Romance Authors Dish on Which Hot Celebrity Men Inspire Their Writing

Christina Lauren is the combined pen name of longtime writing partners/besties/soulmates/brain twins Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, the New York Times, USA Today, and No. 1 international bestselling authors of the Beautiful Bastard and Wild Seasons series, Sublime, and The House (out Oct. 6). Their latest book, Dark Wild Night, just published Sept. 15. You can find them online on their official website, Facebook, Twitter, and at XOXO After Dark.

We rarely look at a celebrity and say, "Whoa, that dude is 100 percent [fill in the blank for current male protagonist]," but we do find inspiration from the bounty of pretties that fill our Tumblr dashboard. (Honestly, may God and Beyoncé bless Tumblr.) Tumblr is like pizza delivery but with hot guys instead of carbs and on the Internet instead of your actual house.

Which . . . let's be real, is probably for the best.

So here goes our list of Dudes That Definitely Inspire Us to Write Sexy Stuff.