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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 patriarchy…with absolutely no kink shaming.

S03.20: Romance Families

73 hours 13 mins; December 23, 2020

The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn: Because everyone else is doing the Bridgertons

64 hours 18 mins; December 16, 2020

S03.18: Julie Garwood Interstitial: Damnit, Sara! (Not our Sarah!)

71 hours 58 mins; December 09, 2020

The Hating Game by Sally Thorne: Lucy! Obviously Danny didn't send the roses!

76 hours 50 mins; December 02, 2020

S03.16: Best Romance Novels of 2020

71 hours 50 mins; November 25, 2020

S03.15: Menage Romance Interstitial with Katee Robert

60 hours 50 mins; November 18, 2020

S03.14: Our 100th Episode! Fated Mates Live

115 hours 22 mins; November 11, 2020

S03.13: Fated States Author Recommendation Interstitial

97 hours 52 mins; November 04, 2020

The Immigrant Story and Joy in Romance with Adriana Herrera

75 hours 44 mins; October 28, 2020

Comfort Reads with Dani Lacey

66 hours 15 mins; October 21, 2020

Mafia Romance Interstitial with Nisha Sharma

87 hours 48 mins; October 14, 2020

Christina Lauren on FanFiction and Romance: Blissward is How it Should Be

69 hours 28 mins; October 07, 2020

Serving Pleasure by Alisha Rai: He didn't buy curtains, so frankly it's on him.

69 hours 20 mins; September 30, 2020

A Discussion with Julie Moody-Freeman from the Black Romance Podcast

50 mins; September 27, 2020

We Are Grateful For You - Freewheeling with Sarah & Jen

61 hours 50 mins; September 21, 2020

A Heart of Blood and Ashes by Milla Vane: Because Moon Reasons

96 hours 38 mins; September 16, 2020

Friends to Lovers Interstitial with Tracey Livesay: Handstand, Hammock, and Horse

66 hours 45 mins; September 09, 2020

Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James: Romance Has Gotten Hotter And I Think I Like It

85 hours 22 mins; September 02, 2020

Summer Reads: The "Sarah Was Right" Edition

59 mins; August 26, 2020

Season Three: Back on our Bullsh*t

49 mins; August 19, 2020

Representation of Trauma Survivors in Romance: Adriana Herrera and Jen Prokop

60 hours 52 mins; August 12, 2020

No Write Way With VE Schwab and Sarah MacLean

63 hours 35 mins; August 05, 2020

Fated Mates on the Deerfield Library Podcast

54 mins; July 29, 2020

Fated Tropes! A Live Episode with Learning the Tropes

94 hours 12 mins; July 22, 2020

Vivian Stephens' Acquisitions with librarian Steve Ammidown

80 hours 0 mins; July 15, 2020

Freewheeling with Kennedy Ryan

82 hours 16 mins; July 08, 2020

Daring & the Duke: It's Grace and Ewan Week!

68 hours 34 mins; July 01, 2020

Unusual Historicals: Freewheeling with Joanna Shupe

75 hours 10 mins; June 24, 2020

Audiobooks with Voice Actor Justine Eyre

82 hours 3 mins; June 17, 2020

A Kingdom of Dreams by Judith McNaught: A Romance Reader's Romance

90 hours 34 mins; June 10, 2020

Childhood Friends to Adult Lovers

67 hours 3 mins; June 03, 2020

Three Little Mistakes by Nikki Sloane: I Think About Kool Aid A Lot

73 hours 21 mins; May 27, 2020

Partner in Danger

66 hours 1 min; May 20, 2020

Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie: I wanna mash their faces together

72 hours 38 mins; May 13, 2020

Freewheeling with Sophie Jordan: The "Taking the Finger" Explainer Interstitial

66 hours 29 mins; May 06, 2020

Texas! Chase by Sandra Brown: The Original Sexclamation Point

84 hours 4 mins; April 29, 2020

Enemies to Lovers with Tasha Harrison

67 hours 35 mins; April 22, 2020

Taking the Heat by Victoria Dahl: Perfect Books are Perfect

64 hours 51 mins; April 15, 2020

Forced Proximity Romances with Christina Lauren

50 mins; April 08, 2020

Nobody's Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips: Grandma has her Shotgun

70 hours 48 mins; April 01, 2020

Health Care Workers in Romance

53 mins; March 25, 2020

“It’s Sinister, right?! - Devil's Bride by Stephanie Laurens

76 hours 14 mins; March 18, 2020

Sickbed Scenes in Romance with Kate Clayborn

31 mins; March 11, 2020

Women's Friendship in Romance Interstitial

58 mins; March 04, 2020

Asking For Trouble: Tessa Bailey is the Queen of Dirty Talk

58 mins; February 26, 2020

Quick and Dirty Romance

56 mins; February 19, 2020

Waking Up with the Duke: Lorraine Heath Breaks A Lot of Romance Rules

72 hours 50 mins; February 12, 2020

Sarah's on Deadline AMA

73 hours 5 mins; February 05, 2020

Old School Category Romance

80 hours 36 mins; January 29, 2020

Managed by Kristen Callihan: Scottie!!!

