Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel People

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 romances hitting shelves and ereaders during April, May & June 2026! Whether historical, paranormal, contemporary or Romantasy, we’ve got something for everyone in fifty or so recs across every single genre. As a reminder, we haven’t read most of these, but we have big plans! If you want more recommendations and more people with whom you can discuss 2026 romance novels, maybe you want to join our Patreon? You get an extra monthly episode from us and access to the incredible readers and brilliant people on the Fated Mates Discord! Support us and learn more at fatedmates.net/patreon [https://fatedmates.net/patreon]. Our next read along is The Madness of Lord Ian MacKenzie by Jennifer Ashley. Get it at Amazon [https://amzn.to/4rrBS9o], Barnes & Noble [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-madness-of-lord-ian-mackenzie-jennifer-ashley/1102164290], Kobo [https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-madness-of-lord-ian-mackenzie], Apple Books [https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-madness-of-lord-ian-mackenzie/id425059580] or wherever you get your books [https://bookshop.org/a/5775/9780425244463]. AUTHORS: Do you have a book coming out in 2026 that you’d like to make sure we know about? Or, are you a debut romance author who’d like to make sure we know about your debut? Fill out the forms here: * 2026/2027 Upcoming Romance Novels [https://forms.gle/Lkx7YpfUjNrh62iW7] * 2026 Debut Romance Novels [https://forms.gle/czyPffYEjQ9dKMoq7] SPONSORS * Lavinia K. Darcy, author of Return to Kingscote, available in print or ebook. Get it at Amazon [https://amzn.to/40QPPmk], Barnes & Noble [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/return-to-kingscote-lavinia-k-darcy/1148579421], Kobo [https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/return-to-kingscote?sId=d177a055-5035-4edc-ad5d-6f29a5857515&ssId=waH4e6cvutRa2x8KwozpS&cPos=1], Apple Books [https://books.apple.com/us/book/return-to-kingscote/id6754346213], or wherever you get your books [https://bookshop.org/a/5775/9783000848001]. * Metaltail Press, publishers of SE McPherson’s A Villain’s Hope, available in print or ebook. Get it at Amazon [https://amzn.to/3No6EC9], Barnes & Noble [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-villains-hope-s-e-mcpherson/1149608743?ean=9798992254341], Kobo [https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/a-villain-s-hope?sId=bcb7d924-35c4-420a-a802-585bcfd5c753&ssId=urBW4v98LLHEhLgnc4CeZ&cPos=1], Apple Books [https://books.apple.com/us/book/a-villains-hope/id6760732502] or wherever you get your books [https://bookshop.org/a/5775/9798992254334]. * Neyha Liu, author of Midnight at Soulfield, available in print or ebook, or with your monthly subscription to Kindle Unlimited [https://amzn.to/41biWkB]. THE REST * For even more info about this episode, and to explore everything Fated Mates has to offer, visit: https://fatedmates.net * If you wish you had six more days in a week of people talking about romance, may we suggest joining our Patreon? Aside from an additional episode every month you get access to our Discord, where other romance readers are talking about books they love (and many other things!) all the time. It’s so fun! Learn more about the Patreon and go join those cool people who love romance as much as you do at patreon.com/fatedmates [https://patreon.com/fatedmates]. * Beyond your favorite podcast app [https://mf.fatedmates.net/listen], you can find us on Instagram [https://instagram.com/fatedmatespod], Threads [https://www.threads.net/@fatedmatespod], Blue Sky [https://bsky.app/profile/fatedmates.net], Tumblr [https://fated-mates.tumblr.com], and probably some other places, too, if you look hard enough. * If you've never listened to our Stop Book Banning episode [https://fatedmates.net/episodes/2022/10/2/stop-book-banning], there's no better time than now.

