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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 Katherine ‘Kitty’ Katt series. Read Touched by... 
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 himself. This... 
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 ago when... 
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... 
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,... 
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... 
