S07:18 Winter 2025 New Releases: The Quarterly Edging Episode

We're toppling TBR piles and preorder lists today with our quarterly "Books we're excited to read" list! We're name-checking more than 50 romance novels we're looking forward to, and looking forward to hearing about the ones you're waiting for, too! If you're a romance novelist and have a book coming this year, please head over and fill out this Google form to let us know!If you want more Fated Mates in your life, please join our Patreon, which comes with an extremely busy and fun Discord community! Join other magnificent firebirds to hang out, talk romance, and be cool together in a private group full of excellent people. Learn more at patreon.com.The NotesLos Angeles, we are thinking of you. After our very silly firefighter episode, we chatted with magnificent firebird and wildland firefighter, Emma, who gave us the lay of the land as a woman firefighter. You can listen to that conversation on YouTube. Emma recommends the following resources: the Grassroots Wildland Firefighters account on Instagram, and you can make donations to the Wildland Firefighter Foundation. If you are looking for factual, reliable information, check out the website of the National Interagency Fire Center, inciweb is the national situation report with information from wildland firefighters. If you are looking to make donations to aid those impacted by the fires, we recommend World Central Kitchen, Baby2Baby, the Pasadena Humane Society, and Octavia’s Bookshelf which has details mutual aid collection efforts on their Instagram. The Ripped Bodice has free wifi and period products .If you have a 2025 release you have written or you are a reader looking forward to something this year, please use our handy form to submit books for upcoming episodes in spring, summer, and fall.For more Romantasy recs, follow Jen’s friend Gabriella Guava on Instagram.The BooksJanuary Empire of Temptation by Mila Finelli&nbsp;Beg, Borrow, or Steal by Sarah AdamsFlirting with Disaster by Naina Kumar&nbsp;Let’s Call a Truce by Amy Buchanan&nbsp;Book People by Jackie AshendenHis Girl Hollywood by Maureen Lee LenkerThe Relationship Mechanic by Karmen LeeShifting Gears by Jazz ForresterShe Doesn’t Have a Clue Jenny Elder MokeBetter than Friends by Jill ShalvisThe Naked Truth by Sandy Lowe&nbsp;Yin Yang Love Song by Lauren Kung JessenBest Mistake Ever by Christy McKellanFighting for Berlin by Katie ReusImmortal by Sue Lynn TanMalcolm by Margot Bond CollinsUnromance by Erin ConnorMy Inconvenient Duke by Loretta Chase3000 Reasons to Stay by Jaime P. BradleyStrike and Burn by Taylor HuttonInto the Woods by Jenny HolidayThe Duke’s Guide to Fake Courtship by Jade LeeThe Broposal by Sonora ReyesFebruaryA Tropical Rebel gets the Duke by Adriana HerreraDeep End by Ali HazelwoodNever Gamble Your Heart by Lindsay LoviseThe Mafia King’s Sister by P RayneFrenemies with Benefits by Synithia WilliamsUnloved by Peyton CorinneFirst Time Caller by BK BorrisonOn Screen and Off Again by Caitlin CrossI Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I’m Trapped in a Romcom by Kimberly LemmingWooing the Witch Queen by Stephanie BurgisNo Saint by Donna AlamThe Devils Charm by Megan FramptonThe Love Lyric by Kristina ForestBreak Point by Yahrah St. JohnLosing Sight by Tati RichardsonRebel Witch by Kristen CiccarelliMarchThe Trouble with Anna by Rachel GriffithsTake a Chance on Me by Elizabeth EulbertA Gentleman’s Gentleman by TJ AlexanderThe Shots You Take by Rachel ReidOne in a Million Beverly KendallAnd They Had a Great Fall by Shelby SavilleUnlikely Story by Ali Rosen&nbsp;Fan Service by Rosie DananThe Big Fix by Holly JamesJane and Dan at the End of the World by Colleen Oakley<a...