Earlier this year, podcast Boobies & Noobies tweeted a thread promoting the real life couples she wanted to see immortalized in a romance novel.
A thread of REAL couples I need to see immortalized in romance novels before I die. 😍❤️ Starting with the obvious... Joshua Jackson & Jodie Turner-Smith. I'm sensing a boss/assistant romance. SHE's the boss. Clearly.
It started a beautiful thread of inspiration for romance novels we didn't know we needed.
So, let's check out some of the best couples and their respective plot lines that fans came up with!
Boobies & Noobies started it off with Joshua Jackson and Jodie Turner-Smith as a boss and assistant romance. Where she's the boss.
A thread of REAL couples I need to see immortalized in romance novels before I die. 😍❤️ Starting with the obvious... Joshua Jackson & Jodie Turner-Smith. I'm sensing a boss/assistant romance. SHE's the boss. Clearly.
Next up is Tom Holland and Zendaya as childhood friends reunited years later.
Tom Holland & Zendaya: Childhood friends reunited years later?
How about Emily Blunt as a single-mom falls for the sexy nerd next door, AKA John Krasinski?
John Krasinski & Emily Blunt: Single-mom falls for the sexy nerd next door.
And Alison Brie could be a celebrity blogger and activist. Dave Franco is her brother's blue collar bestie. And is set in...Boston!
Dave Franco & Alison Brie: Short couple FTW! Hear me out... She's a celebrity blogger & activist. He's her brother's blue collar bestie. I feel like it takes place in Boston.
Samira Wiley and Lauren Morelli would be roommates-to-friends-to-lovers.
Samira Wiley & Lauren Morelli: Roommates-to-friends-to-lovers. ❤️
How about Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton? They're presenters who met at a conference and he was just taken with her brilliance...You get the picture.
Oh and let's not forget Tom Hiddleston & Zawe Ashton. Gosh I love them... I'm thinking they're presenters who met at a conference and he was just sooooo taken with her brilliance...
Bobby Berk would be a pastry chef/candy maker and Dewey would be a bartender with a huge personality who enlists the hot guy who made amazing holiday candy for menu help.
@boobiespodcast Bobby Berk and Dewey Do Bobby is a shy, golden retriever pastry chef/candy maker and Dewey is a excitable cocktail bartender with a huge personality and looking for the *perfect* candy for a drink, he enlists the hot guy who made amazing holiday candy.
Matthew Rhys would own an antique shop and collect old clocks. Keri Russell would be very secretive about her past, and renting the flat above his shop. And it must be set in Wales!
@boobiespodcast Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys (LOL they already did the arranged marriage trope on The Americans!) He owns an antique shop and collects old clocks. She’s French, very secretive about her past, and renting the flat above his shop. Set in a small coastal village in Wales.
Melanie Lynskey would run a cute little inn somewhere in New Zealand and Jason Ritter would be an American businessman who gets stranded there. Match made in heaven!
@boobiespodcast Jason Ritter and Melanie Lynskey: she runs a cute little inn somewhere in New Zealand and he is an American businessman who gets stranded there, maybe?
Joe Manganiello and Sophia Vergara where she’s a high-powered CEO that inherits her mom’s badly behaved dog and he's he’s the sweet dog trainer she hires to help.
@boobiespodcast Joe Manganiello & Sophia Vergara - she’s a high-powered CEO that inherits her mom’s badly behaved dog, he’s the sweet himbo dog trainer she hires to fix it* *I’m low-key obsessed with how much he loves this little chihuahua they adopted
What about Kerry Washington and Nnamdi Asomugha? You can fill in your own storyline with this one!
@boobiespodcast These two beautiful and talented people!! Kerry Washington & Nnamdi Asomugha
And finally, Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka would have to be a "fluffy, sexy, low-angst comfort read."
@boobiespodcast Set up by their families, they decide to fake date to get them off their backs but it’s not fake for long. A fluffy, sexy, low-angst comfort read.
Which celebrity couples would you use as inspiration for a romance novel? And what would their story be? Let us know in the comments below!
As for these brilliant ideas, Julia Quinn, Helen Hoang, Talia Hibbert, and all you other amazing romance authors out there...Get writing!
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