{"podcast":{"title":"Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel People","slug":"fated-mates-romance-books-for-novel-people-607367","podcast_index_feed_id":607367,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/fatedmates/","website_url":"https://fatedmates.net","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/bf72ead3-5923-498d-8717-800adee158d0/fm-logo-3000-small-file-size.jpg","author":"Fated Mates","episode_count":419,"summary":"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. RSSVERIFY","last_synced_at":"2026-09-16T12:23:22.788723+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fated-mates-romance-books-for-novel-people-607367"},"episode":{"title":"S08.47: Romance Tattoo","slug":"s08-47-romance-tattoo","published_at":"2026-08-12T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fated-mates-romance-books-for-novel-people-607367/s08-47-romance-tattoo","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fated-mates-romance-books-for-novel-people-607367","url":"https://fatedmates.net/episodes/2026/8/10/0847-romance-tattoo","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/56488065-589c-48fb-83a2-4fe402ff4505.mp3","summary":"We’re talking tattoos and body art this week! You might not have a tattoo, but odds are you’ve read a few thousand of them, as romance novels love a main character with a message…right on their skin. We talk about some of our favorite tattoo romances, about what tattoos represent, why they’re so sexy, and why romance loves a tattoo artist. Every one of these books is a banger…enjoy filling your end of summer TBR with them. Come talk about your favorite romances with tattoos or about romance in general over on our Patreon! You’ll get an extra monthly episode from us and access to the incredible readers and brilliant people on the Fated Mates Discord. Learn more at fatedmates.net/patreon . Our next read along, in two weeks, is Sarah’s A Rogue By Any Other Name , the first in her casino series. This is one we’ve gotten a bunch of requests for, and so, it will be our final read along of the season. Get it at Amazon , Barnes & Noble , Kobo , Apple Books or wherever you get your books . Books The Montgomery Ink series by Carrie Ann Ryan The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo by Kerrigan Byrne To Desire a Devil by Elizabeth Hoyt The Magpie Lord by KJ Charles Daring and the Duke by Sarah MacLean These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean Merry Inkmas by Talia Hibbert Repeat by Kylie Scott Written on his Skin by Simone Stark Three Dirty Secrets by Nikki Sloane Under Her Skin by Adriana Anders Permanent Ink by Avon Gale and Piper Vaughn Sin & Ink by Naima Simone Reaper’s Legacy by Joanna Wylde Hard as it Gets by Laura Kaye Notes Tattoos have a long history tangled up with colonization , which is why for a long time they were thought to be stigmatizing . They are definitely more mainstream now, which means tattoo culture is changing which has caused its own clashes , but they also are…","meta_description":"We’re talking tattoos and body art this week! You might not have a tattoo, but odds are you’ve read a few thousand of them, as romance novels love a main…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5145,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fated-mates-romance-books-for-novel-people-607367/episodes/s08-47-romance-tattoo/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fated-mates-romance-books-for-novel-people-607367/s08-47-romance-tattoo.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}