Ashton is undeniably handsome. His striking blue eyes stare at you from under bushy, dark eyebrows in his Twitter profile picture, and he has finished off the whole look by cheekily biting his bottom lip. He is a teenage heartthrob, followed mostly by young girls on the social network, but like most teenage boys he only has one thing on his mind.
All Ashton cares about is promoting the digital sales of the young adult romance novel Just Friends by Billy Taylor.
"GIRLS U NEED TO READ THIS," wrote Ashton on 25 Jan, followed by a crying and heart emoji. Two days earlier, on 23 Jan, he said the same. The thought also appeared to be on his mind on 22, 20, 18, and 16 Jan. For months, Ashton has been posting the same tweet - and getting nearly a thousand retweets each time - about a 19-year-old author from Sheffield's self-published book.