Everything is new and crisp in the fall, as F. Scott Fitzgerald likes to say, and the romance novels are no different! We're starting to think about cozy fall reads under warm blankets with cider and pumpkin spice...and we're talking today about our massive autumn TBR piles! There’s something here for everyone — chefs, witches, sexy anthologies, vampires, sports, dragons, hot air balloons and, of course, dukes.

If you also love romance, maybe you want to join our Patreon, where you get another episode from us each month, and access to the incredible readers and listeners and brilliant people on the Fated Mates discord! Support us and learn more at fatedmates.net/patreon.

Our first read along of Season 7 will be Molly O'Keefe's Everything I Left Unsaid duology, selected by Jen which despite the first book being a cliffhanger should not surprise you because she contains multitudes. The second book is The Truth About Him. Read them both and get ready for Jen to talk to you for hours. You will thank us.

Also! We're back on the phonebanking train this election season! Join us on Saturdays between now and Election Day to phonebank with fellow romance lovers, Jen, Sarah, and special guests who will knock your socks off! Learn more and register at fatedmates.net/fatedstates. If phonebanking isn't your thing, we're also raising money for downticket house and senate races, because state legislatures may not be sexy, but they sure hold all the power. Learn more, and give what you can at fatedmates.net/givingcircle.

The Books

Contemporary 

• I’ll Have What He’s Having by Abib Khorram
• Marriage and Masti by Nisha Sharma
• A Legend in the Baking by Jamie Wesley
• Deja Brew by Celestine Martin
• Best Hex Ever by Nadia El-Fassi 
• Love in Bloom by Lucy Eden
• Adam and Evie’s Matchmaking Tour by Nora Nguyen
• Give It To Me by Angelina Lopez 
• Big Fan by Alexandra Romanoff / 831 Stories
• Prime Time Romance by Kate Robb
• Wished by Sarah Ready
• Fang Fiction by Kate Stayman-London
• All Signs Point to Malibu by Jennifer Snow
• Love and Sportsball by Meka James
• YA Romance
• Payal Mehta’s Romance Revenge Plot by Preeti Chhibber
• The Dividing Sky by Jill Tew 

Romantasy

• The Fire in the Sky by Sophie Jordan
• Twisted Shadows by Allie Therin
• The House at Watch Hill by Karen Marie Moning
• Blood and Magic by Lauren Dane
• Swordcrossed by Freya Marske
• Servant of Earth by Sarah Hawley
• This Will Be Fun by E.B. Asher
• HISTORICAL
• My Rogue to Ruin by Erica Ridley
• Three Sins and a Scoundrel by Tracey Sumner
• Educating Caroline by Meg Cabot
• The Duke’s Sister and I by Emma-Claire Sunday
• The Beast Takes a Bride by Julie Anne Long
• The Highlander’s Return by Lynsay Sands
• A Tempest of Desire by Lorraine Heath
• The Wallflower List by Jess Michaels
• The Trouble with Inventing a Viscount by Vivienne Lorrette
• No Ordinary Duchess by Elizabeth Hoyt

Romantic Suspense

• I Did Something Bad by Pyae Moe Thet War
• You Can Kill by Rebecca Zanetti
• Mr. Nice Spy by Tiana Smith

The Notes

• You can join us for Fated States phone banking this Saturday, Sept 21, 2024, and then starting Oct 5th, we’ll be phone banking every Saturday until Election Day.
• A great clearinghouse for all your voter information needs (yes, you should check your voter registration one more time) is Rock the Vote or Vote.org
• Find out more information about The States Project and join the Fated Mates Giving Circle.
• After watching this great video from John Legend, who was born in Springfield, you can also support Springfield, Ohio and its Haitian immigrant population by supporting any of the following organizations: Haitian Community Help & Support Center of Springfield, The Second Harvest Food Bank, The Rocking Horse Community Health Center, and the Springfield chapter of St. Vincent De Paul.

The Sponsors

• Aethon Books, publishers of KW Foster's A Curse of Breath and Blood, available in print or ebook.
• Blue Box Press, publishers of J Kenner's Craved By You, available in print, ebook, and audiobook from Amazon.
• Meghan Quinn, author of Bridesmaid Undercover, available in print or ebook or with your monthly subscription to Kindle Unlimited.
• Lumi Labs, creators of Lumi Gummies. Go to Lumigummies.com and use code FATED50 for free gummies with a limited time $50 off coupon, or use code FATEDMATES for 30% off.