Fated Mates
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Romance books for novel people.
Discover your next favorite romance novel: https://fatedmates.net
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Discover your next favorite romance novel: https://fatedmates.net
Follow us in your favorite podcast app: https://mf.fatedmates.net/listen
We named Jess K Hardy's LIPS LIKE SUGAR one of the best romances of 2024. You can get it for free right now. You *should* get it for free right now.
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Best Books 2019-2024 — Fated Mates: Romance Books for Novel People
The best romances as chosen by Sarah MacLean and Jennifer Prokop.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
We named Jess K Hardy's LIPS LIKE SUGAR one of the best romances of 2024. You can get it for free right now. You *should* get it for free right now.
📕🆓👉 amzn.to/3M191tb
📕🆓👉 amzn.to/3M191tb
If you listened to the Harlequin Blaze episode, but still haven't read one:
Marie Donovan's ROYALLY CLAIMED $1
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Devi Rawlin's ANYTHING GOES $1
amzn.to/4qVZaVA
Kathleen O'Reilly's SHAKEN AND STIRRED $1
amzn.to/4oBpfHZ
and SEX, STRAIGHT UP $2
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Marie Donovan's ROYALLY CLAIMED $1
amzn.to/3JX2uPL
Devi Rawlin's ANYTHING GOES $1
amzn.to/4qVZaVA
Kathleen O'Reilly's SHAKEN AND STIRRED $1
amzn.to/4oBpfHZ
and SEX, STRAIGHT UP $2
amzn.to/481eyHN
November 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
If you listened to the Harlequin Blaze episode, but still haven't read one:
Marie Donovan's ROYALLY CLAIMED $1
amzn.to/3JX2uPL
Devi Rawlin's ANYTHING GOES $1
amzn.to/4qVZaVA
Kathleen O'Reilly's SHAKEN AND STIRRED $1
amzn.to/4oBpfHZ
and SEX, STRAIGHT UP $2
amzn.to/481eyHN
Marie Donovan's ROYALLY CLAIMED $1
amzn.to/3JX2uPL
Devi Rawlin's ANYTHING GOES $1
amzn.to/4qVZaVA
Kathleen O'Reilly's SHAKEN AND STIRRED $1
amzn.to/4oBpfHZ
and SEX, STRAIGHT UP $2
amzn.to/481eyHN
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We've been improving the metadata on fatedmates.net, which should make search more useful. Every FM episode has its own page with extra info and all the books we discussed, so you should be able to search for a book or author you love and find lots more like it.
👉 fatedmates.net/searchfm
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November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
We've been improving the metadata on fatedmates.net, which should make search more useful. Every FM episode has its own page with extra info and all the books we discussed, so you should be able to search for a book or author you love and find lots more like it.
👉 fatedmates.net/searchfm
👉 fatedmates.net/searchfm
We're talking about our favorite microtropes in romance novels--the things that give us pure shots of joy. There's all sorts of stuff in here: contemporaries, historicals, paranormals, mafia, hockey, tattoos, piercings, kilts, families getting their comeuppance, and much much more.
Our Favorite Microtropes — Fated Mates: Romance Books for Novel People
We had a great week, and so we decided we all need nice things, which means it's time to just talk about the stuff we love in romance. We're talking about our favorite microtropes in romance novels--t...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
We're talking about our favorite microtropes in romance novels--the things that give us pure shots of joy. There's all sorts of stuff in here: contemporaries, historicals, paranormals, mafia, hockey, tattoos, piercings, kilts, families getting their comeuppance, and much much more.
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Follow us on Bookbub for discounts on books we've talked about on the podcast. We've added 764 titles so far, with lots more to come. www.bookbub.com/profile/2278...
November 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Follow us on Bookbub for discounts on books we've talked about on the podcast. We've added 764 titles so far, with lots more to come. www.bookbub.com/profile/2278...
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I love the second chance romance novel trope. I like seeing second chances in real life, too.
This @fatedmates.net episode from June 2025 explores second chance romance novels.
fatedmates.net/episodes/202...
#Romancelandia #BookSky #RomanceBookSky
This @fatedmates.net episode from June 2025 explores second chance romance novels.
fatedmates.net/episodes/202...
#Romancelandia #BookSky #RomanceBookSky
Second Chance Romance Redux — Fated Mates: Romance Books for Novel People
We're taking a second run at second chance romance this week, and while we intended to recommend a million books, we ended up talking about all the ways this trope really works and really doesn't work...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I love the second chance romance novel trope. I like seeing second chances in real life, too.
This @fatedmates.net episode from June 2025 explores second chance romance novels.
fatedmates.net/episodes/202...
#Romancelandia #BookSky #RomanceBookSky
This @fatedmates.net episode from June 2025 explores second chance romance novels.
fatedmates.net/episodes/202...