69 hours 13 mins; January 22, 2020

So You Want to Read a Historical

57 mins; January 15, 2020

Born in Ice: The One Where The Hero Smokes

84 hours 24 mins; January 08, 2020

Pegging Romance with Sierra Simone

70 hours 30 mins; January 01, 2020

Christmas Romance Novel Recommendations

43 mins; December 25, 2019

Romance Recommendations: Stump Jen & Sarah Part 2

64 hours 46 mins; December 18, 2019

Indigo: Ride the Beverly Jenkins Train

72 hours 3 mins; December 11, 2019

Best Romance Novels of 2019

77 hours 11 mins; December 04, 2019

Lord of Scoundrels: Reel or be Reeled

95 hours 34 mins; November 27, 2019

Romance Recommendations - Stump Jen and Sarah

72 hours 22 mins; November 20, 2019

Amnesia Romance Novels

72 hours 21 mins; November 13, 2019

Sierra Simone's Midwest: Priest

83 hours 30 mins; November 06, 2019

Competence & Careers in Romance

66 hours 5 mins; October 30, 2019

That's Spelled J-E-H-N: Dark Lover

85 hours 50 mins; October 23, 2019

Cinnamon Roll Heroes with Andie J Christopher

61 hours 7 mins; October 16, 2019

James Malory Gets Bangs: Gentle Rogue

71 hours 58 mins; October 09, 2019

Novellas with Alyssa Cole

62 hours 10 mins; October 02, 2019

Lisa Kleypas Does Spectacles Better than F. Scott Fitzgerald: Dreaming of You

83 hours 11 mins; September 25, 2019

The Alpha in Romance Novels

67 hours 58 mins; September 18, 2019

Welcome to Season Two

38 mins; September 11, 2019

Fated Wallflowers/Wicked Mates Crossover Episode!

63 hours 47 mins; September 04, 2019

Nine Minutes with Jen

9 mins; August 28, 2019

Nine Minutes with Jen

9 mins; August 27, 2019

Six Minutes with Sarah

5 mins; August 21, 2019

Six Minutes with Sarah

5 mins; August 20, 2019

I Don’t Know; She’s a Witch: Wicked Abyss

70 hours 23 mins; August 14, 2019

Antiheroes in Romance

58 mins; August 07, 2019

We Got to the Bag of Severed Heads! Shadow's Claim and Shadow's Seduction

61 hours 35 mins; July 31, 2019

This isn't a podcast; this is a Brazen and the Beast hype video

44 mins; July 24, 2019

Sexclamation Points! - The Player!

81 hours 0 mins; July 17, 2019

Royals Romance with Nana Malone

64 hours 9 mins; July 10, 2019

Was It as Good For You as it Was For Me? Sweet Ruin

116 hours 19 mins; July 03, 2019

Epistolary Romances

64 hours 10 mins; June 26, 2019

How Is She Even Able To Walk? - The Master

68 hours 7 mins; June 19, 2019

Romance in Space!

63 hours 39 mins; June 12, 2019

Thronos Should Get the Hell Over Himself: Dark Skye

97 hours 45 mins; June 05, 2019

13.5: Freewheeling with Sarah and Jen

86 hours 10 mins; May 22, 2019

Can Eastern Promises Viggo Mortensen Get It? - The Professional (Game Makers)

76 hours 12 mins; May 15, 2019

Small Town Romance

59 mins; May 08, 2019

Do Not Let the Lykae into the Yankee Candle Store - MacRieve

84 hours 30 mins; May 01, 2019

11.5: Sports Romance Interstitial

53 mins; April 24, 2019

Periods, Pizza, and Point of View: Another AMA with Jen & Sarah

48 mins; April 17, 2019

Woof. Hope Your Headphones Didn't Fall Out! - Lothaire

92 hours 21 mins; April 10, 2019

Fake Engagement Romance

41 mins; April 03, 2019

Declan Chase is Kinda Trying: Dreams of a Dark Warrior

96 hours 5 mins; March 27, 2019

Food Romance

42 mins; March 20, 2019

Torture Island!!! - Demon from the Dark

70 hours 16 mins; March 13, 2019

Gateways to Romance

50 mins; March 06, 2019

Triggering the Chastity Clause: Pleasure of a Dark Prince

92 hours 16 mins; February 27, 2019

Scotland Historical Romances

50 mins; February 20, 2019

Ghost Pepper Town: Warlord Wants Forever & Untouchable

72 hours 23 mins; February 13, 2019

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