Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel People
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Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel People
The most listened to romance novel podcast, Fated Mates is co-hosted by bestselling author Sarah MacLean and romance critic Jen Prokop. Weekly episodes include romance novel read-alongs and lively discussions of the work of the genre, highlighting the romance novel as a powerful tool in fighting the...
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08.45: Judith McNaught's Perfect: Content Warning, the 90's
We’ve been talking about the end (almost end) of this one since we started the podcast, so it seemed high time we did a deep dive on it! Judith McNaug...
RERUN: S03.48: The Ted Lasso Episode: Is Roy Kent a Romance Hero?
Just revisiting an old fav as we approach season four of Ted Lasso.
S08:43: Romance with Magical Elements
The last few years have brought a wave of romances with magical elements—not really paranormal, not really witches, not really contemporary — books wh...
S08.42: Romance Reasons Meet Thriller Reasons with Anders de la Motte
Once upon a time, Sarah went to Sweden and met a thriller writer who likes talking about the rules of writing in genre as much as we do. We’re so exci...
S08.41: Country House Parties
It’s summer, so we’re talking Country House Parties! We’re skulking around, having scandalous meetings in cupboards, getting caught in the rain near t...
BONUS: Sports Romance Rerun + Jen Chats with Gina Prodan Kelly [FIXED]
F1! WNBA! NY Nicks! World Cup! We swear we're not turning into a sports podcast, but we did feel like it's a great time to rerun our most recent Sport...
S08.40: Summer 2026 Preview
We’re filling summer reading lists and making sure that you have plenty of beach reads ready for whatever your plans are! It’s hard to believe it’s Ju...
S08.39: Romance Birthday (Do Men Have Them?)
Is it our birthday? It is not! But who says you need to celebrate a birthday in real life to celebrate birthdays in romance novels? Not us! Today we’r...
S08.38: Seven Days In June by Tia Williams
We’re back with a deep dive on one of our favorite recent romances, Seven Days in June by Tia Williams! We talk about yearning in contemporaries, abou...
S08.37: Road Trips and a Chat With Mary Kay Andrews
This week, we’re visiting with Mary Kay Andrews, a longtime writer and certified badass who we adore for her WTAF Wednesdays and her delightful books....
S08.36: The Rain Fell in Torrents: Weather Is Genre
We’re celebrating the paperback release of These Summer Storms this week, and that means we’re talking about the weather! We talk about rain and snow...
RERUN: Trailblazer Loretta Chase
AH2's Historical Trailblazers Romance Collection is inspired by the Fated Mates Trailblazers series, so we thought it would be good to rerun each feat...
RERUN: Trailblazer KJ Charles
AH2's Historical Trailblazers Romance Collection is inspired by the Fated Mates Trailblazers series, so we thought it would be good to rerun each feat...
RERUN: Trailblazer Jeannie Lin
AH2's Historical Trailblazers Romance Collection is inspired by the Fated Mates Trailblazers series, so we thought it would be good to rerun each feat...
S08.35: Sad Boys Who Punch Things with Veronica Roth
This week, we’re joined by one of the greatest, Veronica Roth, whose new book, Seek the Traitor’s Son, features one of her most beloved of tropes: Sad...
RERUN: Trailblazer Beverly Jenkins
AH2's Historical Trailblazers Romance Collection is inspired by the Fated Mates Trailblazers series, so we thought it would be good to rerun each feat...
S08.34: Historical Romance with Ali Hazelwood and Adriana Herrera
We are thrilled to have two of our favorite people with us today to discuss one of our favorite genres! Ali Hazelwood and Adriana Herrera, the masterm...
S08.33: Ian Mackenzie is DTF: The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie
We’re deep diving into one of our favorite historicals from the 00s today — Jennifer Ashley’s The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie. It’s a great follow u...
S08.32: Paris Romance with Kate Clayborn
We Love Paris in the Springtime and we love Paris in The Paris Match by our very favorite, Kate Clayborn. Today, we’re talking about the City of Love...
