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An angry couple are taking legal action after their engagement photo was used on the cover of soft porn e-book called 'A Gronking to Remember’.

The raunchy novella - a piece of fan faction available for $2.51 on Kindle - tells the tale of a housewife infatuated with American Football player Rob 'Gronk' Gronkowski.

Whenever his team, the New England Patriots, are in action the bored homemaker pleasures herself over his exploits.

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The peeved couple, from Ohio, US, say the picture on the front cover was used without their permission and are now suing the author of the racy read - who calls herself Lacey Noonan - as well as Apple, Amazon and Barnes & Noble who distributed the tome.

The e-book enjoyed some viral success following its release, around the time of the Superbowl.

Mr Gronkowski even read out some of the eye-watering lines during a press tour.

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One section reads: "I’ll never forget the first time I saw Gronk spike a football.

"The unrivaled power of his touchdown dance: ‘The Gronk.’

"It jettisoned jiggling ribbons of electric jelly through my body and melted my knees like two pads of margarine."

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But according to the Hollywood reporter, the couple's lawsuit slams the book as distasteful and "offensive".

"The use of the plaintiffs' image has held them up to ridicule and embarrassment,” it said.

"This outrageous connection has been further aggravated when the book with the plaintiffs' image has been reproduced in the media nationwide.

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"The book has been shown as a source of ribald humor on The Tonight Show and Jimmy Kimmel Live as well as being displayed and read before the press at media day for the Super Bowl."

It is unclear how the author came across photo in the first place.

A new cover has now started to appear online featuring a different couple.

The pair are asking the court to award “any profits derived from and attributable to” the unauthorized use, or $10,000, compensatory damages of $25,000, attorneys fees, court costs, expenses and treble damages, according to the Boston Globe.

The case has been transferred to federal court in Ohio.