07.15: Holiday Romances for 2024: Put It in the Lilly Library

Fated Mates - A Romance Novel Podcast

Fated Mates

Society & Culture, Documentary, Books, Arts

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🗓️ 18 December 2024

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

It's the holiday season, which means holiday romance! This year, we're talking about Princes of Christmas falling for heirs to Halloween, Hanukkah treats, retellings ofThe Holiday, sexy cabins in the woods, second chances, Harlequin Presents, and yes, an online site called OnlySantas. It's truly something for everyone!

We are taking next week off, but we’ll be back with some special guests for our annual New Years Eve episode, which promises to be a banger. In the meantime, we hope you get everything you want from whomever you believe in.

After New Years, our first read along of 2025 is Judith Ivory's The Proposition, a terrific Pygmalion retelling and one of Sarah's favorites. Find it at your local independent bookseller, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Apple Books or Amazon.

If you want more Fated Mates in your life, please join our Patreon, which comes with an extremely busy and fun Discord community! Join other magnificent firebirds to hang out, talk romance, and be cool together in a private group full of excellent people. Learn more at patreon.com.

The Books

The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sarah Raasch
Pregnant Enemy, Christmas Bride by Maisey Yates
Kingpin’s Nanny by Evie Rose
From Meltdown to Mistletoe by Jessica Terry
Merry Little Mishap by Vivian Mae
Snowed In by Catherine Walsh
You’re a Mean One, Matthew Prince by Timothy Janovsky
I’ll Be Gone for Christmas by Georgia K. Boone
The Holiday Honeymoon Switch by Julia McKay
Grounded for Christmas by Savannah J. Frierson
Return to Love by Tara Pammi
Deadlines, Donuts, and Dreidels by Jennifer Wilck
Fortune’s Holiday Surprise by Jennifer Wilck

The Notes

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. We’ve had lots of previous episodes around the winter holidays, as well.

Rebecca Romney was on the podcast back in season 4

Transcript

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0:00.0	It's a holiday season. It is. I'm looking at my Christmas tree right in front of me, which...
0:05.3	Oh, tell me about Christmas trees in your house. Do you, are you a person who has many ornaments that are from all times of your life, or are you a more organized person?
0:15.4	Well, right now, my Christmas, so I have a pre-lake Christmas tree because we have cats, and if you have a real tree, they like to climb it.
0:22.8	And so that right after Thanksgiving.
0:25.4	That's a gift to them.
0:26.5	Yes.
0:27.1	And to myself.
0:28.4	Wait.
0:28.8	My husband's talking to me.
0:29.9	What's up?
0:31.4	Yes, I just started.
0:32.9	Oh, he has a joke for you.
0:34.0	Oh, he just made one up.
0:36.0	Oh, he just made it up.
0:36.9	Okay. I'm going to test it on everyone, Darrell.
0:40.5	Why was the letter M afraid to get out of the shower? Why was the letter M afraid to get out of the shower?
0:47.9	I feel like as a middle school teacher, I can usually think this. Afraid to get out of the shower. He was embarrassed.
0:53.5	Embarrassed. Oh, a classic dad's joke. A class. You're, you're, you're, afraid to get out of the shower. He was embarrassed.
0:57.0	Oh, a classic dad joke.
1:01.0	That's a classic dad joke. He was embarrassed. Embarrassed. Did he really just come up with that on his own?
1:04.0	Did you really just make that up all by yourself?
1:06.0	He said, that's my brain. So yeah.
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