#Romancelandia #BookSky #RomanceBookSky
We've been improving the metadata on fatedmates.net, which should make search more useful. Every FM episode has its own page with extra info and all the books we discussed, so you should be able to search for a book or author you love and find lots more like it.
👉 fatedmates.net/searchfm
👉 fatedmates.net/searchfm
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
We've been improving the metadata on fatedmates.net, which should make search more useful. Every FM episode has its own page with extra info and all the books we discussed, so you should be able to search for a book or author you love and find lots more like it.
👉 fatedmates.net/searchfm
👉 fatedmates.net/searchfm
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The Immortals After Dark series has hit Kindle Unlimited and I am finally reading LOTHAIRE after hearing @fatedmates.net talk about it for years and OH BOY
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The Immortals After Dark series has hit Kindle Unlimited and I am finally reading LOTHAIRE after hearing @fatedmates.net talk about it for years and OH BOY
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Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.
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9️⃣ Seattle voters fired their sole Republican office-holder, its city attorney. That's the local prosecutor who oversees lower-level offenses.
You may remember this policy she helped roll out, and which her challenger told Bolts she staunchly opposed:
You may remember this policy she helped roll out, and which her challenger told Bolts she staunchly opposed:
NEW: Seattle has a rare Republican in office, its city attorney.
She championed a policy rolled out last year — when you’re so much as charged (not convicted) of a drug offense, a judge can ban you from setting foot in select areas, like downtown.
She’s also up for reelection in a few weeks:
She championed a policy rolled out last year — when you’re so much as charged (not convicted) of a drug offense, a judge can ban you from setting foot in select areas, like downtown.
She’s also up for reelection in a few weeks:
City Attorney Election Puts Seattle's Renewed 'War on Drugs' Under Scrutiny - Bolts
Over the past year, Seattle has begun barring some residents from entering certain neighborhoods of their city. A new ordinance has given local judges the authority to ban people from... Read More
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November 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
9️⃣ Seattle voters fired their sole Republican office-holder, its city attorney. That's the local prosecutor who oversees lower-level offenses.
You may remember this policy she helped roll out, and which her challenger told Bolts she staunchly opposed:
You may remember this policy she helped roll out, and which her challenger told Bolts she staunchly opposed:
Excellent books for $1!
THE MARQUESS MAKES HIS MOVE and DUKE MOST WICKED are previous best-of picks. THE PROPOSITION and WHAT I DID FOR A DUKE are both deep dive selections.
Snatch 'em up!
THE MARQUESS MAKES HIS MOVE and DUKE MOST WICKED are previous best-of picks. THE PROPOSITION and WHAT I DID FOR A DUKE are both deep dive selections.
Snatch 'em up!
November 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Excellent books for $1!
THE MARQUESS MAKES HIS MOVE and DUKE MOST WICKED are previous best-of picks. THE PROPOSITION and WHAT I DID FOR A DUKE are both deep dive selections.
Snatch 'em up!
THE MARQUESS MAKES HIS MOVE and DUKE MOST WICKED are previous best-of picks. THE PROPOSITION and WHAT I DID FOR A DUKE are both deep dive selections.
Snatch 'em up!
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Something something, short-form romance fiction used to be the norm before paperbacks (in the US, at least), something something, here's the proof? 😂 #pulp #pulpmagazines
Seriously, though, a fun listen, and a good, refreshing defense of the short story/novelette format in the genre! 💕
Seriously, though, a fun listen, and a good, refreshing defense of the short story/novelette format in the genre! 💕
November 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Something something, short-form romance fiction used to be the norm before paperbacks (in the US, at least), something something, here's the proof? 😂 #pulp #pulpmagazines
Seriously, though, a fun listen, and a good, refreshing defense of the short story/novelette format in the genre! 💕
Seriously, though, a fun listen, and a good, refreshing defense of the short story/novelette format in the genre! 💕
Follow us on Bookbub for discounts on books we've talked about on the podcast. We've added 764 titles so far, with lots more to come. www.bookbub.com/profile/2278...
November 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Follow us on Bookbub for discounts on books we've talked about on the podcast. We've added 764 titles so far, with lots more to come. www.bookbub.com/profile/2278...
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Great ep—I'm not just saying that because I edited Katie Reus's Falling for Nola, which manages to be a great little short where the h/h *don't* know each other before pg 1.
Also I just started Ladies in Waiting—it's delightful. Justice (and happy endings!) for Jane Austen's other ladies!
Also I just started Ladies in Waiting—it's delightful. Justice (and happy endings!) for Jane Austen's other ladies!
