Reality TV Star/Cover Model: Here's Visual Proof That Gus Is Floribama's Fabio

Long before he was nibbling cheesecake off the floor and getting in bar fights at Newby's, Gus was — get ready for it — evoking his inner Fabio on the covers of romance novels.


The MTV Floribama Shore star (and his famously large coif) has covered dozens of steamy 50 Shades of Grey-esque books, inserting himself into the fantasies of romance readers — and Codi, for that matter. Throughout this week's episode, Gus' roommate took to one of his latest releases, Strip Me Bare, for a little bit statistics before making his move on Candace.


"Gus is on the cover of those raunchy-ass romance novels. Gus is a nice-looking guy, although nothing about him makes me wish to strip him bare," Codi confessed of the sensitive Southerner, just before launching into a rather, er, graphic reading. "I have to go to confession just right after reading this."


So do we, Codi. So do we.


Although that doesn't mean our curiosity about Gus' side gig wasn't piqued, so we rounded up a couple of of those man-candy book covers. Here they are for your viewing and swooning (and maybe even summer reading?) Pleasure:

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  Strip Me Bare by M. Never
  
  
  
  
  
  Why so serious, Gus? Oh. Maybe as the seductive main character of this novel goes by the pseudonym "Jack the Stripper."
  
  
  
  
  



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  Destroying the Biker by Cassie Alexandra
  
  
  
  
  
  The eighth installment in the author's biker series, this modern take on love and war boasts salty language, sexual situations as well as a sultry motorcyclist who finds himself the goal of a pretty lady assassin.
  
  
  
  
  



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  Dear Stepbrother, I Want You by Madison Faye
  
  
  
  
  
  The novel's titillating title says it all, doesn't it?
  
  
  
  
  



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  Fire in His Fury by Ruby Dixon
  
  
  
  
  
  Gus went all ThunderCat on us for the cover of this "post-apocalyptic dragon romance." Confession: We kinda like it.
  
  
  
  
  



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  Drawn to Him: A Romance Collection
  
  
  
  
  
  This compilation of eight novellas promises "all the book feels and angst you've been wanting." The ideal part? HEAs for everybody!
  
  
  
  
  



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  Addicted to Love by A.M. Myers
  
  
  
  
  
  In this good-girl-meets-bad boy book, Gus resembles nevertheless another irresistible biker (with a hint of rebel and heartbreaker) by the name of Chance Turner.
  
  
  
  
  



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  Stripped From You by M. Never
  
  
  
  
  
  Here, Gus reprises his cover role as "Jack the Stripper," a male whose world revolves around "endless nights and infinite women."
  
  
  
  
  

For even more Gus some days sans his shirt), catch MTV Floribama Shore any time it returns on Tuesday, June 19 at X/Xc!