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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... 
The hero of Marlene Perez’s Strange Fates isn’t exactly your standard hero. So, he wasn’t willing to write a traditional love letter for Elizabeth in our Character Love Letters event. However, if you read on you’ll know what he believes in, and what to expect from the first Nyx Fortuna book, which releases on March 5.
Love? I don’t believe in love. I don’t believe in love at first sight, where... 
I’m all for a good best friend Character Love Letter. We had one to Atticus last week. Today, Ash from Smash Attack Reads tells Gin Blanco from Jennifer Estep’s Elemental Assassin series why they need to become friends. And it’s awesome.
Dear Gin:
You are my hero. You sauntered into my life and slapped me around with your awesomeness. Your moral code is so admirable and it is why you... 
In addition to keeping the lid on the existence of the Underworld Detection Agency and kicking Para—and sometimes just normal – butt, Sophie Lawson has to deal with the always inappropriate advances of lovesick (and completely lascivious) troll, Steve. He’s three feet of blue cheese and belly button smell with a portly belly, a soft downy coat of lichen, and hands that he just can’t keep to... 
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... 
At the very beginning of Character Love Letters 2013, we had author Chloe Neill share a love letter from Jeff to Fallon, both from her Chicagoland Vampires series. Then we asked readers to share a love letter to their favorite Chicagoland character. So many of you went with Jonah. We like ‘em smart and strong, so I’m not surprised. Jackie from Literary Escapism can’t resist his charm,... 
While most of our Character Love Letters are to book boyfriends, sometimes we have book best friends. That’s the case today. Kelly from Reading the Paranormal is down to be Atticus O’Sullivan’s bestie. And why not? The Druid is funny and clever and has an awesome dog. So many reasons to love.
If you haven’t started Kevin Hearne’s series, I suggest starting with Hounded. Now on... 
The Elemental Assassin series by Jennifer Estep may focus on the ass-kicking skills of heroine Gin Blanco, but that doesn’t mean readers won’t get a little romance fix, too. Carmel from Rabid Reads is all about Owen Grayson. Read her Character Love Letter to him below (potential spoilers if you’re not up to Widow’s Web).
Owen,
I’ll never forget that night at Northern Aggression a couple of weeks... 
Both Jo and I put Amanda Carlson’s debut Full Blooded on our Best of 2012 lists. It has that breakneck pacing I enjoy and more than one super sexy shifter. Put that in a nice urban fantasy landscape, and well, we’re fans. However, if you read the first book, you know Jess isn’t exactly the mushy type and Rourke and her have a bit of forced distance until we get more in the second book Hot... 
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... 
