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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... 
I’ve been a long-time fan of Jeaniene Frost’s books. I’ve been a fan of Bones since before Chapter 32. Then there was Vlad. I wasn’t smitten with him until Once Burned hit shelves last year, then I understood why he earned a spinoff series. However, VBC’s Candace has been in love with Vlad since he first stepped on page in the Night Huntress books. She’s dedicated to him. I had to let her write a... 
The Beast Lord Curran is the reigning champion of the Alpha Showdown (which returns in May), so it’s not surprising I had more than one blogger want to pen a love letter to him for Character Love Letters. Marcela from The Bookaholic Cat won out. Haven’t met the hero from Ilona Andrews’ Kate Daniels series? No worries, read on to discover why he’s worthy of your love. My Dear Curran, Since the moment I met... 
I love teen romance novels. The do-or-die of it all. And the kissing, which we’ve probably talked about here at VBC more than we should have. Today we have Nina Berry on the blog, author of the YA romance Othermoon. She shares Caleb’s love letter to Dez for Character Love Letters and, trust me, you’ll enjoy hearing the guy admit his love for her. As an added bonus, we have a copy of Othermoon to giveaway.... 
Throughout our Character Love Letters event you’ll see other readers publicly admitting their love for fictional characters. Today is the first of 2013’s fan letters. Jen from Red Hot Books professes her love for Tyler from Amanda Bonilla’s Shaede Assassin books. I love this series, too (though I swoon more for a certain arrogant royal…). You can check out the VBC review of the first book Shaedes of Gray... 
Our third post in the February series of character love letters comes from Loribelle Hunt. (You can still read the character love letters by Denise K. Rago and Laurie London.) Her paranormal romance novel Kiss of Darkness was released last month through Harlequin’s digital-only imprint Carina Press. A quick download of Hunt’s Kiss of Darkness had us wrapped up in a great love story. As we said in our... 
Today, we continue our series of character love letters. Laurie London’s vampire romance novel Bonded by Blood just hit shelves and it looks amazing. Abigail over at All Things Urban Fantasy — whose taste we trust — gave it a four-star review and said “If Twilight was written for girls, Bonded by Blood is written for women.” Yeah, that alone has it on our shopping list. Add to that the final paragraph of... 
It’s February and Valentine’s Day is around the corner. That means we want to get all romantic – OK, more than usual. As such, today is the first in a series of guest posts this month featuring character love letters. We asked paranormal romance authors to let their hero or heroine talk to their love in the old school fashion for us to read This first character love letter comes from author Denise K. Rago... 
