Listen to these Romance Podcasts

Plus new releases, free romances, jobs in publishing, and ebook deals

Kaitlyn Arford
May 13, 2025

I’m always looking to know what’s going on in the romance world. These are some of my favorite podcasts covering Romancelandia.

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💃 Romance Podcasts Recommendations

Fated Mates

No kink shaming here

Hosted by author Sarah MacLean and critic Jen Prokop, Fated Mates remains the most popular romance novel podcast because of its insights into the industry and it’s arguements of how important romance novels are to fighting the patriarchy.

Rebel Ever After

The best new podcast

This new podcast from author Ella Dawson looks into progressive romance novels and how they’ve shaped society. If you want to learn about how political romance novels are, this is the place to start.

Romance Ever After

Best for rom com lovers

Writer Allie K. Parker talks about romantic comedies every week with a member of the romance novel community. Allie’s also looking for new guests right now!

Smart Podcast, Trashy Books

Best for interviews

From the creator of Smart Bitches, Trashy Books comes this podcast featuring interviews with authors. librarians, and publishing professionals. With more than 600 episodes released so far, you’ll find an episode you love.

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🎉 Romance Releases

Contemporary
Tourist Trap by Morgan Elizabeth	My Favorite Bad Decision by Elizabeth O’Roark	Dream On, Ramona Riley by Ashley Herring Blake
Can’t Get Enough by Kennedy Ryan	The Nanny Goal by Ainsley Booth	The Romance Rivalry by Susan Lee

Fantasy
A Simple Twist of Fate by April Asher	What Sleeps Within the Cove by Harper L. Cove	Luca by Eryn Hawk

💌 Romancelandia News

Why do romance covers all look like this now? A look into simple bright styles have taken over rom-com covers.
Moms love romance novels. Some things never change.
Olivia Waite shares this week’s best releases in romance.
Bold type, interspecies embraces, and modern lovers set the new trends in romance covers.
Ana Huang talks about her new release King of Envy.
How one bookstore owner went from a pop-up romance bookstore to a storefront
Former NHL player Sean Avery is cowriting a romance novel. Avery has made comments about players who had dated his former girlfriends, ending his career by being suspended indefinitely by the NHL.

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💾 Romancelandia Jobs

Nicole Batey needs an experienced romantasy editor for a 137k novel

ACES: The Society for Editing needs proposals for a scientific study that quantifies the value of editing to readers across types of media (between $7,500 and $10,000 for one year, renewable)

Mika C.C. needs special edition covers

P.S. Literary Agency needs a literary agent

Kaitlyn Arford (writer of this newsletter) needs to make a referral for a debut author who needs help promoting a coming-of-age book. Respond to this email if you’re interested.

Salem Sinclair needs a personal assistant that specializes in contemporary romance for Instagram/TikTok

Holly Renee needs a character artist for a contemporary romance

Trisha Otis needs character art for a fantasy novel

Madi Danielle needs an artist to create a town map

Alise Monroe needs content pulls for promotional purposes

Jasmine Dade needs a PR service for content creation