cover story vs pretense

cover story

noun
  • A fictitious account that is intended to hide one's real motive. 

  • A story included in a publication that is highlighted on the front cover. 

pretense

noun
  • Intention or purpose not real but professed. 

  • An insincere attempt to reach a specific condition or quality. 

  • A false or hypocritical profession 

  • An unsupported claim made or implied. 

How often have the words cover story and pretense occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )