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Ruination!
Season 7 Episode 36
We're talking about the worst possible thing that can happen to a romance heroine today (it's always the heroines) -- ruination! Whether the hero did…
1 year, 4 months ago
Romance on the Run
Season 7 Episode 35
Yes, Sarah has a longtime fantasy of being on the lam, but let's be honest, she'd be caught reading a book in the nearest diner as soon as anyone got…
1 year, 4 months ago
RERUN: These Books Bang: The Sexiest Romance Novels
Season 7 Episode 35
Headphones in, y’all. We have sixty-nine (that’s right, 69, by pure unplanned luck!) recommendations for you this week — everything from bonkers to b…
1 year, 4 months ago
Getting Things Done (to them): Romance with Lists
Season 7 Episode 34
We're crossing off a classic romance novel structure this week -- the list! Whether life changing to-do lists, bucket lists, or lists for kinky explo…
1 year, 4 months ago
Spring 2025 New Releases: Teasing Your TBR
Season 7 Episode 33
It's our quarterly discoverabilibuddy episode! Get your TBR piles structurally sound and exercise that preorder clicking finger, because here are nea…
1 year, 4 months ago
RERUN: Jeannie Lin: Trailblazer
Season 7 Episode 32
Our Trailblazer episodes continue this week with Jeannie Lin, one of the first authors to write historical romance featuring Asian characters set in …
1 year, 4 months ago
RERUN: Butterfly Swords by Jeannie Lin: Some Real Hero Sh*t
Season 7 Episode 31
This week, we’re talking about one of our favorite historical romances, Jeannie Lin’s Butterfly Swords. This is one we’ve mentioned on previous episo…
1 year, 4 months ago
Everything We Know About Horses Comes From Romance
Season 7 Episode 32
This week, for some reason, we're talking about romance novels with horses in them! Do we know anything about horses? Of course not! Do we let that s…
1 year, 5 months ago
What I Did for a Duke: This Gentleman is Completely Composed of Revenge Molecules
Season 7 Episode 31
It's deep dive day here at Fated Mates and we're reading an absolute banger of a historical -- Julie Anne Long's fifth Pennyroyal Green book, What I …
1 year, 5 months ago
Romance Novels With a Ticking Clock
Season 7 Episode 30
This one's for those of you who've been asking us to talk more about craft on the podcast! We're talking romances with ticking clocks and clear time …
1 year, 5 months ago