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.
Latest Episode
S08.17: Setting New Year's Reading Resolutions (14.01.2026)
Previous Episodes
- BONUS: Fated Mates All Stars talk Heated Rivalry
- S08.16: Winter 2026 Preview
- S08.15: Jen & Sarah's New Year's Milkin' Eve!
- RERUN: Here Comes Santa Claus
- S08.14: Terrific 2025 Romance Debuts
- S08:13 KJ Charles’s The Magpie Lord: We’re Gonna Get to the Tattoos
- S08.12: Fantastic Romance Series
- S08.11: Holiday Romance 2025
- S08.10: The Best Romance Novels of 2025
- S08.09: Our Favorite Romance Microtropes
- S08.08: Romance Short Stories and the Ladies in Waiting Anthology
- S08.07: Romance Demons: Problématique (Italics)
- S08.06: Gorilla Twins! The Earl Takes All by Lorraine Heath
- S08.05: Governesses with Louisa Darling
- S08.04 We love you Chicago, DC and LA
- 08.03: Fall 2025 Preview
- S08.02: Feminism in Romance with Adriana Herrera
- S08.01: Cold Open: Craft, Criticism, and Summer Vacation
- Between Seasons Palate Cleanser: Fated Mates Live St. Louis!
- 07.49: Season Seven Ends Not With a Bang, but With a Kombucha Girl
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