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 kids in romance—which we’ve somehow never done before?! We’re covering Romance Babies, Romance Kids, and Single Parents in Romance — but so sorry to the Secret Baby lovers out there, that one deserves its own episode (someday). We’re talking babies, toddlers and teens, the appeal of the single parent romance novel, and that one Erin St. Claire book that Sarah can’t get out of her head. If you want more Fated Mates in your life, or you want to talk more about Romance Babies/Kids, please join our Patreon, which comes with an extremely busy and fun Discord community! Join other magnificent firebirds to hang out, talk romance, and be cool together in a private group full of excellent people. Learn more at patreon.com. [https://www.patreon.com/fatedmates] Our next read along is The Madness of Lord Ian MacKenzie by Jennifer Ashley. Get it at Amazon [https://amzn.to/4rrBS9o], Barnes & Noble [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-madness-of-lord-ian-mackenzie-jennifer-ashley/1102164290], Kobo [https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-madness-of-lord-ian-mackenzie], Apple Books [https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-madness-of-lord-ian-mackenzie/id425059580] or wherever you get your books [https://bookshop.org/a/5775/9780425244463]. NOTES 1. The Silhouette Intimate Moments line [https://www.fictiondb.com/series/silhouette-intimate-moments~14147.htm] eventually turned into Harlequin Romantic Suspense. Erin St. Claire is one of Sandra Brown’s many pen names [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Brown]. 2. Wet nurses [https://www.thoughtco.com/history-and-definition-of-wet-nurse-3534100] have been around for a very long time, baby bottles not so much [https://www.alimentarium.org/en/story/history-baby-bottles]. I say this only because Sarah said “Bottle service” and that’s something different. [https://www.reddit.com/r/vegas/comments/157sfep/can_someone_please_explain_to_me_exactly_what/] 3. Red ink [https://www.esrf.fr/home/news/general/content-news/general/red-and-black-ink-from-egyptian-papyri-unveil-ancient-writing-practices.html]has been around for a long time, actually. So maybe that’s how Sophie had access to it during the Regency? 4. So there’s not a whole lot of evidence that birthmarks are hereditary [https://www.reddit.com/r/biology/comments/18lbdse/how_rare_is_it_for_two_people_to_have_the_same/]. Shocking, I know. SPONSORS 1. The Romantasy Letters, a new kind of romantic fantasy storytelling, delivered right to your door twice monthly. Use the code FATED to get 20% off your year's subscription. Learn more at [https://romantasyletters.com/]RomantasyLetters.com [http://romantasyletters.com/]. [https://romantasyletters.com/] 2. LJ Andrews, author of Heir of Twisted Lies, available in print or ebook. Get it at Amazon [https://amzn.to/47kAePC], Barnes & Noble [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/heir-of-twisted-lies-lj-andrews/1147717484?ean=9780593818701], Kobo [https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/heir-of-twisted-lies], Apple Books [https://books.apple.com/us/book/heir-of-twisted-lies/id6747734330], or wherever you get your books [https://bookshop.org/a/5775/9780593818701]. 3. Neyha Liu, author of Midnight at Soulfield, available in print or ebook, or with your monthly subscription to Kindle Unlimited [https://amzn.to/41biWkB]. 4. Lucy Score, author of Mistakes Were Made, available in print, ebook or audiobook, or with your monthly subscription to Kindle Unlimited [https://amzn.to/4taSByZ]. Get it wherever you get your books [https://bookshop.org/a/5775/9781728297064]. THE REST * For even more info about this episode, and to explore everything Fated Mates has to offer, visit: https://fatedmates.net * If you wish you had six more days in a week of people talking about romance, may we suggest joining our Patreon? Aside from an additional episode every month you get access to our Discord, where other romance readers are talking about books they love (and many other things!) all the time. It’s so fun! Learn more about the Patreon and go join those cool people who love romance as much as you do at patreon.com/fatedmates [https://patreon.com/fatedmates]. * Beyond your favorite podcast app [https://mf.fatedmates.net/listen], you can find us on Instagram [https://instagram.com/fatedmatespod], Threads [https://www.threads.net/@fatedmatespod], Blue Sky [https://bsky.app/profile/fatedmates.net], Tumblr [https://fated-mates.tumblr.com], and probably some other places, too, if you look hard enough. * If you've never listened to our Stop Book Banning episode [https://fatedmates.net/episodes/2022/10/2/stop-book-banning], there's no better time than now.

