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I adore Karina Cooper’s Dark Mission books. They’re dark paranormal romance. There’s magic and witches and government shenanigans. Oh, and lots of tension-fueled romance. The final book, One for the Wicked, comes out in April, but there will be a sexy, all-money-goes-to-charity novella called Wicked Lies releasing on March 5. It features Jonas (you’ll see him below) and gets him an appropriate happily... 
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... 
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 Races hero? My charming... 
I finally was able to meet Cynthia Eden last weekend at the Olde City, New Blood mini-convention. She’s delightful, and her love for paranormal romance—especially the alpha nature that is often inherent with vampires—was obvious. If you haven’t tried her The Fallen series yet (vampires and fallen angels), I suggest it. Read my review of Angel of Darkness for possible convincing. Or, better yet, take a... 
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 an apology. I didn’t... 
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, aye? Dear Terrible,... 
Need some sexy shifter action in your life? (Don’t we all?) Well, you might need to pick up Tiffany Allee’s latest Lycan Unleashed and get your fix. In the event you need a little convincing, Tiffany agreed to share this love letter from hero Mason to heroine Astrid. You better be ready to swoon, because we’re only halfway through Character Love Letters. Read to the end for your chance to win a $10 Amazon... 
We couldn’t let a Character Love Letters event go by without talking about at least one character of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series by J.R. Ward. While Zsadist still tops my list, Rehvenge is a close second. Though, based on the steamy letter below, Tori from Smexy Books may be just the girl to woo the vampire. My darling Rehv, When I first saw you at Zero Sum, your image burned itself into my brain... 
Lynsay Sands knows how to write a romance that readers get wrapped up in. Today we have a special treat in seeing this love letter from Anders to Valerie, the hero and heroine of her upcoming book Immortal Ever After. (Character Love Letters always brings the romance, though.) The latest Argeneau book will release on Feb. 26, though you can pre-order it now. If you’re not current with the vampire romance... 
Today’s Character Love Letter goes out to Alex Verus from Benedict Jacka’s series of the same name. Urban fantasy heroes bring the swoon, and Natassia from Literary Escapism is ready to claim Alex for herself. Alex, Do you remember the first time we met? Frankly, I don’t. Perhaps because I remember the first time I saw you—the Council sponsored mage’s ball at Canary Wharf. I was wearing a white feathered... 
