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Hammered, Nailed & Drilled: Romancing the Tool
Description
As they say on the Discord, this year’s theme is…Themes! This week, we’re talking about hammers, nails, drills, pipes and more — literal characters who are wielding literal (and metaphorical) tools! We’re hopping in the wayback machine to talk about books from the 00s and early 10s, on a continuum of content from “oh this has a whole plot” to “here’s a great one-handed read.” We’ve got plumbers, blacksmiths, contractors and a sentient screwdriver…there is literally something here for everyone.
If you’d like to come over and talk about romances, with or without tools (jk, they all have tools), please join us on the Fated Mates Discord, where you’ll find a few thousand other listeners who love talking about these books we love. You also get one extra episode a month from us!
Fated States, our democratic phonebanking initiative begins this week! We’ll be calling Texas to get out the vote for James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa! There will be games, prizes and special guests! Learn more and register to phone bank with us at fatedmates.net/fatedstates.
Books
- Roller Girl by Vanessa North
- The Scoundrel Falls Hard by Sophie Jordan
- Under Construction by Kate Cole
- Laying Pipe by Kiki Clark
- The Carpenter by Ramona Gray
- Entwined by Kristen Callihan
- Caulky by KM Neuhold
- Hard Time by Cara McKenna
- Kate’s Crew by Jane Rylon
- Laid by Brill Harper
- Screwed by CD Reiss
Notes
- This Saturday, we’re calling Texas to get out the vote for James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa at 1pm eastern time! Learn more and register to phone bank with us at fatedmates.net/fatedstates.
- Some books about unions and unionizing: Make Room for Love by Darcy Liao, and the 1984 Harlequin American Romance was The Third Time by Rebecca Flanders. Our listener Sylvia suggested two others: Don’t Forget to Smile by Katherine Gillis Seidel and Here Be Dragons by Jenny Redford. These titles are also in the photo array above!
- We did have an episode about renovation romance with Nikki Payne back in season 6 and one on quick and dirty reads back in season 2. <