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A romance podcast and recommendation machine from novelist Sarah MacLean and critic/editor Jen Prokop. Lots more @ fatedmates.net.

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Fated Mates Book Club: Romance Books for Novel People
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My Taste
Dreaming of You (The Gamblers of Craven's, #2)
Sweet Ruin (Immortals After Dark, #15)
Indigo
A Caribbean Heiress in Paris (Las Leonas, #1)
A Heart of Blood and Ashes (A Gathering of Dragons, #1)

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  • A Kingdom of Dreams (Westmoreland, #1)
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    May 08, 2025
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    A hero unlike all the heroes who came before him.

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  • Is One Book Missing?

    What was the name of the book (deep dive) with the kidnapping? And they get snowed in? It was from the 80s and Robert Redford was at the wedding at the end. I know I read it and now I can't remember the name, but I don't see it in the quest.

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  • Ravished
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    May 03, 2025
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    Ravished, originally published in 1992, absolutely holds up. Amanda Quick (AKA Jayne Ann Krentz) is a legend.

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  • Hana Khan Carries On
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    Apr 28, 2025
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    A total delight. One of the best romances of 2021.

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  • After Hours on Milagro Street (Milagro Street, #1)
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    Apr 27, 2025
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    We picked this as one of our ten best romances of 2022. It's great!

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  • Rules for Ghosting
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    Apr 22, 2025
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  • Any Old Diamonds (Lilywhite Boys, #1)
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    Apr 22, 2025
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  • The Duke Gets Even (The Fifth Avenue Rebels, #4)
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    Apr 22, 2025
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  • Audiobook tips

    I've been meaning to try listening to audiobooks for a while and I'd love to know your best tips! Where do you listen to audiobooks? The only platforms I know that have the most range, at least according to what I usually read, are audible and audiobooks but I also don't love the fact that I'd be paying a membership plus paying for each individual book. How do you listen to audiobooks? Do you listen to them while doing other stuff or while reading the book you're listening to? A big reason why I want to try audiobooks is to do what I've seen people call "immersive reading" aka listening and reading the book at the same time cause it honestly sounds kinda fun! Thank you in advance <3

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  • Stealing Midnight (Beneath the Veil, #4)
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    Apr 18, 2025
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    This is the full banana and it's completely out of print. Track down a used copy. It's worth the trouble!

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  • Nobody's Baby But Mine (Chicago Stars, #3)
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    Apr 11, 2025
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    Beat-for-beat, one of the best romcoms of all time. Susan Elizabeth Phillips is better at flawed characters than anyone else in the game.

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  • Gentle Rogue (Malory-Anderson Family, #3)
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    Apr 10, 2025
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    One of the most beloved texts of the genre. There's a shocking lack of plot in this book, and we don't mind at all.

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  • The Bride (Lairds' Fiancées, #1)
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    Apr 07, 2025
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    A nearly perfect book, even 35 years later.

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  • Everything I Left Unsaid (Everything I Left Unsaid, #1)
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    Apr 03, 2025
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    O'Keefe wields tension and description and narrative voice and point of view like an absolute master and delivers a series that is not only deeply representative of the contemporary romance of the mid 2010s, but also a near perfect example of how contemporary can fire on all cylinders.

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  • Two scenarios. What's your take?

    Scenario 1: Someone who has never read romance before asks where they should start. You must recommend one book from this quest. Which do you choose? Scenario 2: An experienced romance reader is in a slump and desperate to find something to get them back in the game. Again, you must pick one book from this quest. What do you recommend?

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