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 about the Opera and the Ballet in Romance! We’re talking about historicals and contemporaries, about mafia enforcers and exasperated dukes, about football players and yes, of course, our sweet baby Conrad Wroth. You’re going to have a great time. Congratulations to the movie-starrest of movie stars, Michael C. Jordan, on the occasion of his Oscar win. If you want more Fated Mates in your life, or you want to talk more about Opera and Ballet and romance novels, please join our Patreon, which comes with an extremely busy and fun Discord community! Join other magnificent firebirds to hang out, talk romance, and be cool together in a private group full of excellent people. Learn more at patreon.com. [https://www.patreon.com/fatedmates] Our next read along is The Madness of Lord Ian MacKenzie by Jennifer Ashley. Get it at Amazon [https://amzn.to/4rrBS9o], Barnes & Noble [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-madness-of-lord-ian-mackenzie-jennifer-ashley/1102164290], Kobo [https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-madness-of-lord-ian-mackenzie], Apple Books [https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-madness-of-lord-ian-mackenzie/id425059580] or wherever you get your books [https://bookshop.org/a/5775/9780425244463]. NOTES 1. Tornadoes are scary [https://www.detroitnews.com/videos/media/video/2026/03/07/union-city-tornado-rips-past-union-lake/89035732007/], but the University of Michigan is keeping track of them [https://tornadopaths.engin.umich.edu/] for you. Chicagoans think that the city is tornado-proof [https://www.wbez.org/curious-city/2016/04/25/chicagos-tornado-proof-delusion]; it’s not. [https://www.weather.gov/lot/sigchitorn] 2. Daylight Savings Time sucks. [https://reporter.rit.edu/6028/views/daylight-saving-time-sucks/] 3. Cara Dion [https://www.instagram.com/caradion.author/] and Robin Lovett [https://www.instagram.com/lovettromance/?hl=en] are both Opera Singers — Romancelandia remains the coolest. 4. Thanks Louisa Darling [https://louisadarling.com/], for giving us this episode about Timothee Chalamet and his boneheaded comments [https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/2026/03/16/timothee-chalamet-controversy-explained-ballet-opera/89178927007/] about ballet and opera a few weeks ago, and then he didn’t win a single Oscar. Are these things related? Who can say! [https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/jon-stewart-timothee-chalamet-oscars-loss-ballet-opera-1235532123/] 5. Magic Mike is the greatest dance movie [https://youtu.be/Dd0XPRo4LZQ?si=hnLIBqbQ2Fmzngyr] ever made, or a feminist text [https://www.vice.com/en/article/surprise-magic-mike-xxl-was-the-most-important-feminist-movie-of-2015/]. Pick your poison. 6. A ballet book Jen imprinted on as a teenager was called Mariana by Karen Strickler Dean [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/507895.Mariana], and for Sarah it was an opera book called Mountain Laurel by Jude Deveraux [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/307716.Mountain_Laurel?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=AAQJF8JxO7&rank=1]. 7. Kelly Clarkson and Josh Groban do this version of All I Ask of You from Phantom of the Opera [https://youtu.be/Phzc_ZNBI68?si=wgQwIxVpklPBqZ6L] that’s very beautiful. 8. Michael B Jordan DID win the Academy Award for best actor [https://variety.com/2026/film/news/michael-b-jordan-best-actor-oscar-sinners-1236683556/], and we couldn’t be more happy about it. SPONSORS 1. The Monique Fisher Universe, including The Decadence Series, and the upcoming novella Make Room for Heather, available in print or ebook. Get it at Amazon [https://amzn.to/3NcASrE], Barnes & Noble [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/%22Monique%20Fisher%22?Ntk=P_key_Contributor_List&Ns=P_Sales_Rank&Ntx=mode+matchall], or with your monthly subscription to Kindle Unlimited [https://amzn.to/3NcASrE]. 