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Lying Is My Love Language
  • Published: 28 July 2026
  • ISBN: 9781761359002
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $38.00
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Lying Is My Love Language

A debut Australian romantic comedy with the wittiest banter you’ll read all year – for readers of Emily Henry and Zoë Foster Blake

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28 July 2026
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28 July 2026
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28 July 2026
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A debut Australian romantic comedy with the wittiest banter you’ll read all year – for readers of Emily Henry and Zoë Foster Blake.

Telling the truth was never part of the plan. Neither was falling in love.

Jamie Hayes lies to keep things light and casual. It’s a foolproof formula full of strong cocktails and even stronger exit strategies.

That’s until she meets Luke at an outback wedding and discovers there’s one flaw in her strategy: he doesn't believe a word she says.

Devastatingly handsome and infuriatingly stubborn, Luke is completely immune to her city charm. So immune they end up in bed together. Twice. Their connection is electric, but it’s only a game. At least, that's what she tells herself . . . until they crash back into each other’s lives and she's forced to confront the one thing she's always avoided: the truth.

Now Jamie must decide whether she’ll keep running from anything real, or risk it all for something bigger than the life she curated. Because the man who sees through her lies might teach her how to love without them.
  • Published: 28 July 2026
  • ISBN: 9781761359002
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $38.00
Categories:

About the author

Olivia Simons

Olivia Simons is a writer from the Northern Rivers of New South Wales. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing from Macquarie University, where she interned with the Australian Society of Authors. She came of age on Avril Lavigne and Tumblr, wears ankle socks, refuses low-rise jeans, knows how to rotate a PDF, and has been repeatedly informed that eating too much avo toast is why she'll never get ahead in life. Lying Is My Love Language is her first novel. Find her at www.oliviasimons.com or on Instagram @oliviarasimons.
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Praise for Lying Is My Love Language

Fast paced and sparkling with wit, and will certainly put a fizz in your knickers. Made me proud to be a country girl.

Meg Bignell, author of THE ANGRY WOMEN'S CHOIR

I loved this book – I didn’t want it to end but couldn’t put it down. Lying Is My Love Language is a captivating love story set against a dramatic landscape. This hot mess meets cowboy rom-com is funny, sexy and full of world-class banter. This book will make you believe in true love and have you buying a ticket to visit the outback.

Steph Vizard, author of THE LOVE CONTRACT

The funniest Aussie rom-com I’ve read in years – fresh, witty and painfully relatable. I laughed, I swooned, and now I’m half tempted to mount a horse and chase an outback man.

Karina May, author of DUCK À L'ORANGE FOR BREAKFAST

Sharp, funny, clever. An utterly charming read I inhaled in one day. A total joy – warm, witty and wonderfully romantic.

Jessica Seaborn, author of ISN'T IT NICE WE BOTH HATE THE SAME THINGS