Happy Thanksgiving, American HBs! Get stoked for part 1 of BOYFRIEND by Sarina Bowen! Want to support the show? Rate and review us on your favorite podcast app! It super helps the algorithm connect us to new listeners.  Want more of us? Check out our PATREON! Credits: Theme Music: Brittany Pfantz  Art: Author Kate Prior Want to tell us a story, ask about advertising, or anything else? Email: heavingbosomspodcast (at) gmail  Follow our socials:  Instagram @heavingbosoms Tiktok @heaving_bosoms  Facebook group: the Heaving Bosoms Geriatric Friendship Cult The above contains affiliate links, which means that when purchasing through them, the podcast gets a small percentage without costing you a penny more.

Hey y'all! We're here for part 2 of BULL MOON RISING by Ruby Dixon! Aspeth has been discovered by her dastardly ex-fiancée and it's ALL HANDS ON DECK to save her home! The found family in this book really made our hearts soar just as much as the rutting in this book made our eyes bulge. Awoooga! Lady Loves: Sabrina: a heated mattress topper! It's soooo cozy for when you jump into bed. But be sure the dogs get their side warmed, too, OR ELSE. Mel: IT'S CHRISTMAS CACTUS SEASON, Y'ALL! My christmas cactus is in full bloom and it's amaaaaaaaaaazing. Want to support the show? Rate and review us on your favorite podcast app! It super helps the algorithm connect us to new listeners. Want more of us? Check out our PATREON! Credits: Theme Music: Brittany Pfantz  Art: Author Kate Prior Want to tell us a story, ask about advertising, or anything else? Email: heavingbosomspodcast (at) gmail Follow our socials: Instagram @heavingbosoms Tiktok @heaving_bosoms Facebook group: the Heaving Bosoms Geriatric Friendship Cult The above contains affiliate links, which means that when purchasing through them, the podcast gets a small percentage without costing you a penny more.

Hey HBs! We're recapping BULL MOON RISING by Ruby Dixon and we couldn't be happier! This is part one of our foray into a new corner of the Dixonverse where magic is outlawed and Conquest Moons disrupt everything. We've got a determined heroine who's undercover to save her life and home and a minotaur hero who cannot catch a break in the run up to the next celestial f*ckfest. A marriage of convenience will obviously solve everything! Bonus Content: Mel's in the doghouse, Sabrina can't get enough of the author's note, "slightly smaller" rings, and so much more! Want to support the show? Rate and review us on your favorite podcast app! It super helps the algorithm connect us to new listeners.  Want more of us? Check out our PATREON! Credits: Theme Music: Brittany Pfantz  Art: Author Kate Prior Want to tell us a story, ask about advertising, or anything else? Email: heavingbosomspodcast (at) gmail  Follow our socials:  Instagram @heavingbosoms Tiktok @heaving_bosoms  Facebook group: the Heaving Bosoms Geriatric Friendship Cult The above contains affiliate links, which means that when purchasing through them, the podcast gets a small percentage without costing you a penny more.

Hey HBs! This is part 2 of FRISCO'S KID by Suzanne Brockmann, the third book in the Tall, Dark, and Dangerous series! We hope you're ready for a little bit of action and more emotional growth! Bonus Content: getting nakie in the living room, "then I'll choose you," the miscommunication trope done with excellent communication, future purveyors of toilet wine, paranormal creatures in regular human bodies, booze cabins, getting smacked in the face with '90s technology, and so much more! Lady Loves Sabrina: donate clothes you don't wear anymore and get the closet of your dreams! Wear what you want RIGHT NOW, not 15 years ago. Mel: our new technique to help with tantrums and processing emotions! We've been offering our 5 year old ice packs to hold against her chest to bring her back to her body when she starts spiraling on negative thoughts and emotions. It's been helping! Want to support the show? Rate and review us on your favorite podcast app! It super helps the algorithm connect us to new listeners.  Want more of us? Check out our PATREON! Credits: Theme Music: Brittany Pfantz  Art: Author Kate Prior Want to tell us a story, ask about advertising, or anything else? Email: heavingbosomspodcast (at) gmail  Follow our socials:  Instagram @heavingbosoms Tiktok @heaving_bosoms  Facebook group: the Heaving Bosoms Geriatric Friendship Cult The above contains affiliate links, which means that when purchasing through them, the podcast gets a small percentage without costing you a penny more.