2. The Romantasy Letters, a new kind of romantic fantasy storytelling, delivered right to your door twice monthly. Use the code FATED to get 20% off your year's subscription. Learn more at RomantasyLetters.com [https://romantasyletters.com/]. 3. Blue Box Press, publishers of Kristin Ashley’s After the Climb, a River Rain novel. Available in print, ebook or audiobook from Amazon [https://amzn.to/4rJibtH] & Barnes & Noble [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/after-the-climb-special-edition-kristen-ashley/1139818896]. 4. Lumi Gummies. Go to lumigummies.com [http://lumigummies.com/] and use code FATEDMATES for 30% off your order. THE REST * For even more info about this episode, and to explore everything Fated Mates has to offer, visit: https://fatedmates.net * If you wish you had six more days in a week of people talking about romance, may we suggest joining our Patreon? Aside from an additional episode every month you get access to our Discord, where other romance readers are talking about books they love (and many other things!) all the time. It’s so fun! Learn more about the Patreon and go join those cool people who love romance as much as you do at patreon.com/fatedmates [https://patreon.com/fatedmates]. * Beyond your favorite podcast app [https://mf.fatedmates.net/listen], you can find us on Instagram [https://instagram.com/fatedmatespod], Threads [https://www.threads.net/@fatedmatespod], Blue Sky [https://bsky.app/profile/fatedmates.net], Tumblr [https://fated-mates.tumblr.com], and probably some other places, too, if you look hard enough. * If you've never listened to our Stop Book Banning episode [https://fatedmates.net/episodes/2022/10/2/stop-book-banning], there's no better time than now.

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 joined by friend and fave of the pod, Christopher Rice, who writes m/m and sometimes m/m/m romance as C. Travis Rice. We talk about our feelings about Heated Rivalry, about the books and their impact, and about the transformational work of the show…and then we fill your to-be-read piles with books we thing deliver the same kind of emotions. We had a great time, and you will, too. If you want more Fated Mates in your life, or you want to talk more about Heated Rivalry & romance novels, please join our Patreon, which comes with an extremely busy and fun Discord community! Join other magnificent firebirds to hang out, talk romance, and be cool together in a private group full of excellent people. Learn more at patreon.com. [https://www.patreon.com/fatedmates] Our next read along is The Madness of Lord Ian MacKenzie by Jennifer Ashley. Get it at Amazon [https://amzn.to/4rrBS9o], Barnes & Noble [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-madness-of-lord-ian-mackenzie-jennifer-ashley/1102164290], Kobo [https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-madness-of-lord-ian-mackenzie], Apple Books [https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-madness-of-lord-ian-mackenzie/id425059580] or wherever you get your books [https://bookshop.org/a/5775/9780425244463]. NOTES 1. Welcome back Christopher Rice [https://www.christopherricebooks.com/] who writes romance under the name C. Travis Rice. Christopher and his best friend Eric Shaw Quinn host a podcast called The Dinner Party Show [https://thedinnerpartyshow.com/]. You can listen to their [https://thedinnerpartyshow.com/2026/02/christopher-eric-podcast-episode-323-2/]Heated Rivalry [https://thedinnerpartyshow.com/2026/02/christopher-eric-podcast-episode-323-2/] episode [https://thedinnerpartyshow.com/2026/02/christopher-eric-podcast-episode-323-2/] here, and Eric’s tuna melt thoughts start around the 18:30 minute mark. Their episode with Dateline producer Josh Mankiewicz [https://thedinnerpartyshow.com/2026/03/christopher-eric-podcast-episode-325-2/] aired on March 1st. You can watch the documentary Anne Rice: An All Saints’ Day Celebration [https://annerice.com/] for free at her website. 