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Four seasons in, we\u2019re just throwing caution to the wind now. It\u2019s Daddy week! Yes, that kind of daddy. No, it\u2019s not for everyone, but it is for us and we\u2019re talking about the whys and hows and wtfs herein. Headphones in, obviously.

Fated Mates Live, in person is happening \u2014 if you have tickets to the live show in Alexandria, VA on July 30th \u2014 let us know on our Twitter thread (and find friends!). If you didn\u2019t get a ticket, but want to order signed books from participating authors, you can do that at Old Town Books in advance of the event!

Thanks to Avon Books, publishers of Charis Michaels\u2019s A Duchess by Midnight, and to Juniper Butterworth, author of Priest Queen (Goblins & Cheese, Book 2), for sponsoring the episode.

Next week, we\u2019ve got another interstitial coming your way, but the final read along of season four, in two weeks, is Talia Hibbert\u2019s Get a Life, Chloe Brown. Get it at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, or Kobo.

Show Notes

It\u2019s Daddy week on Fated Mates. Here\u2019s a few classic articles and explainers that might help you understand the phenomenon: a Daddy explainer from Esquire, an advice columnist from The Cut helps you get over your feelings about Daddy Kink, a woman in a relationship with a Daddy helps you understand the appeal, and why it\u2019s totally find to think Oscar Isaac is the best (stern brunch) Daddy, even if he is having some sort of Daddy-off with Pedro Pascal.

Sarah\u2019s newest release is Heartbreaker, and it comes out Aug 23, 2022. You can preorder signed copies from Word in Brooklyn.

A local Chicago indie, [Women and Children First],7 sponsored a panel on historical romance. You can watch the recording of Adriana Herrera, Harper St. George, and Joanna Shupe in conversation with Jen.

Tickets for both Apollycon and Fated Mates Live are sold out, but you can still get books signed and shipped from: Andie J Christopher, Kate Clayborn, Ali Hazelwood, Adriana Herrera, Tracey Livesay, Sophie Jordan, Diana Quincy, Naima Simone or Sarah by ordering from Old Town Books!

If you are coming, we hope you\u2019ll say hi! You might also want to order an avatar button from the Romancelandia Shop.

The TikTok where a woman calls her husband Daddy and he\u2019s surprised at how much he likes it.

Here\u2019s Bill Pullman\u2019s speech from Independence Day, which is so weirdly hopeful I don\u2019t even know what to say about it.