S09.01: Cloud Nine: Romance in the Sky
Nine seasons of talking about romance, and no signs of quitting! We’re starting a new season, full of much of our same old nonsense, now wit...
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Fated Mates - A Romance Novel Podcast
Fated Mates is a romance novel podcast co-hosted by author Sarah MacLean and critic Jen Prokop. Weekly episodes include romance novel read-alongs and discussions of the work of the genre, hi...
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RERUN: S06.10: Men in Fur: Aliens, Warlords, and Vikings
Today we're revisiting a 2023 episode. It's a fun one. While the episode is unchanged, we did spend a full hour of our morning updating the...
S08.49: A Rogue By Any Other Name
It’s the end of Season 8 (what! how!), and we usually celebrate the end of the season with a read along of Sarah’s new book, but since there...
S08.48: Long Live Historicals, Volume II
We are once again celebrating a wide swath of historical romances that are recently published and by authors we’ve not talked much about on...
S08.47: Romance Tattoo
We’re talking tattoos and body art this week! You might not have a tattoo, but odds are you’ve read a few thousand of them, as romance novel...
S08.46: Photographers in Romance
Why is photography so hot? We’re tackling this question this week, talking about why romance novels featuring photographers work so well and...
RERUN: S04.17: Roy Kent Redux
Show Notes Roy Kent screensaver video Diamond Dogs Book Club The Rest For even more info about this episode, and to explore everything Fated...
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! Jud...
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. Show Notes Diamond Dogs Book Club The Rest For even more info about this...
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...
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’...
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 r...
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 re...
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 belie...
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!...
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 contempora...
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 delight...
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...
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...
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...