We definitely have a hope-became-reality hangover this morning, but we also have a very fun episode for you today! We're talking romance shorts -- not novellas, not short novels, but actual short stories under 15,000 words (or about 50 pages).
Romance Short Stories and the Ladies in Waiting Anthology — Fated Mates: Romance Books for Novel People
We definitely have a hope-became-reality hangover this morning, but we also have a very fun episode for you today! We're talking romance shorts -- not novellas, not short novels, but actual short stor...
fatedmates.net
November 7, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Great ep—I'm not just saying that because I edited Katie Reus's Falling for Nola, which manages to be a great little short where the h/h *don't* know each other before pg 1.
Also I just started Ladies in Waiting—it's delightful. Justice (and happy endings!) for Jane Austen's other ladies!
Also I just started Ladies in Waiting—it's delightful. Justice (and happy endings!) for Jane Austen's other ladies!
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I know everyone is celebrating Mamdani, but in my hometown, Wichita Kansas, the City Council and school board election results are absolutely seismic:
www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-...
www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-...
Progressives turn tide, dominate Wichita elections. What’s it all mean? | Opinion
Progressive candidates won 6 of 7 City Council and school board races Tuesday, as voters send a message they’ve had enough political chaos.
www.kansas.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I know everyone is celebrating Mamdani, but in my hometown, Wichita Kansas, the City Council and school board election results are absolutely seismic:
www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-...
www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-...
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Big results in PA's Dauphin County, a swingy area that's home to Harrisburg.
Dems won judgeships in the county for first time in 33 years; one of winners is the first Black woman judge in county ever.
They beat the Republican DA who was looking to become a judge. www.pennlive.com/elections/20...
Dems won judgeships in the county for first time in 33 years; one of winners is the first Black woman judge in county ever.
They beat the Republican DA who was looking to become a judge. www.pennlive.com/elections/20...
Dauphin County elects first Black woman as judge, flips two seats to Democrats
La Tasha Williams and Katy Kennedy-McShane became the first Democrats elected to the bench in the county in more than 30 years.
www.pennlive.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Big results in PA's Dauphin County, a swingy area that's home to Harrisburg.
Dems won judgeships in the county for first time in 33 years; one of winners is the first Black woman judge in county ever.
They beat the Republican DA who was looking to become a judge. www.pennlive.com/elections/20...
Dems won judgeships in the county for first time in 33 years; one of winners is the first Black woman judge in county ever.
They beat the Republican DA who was looking to become a judge. www.pennlive.com/elections/20...
We definitely have a hope-became-reality hangover this morning, but we also have a very fun episode for you today! We're talking romance shorts -- not novellas, not short novels, but actual short stories under 15,000 words (or about 50 pages).
Romance Short Stories and the Ladies in Waiting Anthology — Fated Mates: Romance Books for Novel People
We definitely have a hope-became-reality hangover this morning, but we also have a very fun episode for you today! We're talking romance shorts -- not novellas, not short novels, but actual short stor...
fatedmates.net
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We definitely have a hope-became-reality hangover this morning, but we also have a very fun episode for you today! We're talking romance shorts -- not novellas, not short novels, but actual short stories under 15,000 words (or about 50 pages).
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god his team really is perfect, all the way to the end
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
god his team really is perfect, all the way to the end
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🚨BREAKING NEWS! The Virginia House of Delegates has not only been defended, but expanded — making VA the nation’s newest pro-democracy trifecta!
November 5, 2025 at 1:46 AM
🚨BREAKING NEWS! The Virginia House of Delegates has not only been defended, but expanded — making VA the nation’s newest pro-democracy trifecta!
We did it! When Fated States teams up with The States Project, we win! Virginia is the nations newest pro-democracy trifecta!
statesproject.org/election-nig...
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The VA state legislature is up for election this November, and we're working with @statesprojectus.bsky.social
to tell the GOP that we won't stand for tyranny.
to tell the GOP that we won't stand for tyranny.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
We did it! When Fated States teams up with The States Project, we win! Virginia is the nations newest pro-democracy trifecta!
statesproject.org/election-nig...
statesproject.org/election-nig...
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If you or a buddy haven't yet read the Duke of Falconbridges's notion of a perfect kiss or if you've been meaning to get started on the Palace of Rogues series, What I Did for a Duke and Lady Derring Takes a Lover are on sale. #pennyroyalgreen #palaceofrogues 💙📚 #romancelandia tinyurl.com/2ucpa7un
November 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
If you or a buddy haven't yet read the Duke of Falconbridges's notion of a perfect kiss or if you've been meaning to get started on the Palace of Rogues series, What I Did for a Duke and Lady Derring Takes a Lover are on sale. #pennyroyalgreen #palaceofrogues 💙📚 #romancelandia tinyurl.com/2ucpa7un