Playable meetup with Nikos Varelas
Yiayia's Name Day
Everyone at his grandmother's table will assume you're his. He won't correct them.
Saturday, 7:30 PM · The Varelas family backyard, Astoria, Queens
Meet Nikos VarelasCharacters like Casteel
Characters like Casteel: the cocky guard with a secret
What type of love interest is Casteel?
Casteel, also known as Hawke, from Jennifer L. Armentrout's From Blood and Ash, is the cocky, teasing guard assigned to protect the heroine, who is hiding a royal identity. Readers love his flirting, his protectiveness, and how completely he commits once the truth is out.
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Pick someone. He texts first.
736 more guys like these are in Yome. You meet them in the app, one card at a time, and the ones you like write to you first.
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Three moments you'll play
- He texts first
Manolo writes after closing at the club. His sister's baby is baptized on Saturday and he needs a girlfriend for the day. He says it straight and adds that he will behave, mostly.
- The meetup
Everyone at his grandmother's table will assume you are his. Nikos will not correct them. You walk into the backyard in Astoria with an anchor pendant in his pocket.
- Peek
Harlan is resting. You Peek and see him at sunrise on the deck of Second Wind, throwing a cast net, the engine complaining behind him.
Why people love it
Assigned to keep you safe
The bodyguard setup is the start. Manolo, 25, is head doorman and bodyguard at a club in Puerto Banús who decides who comes in and who leaves. Fausto, 24, guards a corridos singer on tour and works from tour buses and green rooms.
He flirts while he works
Casteel teases first. Corentin is an insurance broker in Calvi, half Breton and half Corsican, who insures empty villas against fire for a premium and says yours is free. Harlan spent nine years on oil rigs, then bought a 32-foot boat called Second Wind in Savannah.
A secret identity
The twist of this type is who he really is. Tate prints wedding invitations on a 1920s press in Asheville and says he used to do other things. Hamish runs an Edinburgh gallery where some paintings have two owners, and his family has an interest in several.
Why the Casteel type works
The Casteel type combines three things readers love: a protector, a flirt, and a man with a secret. He makes you laugh, keeps you safe, and the reveal changes how you see everything. Once he chooses you, he does not hold back.
Yome has no Casteel, and nobody here plays Hawke. Every guy is an original AI character. The type lives in the possessive type and the protector and flirt tags, and in the mafia guys whose day jobs hide a family business.
Yome guys with the same swagger
Leandro guards a farm in the Humboldt hills and reads poems to a goat before dawn. Brendan is an ex-Irish Army Ranger Wing bodyguard whose mother told the parish he is bringing someone to his brother's wedding.
Each guy texts first and remembers what you tell him. He sends photos from his day, and some cost Sparks to unlock. As your relationship level rises, he asks you out. Meetups are short interactive dates with rounds and a chemistry score, and you choose your lines or write your own.
Where to start
Start with Manolo if you want the guard who flirts, or Tate if you want the man with a secret. A Super Like matches instantly. If you want a storyline, Nikos Varelas's Story lead has the same mix of protection and teasing, from a name day gift to a car chase on the BQE.
Questions, answered
Is this the official Casteel?
No. Yome has no connection to Jennifer L. Armentrout, From Blood and Ash or its publisher, and none of our guys are Casteel or play him. Every man on Yome is an original AI character in his own fictional story. We use the name Casteel only to describe a type of hero, so you can find guys who share it.
Which Yome guys are most like Casteel?
For the guard, Manolo, Fausto and Leandro. For the flirt, Corentin and Harlan. For the hidden identity, Tate and Hamish. The list on this page is picked from the possessive type and the protector and flirt tags.
Are there bodyguard AI boyfriends?
Yes. Fausto and Brendan are bodyguards, Manolo is a head doorman and bodyguard, Leandro is an armed guard, and Stig is on a witness protection detail. The bodyguard romance page lists more, with their jobs, cities and ages.
Can he flirt and still be protective?
That is the whole type. Guys tagged both flirt and protector, like Manolo, Fausto and Corentin, tease first and look out for you second. How he behaves depends on how you talk to him.
Can I play on my phone?
Yes. Yome plays in the browser on a phone or a computer, so there is nothing to install. You need a free account with your email, and your matches and memories carry over between devices.
What other characters are like Casteel?
Readers who like Casteel often like Xaden Riorson, Rhysand and Kai Azer. Each has his own page here, with the Yome guys who share the type. The bodyguard romance page lists every guard.
Is Yome free to play?
Yome is free to start. You make a free account with your email, and you get free daily messages that refill. Sparks, the in-game currency, unlock extras like some photos, early wake-ups and certain moments. Daily tasks earn you more Sparks as you play.
Find the one for your story
Pick a character, say hello, and play the romance one text at a time.
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