Find Your Perfect Match vol. 2

Wednesday 5 February 2020

This Valentine's Day, let the Books With Heart team give you the ultimate gift: hot celebrities and delicious books. You're welcome. 

Find your perfect book match by picking your perfect guy:

Jonathan Rhys Meyers – Wife After Wife by Olivia Hayfield

If you saw The Tudors series, you will know why no one else can be your date for this modern adaption of Henry VIII. Jonathan Rhys Meyers would make anyone lose their head!

Chris Evans – The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

We dare you to read this book and not fall for Joshua Templeman. He is the Chris Evans of romance novels.

Jason Momoa – Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

We want to drive straight into this photo. Jason Momoa is the perfect match for any tropical paradise - bring us an extra-large Mai Tai!

Sam Heughan – Fight or Flight by Samantha Young

An incredibly sexy Scotsman with a bad attitude and a surprisingly softer side? Say no more. We will just leave Sam Heughan here.

Alfred Enoch – The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary

There was two in the bed

And I rolled over and said

‘Oh hi Alfred Encoch.’

Colin Firth – Matters of the Heart by Fiona Palmer

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Colin Firth and Jane Austen go together like cheese and wine.

Adam Driver – You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle

We think we all deserve a leading man like Adam Driver. We want Marriage Story … but in reverse.

Ted Danson – The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village by Joanna Nell

Fact: Like a fine wine, Ted Danson aged perfectly.

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