S04.46: Two Girls, One Microphone, Headphones In: Sarah and Jen at Apollycon

You’re getting the full banana this week, y’all, because we were together! Like, actually face to face, across a table in a hotel room! We’re talking Apollycon and Fated Mates Live, answering your questions, recommending fun books, and generally being delightful in your earholes (listen, if we’re not delightful, don’t tell us, we had a great time)!

Thanks to Grand Central Publishing, publishers of Farrah Rochon’s The Hookup Plan, Blair Babylon, author of Rogue, and Amazon’s Kindle Vella, publisher of Audrey Carlan’s The Marriage Auction series, for sponsoring the episode.

We’ve got interstitials and trailblazers coming your way this month, and we will finish out Season 4 as is traditional — with a deep dive episode on Sarah’s summer release, Heartbreaker! Get it at Amazon, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, at your local indie, or signed and with special swag (and a Fated Mates sticker!) from her local indie, WORD in Brooklyn!

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Show Notes

You can check out The Steam Box, which is a great romance + toy subscription box.

A very funny twitter thread about what Mary Shelley might have to say to Joyce Carol Oates.

Speaking of Joe Manganiello, he was in the news this week after finding out about his racial ancestry on the TV show Finding Your Roots.

Sarah says the best feminist double feature is Magic Mike XXL and Mad Max Fury Road and you should try it and report back. You can not only watch Mad Max Fury Road, you can read about it, too.

Don’t forget to order signed copies of Heartbreaker from Word in Brooklyn.

Books Mentioned This Episode

Never Seduce a Scot by Maya Banks

The Duchess War by Courtney Milan

Ravishing the Heiress by Courtney Milan

A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas

A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Mayhem by Manda Collins

One Fine Duke by Lenora Bell

Lord and Lady Spy by Shana Galen

The Return of the Duke by Lorraine Heath

Suitors and Sabotage by Cindy Anstey

What Isabella Desires by Anne Mallory

Make Me by Lee Child

Best of Luck by Kate Clayborn

A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

Desire Untamed by Pamela Palmer

The Tyrant Alpha's Rejected Mate by Cate C. Wells

Pleasure of a Dark Prince by Kresley cole

Something Wilder by Christina Lauren

Heartbreaker by Sarah MacLean

Partners in Crime by Alisha Rai

Her Last Line of Defense by Marie Donovan

Destiny's Captive by Beverly Jenkins

Moving Target by Elizabeth Lowell

Whiteout by Adriana Anders

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Sponsors

This week’s episode of Fated Mates is sponsored by:

Forever, publishers of Farrah Rochon’s The Hookup Plan, available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, Kobo, and your local indie.

Visit farrahrochon.com

and

Blair Babylon’s Rogue, free digitally this week at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, and Kobo.

Visit blairbabylon.com

and

Amazon’s Kindle Vella, publisher of Audrey Carlan’s The Marriage Auction series,
available at amazon.com/kindlevella.