Happy Veteran's Day to all our American Listeners! It’s our annual Veterans Day episode and we decided to continue our journey through the Tall, Dark, and Dangerous series. Today is part 1 of FRISCO'S KID by Suzanne Brockmann! We were hoping for similar ridiculous antics to the first two books, but we got a very sincere recovery story with the following content warnings: debilitating injury and aggressive rehabilitation, disability, alcohol use and abuse and alcoholism, child abuse and neglect, and we discuss the potential suicidal ideation of a character. The good news is that, overall, we liked book! Bonus Content: Mel is irreverent about celebrities again, Sabrina found out some sad news about Tupac, a tragic lack of shenanigans and malarkey, Frisco just needs to be a Yoda, we've got another sexy gardener, preserving toxic masculinity, making aggressive love to...., and so much more! Want to support the show? Rate and review us on your favorite podcast app! It super helps the algorithm connect us to new listeners.  Want more of us? Check out our PATREON! Credits: Theme Music: Brittany Pfantz  Art: Author Kate Prior Want to tell us a story, ask about advertising, or anything else? Email: heavingbosomspodcast (at) gmail  Follow our socials:  Instagram @heavingbosoms Tiktok @heaving_bosoms  Facebook group: the Heaving Bosoms Geriatric Friendship Cult The above contains affiliate links, which means that when purchasing through them, the podcast gets a small percentage without costing you a penny more.

HBs, we get to spend more time in the zany universe of Lily Mayne's Goliaths of Wrestling! Hot dad bod human Taylor and unabashed perv + style icon monster Holt can't get enough of each other and we can't get enough of them! When you add addictive side characters and truly hilarious drunken shenanigans, you get a masterpiece. Bonus content: Sabrina encounters another foot scene that doesn't bother her, and that's very concerning? Is she becoming desensitized to her aversion and rewriting her synapses with laughter?? Lady Loves: Sabrina: Going to England to be there as one of her best friends got married!!! Mel: Going to see The Wild Robot in theaters with the kids! It was her 5 year old's first theater experience and she cried almost the whole movie as she sat on her lap. Watch this episode on YOUTUBE! Want to support the show? Rate and review us on your favorite podcast app! It super helps the algorithm connect us to new listeners.  Want more of us? Check out our PATREON! Credits: Theme Music: Brittany Pfantz  Art: Author Kate Prior Want to tell us a story, ask about advertising, or anything else? Email: heavingbosomspodcast (at) gmail  Follow our socials:  Instagram @heavingbosoms Tiktok @heaving_bosoms  Facebook group: the Heaving Bosoms Geriatric Friendship Cult The above contains affiliate links, which means that when purchasing through them, the podcast gets a small percentage without costing you a penny more.

HBs! We have discovered IMPROMPTU MATCH by Lily Mayne and we'll never be the same again! This is part one, in which we meet depressed and unfulfilled human Taylor Hough. He works a job he hates, he's given up everything he loves for a boyfriend who left him for a hippie, and there's no end in sight to his dearth of contentment. Until he accidentally gets mistaken for a stripper and he enters a secret world of sexy, wrestling monsters! Y'all. This book is SO funny, SO sweet, and SO hot. It's ridiculous. Make sure to come back for part 2 as well! Bonus Content: nudes, dick pics, snapchat f*ckboys, Monster Dong WrestleMania, and so much more! You can watch this episode on our youtube channel as well! Want to support the show? Rate and review us on your favorite podcast app! It super helps the algorithm connect us to new listeners.  Want more of us? Check out our PATREON! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble, Etsy Want to tell us a story, ask about advertising, or anything else? Email: heavingbosomspodcast (at) gmail  Follow our socials:  Instagram @heavingbosoms Tiktok @heaving_bosoms  Facebook group: the Heaving Bosoms Geriatric Friendship Cult Credits: Theme Music: Brittany Pfantz  Art: Author Kate Prior (her newest release MATED TO MY EX is out now!!)  The above contains affiliate links, which means that when purchasing through them, the podcast gets a small percentage without costing you a penny more.

It's Halloween week and the characters in BEWITCHING THE BOSS by Jessa Kane were entirely too unafraid! Their fear bones are broken, but other important bones aren't! We've got a party-planning stalker and a virgin who has taken a vow of misery, but is DELIGHTED when he realizes he's being stalked. Our jaws where on the floor the whole time and we couldn't stop gasping. Whew! Bonus Content: NO TIME FOR BANTER, Sabrina's live-updates to a special friend throughout her read, This Duke Is A Virgin, So! Much! Dirty! Talk!, and so much more! Lady Loves: Sabrina: the youtubers CrackingTheCryptic and Rangsk for all your sudoku strategy needs! Mel: roasting pumpkin seeds after carving jack-o-lanterns with your kids! Want to support the show? Rate and review us on your favorite podcast app! It super helps the algorithm connect us to new listeners.  Want more of us? Check out our PATREON! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble, Etsy Want to tell us a story, ask about advertising, or anything else? Email: heavingbosomspodcast (at) gmail  Follow our socials:  Instagram @heavingbosoms Tiktok @heaving_bosoms  Facebook group: the Heaving Bosoms Geriatric Friendship Cult Credits: Theme Music: Brittany Pfantz  Art: Author Kate Prior (her newest release MATED TO MY EX is out now!!)  The above contains affiliate links, which means that when purchasing through them, the podcast gets a small percentage without costing you a penny more.

