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This week, Katie caught Carl slipping and forgetting what Sinful Signings is all about. (Spoiler: the dark stuff.) Luckily, Katie read Their Goddess by Sabrina G. this week, and that was all the reminding that Carl needed! Tune in and you'll almost literally HEAR a man get whiplash from the tone shift! Book Description   Ethan and Syrus met online. Their true identities hidden behind a mask, but t...

We know that Sinful Signings celebrates the darker side of the romance world, but sometimes you gotta lighten up and let a little sunshine in! That's exactly what we're doing this week with Concussion Protocol by Sinful Signings attending author Rebecca Rathe! Join us for this breezy and sexy tale of a hot nurse and his hunky, rugby-playing patient! Book Description A sweet and spicy short story b...

Sinful Signings 2025 is on the horizon (July 19th-20th in Roanoke, Virginia), so things are getting dark here at Smutco Industries! We're kicking off our coverage of the dark romance genre with a book that came highly recommended by patron/dear friend Katie Hurd; Draga & the Savage: Dragobete by Jenny Allen. The spice may be on the low end, but the passion is INTENSE! Book Descirption Luminita...

This week, Katie and Carl continue to gush about their time at Monsterotica Book Con, including how delighted they were to meet B.C. King and Phantom Dame, co-creators of Cold Nights In A Warm Cave , the book we are covering this week. Join us and marvel at how quickly this book goes from sweet to silly to spicy in the blink of an eye! Producer's Note: there is a tone at the 29:55 mark to indicate...

Katie Mizell and her husband Maxx Joy are Smutco Industries. Together, they create Cheap Smut, a podcast for people who would never let anyone see their Kindle library. Each week, Katie explains the plot of a cheap, smutty book ($4.99 or less) to her husband Maxx, who has little to no idea what the book is about. ★ Support this podcast ★

When we debuted Cheap Smut in February of 2023, there was no way we could have imagined that we would make it to one hundred episodes. And yet, not only did we make it to one hundred episodes, the stars aligned and we ended up recording it in Baltimore because we were influencer guests at the first-ever Monsterotica Book Con . In celebration of our centennial episode, we're honoring the works of D...

Things are hectic at Smutco Industries as we prepare for Monsterotica Book Con , so this week we're letting off some steam and revisiting our beloved New York Nighthawks! Join us as Katie quarterbacks us through Spread Offense by Fiona Davenport, and find out if our running back of an MMC fumbles his dream girl! Book Description Gage Ledger didn’t know Rory Abernathy beyond her online gamer tag, b...

Monsterotica Book Con is right around the corner (DO NOT REMIND US WE ARE NOT READY!!!), but we had time to get one more attending author's book in front of Katie! And what a book it was, 'cause we were sweating by the end of Blood Moon by Jillian Graves! The spice is as high as the stakes are in this one! Book Description Hazel knows exactly how to get over her bar's troubles: getting under somet...

Katie has never hidden her love for the cozier books we cover, and this week the cozy gets cute with Kass O'Shire's The Curious Incident of the Great Cookie Snackcident of 979 ! Book Description The Curious Incident of the Great Cookie Snackcident of 979 is a cozy, slower burn workplace romance with two MCs who connect over a shared passion for their calling. It features a demi heroine, a non-bina...

Katie was such a fan of Thea Masen's My Date With a Rubber Duckie (which we covered in our March Patreon bonus episode) that she wanted to do ANOTHER Thea Masen book! And that is why this week, we're talking about Stiff , the book that dares to ask the question, "What's the worst way to get punished when you pull a 'Rail n' Bail' on a witch expecting reciprocal cunnilingus?" Also: we're trying out...

Were K.L. Hiers still able to attend Monsterotica Book Con, we would lay upon them the biggest of hugs for Shoulda Swiped Left . They can no longer attend, so instead we will heap praise upon their retelling of a classic myth for your listening pleasure. Book Description Joseph Abrams can't believe he's found his perfect match through online dating. Zale Petropoulos is hot, charming, and just the...

We're gearing up for Monsterotica Book Con here at Smutco Industries, and this week we're featuring another MBC author: Lizzie Strong! Katie could not stop gushing about Gotten By The Gator, a book she described as "like reading a cloud." Tune in and see why that is the highest form of compliment coming from the Smutco CEO! Book Description Aurora's ex-husband got everything in the divorce—the dog...

