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Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel People — 410 episodes
S08.40: Summer 2026 Preview
S08.39: Romance Birthday (Do Men Have Them?)
S08.38: Seven Days In June by Tia Williams
S08.37: Road Trips and a Chat With Mary Kay Andrews
S08.36: The Rain Fell in Torrents: Weather Is Genre
RERUN: Trailblazer Loretta Chase
RERUN: Trailblazer KJ Charles
RERUN: Trailblazer Jeannie Lin
S08.35: Sad Boys Who Punch Things with Veronica Roth
S08.34: Historical Romance with Ali Hazelwood and Adriana Herrera
S08.33: Ian Mackenzie is DTF: The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie
S08.32: Paris Romance with Kate Clayborn
S08.31: Trailblazer Ruby Dixon
S08.30: Irredeemable Characters: Morality Chain Redux
S08.29: Jen & Sarah Answer Your Burning Questions
S08.28: Spring 2026 Preview
S08.27: Romance Baby: Not the Secret Kind
S08.26: Ballet and Opera in Romance
S08.25: Heated Rivalry Read-Alikes with Christopher Rice
S08.24: Sincerely, Your Inconvenient Wife by Julia Wolf
S08.23: The Chemise Protects You From Boning: Romance Wardrobe
S08.22: Chart Topping Songs and Their Perfect Romance Novel Pairings
S08.21: 🌹A Dozen Roses for Valentine’s Day🌹
S08.20: Trailblazer Lisa Kleypas
S08.19: Ice Planet Barbarians
S08.18: Shotgun Weddings with Jayne Ann Krentz
S08.17: Setting New Year's Reading Resolutions
BONUS: Fated Mates All Stars talk Heated Rivalry
S08.16: Winter 2026 Preview
S08.15: Jen & Sarah's New Year's Milkin' Eve!
S08.14: Terrific 2025 Romance Debuts
S08:13 KJ Charles’s The Magpie Lord: We’re Gonna Get to the Tattoos
S08.12: Fantastic Romance Series
S08.11: Holiday Romance 2025
S08.10: The Best Romance Novels of 2025
S08.09: Our Favorite Romance Microtropes
S08.08: Romance Short Stories and the Ladies in Waiting Anthology
S08.07: Romance Demons: Problématique (Italics)
S08.06: Gorilla Twins! The Earl Takes All by Lorraine Heath
S08.05: Governesses with Louisa Darling
S08.04 We love you Chicago, DC and LA
08.03: Fall 2025 Preview
S08.02: Feminism in Romance with Adriana Herrera
S08.01: Cold Open: Craft, Criticism, and Summer Vacation
Between Seasons Palate Cleanser: Fated Mates Live St. Louis!
07.49: Season Seven Ends Not With a Bang, but With a Kombucha Girl
S07.48: Con Artists & Criminals With Joanna Shupe
S07.47: Bodyguards
07.46: Natural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
S07.45: Reading Down Under: Australian Romance Novelists
S07.44: Relentless Competence & Fixers in Romance
07.43: Trailblazer Pamela Sanderson
S07.42: Jen & Sarah and These Summer Storms
S07.41: Audiobooks with Julia Whelan
S07.40: Hot 2025 Summer Reads
S07.39: Dysfunctional Families (The Fun Kind)
S07.38: Second Chance Romance Redux
S07.37: Run Posy Run by Cate C. Wells
S07.36: Celebrity + Normie Romance
S07.35: On the Shelf with Spinsters and Wallflowers
S07.34: The Third Act Break-Up (Complimentary)
S07.33: Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid
S07.32: Ruination!
S07.31: Romance on the Run
S07.30: Getting Things Done (to them): Romance with Lists
S07.29: Spring 2025 New Releases: Teasing Your TBR
S07.28: Everything We Know About Horses Comes From Romance
S07.27: What I Did for a Duke: This Gentleman is Completely Composed of Revenge Molecules
S07.26: Romance Novels With a Ticking Clock
S07.25: Sci-Fi Romance: There's No Book Banning in Space
S07.24: He's *NOT* a Billionaire
S07.23: Long Live Historicals!