Happy Halloween week, HBs! We're celebrating with an accidental omegaverse summoning with KNOT TODAY SATAN by Calliope Stewart! Turns out, the devil is an alpha and the secret ingredient is slick.... goddess bless romance. Bonus Content: assuming your niche interest is common knowledge, Mel was reading signs that weren't there, coordinating scents and tastes, if they had to choose a fictional world to live in Sabrina would choose omegaverse, and so much more! Want to support the show? Rate and review us on your favorite podcast app! It super helps the algorithm connect us to new listeners.  Want more of us? Check out our PATREON! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble, Etsy Want to tell us a story, ask about advertising, or anything else? Email: heavingbosomspodcast (at) gmail  Follow our socials:  Instagram @heavingbosoms Tiktok @heaving_bosoms  Facebook group: the Heaving Bosoms Geriatric Friendship Cult Credits: Theme Music: Brittany Pfantz  Art: Author Kate Prior (her newest release MATED TO MY EX is out now!!)  The above contains affiliate links, which means that when purchasing through them, the podcast gets a small percentage without costing you a penny more.

We're wrapping up our 7th Podiversary with a torturous session of Would You Rather and we round out the episode with two Quickies for you! Mel recaps MARROW by Trisha Wolfe and Brynn Weaver and Sabrina recaps SEXTING THE SILVERFOX by K.C. Crowne! Thank you, Listener! For 7 years we've shared books, squees, tears, hard limits, giggles, and we wouldn't trade any of it. The HB community is amazing and we couldn't do any of this without you! Want to support the show? Rate and review us on your favorite podcast app! It super helps the algorithm connect us to new listeners.  Want more of us? Check out our PATREON! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble, Etsy Want to tell us a story, ask about advertising, or anything else? Email: heavingbosomspodcast (at) gmail  Follow our socials:  Instagram @heavingbosoms Tiktok @heaving_bosoms  Facebook group: the Heaving Bosoms Geriatric Friendship Cult Credits: Theme Music: Brittany Pfantz  Art: Author Kate Prior (her newest release MATED TO MY EX is out now!!) 

Hey HBs! It’s time to pat ourselves on the back, update our various watches, and figure out some would you rathers. It’s our 7th podiversary celebration!!! Get ready for our annual State of the Podcast, HB Authors, Hard Limits Watch, Kink Watch, HB Etiquette, Rabbit Hole Watch, and more! Tomorrow we'll be back to torture each other with more Would You Rather scenarios AND delight in two bonus Quickies! Get STOKED!!!! Want to support the show? Rate and review us on your favorite podcast app! It super helps the algorithm connect us to new listeners.  Want more of us? Check out our PATREON! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble, Etsy Want to tell us a story, ask about advertising, or anything else? Email: heavingbosomspodcast (at) gmail  Follow our socials:  Instagram @heavingbosoms Tiktok @heaving_bosoms  Facebook group: the Heaving Bosoms Geriatric Friendship Cult Credits: Theme Music: Brittany Pfantz  Art: Author Kate Prior (her newest release MATED TO MY EX is out now!!) 

Hey HBs! We're here to finish up Nikolai and Myst's tale with fated hostage-taking, forced orgasms, and misunderstandings of unfinished memories! Get stoked! Lady Loves: Sabrina: 360 degree rolling suitcases. What a revelation! Mel: #plantdad instagram (also #plantdaddy). And specifically @theplantpapi. Such a good follow! Want to support the show? Rate and review us on your favorite podcast app! It super helps the algorithm connect us to new listeners.  Want more of us? Check out our PATREON! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble, Etsy Want to tell us a story, ask about advertising, or anything else? Email: heavingbosomspodcast (at) gmail  Follow our socials:  Instagram @heavingbosoms Tiktok @heaving_bosoms  Facebook group: the Heaving Bosoms Geriatric Friendship Cult Credits: Theme Music: Brittany Pfantz  Art: Author Kate Prior (her newest release MATED TO MY EX is out now!!)  The above contains affiliate links, which means that when purchasing through them, the podcast gets a small percentage without costing you a penny more.

