Fmklit Pod

Love is like a roller coaster: it has its ups, it has its downs, and things get a little dicey if you eat too much funnel cake before getting things going. And that's why today we're doing Theme Parks! For this exciting episode we read "Roller Coaster Romance: A Sweet Romantic Comedy" by Kate Moseman and "Under Her Influence" by Amanda Radley. Our thrill-seeking hosts discuss wet tortillas, influencers picking up kids from school, and how sexy it is when someone is bad a customer service. Support us on Patreon! patreon.com/fmklitpod

It would be great to know exactly what you're getting when it comes to love, which is why today we're doing Marketers! For this pitchable episode, we read "Lavash at First Sight" by Taleen Voskuni and "Marketing Beef: A Gay Romantic Comedy (Marketing Beef Series Book 1)" by Rick Bettencourt. Our widely appealing hosts discuss surprise hotdog eating contests, cum on your face at breakfast, and eating salad with a boner (you know, things that are super easy to market). Support us on Patreon! patreon.com/fmklitpod

They say a little mystery spices up a relationship. Well we like a whole hell of a lot of spice so today we're doing Imposters! This time we read "Stealing Her (Covet Book 1)" by Rachel Van Dyken and "The Problem With Perfect: A totally feelgood, fake-fake boyfriend queer romcom that will make you smile" by Philip William Stover. Our duplicitous hosts discuss a super secret way to find out someone's sexuality, piss-based nicknames, and Claire makes Neil laugh so hard that he almost injures himself. Support us on Patreon! patreon.com/fmklitpod

It was Cupid, in the bookstore, with his arrows of love! We here at FMKlit love following the clues, which is why today we're doing Murder Mysteries! For this suspicious episode we read "Inn for Murder: Cozy Romance Mystery (A Wildflower Inn Mystery Book 1)" by Harper Lin and "A Curious Woman: Murder Under the Gum Trees" by Jess Lea. Our homicidal hosts discuss the importance of vintage suits, rooster danger senses, and to always beware the Amandas. Support us on Patreon! patreon.com/fmklitpod

Who are you? And for that matter, who am I? If you love unanswered questions, then you're in luck because today we're doing Amnesia! On this memorable episode we read "Tempting the Bride (The Fitzhugh Trilogy Book 3)" by Sherry Thomas and "Whiteout (Seasons of Love Book 1)" by Elyse Springer. Our confused and disoriented hosts discuss creepy vacation paintings, remembering dick jokes despite head trauma, and the hot new hobby of opening doors at parties. Support us on Patreon! patreon.com/fmklitpod

It's said that love is a journey. We here at FMKlit say it's more like a trail in the woods. And that's why today we're doing Park Rangers!! (Calm down, Christine). For this eco-conscious episode we read "Happy Trail: A Trapped Together Forced Proximity Romance (Park Ranger Book 1)" by Daisy Prescott and "Splinter (Significant Brothers Book 1)" by E. Davies. Our outdoorsy hosts discuss smelly ladies, doing coke off someone's clavicle, and (shock of the year) actual romance in a romance novel. Support us on Patreon! patreon.com/fmklitpod

Love may be a little hard to plan, but it certainly goes better with the right playlist and snacks. Which is why today we're doing Road Trips! For this cross-country episode, we read "Miles and Miles of You (The Harts Book 1)" by Jennifer Bonds and "How to Repair a Mechanical Heart (Mechanical Hearts Book 1)" by J. C. Lillis. Our road-ready hosts discuss villainous slash fiction writers, standing up a priest, and Claire gives some very sage advice about hotdogs. Companies that are NOT sponsoring Pride this year: https://www.advocate.com/news/companies-that-stopped-sponsoring-pride#rebelltitem13 Companies that ARE sponsoring Pride this year: https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/29/pride-month-2025-collections-target-converse/#page/13 Also buy local and buy queer! Support us on Patreon! patreon.com/fmklitpod

The future's looking pretty bleak these days. We at FMKlit are preparing for our robot overlords by reading Books Written By AI! For this generated episode we read "The Forgotten Song: The Masterpiece written by AI and Zoki" by Zoran Rogic, and "Love Unscripted: A Novel Written Entirely by AI" by WriteGPT. Our hosts (who are totally still humans and haven't been replaced) discuss uranium pianos, the most egregious example of repeated beats, and Claire brings a surprise guest! Support us on Patreon! patreon.com/fmklitpod

