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.
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episode 28: S02.28: “It’s Sinister, right?! - Devil's Bride by Stephanie Laurens
This week we’re reading a favorite of both Sarah & Jen — Stephanie Laurens’s Devil’s Bride! We’re so excited to talk about ridiculous (we mean amazing) nicknames, about 30 page sex scenes, and about how we crushed our SATs thanks to romances like this one! We’re also hoping you are keeping a safe distance from others and washing your hands lots!
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Next week, we’re reading Susan Elizabeth Phillips’s Nobody’s Baby But Mine, and we cannot WAIT. We know it’s tough to get it in print, but find it in e at your local library or at: Amazon (free in Kindle Unlimited!), Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, Kobo, or your local indie.
Show Notes
Please stay inside and stay safe if you can, and remember not to believe screenshots from your cousins.
Here are some interesting and well-sourced tweets about coronavirus from a Fos (Friend of Sarah).
Want to know the other books Jen ordered back in 2001? It was Grand Passion by Jane Ann Krennz, Prince of Swords Anne Stuart, and Innocence by Suzanne Forester. She still swears she didn't read any of them.
Captain Jack's Woman was Stephanie Laurens' debut novel, not Devil's Bride. But it's the Bar Cynster that made her such a popular writer.
Sometimes (ok, a lot) Jen shit-posts on twitter about conflict and writing. Sarah can't always have eyes on her, sorry.
Jen thinks it was Amanda Quick that brought back old-fashioned names, but the only truly great Sylvesteris from disco.
"Eyes on stalks" is a real phrase, and so is rapaciously. On the other hand, here's a bunch of sex scene euphamisms.
The Cynsters were at Waterloo, so we're not sure why busting through the hymen is such work for them.
All about the Greek chorus.
Lady Osbaldestone does have her own books, as do Devil and Honoria's kids.
Veronica Mars illustrates the fan service problem.
Jen is obsessed with the idea of "the imperial period" for musicians--and other kids of artists.
Next time, we'll be reading Nobody's Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips.