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Dueling in Romance with Chels: Duels are Never Having to Say You're Sorry
Season 5 Episode 30
Pistols at dawn, y’all! We’re talking about duels today — what they are, why they exist, who fights them, their rules and why they’re so darn sexy wh…
3 years, 5 months ago
S05.25: Masquerades in Romance
Season 5 Episode 29
We’re talking Masquerades! Is it the Phantom of the Opera? Is it Amadeus? Is it Jude Deveraux’s The Raider? We don’t know but man we love a masquerad…
3 years, 5 months ago
Technology in Romance
Season 5 Episode 28
It feels like you can’t turn around these days without stumbling into a story that’s a little unsettling about technology and how we’re all living ou…
3 years, 5 months ago
Books We Wish We Could Read Again for the First Time
Season 5 Episode 27
Every once in a while, we decide we’re going to do an episode about books we just really really really like. Books we want you to really really reall…
3 years, 6 months ago
Trailblazer K.J. Charles
Season 5 Episode 26
Today, we’re welcoming KJ Charles to Fated Mates for our next Trailblazer episode! Known for her work helping to bring queer historical romance to th…
3 years, 6 months ago
Fated Mates Live!
Season 5 Episode 25
It’s happening LIVE, in New York City! Join Jen, Sarah, and an absolutely fire lineup of special guests for a Fated Mates LIVE recording, in person, …
3 years, 6 months ago
That's So (Derek) Craven
Season 5 Episode 24
It’s Derek Craven Day 2023—empirically the best romance holiday of February—and we’re celebrating in traditional fashion by talking about why there a…
3 years, 6 months ago
Shifter Romance: Manimals!
Season 5 Episode 23
You’ve been asking for a shifter interstitial, and we like to give you what you want. Today, we’re talking manimals! We go back to the beginning and …
3 years, 6 months ago
Homecoming Romance with Kate Clayborn
Season 5 Episode 22
Seven-timer Kate Clayborn returns to the Fated Mates studio (lol, jk there is no studio) to talk about about going home again in romance and to celeb…
3 years, 7 months ago
Harlequin Category Romance Interstitial: The Romance Industrial Complex
Season 5 Episode 21
We don’t talk enough about category romances, and that is a big mistake. This week, we’re changing that — discussing the power of the category romanc…
3 years, 7 months ago