S08.31: Trailblazer Ruby Dixon
This season, we’re expanding our traditional Trailblazer series to include the romance writers who are trailblazing today. Our first guest on this bra...
S08.30: Irredeemable Characters: Morality Chain Redux
By request, we’re talking about the characters who have been exiled from family, from community, and from themselves—the irredeemable characters in ro...
S08.29: Jen & Sarah Answer Your Burning Questions
As always when we’re together, today we’re answering listener questions! In here, we’re recommending sex lessons books, motorcycle romance, books set...
S08.28: Spring 2026 Preview
It’s time to fill those TBR piles again! April means the start of Spring and also another quarterly upcoming romance episode! We’re talking about roma...
S08.27: Romance Baby: Not the Secret Kind
It never fails to surprise us when we realize we’ve never talked about a really classic trope even now…eight years in. This week, we’re talking about...
S08.26: BALLET AND OPERA IN ROMANCE
Someone said something real stupid, and that means we get to hit back in the best way possible — with romance recommendations! Today we’re talking abo...
S08.25: Heated Rivalry Read-Alikes with Christopher Rice
Calling all Loons! You’ve heated and reheated the rivalry, and now it’s time for us to talk about what you should read between now and Season 2. We’re...
S08.24: Sincerely, Your Inconvenient Wife by Julia Wolf
Things are looking very wild out here in the real world so you deserve a deep dive on a book by an author with a big backlist and we are here to give...
S08.23: The Chemise Protects You From Boning: Romance Wardrobe
Continuing our series on Romance Vibes, we’re talking about Romance Wardrobe this week! We’re talking corsets and chemises, falls and Hessian boots, A...
S08.22: Chart Topping Songs and Their Perfect Romance Novel Pairings
Our old pal Billy Shakes told us that music is the food of love, and we’re taking that to heart this week! By request from Eric (who’s never requested...
S08.21: 🌹A Dozen Roses for Valentine’s Day🌹
This weekend, the world is celebrating the second most important romance holiday in February (see last week’s episode for the most important)—Valentin...
S08.20: Trailblazer Lisa Kleypas
It’s finally happened! In a perfect Derek Craven Day celebration, our Trailblazer conversations continue this week with thee Lisa Kleypas, historical...
S08.19: Ice Planet Barbarians
It’s a snowstorm, Jen’s from Chicago, and we’re feeling extra qualified to talk about Ice Planet Barbarians! It’s the book, and the series that took t...
S08.18: Shotgun Weddings with Jayne Ann Krentz
The brilliant Jayne Ann Krentz, romance trailblazer and royalty, joins us this week to talk about one of her favorite tropes--the shotgun wedding! We'...
S08.17: Setting New Year's Reading Resolutions
As it's the beginning of 2026, we're talking about how we think about our reading years. What kind of strategies does Jen use? How is Sarah attempting...
BONUS: Fated Mates All Stars talk Heated Rivalry
Sarah's still catching up, but Jen, Adriana Herrera, and Joanna Shupe have seen it and they have a lot to say.
S08.16: Winter 2026 Preview
Your discoverabilibuddies are back! It's a new year which means we're dropping our Winter 2026 reads episode, in which we talk about the million trill...
S08.15: Jen & Sarah's New Year's Milkin' Eve!
Another year, another chaotic New Year's episode, with one of our favorites, the Lauren half of Christina Lauren! Y'all. When we say headphones in, we...
RERUN: Here Comes Santa Claus
As per tradition, Eric's here to introduce a holiday episode rerun. Cheers! 🎅
S08.14: Terrific 2025 Romance Debuts
It's that time of year, when we highlight some of our favorite new voices in romance! This week, we're talking about eight new writers who are making...
S08:13 KJ Charles’s the Magpie Lord: We’re Gonna Get to the Tattoos
We’re so excited for our deep dive of KJ Charles’s The Magpie Lord, first in her magical, gothic series, A Charm of Magpies. We talk about the clear c...