S07.22: Adriana Herrera on the Power of Historical Romance: When We’re Up Against a Corner, Baby, Let’s Fight.
New York Public Library Best New Romance List
S07.21: Meet My Vibe Criteria: V.E. Schwab on writing, obsession, and romance outside of Romance
A Taste of Craven
S07.20 Tarot, Astrology, and Psychics in Romance
S07:19 Back in Time with Harlequin Blaze
S07:18 Winter 2025 New Releases: The Quarterly Edging Episode
S07.17: The Proposition by Judith Ivory
S07.16: Hear Me Out: New Year's Eve 2024
07.15: Holiday Romances for 2024: Put It in the Lilly Library
S07:14 Excellent 2024 Debut Romance Novels
S07:13 Getting Pearl Jammed: Romance After 40
S07:12 Bookstores and Booksellers
S07:11 Best Romance Novels of 2024
S07:10 Comfort Reads and Finding Solace in Romance
November 2024 Bantr+
S07:09 Mermaid Romance with Zoraida Córdova/Zoey Castile
S07:08 I Read Dead People: Ghosts, Morticians, and the Dead in Romance
S07:07 The Seven Deadly Sins: Let's Fire Up Wikipedia
S07:06 The Everything I Left Unsaid duology
S07.05: Some Light Kidnapping: Restraints are for Amateurs
S07.04 Trailblazer Meg Cabot
S07.03 Wife Guys in Romance: Just Look at Her!
S07.02 Fall 2024 New Releases
S07.01 The Magnificent (Season) Seven with Kate Clayborn and Adriana Herrera
Stop Book Banning 2024
S06.51: College Bound: New Adult Romance
S06.50: Daddy Issues (not the fun kind) with Christopher Rice
S06.49 Mafia Romance Reasons
S06.48: Wicked and the Wallflower: The Bareknuckle Bastards Begin
S06.47: Romance Novels with Paris 2024 Olympics Vibes
S06.46: Romance and The New York Times Best 100 Books List
S06.45: Our Favorite Episodes, Tropes we Love, and Books that Take the Finger
S06:44 Summer Romance Bingo Recommendations 2024
S06.43: Even Our Hiatus Is a 20 Minute Episode
S06.42: Witch Romances (are not just for Halloween)
S06:41: The Devil of Downtown (Yeah, He Is) by Joanna Shupe
S06.40: Siblings in Romance Novels
S06.39: Summer 2024 Reads
S06.38: Curvy Heroines #3: Curvy Girls Get Railed in Carriages, Too
S06.37: Weddings in Romance
S06.36: The Romance Matriarchy: Moms, Grandmothers, and Aunties
S06.35: All About Dukes (in Romance)
S06.34: Marriage in Trouble, the Mercury Retrograde of Romance Novels
S06.33: A Mug is a Mug until it's your Boyfriend: Sentient Object Romances
06.32: Secret Babies, Friends-to-Lovers and More — Books we love with tropes we don’t
06.31: Romance Novels and Film Adaptation with Yulin Kuang
S06:30: Preferential Treatment by Heather Guerre & Alpha Submissive Romance
S06.29: Beauty and the Beast Romance Retellings
S06.28: HEA or GTFO
S06.27: Enemies to Lovers
S06.26: Himbos in Romance: The Chris Hemsworth Prototype
S06.25: It's Romance Law!
S06.24: All Dukes are Roofers: Renovation Romance with Nikki Payne
S06.23: Casinos, Gaming Hells, and Clubs in Romance Novels
06.22: A Dish Best Served Hot by Natalie Caña
06.21: Derek Craven Day 2024 : Heroes who Yearn with Sanj
06.20: It's Romance Science!
