, and a cruise ship that suddenly feels much too small, Angie's carefully laid plans begin to unravel. Things get even messier when Teala unexpectedly joins the trip.

Now Angie has to navigate a fake relationship, a very real crush, and a woman who might be jealous after all. But jealousy isn't love, and getting someone to want you isn't the same as getting them to stay.

Can Angie stop playing games long enough to find out what Teala really wants? Or will her little girlfriend lie sink her chances at love before the ship even reaches port?

A steamy, laugh-out-loud sapphic romance about fake dating, messy feelings, and the terrifying business of wanting to be chosen.