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It’s the final day of Character Love Letters. I hope you’ve found new book boyfriends and best friends. Alpha Showdown will be back in May. So you won’t have too long to wait until we’re talking about our favorite characters again.
Today’s love letter comes from Julie at My 5 Monkeys. She’s caught up in the romance between the hero and heroine of Gini Koch’s... 
Ready to meet the next hero you should be swooning for? Today’s Character Love Letter has Christen from Goldilox and the Three Weres sharing her love for Aren from Sandy Williams’ Shadow Reader series.
Dear Aren,
We’ve never met but I feel like I know you and I’m certain I adore you. Don’t worry, I realize that McKenzie is the one for you and I’m content to admire you from afar. I’ve... 
If you read Jo’s review of Darynda Jones’ first Charley Davidson book First Grave on the Right, you know she loved it. The fun and snarky tone won her over, and she swooned hard for the hero Reyes. It only made sense to let her write him a Character Love Letter—one that wouldn’t step on Charley’s toes too much.
Dear Reyes,
I know we haven’t know each other very long (totally... 
Those YA heroes know how to bring us to our knees, so of course we have a few Character Love Letters to those younger book boyfriends. Laura from Little Read Riding Hood is about to convince us all of her love for Raffe from Susan Ee’s Angelfall.
Dearest Raffe,
When I first saw you, fighting with the other angels, I thought you are a god compared to them. I mean it took five of them to take you down!... 
I kicked myself for waiting so long to start Thea Harrison’s Elder Races series. Dragon Bound was an excellent read. The whole VBC team is on board with the series, and Candace got extra swoony for Khalil in her review of Oracle’s Moon. She’s not the only one. Courtney from Literary Escapism tapped Khalil as her book boyfriend for Character Love Letters. Who’s your favorite Elder... 
Happy Valentine’s Day! Today’s Character Love Letters post features a hero we’d heard about before, but only fell in love with this year: Ryodan from Karen Marie Moning’s Iced. Mandi from Smexy Books has called dibs. Read her letter below and decide if you want to fight her for a little alone time with her book boyfriend Ryodan.
Dear Ryodan,
I must start my love letter to you with... 
The VBC team has made no secret of our love for Terrible from Stacia Kane’s Downside Ghosts series. Tough guy with heart? So there. It was hard to let anyone else write about the guy who gives us a case of Terrible Fever, but if we took all the book boyfriends Character Love Letters would be a bit boring. We’ve entrusted Jennifer from The Book Nympho to do our man justice. You approve,... 
Did you really think we’d let February come and not get romantic? Please.
For the third year in a row, VBC is hosting the Character Love Letters event. We talked nine stellar authors into having their characters write love letters to one another. Better yet, we’re giving away their books, too. Just who agreed to participate? Check out the author schedule:
Feb. 4 – Chloe Neill
Feb. 6 – Nina...