S06.19: One Night Stands
S06.18: Firefighter Romance Novels
S06.17: Fresh Starts and New Beginnings in Romance Novels
S06.16: Happy New Year: Breeding Kink with Mila Finelli
06.15: Holiday Romances for 2023
06.14: Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison
06.13: Sarah & Jen are Taking Your Questions
06.12: Best Romance Novels of 2023
06.11: Rend by Roan Parrish & the Lift 4 Autism Auction
S06.10: Men in Fur: Aliens, Warlords, and Vikings
S06.09: Sports Romance with Jessica Luther
S06.08: Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale: Romance Math
S06.07: Happy Halloween: Devils in Romance Novels
S06.06: Trailblazer Nalini Singh
S06.05: Hot For Teacher with Special Guest Lauren Billings
S06.04: Sweater Weather: Romance Novels with Fall Vibes
S06.03: Excellent BIPOC Romance Novels for #23for23
S06.02: The Full Banana
S06.01: Trailblazer Jackie Collins
Season Six Starts This Week!
Hiatus: Sarah on Failure to Adapt
Hiatus: Jen and Sarah's Likewise Chat
Hiatus: Five Minute Firebird with Christina Lauren
S05.49: Knockout: #TommyGoBoom
05.48: Grumpy/Sunshine Romance: Exasperated Man™️
S05.47: Fairy Tale Retellings with Zoraida Córdova
S05.46: Fast, Incendiary, Burns: Romance Novels that Start with a Bang!
S05.45: Emotional Navy SEALs: Divorced Main Characters in Romance Novels
S05.44: New Romance Novels For Summer 2023
S05.43: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer with Christina and Lauren
S05.42: The Bride by Julie Garwood: A Primordial RomCom
S05.41 Worldbuilding in Romance Novels
S05.40: STEM Heroines in Romance Novels
S05.39: Trailblazer Mary Balogh
S05.38: Prologues & Epilogues in Romance
S05.37: Fated Mates Live
S05.36: The Best Kisses in Romance
S05.35: Trailblazer Loretta Chase
S05.34: Her Best Worst Mistake by Sarah Mayberry
S05.33: Bingeable Romance Series
S05.32: Runaway Brides in Romance
S05.31: Stealing Midnight by Tracy MacNish: A+ Fresh
S05.30: Christine Feehan: Trailblazer
S05.29: Spring Romance Recommendations: Sarah & Jen fill your TBR
S05.28: Women's Friendships in Romance with Sophie Jordan
S05.27: Teachers and Librarians in Romance
S05.26: Dueling in Romance with Chels: Duels are Never Having to Say You're Sorry
S05.25: Masquerades in Romance
S05.24: Technology in Romance
S05.23: Books We Wish We Could Read Again for the First Time
S05.22: Trailblazer K.J. Charles
Fated Mates Live!
S05.21: That's So (Derek) Craven
S05.20: Shifter Romance: Manimals!
S05.19: Homecoming Romance with Kate Clayborn
S05.18: Harlequin Category Romance Interstitial: The Romance Industrial Complex
S05.17: Catherine Coulter: Trailblazer
5.16: Snowed-In Romance
S05.15: Omegaversity: Class is Now in Session with Ali Hazelwood and Adriana Herrera
BONUS: Sarah's appearance on Failure To Adapt
Bonus: We Wish You a Merry Christmas...and a Happy New Year of Books
S05.14: Band Sinister by KJ Charles
S05.13: Here Comes Santa Claus
S05.12: Twinterstitial: Twins in Romance
S05.11: Best Romance Novels of 2022
S05.10: The Diamond Dogs Book Club: Romance Novel Recommendations for the Ted Lasso Cast
S05.09: Hold by Claire Kent: There is Nothing Soft in this Book
S05.08: Iris Johansen: Trailblazer
S05.07: Spooky Stuff! Halloween Romance
S05.06: Redemption Romance with Christopher Rice
Stop Book Banning: A Special Episode of Fated Mates
S05.05: Moonstruck: A Wolf Without a Foot Redux!
S05.04: What to Read If You Liked The Love Hypothesis...
S05.03: Marrying Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas: A Professional Driver on a Closed Course
S05.02: Romance Novel Beginnings: Starting With a Bang!
S05.01: Season Five! Romance World Domination!
