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From VBC: If you’ve started Anne Bishop’s Black Jewels series, you’ve been be spelled by Daemon. In today’s character love letter, Smexy’s Sidekick unveils what it could mean to have Daemon’s full focus turned on her. Enticing, no? My Darling Daemon, Even though you have forsaken all for Janelle, to the point of obliterating all those who seek to separate you from her, I find myself unable to let you go.... 
From VBC: When I interviewed Kevin Hearne, I asked if he knew the hero of his urban fantasy series would be seen as a hottie. It certainly wasn’t his intention, but as this character love letter shows, I’m not alone in recognizing the swoon-factor of the 2,100-year-old druid Atticus O’Sullivan. Dear Atticus, I first experienced your hotness when I saw you on the cover of Hounded, sword on your back, curls... 
Lauren Dane consistently brings the awesome. This is no surprise to, really, anyone in the romance community. I particularly loved her new paranormal Bound by Magick series. The first book Heart of Darkness cleverly treated the bonding of two magic users as though they were werewolves meeting for the first time. Always human, but still very primal. Rather brilliant, really. I had to know what she has in... 
From VBC: It’s hard not like a ruthless and devoted Viking vampire. Just ask Fiktshun, who wrote the Character Love Letter to him. Like me she can’t help but want Sookie to always pick Eric over Bill in Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse series. Plus, he’s a hottie to the point the closest they could get to play him on TV was the jaw-droppingly delicious Alexander Skarsgard. Read on to find out just why... 
Delilah S. Dawson’s forthcoming novel Wicked as They Come (pre-order for March 27 release) brings the sexy while merging steampunk and paranormal romance. We’ve got a heroine, Tish Everett, transported to a surreal world where a charming (and fanged!) proprietor of a magical traveling circus has been waiting for her. As part of our month-long Character Love Letters series, we have his letter to her. Dear... 
From VBC: It’s Valentine’s Day, and since my favorite book boyfriend is Zsadist, we’re talking about him today. I like ’em broody and conflicted. Out of the kindness of my heart (and my woefully full schedule), I agreed to let Louise borrow Zsadist for the day in the name of Character Love Letters. In her love letter to the scarred Black Dagger Brotherhood member, she’ll remind you why he’s a constant... 
Did you really think I could have an event like this without a fun giveaway, too? With two weeks of Character Love Letters under our belts, and two more to go, it’s time for your chance to write your own letter to the book boyfriend of your choosing. Doing so may win you two books and new jewelry. Maybe you’re swooning over one of the guys we are — Barrons or Rehvenge, perhaps? Or maybe like Terrible from... 
From VBC: Like we could have a Character Love Letters feature and not write to the champion of our Alpha Showdown? Pssh! Bells says what we all think to Barrons in the letter below. She tells him he’s an arrogant jerk, but we love him for it. Remember why you wanted to say his name by reading her letter to Jericho Z. Barrons. Dear Barrons, Let me start this letter off by saying… you rock my world! I knew... 
Note: We’ll have letters to four characters from J.R. Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhood series by the end of Character Love Letters. Rehvenge was on Monday and Kelly — excuse me Khelly — solicited shirtless photos from the sympath. Today, Synde barters with Vishous on wax color and inflates the Brother’s ego a bit more. She doesn’t say it, but we’re willing to bet she wouldn’t mind him coming up behind her... 
As you read yesterday, I loved Karen Mahoney’s latest novel The Wood Queen. The just-released-today novel has a love interest who can be incredibly sweet and gentlemanly. He can also be a bit infuriating at times. Xan is often shirtless. The letter below isn’t spoiler-y, so if you’ve yet to read The Iron Witch, you’re safe, too. Read on as Xan tries to be romantic and write Donna a love letter. Bonus:... 
