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Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel People

by Fated Mates

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.

100 episodes

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All Episodes

1

Ballet and Opera in Romance

1:38:54 Mar 18, 2026

2

Heated Rivalry Read-Alikes with Christopher Rice

1:44:08 Mar 11, 2026

3

Sincerely, Your Inconvenient Wife by Julia Wolf

1:41:55 Mar 4, 2026

4

The Chemise Protects You From Boning: Romance Wardrobe

1:28:20 Feb 25, 2026

5

Chart Topping Songs and Their Perfect Romance Novel Pairings

2:01:02 Feb 18, 2026

6

A Dozen Roses for Valentine’s Day

2:06:56 Feb 11, 2026

7

Trailblazer Lisa Kleypas

1:58:10 Feb 4, 2026

8

Ice Planet Barbarians

1:29:33 Jan 28, 2026

9

Shotgun Weddings with Jayne Ann Krentz

1:33:09 Jan 21, 2026

10

Setting New Year's Reading Resolutions

1:29:08 Jan 14, 2026

11

BONUS: Fated Mates All Stars talk Heated Rivalry

1:05:15 Jan 8, 2026

12

Winter 2026 Preview

2:00:36 Jan 7, 2026

13

Jen & Sarah's New Year's Milkin' Eve!

1:39:07 Dec 31, 2025

14

RERUN: Here Comes Santa Claus

1:00:49 Dec 24, 2025

15

Terrific 2025 Romance Debuts

1:53:14 Dec 17, 2025

16

KJ Charles’s The Magpie Lord: We’re Gonna Get to the Tattoos

1:44:04 Dec 10, 2025

17

Fantastic Romance Series

1:30:25 Dec 3, 2025

18

RERUN: Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid

1:34:10 Nov 28, 2025

19

Holiday Romance 2025

1:41:07 Nov 26, 2025

20

The Best Romance Novels of 2025

1:51:30 Nov 19, 2025

21

Our Favorite Romance Microtropes

1:27:03 Nov 12, 2025

22

Romance Short Stories and the Ladies in Waiting Anthology

2:10:01 Nov 5, 2025

23

RERUN: Spooky Stuff! Halloween Romance

1:04:42 Oct 31, 2025

24

Romance Demons: Problématique (Italics)

1:23:13 Oct 29, 2025

25

Gorilla Twins! The Earl Takes All by Lorraine Heath

1:22:44 Oct 22, 2025

26

Governesses with Louisa Darling

1:43:36 Oct 15, 2025

27

We love you Chicago, DC and LA

2:00:28 Oct 8, 2025

28

Fall 2025 Preview

1:51:54 Oct 1, 2025

29

Feminism in Romance with Adriana Herrera

1:53:18 Sep 24, 2025

30

Cold Open: Craft, Criticism, and Summer Vacation

1:40:17 Sep 17, 2025

31

RERUN: Daddy Romance

1:14:29 Sep 10, 2025

32

Between Seasons Palate Cleanser: Fated Mates Live St. Louis!

1:16:57 Sep 3, 2025

33

Season Seven Ends Not With a Bang, but With a Kombucha Girl

1:14:51 Aug 27, 2025

34

Con Artists & Criminals With Joanna Shupe

1:28:54 Aug 20, 2025

35

Bodyguards

1:30:23 Aug 13, 2025

36

Natural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

1:28:37 Aug 6, 2025

37

Reading Down Under: Australian Romance Novelists

1:38:37 Jul 29, 2025

38

Relentless Competence & Fixers in Romance

1:30:18 Jul 22, 2025

39

Sports Romance with Jessica Luther

1:23:54 Jul 19, 2025

40

Trailblazer Pamela Sanderson

1:36:44 Jul 15, 2025

41

Jen & Sarah and These Summer Storms

2:01:44 Jul 9, 2025

42

Audiobooks with Julia Whelan

2:18:10 Jul 2, 2025

43

Hot 2025 Summer Reads

1:59:36 Jun 26, 2025

44

Romance's Dysfunctional Families (The Fun Kind)

1:25:27 Jun 17, 2025

45

Second Chance Romance Redux

1:39:09 Jun 11, 2025

46

Run Posy Run by Cate C. Wells

2:42:26 Jun 4, 2025

47

Celebrity + Normie Romance

1:56:20 May 28, 2025

48

RERUN:[Sex on the] Beach Reads

1:06:52 May 21, 2025

49

On the Shelf with Spinsters and Wallflowers

1:20:10 May 14, 2025

50

The Third Act Break-Up (Complimentary)

1:28:12 May 7, 2025

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