Bonus! Fated Bosoms/Heaving Mates Crossover
Bonus! Fated Mates Live in Alexandria, VA
S04.49: Heartbreaker: Meet the Hell's Belles
S04.48: J. R. Ward: Trailblazer
S04.47: Antiheroines in Romance
S04.46: Two Girls, One Microphone, Headphones In: Sarah and Jen at Apollycon
S04.45: Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
S04.44: Daddy Romance
S04.43: [Sex on the] Beach Reads
S04.42: Brenda Jackson: Trailblazer
S04.41: Unputdownable Romance Novels
S04.40: Royalty Romance #2
S04.39: Superhero Romance with Barry Lyga
S04.38: These Books Bang: The Sexiest Romance Novels
S04.37: Groveling in Romance Novels
S04.36: Jude Deveraux: Trailblazer
S04.35: Butterfly Swords by Jeannie Lin: Some Real Hero Sh*t
S04.34: Celebrity Romance Novels
S04.33: Something About You by Julie James: Jack’s A Good Name For A Hero
S04:32: EE Ottoman: Trailblazer
S04.31: Vampire Romance Novels
S04.30: Her Night With the Duke by Diana Quincy
S04.29: Nora Roberts: Trailblazer
S04.28: Boss/Assistant Romance
S04.27: Nine Questions about Nine Rules
S04.26: Jeannie Lin: Trailblazer
S04.25: Waking Up Married" Romance
S04.24: The London Hale Oeuvre
S04.23: Fake Dating Romance
S04.22: Sarah J. Maas on Sailor Moon, Writing Sex and Second Books
S04.21: Sandra Kitt: Trailblazer
S04.20: "Break In Case of Emergency" Romance
S04.19: Passion by Lisa Valdez: The Romance Equivalent of "I Have an Extra Stomach for Dessert"
S04.18: Jayne Ann Krentz: Trailblazer
S04.17: Roy Kent Redux, Happy New Year!
04.16: (Short and) Sexy Christmas Recs
S04.15: Caressed by Ice by Nalini Singh
S04.14: Elda Minger: Trailblazer
S04.13: AMA with Questions from Piper Rayne
S04.12: The Men at Work Trilogy by Tiffany Reisz: Thanksgiving is a lot
S04.11: Vincent Virga: Trailblazer
S04.10: Beverly Jenkins: Trailblazer
S04.09: Best Romance Novels of 2021
S04.08: Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin
S04.07: A Conversation with Rare Book Dealer Rebecca Romney
S04.06: Monster Romance with Jenny Nordbak
S04.05: Radclyffe: Trailblazer
S04.04: Ravished by Amanda Quick: The difference between fossils and Fossils
S04.03: Secret Baby Interstitial
S04.02: Sandra Brown: Trailblazer
S04.01: Welcome to Season Four: Trailblazers and More
Fated Mates LIVE! Bombshell Launch Event
S03.54: Bombshell has Landed!
S03.53: Sports Romance with Farrah Rochon
S03.52: Assassins and Hitmen in Romance
S03.51: Mistresses, Courtesans, and Cheating in Romance with Adriana Herrera
S03.50: Unmasked by the Marquess by Cat Sebastian: a Perfect Modern Historical
S03.49: YA Romance Novels with Nicola Yoon
S03.48: The Ted Lasso Interstitial: Is Roy Kent a Romance Hero?
S03.47: Taboo Romance with Nikki Sloane
S03.46: Susan Elizabeth Phillips Interview
S03.45: Dark Romance: Monsters Need Love, Too.
S03.44: The Stage Dive Series by Kylie Scott: #HeroesWhoEat
S03.43: Writers in Romance with Tia Williams
S03.42: Fantasy Romance with Zoraida Córdova
Bonus: 99% Invisible Podcast on The Clinch
S03.41: Spy Romance with Nana Malone
S03.40: Tangled Lies by Anne Stuart - Who Flies in White Linen?!
S03.39: The Soulmate Equation & Trope Death Match with Christina Lauren
S03.38: Ravishing the Heiress by Sherry Thomas: She's Good
S03.37: Widows in Romance
S03.36: Whiteout by Adriana Anders: You and Me Against the World
S03.35: Second Chance Romance with Priscilla Oliveras
S03.34: Captain of All Pleasures by Kresley Cole: There's Only One Bunk
S03.33: Age Gap Romance
S03.32: You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria: A Textbook for Human Relationships
S03.31: Morality Chain Romance
S03.30: A Matter of Class by Mary Balogh: It's Grown Up!
