Five of the best celebrity/normal person romance novels

Haruka Iwasaki is a writer and bookseller living in Brooklyn, NY. She writes personal essays about her Japanese American identity, grief and growing up in NYC. One essay has appeared in print this year in Oh Reader magazine.

At Lit Hub she tagged five favorite celebrity/normal person romance novels, including:

Jasmine Guillory, While We Were Dating

Sixth in Guillory’s The Wedding Date series, this romance is a stand alone book that’s a perfect introduction to the trope. Ben, a talented ad executive, pitches a huge campaign featuring a bona fide movie star, Anna, and charms her so much that when his company eventually lands the campaign, Anna makes sure that he is the lead on the project. Their light flirtation leads to something more; Anna reveals her celebrity-induced anxiety while Ben shares he has a long lost sister who wants to get in touch. There is a lovely running theme on the importance of mental health and therapy (I love a man who is in therapy!) When Anna has to deal with a family emergency, they decide to fake-date to help her public image which only leads them to get closer. When will they realize they are meant to be?

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--Marshal Zeringue