Spring Break at Smutco Industries brought in some bad vibes, but we're shaking them off and going out of this world with How to Land an Alien Boyfriend by Cassie O. Peia, better known to you smut lovers as Dakota Cockaday! Join us as we ponder the great mysteries of the universe, like how can one MMC be so oily, yet so dry! Book Description It was just another day at work when Araceli Martinez met...

When Katie told Carl that this week's book was not so much ABOUT baseball as it was baseball-adjacent, he was undeterred. When he found out what it was REALLY about, he was equally undeterred because we've been doing this for three years now and frankly, he's seen it all. But that doesn't mean that we didn't have a blast with Howls and Home Runs by Biblio Barbie, because we absolutely did! Tune in...

Nothing I can type here will prepare you for the spicy blast that is Portal to Pleasure by Viano Oniomoh, so go ahead and smash the heck out of that "play" button. Don't believe me? Sneak a look at the book description and tell me you don't wanna know more. Book Description When my best friend sends me the screenshot of an article titled “Female masturbation can apparently open a ‘portal to hell’”...

We're working overtime here at Smutco Industries and didn't have time to record a new episode, so as a special lil' treat, we're giving everyone a chance to hear our first-ever Patreon bonus episode, in which Carl covered Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver! If you're a fan of this show, you're probably VERY familiar with this breakout sensation, but if you've yet to take the plunge, let this...

This week's vibes are immaculate and light as we cozy up with Lindsay Reign's Spacetacular Holiday Novellas ! You get two novellas in this episode, and both are full of snuggles and plenty of spice! Book Descriptions Rocket Around the Christmas Tree What's the worst possible thing that can happen when you are traveling home for the holiday season? An ice asteroid storm that halts all forms of spac...

Sure, the rise of AI could give us Skynet, but what if it gave us knee-buckling orgasms instead? Only one author is brave enough to ask that hard-hitting question, and that author is G.M Fairy! Join us this week as we take on My AI and ponder the ethics of soooooo many things. Book Description After social media star Azzy, has a very public panic attack at a red-carpeted award show, her best frien...

WE'RE BACK, BABY! Season three of Cheap Smut is kicking off with those cozy monster vibes we love and appreciate, and the object of our affection this week is Bowling With Bigfoot by Eden Crowe. We didn't make any "gutter ball" jokes because we respect our listeners, but boy did we want to! Book Description Hazel Reed considers Bigfoot, better known as Eric “Big E” Sasqui, to be her mortal enemy....

Season two comes to a close in spectacular fashion, as Katie was thrilled to present Mean One by Ab. Cynthe. Yes, it's a Grinch-fucker book, and yes, we know you're dying to read it, so go and read it! Book Description 'Tis the season for  revenge . (Producer's Note: Yes, that's the whole description. Personally, I appreciate Ab. Cynthe's brevity, but we're gonna need the extra space for the Tripl...

(Producer's Note: We had technical difficulties at the outset of our recording, so this profile is shorter than our typical Author Profile episodes.) For our final Author Profile of 2024, we were pleased to be joined by Sara Furlong Burr. Join us and hear which sport she wishes was more popular in the smut community, and why she'd never write a hockey romance. Sara's Instagram Our Linktree Music:...

It's an all-Michigan episode this week, as your Michigan-based hosts are proud to present Accidentally Under Your Tree by fellow Michigander Marty Vee! If you like your Christmas trees real and your dating fake, this is the book for you! Book Description It's harmless when Will agrees to a fake relationship with his best friend and business partner. She needs an excuse to stay away from her ex-boy...

Katie is spreading holiday cheer with the a steamy office romance this week, courtesy of Lana Love! Give us a listen as Katie walks us through S.I.L.F. , and try not to think about how overworked the HR departments must be in these books! Book Description I can no longer ignore the curvy babe in my office. When the opportunity to join her to select a signature drink for the annual Christmas party...

The holidays roll on at Smutco Industries with A Court -Ordered Romance by Lark Green. Not even the heavy use of arousal-smelling could make Katie say an unkind word about this book! Book Description Vale, Hollywood’s newest demon heartthrob, promised never to return home to Winter Bliss. Until his movie’s press tour forces him back. One drunken night with friends leads to the destruction of a his...

The holidays are upon us, so you know what that means! It's time for Katie to break out the cozy (but still VERY sexy) vibes, and what better way to kick things off than with a book featuring her favorite trope: "Snowed In"! Join us this week as we cover Stormbound by Maggie Maren, and get ready for the holidays with your favorite smut-loving couple! Book Description Kaylee Waters is a loose canno...