S03.29: Your Romance Questions Answered
S03.28: What makes a Romance Novel a Romance Novel?
S03.27: Retellings in Romance Novels with Kate Clayborn
S03.26: What to Read if You Loved Bridgerton
S03.25: The Blackout Billionaires by Naima Simone: They actually do it in the foyer
S03.24: It's Derek Craven Day and We're Going Through Some Things
Bonus: Rerelease of Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas (2019)
Fated Tropes AMA!
S03.23: Curvy Heroines Redux
S03.22: For Real by Alexis Hall: Jen had to Google Some Things
S03.21: Prom Is Cancelled: A Chat with Sex Columnist Sophia Benoit
Jessa Kane New Year's Eve Extravaganza
Another AMA with Sarah and Jen
S03.20: Romance Families
S03.19: The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn: Because everyone else is doing the Bridgertons
S03.18: Julie Garwood Interstitial: Damnit, Sara! (Not our Sarah!)
S03.17: The Hating Game by Sally Thorne: Lucy! Obviously Danny didn't send the roses!
S03.16: Best Romance Novels of 2020
S03.15: Menage Romance with Katee Robert
S03.14: Our 100th Episode! Fated Mates Live
S03.13: Fated States Author Recommendations
S03.12: The Immigrant Story and Joy in Romance with Adriana Herrera
S03.11: Comfort Reads with Dani Lacey
S03.10: Mafia Romance Novels with Nisha Sharma
S03.09: Christina Lauren on FanFiction and Romance: Blissward is How it Should Be
S03.08: Serving Pleasure by Alisha Rai: He didn't buy curtains, so frankly it's on him.
S03.07: A Discussion with Julie Moody-Freeman from the Black Romance Podcast
S03.06: We Are Grateful For You - Freewheeling with Sarah & Jen
S03.05: A Heart of Blood and Ashes by Milla Vane: Because Moon Reasons
S03.04: Friends to Lovers Interstitial with Tracey Livesay: Handstand, Hammock, and Horse
S03.03: Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James: Romance Has Gotten Hotter And I Think I Like It
S03.02: Summer Reads: The "Sarah Was Right" Edition
S03.01: Season Three: Back on our Bullsh*t
Representation of Trauma Survivors in Romance: Adriana Herrera and Jen Prokop
No Write Way With VE Schwab and Sarah MacLean
Fated Mates on the Deerfield Library Podcast
Fated Tropes! A Live Episode with Learning the Tropes
S02.45: Vivian Stephens' Acquisitions with librarian Steve Ammidown
S02.44: Freewheeling with Kennedy Ryan
S02.43: Daring & the Duke: It's Grace and Ewan Week!
S02.42: Unusual Historicals: Freewheeling with Joanna Shupe
S02.41: Audiobooks with Voice Actor Justine Eyre
S02.40: A Kingdom of Dreams by Judith McNaught: A Romance Reader's Romance
S02.39: Childhood Friends to Adult Lovers
S02.38: Three Little Mistakes by Nikki Sloane: I Think About Kool Aid A Lot
S02.37: Partner in Danger
S02.36: Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie: I wanna mash their faces together.
S02.35: Freewheeling with Sophie Jordan: The "Taking the Finger" Explainer
S02.34: Texas! Chase by Sandra Brown: The Original Sexclamation Point
S02.33: Enemies to Lovers with Tasha Harrison
S02.32: Taking the Heat by Victoria Dahl: Perfect Books are Perfect
S02.31: Forced Proximity Romances with Christina Lauren
S02.30: Nobody's Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips : Grandma has her Shotgun
S02.29: Health Care Workers in Romance
S02.28: “It’s Sinister, right?! - Devil's Bride by Stephanie Laurens
S02.27: Sickbed Scenes in Romance with Kate Clayborn
S02.26: Women's Friendship in Romance
S02.25: Asking For Trouble: Tessa Bailey is the Queen of Dirty Talk
S02.24: Quick and Dirty Romance
S02.23: Waking Up with the Duke: Lorraine Heath Breaks A Lot of Romance Rules
S02.22: Sarah's on Deadline AMA
S02.21: Old School Category Romance
S02.20: Managed by Kristen Callihan: Scottie!!!