2. Wesley Morris’s essay in the New York Times, I’m so Used to Gay Tragedies That I Almost Missed Romance. [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/arts/television/heated-rivalry-gay-representation-connor-storrie.html] 3. The Heated Rivalry [https://www.instagram.com/heatedrivalrycrave/] Crave [https://www.instagram.com/heatedrivalrycrave/] social media feed highlighted the power of the adaptation by showing the cast reading from the books, juxtaposing scenes from the show with the text, and loving Rachel Reid! 4. Good Will Hunting [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/good_will_hunting] is 29 years old! Okay, I know that Ryan Coogler [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3363032/] has made a couple of Marvel movies [https://youtu.be/xjDjIWPwcPU?si=Sxr86CLp3Ju0Ndnm], but he’s also writing dazzling original films like Sinners [https://youtu.be/bKGxHflevuk?si=zKpX_VEF0npftXP2]! 5. Olympians in Italy ran through 10,000 condoms in 3 days [https://www.vice.com/en/article/olympians-rejoice-olympic-village-restocks-free-condoms-after-athletes-use-10000-in-3-days/] and the Village needed to do some restocking. Here’s one athlete’s history of condoms at the Olympics. [https://www.buzzfeed.com/elizabethswaney/olympic-history-condoms] 6. To be fair, adding a pitch clock and changing other MLB baseball rules [https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2024/shorter-games-more-running-more-action-two-years-in-mlbs-rule-changes-have-provided-a-jolt/] have shortened the running time of most games. 7. For more information about gay rodeo, follow the instagram of the International Gay Rodeo Association [https://www.instagram.com/igrarodeo/]. Pick Up Men [https://amzn.to/3PbatLb] is the first book in the Pick Up Men series by LC Chase. SPONSORS 1. Jayne Ann Krentz, author of The Shop on Hidden Lane, available in print or ebook. Get it at Amazon [https://amzn.to/4b5KM7C], Barnes & Noble [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-shop-on-hidden-lane-jayne-ann-krentz/1147241816?ean=9798217187355], Kobo [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dream-of-you-jennifer-l-armentrout/1123249871?ean=2940185128213], Apple Books [https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-shop-on-hidden-lane/id6744305820] or wherever you get your books [https://bookshop.org/a/5775/9798217187348]. 2. The Romantasy Letters, a new kind of romantic fantasy storytelling, delivered right to your door twice monthly. Use the code FATED to get 20% off your year's subscription. Learn more at RomantasyLetters.com [https://romantasyletters.com/]. 3. Blue Box Press, publishers of Jennifer L. Armentrout’s Dream of You, a Wait for You novella. Available in print, ebook or audiobook from Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/Dream-You-Wait-Novella-Nights/dp/1940887399] & Barnes & Noble [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dream-of-you-jennifer-l-armentrout/1123249871?ean=2940185128213]. THE REST * For even more info about this episode, and to explore everything Fated Mates has to offer, visit: https://fatedmates.net * If you wish you had six more days in a week of people talking about romance, may we suggest joining our Patreon? Aside from an additional episode every month you get access to our Discord, where other romance readers are talking about books they love (and many other things!) all the time. It’s so fun! Learn more about the Patreon and go join those cool people who love romance as much as you do at patreon.com/fatedmates [https://patreon.com/fatedmates]. * Beyond your favorite podcast app [https://mf.fatedmates.net/listen], you can find us on Instagram [https://instagram.com/fatedmatespod], Threads [https://www.threads.net/@fatedmatespod], Blue Sky [https://bsky.app/profile/fatedmates.net], Tumblr [https://fated-mates.tumblr.com], and probably some other places, too, if you look hard enough. * If you've never listened to our Stop Book Banning episode [https://fatedmates.net/episodes/2022/10/2/stop-book-banning], there's no better time than now.

