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Fated Mates
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Fated Mates

Sarah MacLean & Jen Prokop

A deep-dive romance-novel podcast: tropes, trends, and the books that make the genre sing.

12 recent episodesFree to stream
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 and snow and wind and tempests and tornadoes and monsoons, and we talk about why we all like weather in books so much (hint, it’s because i
3 Jun 202687:42
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 each featured author's Trailblazer episode. This time we've got Loretta Chase, author of Lord of Scoundrels. If this leaves you hungry for
1 Jun 202679:04
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 each featured author's Trailblazer episode. This time we've got KJ Charles, author of The Magpie Lord. If this leaves you hungry for more,
30 May 2026103:11
RERUN: Trailblazer Jeannie Lin
AH2's Historical Trailblazers Romance Collection is inspired by the Fated Mates Trailblazers series, so we thought it would be good to rerun each featured author's Trailblazer episode. This week we've got Jeannie Lin, author of Butterfly Swords. If this leaves you hungry for more
27 May 202691:47
S08.35: Sad Boys Who Punch Things with Veronica Roth
This week, we’re joined by one of the greatest, Veronica Roth, whose new book, Seek the Traitor’s Son, features one of her most beloved of tropes: Sad Boys Who Punch Things. We were delighted when she suggested we do an episode on this very particular, very delicious romance conc
20 May 202692:48
S08.34: Historical Romance with Ali Hazelwood and Adriana Herrera
We are thrilled to have two of our favorite people with us today to discuss one of our favorite genres! Ali Hazelwood and Adriana Herrera, the masterminds behind the AH2 Kickstarter of Historical Trailblazers are here to talk about all the ways historical romance is unmatched! We
13 May 2026113:28
S08.33: Ian Mackenzie is DTF: The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie
We’re deep diving into one of our favorite historicals from the 00s today — Jennifer Ashley’s The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie. It’s a great follow up to our Paris episode last week, but we also talk about how Ashley really wrote the heck out of this book. We talk about widows,
6 May 202696:46
S08.32: Paris Romance with Kate Clayborn
We Love Paris in the Springtime and we love Paris in The Paris Match by our very favorite, Kate Clayborn. Today, we’re talking about the City of Love itself, with Kate! We talk about the magic of the City of Lights, about the weight it has in romance, and about the mythology it c
29 Apr 202694:24
S08.31: Trailblazer Ruby Dixon
This season, we’re expanding our traditional Trailblazer series to include the romance writers who are trailblazing today. Our first guest on this branch of the legend tree is Ruby Dixon, author of the Ice Planet Barbarians series. Ruby joins us to talk about how she became Ruby
22 Apr 2026106:02
S08.30: Irredeemable Characters: Morality Chain Redux
By request, we’re talking about the characters who have been exiled from family, from community, and from themselves—the irredeemable characters in romance. This is Morality Chain all over again. We’re talking about characters that have done terrible things on and off the page, t
15 Apr 202690:12
S08.29: Jen & Sarah Answer Your Burning Questions
As always when we’re together, today we’re answering listener questions! In here, we’re recommending sex lessons books, motorcycle romance, books set in Toronto, Ohio and more — we’re also talking about the evolution of the trade paperback, how Jen edits, when Duchess is coming,
8 Apr 202684:32
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
1 Apr 202697:38