S02.19: So You Want to Read a Historical
S02.18: Born in Ice: The One Where the Hero Smokes
S02.17: Pegging Romance with Sierra Simone
S02.16: Christmas Romance Novel Recommendations
S02.15: Romance Recommendations: Stump Jen & Sarah Part 2
S02.14: Indigo: Ride the Beverly Jenkins Train
S02.13: Best Romance Novels of 2019
S02.12: Lord of Scoundrels: Reel or be Reeled
S02.11: Romance Recommendations: Stump Jen and Sarah
S02.10: Amnesia Romance Novels
S02.09: Sierra Simone's Midwest: Priest
S02.08: Competence & Careers in Romance
S02.07: That's Spelled J-E-H-N: Dark Lover
S02.06: Cinnamon Roll Heroes with Andie J Christopher
S02.05: James Malory Gets Bangs: Gentle Rogue
S02.04: Novellas with Alyssa Cole
S02.03: Lisa Kleypas Does Spectacles Better than F. Scott Fitzgerald: Dreaming of You
S02.02: The Alpha in Romance Novels
S02.01 Welcome to Season Two
Fated Wallflowers/Wicked Mates Crossover Episode!
Nine Minutes with Jen
Six Minutes with Sarah
19: I Don’t Know; She’s a Witch: Wicked Abyss
18.5 : Antiheroes in Romance: Interstitial
18: We Got to the Bag of Severed Heads! Shadow's Claim and Shadow's Seduction
17.5: This isn't a podcast; this is a Brazen and the Beast hype video
17: Sexclamation Points! - The Player!
16.5 : Royals Romance with Nana Malone
16: Was It as Good For You as it Was For Me? Sweet Ruin
15.5: Epistolary Romances
15: How Is She Even Able To Walk? - The Master
14.5: Space Romance - There Are No Wallflowers in Space!
14: Thronos Should Get the Hell Over Himself: Dark Skye
13.5: Freewheeling with Sarah and Jen: We’re Big Mad
13: Can Eastern Promises Viggo Mortensen Get It? - The Professional (Game Makers)
12.5: Small Town Romance
12: Do Not Let the Lykae into the Yankee Candle Store: MacRieve
11.5: Sports Romance with Jenny Nordbak
Periods, Pizza, and Point of View: Another AMA with Jen & Sarah
11: Woof. Hope Your Headphones Didn't Fall Out! - Lothaire
10.5: Fake Engagement Romance
10: Declan Chase is Kinda Trying: Dreams of a Dark Warrior
9.5: Food Romance
9: Torture Island!!! - Demon from the Dark
8.5: Gateways to Romance - Interstitial
8: Triggering the Chastity Clause: Pleasure of a Dark Prince
7.5: Scotland Historical Romances
7: Ghost Pepper Town: Warlord Wants Forever & Untouchable
6.5: Freewheeling with Joanna Shupe: Enemies to Lovers Romance
6: Reclaiming the Unlikeable Heroine: Kiss of a Demon King
5.5: Road Trip Romances
5: That Vessel Business: Dark Desires After Dusk
4.5: Curvy Heroines in Romance
4: A+, Would Risk Haunting: Dark Needs at Night's Edge
Horns, Claws, or Wolf Hologram: An AMA with Sarah & Jen
3.5: Holiday Romance
3: A Great Lay or All the Knowledge in the World: Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night
2.5: Brother's Best Friend Romances
2: The Best Led Zeppelin Song is by Pink Floyd: No Rest for the Wicked
1.5: Escort Romances
1: We're Gonna Come Back to Biting - A Hunger Like No Other
.5: Rock Star Romance
Intro: A Wolf Without A Foot