S07.23: Long Live Historicals!

Historicals are dead! Long live historicals! This week, we're talking about fourteen (and change) historical romances that we've never talked about before -- all published recently, some already this year. Every book we talk about is available right now for download and reading pleasure--and we have a stack of them ready to talk about in future episodes! We're so excited to be your discoverabilibuddies on this one! 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.Enter the Macmillan Audio sweepsteakes to win one of five free copies of the audiobook of Stephanie Burgis's Wooing the Witch Queen.Our next read along is Julie Anne Long's What I Did For a Duke, available in print, ebook, and audio at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Apple Books or wherever you get your books.The Books Lyon’s Lover Maggie SimsThe Sapphire Heiress by Ella LeonA Shore Thing by Joanna LowellThe Duke’s Bartered Mistress by Caroline LeeThe Villain by Victoria ValeExit, Pursued by a Baron by Aydra RichardsSeduced in a Storm By Royaline SingA Bloomy Head by J. Winifred ButterworthNever Woo the Wrong Lady by Charlie LaneDionysus in Wisconsin by EH LuptonAll About That Duke by Merry FarmerThe Wayward Duke by Katrina KendrickWhere Have All the Scoundrels Gone by Louisa DarlingWinnie West has an Agenda by Kat SterlingThe NotesCheck out Bookshop’s Black Romance List and you might want to use their new digital books app to read The Co-Op by Tarah DeWitt or any other eBook on a Boox Palma 2. Budleigh Salterton seems nice next time you’re going to England.A bike with a big front wheel is called a penny-farthing.Bicycle jousting sounds like that whole scene in Footloose. Endymion is a myth, a poem, and also a burly, grouchy Scot.Exit, Pursued by a Bear is a stage direction from a Winter’s Tale. SponsorsRien Gray, author of Double Exposure, available in print, ebook, or with your monthly subscription to Kindle Unlimited. Stephanie Rose, author of Just One Favor, available in print, ebook, audio, or with your monthly subscription to Kindle Unlimited. Stephanie Burgis, author of Wooing the Witch Queen, read by Amanda Leigh Cobb, available form Audible, Kobo, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Libro.fm, or wherever you get your audiobooks. Enter the Macmillan Audio sweepsteakes to win one of five free copies of the audiobook. Lumi Labs, creators of Lumi Gummies. Go to lumigummies.com and use code FATEDMATES for 30% off.The RestFor even more info about this episode, and to explore everything Fated Mates has to offer, visit: https://fatedmates.net/episodes/2025/2/13/0723-the-new-historicals If you wish you had six more days in a week of people talking about romance, may we suggest joining our Patreon? Aside from an additional episode every month you get access to our Discord, where other romance readers are talking about books they love (and many other things!) all the time. It’s so fun! Learn more about the Patreon and go join those cool people who love romance as much as you do at patreon.com/fatedmates. Beyond your favorite podcast app, you can find us on Instagram, Threads, Blue Sky, Tumblr, and probably some other places, too, if you look hard enough. If you've never listened to our Stop Book Banning episode, there's no better time than now. 00:00.000 Heavy is the DiscoverabilityBuddy Crown11:09.500 Upstairs Downstairs Reading14:37.500 The New Historicals18:56.000 AD: DOUBLE EXPOSURE21:03.000 Lyon's Lover27:38.000 The Sapphire Heiress33:15.000 AD: WOOING THE WITCH QUEEN35:50.000 A Shore Thing43:48.500 The Duke's Bartered Mistress49:36.500 AD: JUST ONE FAVOR51:31.500 The Villain59:14.000 Exit, Pursued by a Baron01:04:12.000 AD: LUMI GUMMIES01:06:30.500 Seduced in a Storm01:11:56.000 A Bloomy Head01:19:19.000 Never Woo the Wrong Lady01:27:07.500 Dionysus in Wisconsin01:32:52.000 All About that Duke01:40:48.000 The Wayward Duke01:45:59.500 Where Have all the Scoundrels Gone01:52:13.000 Winnie West Has an Agenda02:03:22.000 AD: WOOING THE WITCH QUEEN