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 you just that! Today's episode is on Sincerely, Your Inconvenient Wife, a modern day marriage of convenience story from Julia Wolf's The Harder They Fall series. We talk about fake husbands down bad, family drama, and the charm of an author building a big universe for all their characters to live in forever. If you want more Fated Mates in your life, or you want to talk more about Julia's books, please join our Patreon, which comes with an extremely busy and fun Discord community! Join other magnificent firebirds to hang out, talk romance, and be cool together in a private group full of excellent people. Learn more at patreon.com. [https://www.patreon.com/fatedmates] Read Sincerely, Your Inconvenient Wife in ebook or paperback [https://bookshop.org/a/5779/9798397766968], or with your monthly subscription to Kindle Unlimited [https://amzn.to/49YUyGN]. NOTES 1. How the great blizzard of 2026 stacked up [https://youtu.be/z2XS_NO_AJI?si=zbqt9XxUfd3U-wBb] with previous blizzards. Seems like Providence was a bad place to be [https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2026/02/record-breaking-blizzard-brings-over-379-inches-of-snow-to-providence]. The winner of this year’s Chicago’s snowplow naming contest: Abolish ICE [https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/23/chicago-just-named-a-snowplow-abolish-ice-here-are-the-other-winners/]. 2. Everyone loves Bad Bunny [https://youtu.be/G6FuWd4wNd8?si=JYlLYun__TXK-mwI]. 3. Ryan Coogler gave a beautiful speech about love [https://youtu.be/n44HeX9fqqQ?si=7cM7C168nKGXqxn2] at the BAFTA awards. Watch Jayme Lawson from the NAACP Awards [https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVU_3J8CfxD/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==] give a brilliant explanation of why BAFTA and BBC are to blame for the events at this year’s BAFTA awards. 4. We have both been reading a lot of Julia Wolf books ever since our New Year’s Milkin’ Eve episode. [https://fatedmates.net/episodes/2025/12/30/s0815-its-new-years-milkin-eve] 5. Wyoming is a very big state [https://cowboystatedaily.com/2025/02/02/does-size-matter-evey-county-in-wyoming-is-bigger-than-rhode-island/] with a very small population [https://youtube.com/shorts/5cTE8SLstEc?si=dQrH7_3a_2MysTwQ], so small in fact that there are 117 counties that have a bigger population than the entire state. [https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fu-s-counties-with-more-people-than-the-state-of-wyoming-v0-ph6yde6zmei91.png%3Fauto%3Dwebp%26s%3D04030a0af2d74209b8b060026cae1e22999191fa] You can play around with comparing populations using this map tool [https://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2014/10/population_map_use_our_interactive_map_to_figure_out_how_many_flyover_states.html] from Slate. 6. The other books we mentioned this episode by Julia Wolf: a rock star romance, Built to Fall [https://amzn.to/4uso8hp]. Saoirse’s brother’s book is Sweet Like Poison [https://amzn.to/4biBhSq]. Luca’s sister’s book is In the Details [https://amzn.to/4u6nQw8]. SPONSORS 1. Melanie Greene, author of New Flames, available in print or ebook. Get it at Amazon [https://amzn.to/4snLLWr], Barnes & Noble [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/new-flames-melanie-greene/1148270265], Kobo [https://www.kobo.com/ww/en/ebook/new-flames?srsltid=AfmBOoozMQjSHiUDpSpNZh8NfYSRKqSX5O5bE6H2YpG2ZpppXCNPei0F], Apple Books [https://books.apple.com/us/book/new-flames/id6752369923] or wherever you get your books [https://bookshop.org/a/5775/9781941967539]. 2. The Romantasy Letters, a new kind of romantic fantasy storytelling, delivered right to your door twice monthly. Use the code FATED to get 20% off your year's subscription. Learn more at RomantasyLetters.com [https://romantasyletters.com/]. 3. The What in the Smut? Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts [https://rss.com/podcasts/what-in-the-smut-podcast/]. 4. Vedentro, premium leather accessories. Use code FATED at checkout [https://www.vedentro.com/] to get an additional 10% off the best offer on the site. THE REST * For even more info about this episode, and to explore everything Fated Mates has to offer, visit: https://fatedmates.net * If you wish you had six more days in a week of people talking about romance, may we suggest joining our Patreon? Aside from an additional episode every month you get access to our Discord, where other romance readers are talking about books they love (and many other things!) all the time. It’s so fun! Learn more about the Patreon and go join those cool people who love romance as much as you do at patreon.com/fatedmates [https://patreon.com/fatedmates]. * Beyond your favorite podcast app [https://mf.fatedmates.net/listen], you can find us on Instagram [https://instagram.com/fatedmatespod], Threads [https://www.threads.net/@fatedmatespod], Blue Sky [https://bsky.app/profile/fatedmates.net], Tumblr [https://fated-mates.tumblr.com], and probably some other places, too, if you look hard enough. * If you've never listened to our Stop Book Banning episode [https://fatedmates.net/episodes/2022/10/2/stop-book-banning], there's no better time than now.