122. Podcasters!

We can hardly believe it, listeners, but it’s been seven years since we started this silly little podcast. And we’ve decided to celebrate ourselves, which is why today we’re doing Podcasters! For this binge-worthy episode, we read “Knot My Type (All Access Series Book 1)” by Evie Mitchell and “The Romantic (The Vers Podcast Book 2)” by Riley Hart. Our golden-voiced hosts discuss books that don’t deliver on a kink, teenage mutant ninja turtles, and when characters are so ignorant about things that it ruins the worldbuilding.

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Knot My Type (All Access Series Book 1) by Evie Mitchell

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The Romantic (The Vers Podcast Book 2) by Riley Hart

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121. Tentacle Monsters!

New year, same ridiculousness. That’s right, listeners, we are back on our shit with Tentacle Monsters!! We’d gotten a little too highfalutin and wanted to get back to our roots. So today we read “Tentacle Entanglement: A smutty fantasy romance” by Siggy Shade and “Tentacles and Teeth: A Consorting with Monsters Novella” by Rowan Merrick. Our many-appendaged hosts discuss the horrors of having super hearing, wiggly penis critters, and have an incredibly important (and quotable) revelation about tentacle kink.

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Tentacle Entanglement: A Smutty Fantasy Romance by Siggy Shade

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Tentacles and Teeth: A Consorting with Monsters Novella by Rowan Merrick

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120. Happy Holidays!

If a blizzard of romcoms every year have taught us anything, it’s that the holidays are RIFE with romantic potential, and that’s why today we’re doing the holidays! For this festive episode, we read “A Mistletoe Affair (Wintersage Weddings Book 2)” by Farrah Rochon and “Mistletoe & Mishigas (Teachers in Love)” by M. A. Wardell. Our jolly hosts discuss the infallibility of polling data, when Drag Race quotes don’t belong in the bedroom, and some of the best future in-laws we’ve ever read!

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A Mistletoe Affair (Wintersage Weddings Book 2) by Farrah Rochon

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Mistletoe & Mishigas (Teachers in Love) by M. A. Wardell

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119. Great British Bake-Off!

Whether your love life is a layered as a mille-feuille, your relationship is as finicky as a croquembouche, or dating has left you with a soggy bottom, we can all agree that nothing lifts the spirits like the Great British Bake-Off! And that’s exactly why we’re doing it today! For this sweet and savory episode we read “Bake Off at the Bennet Bakery: A Jane Austen Inspired Sweet Contemporary Romance” by V N Murray and “Mangos and Mistletoe: A Foodie Holiday Novella” by Adriana Herrera. Our handshake-hankering hosts discuss a soggy-bottomed adaptation, characters forgetting what Zoom is, and the hot new (to us) trope: magic pussy.

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Bake Off at the Bennet Bakery: A Jane Austen Inspired Sweet Contemporary Romance by V N Murray

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Mangos and Mistletoe: A Foodie Holiday Novella by Adriana Herrera

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Fuck

118. San Francisco!

Love may be as warm as soup in a bread bowl, as twisting as Lombard street, or as spontaneous as two strangers hooking up in the bathroom at The Cafe. And that’s why today we’re doing San Francisco! For this episode, we read “Sullivan’s Woman” by Nora Roberts and “Owning Regina: Diary of my unexpected passion for another woman” by Lorelei Elstrom. For this extra foggy episode, our hosts discuss coked up seagulls, Nora Roberts feminism, and cooking and vibing to Philip Glass.

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Sullivan’s Woman by Nora Roberts

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Owning Regina: Diary Of My Unexpected Passion For Another Woman By Lorelei Elstrom

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117. Signs!

Are you looking for someone with the nurturing love of a Virgo? The sizzling sex appeal of a Scorpio? The Aquarius’ ability to carry a pot of water? No matter what you’re looking for, you’ll find it in the stars and that’s why today we’re doing Zodiac Signs! In this celestial episode (celespisode?), we read “Taurus Untamed (Fated By Starlight Book 3)” by January Bell and “Cancer Ships Aquarius (Signs of Love Book 5)” by Anyta Sunday. Our hosts discuss vampire bugs, someone not knowing what the eggplant emoji means, and that apparently they’ve been playing FMK wrong this whole time.

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Taurus Untamed (Fated By Starlight Book 3) by January Bell

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Cancer Ships Aquarius (Signs of Love Book 5) by Anyta Sunday

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116. Cupids!

The Ancient Greeks believed that a tiny little winged god flew around, shooting people with arrows and making them fall in love. The Ancient Greeks also believed love was a form of madness, so there we are. But that’s why today we’re doing Cupids! Today we read “A Little Bit Cupid (Entangled Bliss)” by Jennifer Shirk and “Blessed by the Cupid Distribution System: A Cozy and Steamy Lesbian Paranormal Romance” by Robin Jo Margaret. Our cupidinous hosts ask all the important questions: what are the stakes for a cupid to go on a date with a human? What did the world-saving kiss feel like? And why is everyone having sex in public?

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A Little Bit Cupid (Entangled Bliss) by Jennifer Shirk

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Blessed by the Cupid Distribution System: A Cozy and Steamy Lesbian Paranormal Romance by Robin Jo Margaret

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115. Celebrity Authors!

Love can make anyone feel like a star, but some people actually are. Which is why today we’re doing Celebrity Authors!! For this famous episode we read “This Bird Has Flown: A Novel” by Susana Hoffs, and “Girls Like Girls” by Hayley Kiyoko. Our very unfamous hosts discuss the difficulties of early ’00s screennames, several FMKlit firsts (sarcastic), and more editor conspiracy theories

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This Bird Has Flown: A Novel by Susana Hoffs

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Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko

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114. Coffee Shops!

Love is like a cup of coffee: hot, stimulating, fragrant, makes you have to poop. Which is why today we’re doing Coffee Shops! Today we read “Coffee, Tea or Me” by Rich Amooi and “Legends & Lattes: A Novel of High Fantasy and Low Stakes” by Travis Baldree. On this pipin’ hot episode, our hosts percolate on the artistic purview of Fleetwood Mac, when a cozy book is a little too cozy, and a lot of poop talk in only 3 pages.

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Coffee, Tea or Me by Rich Amooi

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Legends & Lattes: A Novel of High Fantasy and Low Stakes by Travis Baldree

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113. Designers!

Do you like your romance to be traditional? Ready to wear? Maybe a little avant garde? Well whatever your taste, we’ve got you covered because today we’re doing fashion designers! We read “Lavish Loving (The Drakes of California Book 9)” by Zuri Day and “The Life Revamp: An LGBTQ Romcom (The Love Study Book 3)” by Kirs Ripper. For this fashion-forward episode, our hosts discuss how romantic it is to play spies, Oscar award-winner Maximum Tata, and narration that tries to be Neil’s bestie that he actually likes.

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Lavish Loving (The Drakes of California Book 9) by Zuri Day

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Kill

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The Life Revamp: An LGBTQ Romcom (The Love Study Book 3) by Kirs Ripper

Claire:

Fuck

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Fuck