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Latest episodes

• Fall 2026 Preview

  September 30, 2026 · 1 hr 39 min

  It’s discoverabilibuddy time! We're dropping our Fall 2026 reads, in which we talk about an outrageous number of romance novels coming out in October, November and December. As a reminder, we have not necessarily read all these books, but…

• RERUN: Sweater Weather: Romance Novels with Fall Vibes

  September 26, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

  Today we're celebrating the season with some help from season six. Enjoy! The RestFor even more info about this episode, and to explore everything Fated Mates has to offer, visit: https://fatedmates.net/episodes/2023/10/…

• Hammered, Nailed & Drilled: Romancing the Tool

  September 23, 2026 · 1 hr 45 min

  As they say on the Discord, this year’s theme is…Themes! This week, we’re talking about hammers, nails, drills, pipes and more — literal characters who are wielding literal (and metaphorical) tools! We’re hopping in the wayback machine to…

• Romance by Numbers

  September 16, 2026 · 1 hr 31 min

  This is a fun one! We’re talking romance novels with numbers in the titles today, a wide collection of books from zero to infinity! While we came prepared to talk about four or five books each, we ended up playing a little impromptu game…

• Cloud Nine: Romance in the Sky

  September 9, 2026 · 1 hr 53 min

  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 with more nonsense, because who needs tropes when you can talk about microtropes! Today, in honor of…

• A Rogue By Any Other Name

  August 26, 2026 · 1 hr 37 min

  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 is no new book, we have no choice but to go back to the beginning of “The Casino Series,” which is…

• Long Live Historicals, Volume II

  August 19, 2026 · 1 hr 53 min

  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 the podcast! Saddle up, because we’re talking the Titanic, submissive heroes, heroines against the…

• Romance Tattoo

  August 12, 2026 · 1 hr 26 min

  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 novels love a main character with a message…right on their skin. We talk about some of our favorite…