Is your love life worth talking about? Are you ok being put on the spot? Then you're in luck because today we're doing Talk Show Hosts! For this episode we read "Talking About Sex..." by Vicki Lewis Thompson and "Through the Roof" by Natasha West. Our chatty hosts discuss sex candles, masculine doorbells, and that prime ministers are good last-minute replacements for basket weavers. Support us on Patreon! patreon.com/fmklitpod

Sometimes love toys with your heart. Sometimes it make you purr. And sometimes it a big furry loaf....huh? But that's why today we're doing cats!!! For this purrrrrfect episode, we read "Coffee and Crushes at the Cat Café: A Furrever Friends Sweet Romance" by Kris Bock and "Love & Snowball Fights: A Hurt/Comfort Enemies to Lovers Gay Romance: A Christmas Valley Story" by J. R. Loveless. Our nine-lived hosts discuss textbook romance, an alarmingly sleepy cat, and a disappointing lack of shifters. Support us on Patreon! patreon.com/fmklitpod

They say that sometimes love is warm like a nice, soft pretzel. Sometimes love is exciting and bright like the first wuhdrr ice of the summer. And sometimes love is greasy and full of meat like a good hoagie. And that's why today we're doing Philly! For our celebration of the City of Brotherly (And Other Kinds Of) Love, we read "Sweet Temptation: An Age Gap Arranged Marriage Romance" by Cora Reilly, and "Egotistical Puckboy (Puckboys Book 1)" by Eden Finley and Saxon James. Our battery-chucking hosts discuss unbelievably boring queers, choosing the genre of the book you've already started reading, and they have fun with a Boston accent. Support us on Patreon! patreon.com/fmklitpod

Do you need to learn about love? Need some instruction in intercourse? Well we've got you covered because today we're doing Governesses! On this educational episode, we read "Mr. Gardiner and the Governess: A Regency Romance (Clairvoir Castle Romances Book 1)" by Sally Britton and "Trouble: A Novel" by Lex Croucher. Our hosts discuss Tiny Tim trapped in a tree, ladies needing to learn lessons, and the only appropriate moment for white lady tears. Support us on Patreon! patreon.com/fmklitpod

Are you smuggling love? Do you have a complicated network of criminals selling sexiness? Are those counterfeit kisses? Well you're in trouble because today we're doing FBI Agents! For this federally-funded episode we read "A Lot Like Love (FBI/US Attorney Book 2)" by Julie James and "Meridian (Mirror Series Book 1)" by Kirby Crow. Our undercover hosts discuss sweater vest suit sets; CSI: Wine Club; and a favorite FMK lesson: it's not good writing if it's googleable. Support us on Patreon! patreon.com/fmklitpod

Do you enjoy handling balls? Having a crowd? And quite a bit of dribbling? Then this episode is for you because today we're doing Basketball! For this 3-pointer of an episode, we read "His Best Shot: The L.A. Stars Series, Book 1" by J. Nichole and "Love and Sportsball: Atlanta Cannons, Book 1" by Meka James. Our athletics hosts discuss a book one that's actually a book 4 (as we discover in Christine's notes), messy wife drama, and that Claire is the annoying white girl on the team. Support us on Patreon! patreon.com/fmklitpod

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. Support us on Patreon! patreon.com/fmklitpod

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. Support us on Patreon! patreon.com/fmklitpod

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! Support us on Patreon! patreon.com/fmklitpod

A veritable blizzards of holiday romcoms come out every year, and among them this year was "Our Little Secret," starring one miss Lindsay Loahn. And today we're gonna talk about it! Does this movie sugar our cookies? Is it a big lump of coal? Our hosts do the hard work of watching a movie and having opinions about it so that you can help decide whether or not to make it a new holiday tradition. And if you're playing along, we tell you exactly when to pause so that you can go watch the movie before the spoilers! Support us on Patreon! patreon.com/fmklitpod

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. Support us on Patreon! patreon.com/fmklitpod

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. Support us on Patreon! patreon.com/fmklitpod