Hey HBs! We're doing our first re-release since Sabrina became Mel's full-time partner-in-crime! This is part 1 of THE WARLORD WANTS FOREVER by Kresley Cole! Since we announced that our next Patreon Deep Dive is going to be the first 10ish books in the Immortals After Dark series, starting at book 3, we've had a bunch of Listener saying "but what about books 1 and 2?!" The answer to that is Sabrina and I started this journey over a year ago on the main feed! So, this week we're re-releasing our recap of book one! We've got two immortals, one femme fatale, one warlord hot dummy, 1 five year boner, fated hostage-takings, savage goodbyes, memorable reunions, VERY questionable/dubious/non-existent consent (also enthusiastic consent), and so much more! Could this be viewed as problematic? Sure. Did we super love it? Very yes. Bonus content: series hopping and existential crises, Forebears/Four Bears, brains while reading, noodle fuckery, and more. Want to support the show? Rate and review us on your favorite podcast app! It super helps the algorithm connect us to new listeners.  Want more of us? Check out our PATREON! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble, Etsy Want to tell us a story, ask about advertising, or anything else? Email: heavingbosomspodcast (at) gmail  Follow our socials:  Instagram @heavingbosoms Tiktok @heaving_bosoms  Facebook group: the Heaving Bosoms Geriatric Friendship Cult Credits: Theme Music: Brittany Pfantz  Art: Author Kate Prior (her newest release MATED TO MY EX is out now!!)  The above contains affiliate links, which means that when purchasing through them, the podcast gets a small percentage without costing you a penny more.

We're back with the second half of THE KING by Nana Malone! Our plucky secret agents are on their very first field mission and (bom chicka wow wooow) they're posing as newlyweds! Don't worry, they commit to the bit. Bonus Content: Georg and Dreorg, forehead kisses, red hot narration, and so much more! Lady Loves: Sabrina: Having an endless pile of bullshit to talk about with your besties! Mel: Sabrina and I are doing accountability meetings we're calling our Becoming Champions time! Mel got the phrase from Arden Myrin from the podcast Will You Accept This Rose and repurposed it to give ourselves some structure! Watch this episode on YOUTUBE! Want to support the show? Rate and review us on your favorite podcast app! It super helps the algorithm connect us to new listeners.  Want more of us? Check out our PATREON! Credits: Theme Music: Brittany Pfantz  Art: Author Kate Prior (her newest release MATED TO MY EX is out now!!)  Want to tell us a story, ask about advertising, or anything else? Email: heavingbosomspodcast (at) gmail  Follow our socials:  Instagram @heavingbosoms Tiktok @heaving_bosoms  Facebook group: the Heaving Bosoms Geriatric Friendship Cult The above contains affiliate links, which means that when purchasing through them, the podcast gets a small percentage without costing you a penny more.

Hey HBs! It's our first Nana Malone book! THE KING is book 1 of the Gentleman Rogue series and we were stoked to jump into contemporary spy times. What we didn't prep ourselves for? AN AMNESIA PLOT!!!! Bonus Content: Mel has a yuck that goes ow, Mel DID manage to swerve a little Mikey after our Magic Mike XXL watch party, Sabrina read the prequel The Heir and Mel did not, John Hartley and Leila Allarie SLAY this audiobook, Lachlan is wolf-shifter-coded, 37 year old knees, and so much more! Watch this episode on YOUTUBE and come back tomorrow for part 2!! Want to support the show? Rate and review us on your favorite podcast app! It super helps the algorithm connect us to new listeners.  Want more of us? Check out our PATREON! Credits: Theme Music: Brittany Pfantz  Art: Author Kate Prior (her newest release MATED TO MY EX is out now!!)  Want to tell us a story, ask about advertising, or anything else? Email: heavingbosomspodcast (at) gmail  Follow our socials:  Instagram @heavingbosoms Tiktok @heaving_bosoms  Facebook group: the Heaving Bosoms Geriatric Friendship Cult The above contains affiliate links, which means that when purchasing through them, the podcast gets a small percentage without costing you a penny more.

Hey HBs!! The pals are back with HOW THE MARQUESS WAS WON by Julie Anne Long! When we left off, Jules had asked Phoebe to become his mistress and she turned him down HARD. Now these two crazy kids are, unbeknownst to either of them, both heading to London for more balls and other EnglandTimes ish. While Phoebe basks in the glow of being the crowd favorite, he discovers a dastardly wager is behind it. Also, he still needs to marry her friend and why can't she just understand that?! Bonus Content: lost cats, pronouncing "Pekingese" (and discovering how to spell it), more trend setting, doing a big She's All That on her, the Antarctic, pelisses: the trench coats of EnglandTimes, and so much more! Lady Loves: Sabrina: baby powder instead of dry shampoo! There's, shockingly, no noticeable difference. Mel: having a friend like Sabrina who will read out of order even though it HURTS HER to make the recording. It's such a huge act of love! Watch this episode on YOUTUBE! Want to support the show? Rate and review us on your favorite podcast app! It super helps the algorithm connect us to new listeners.  Want more of us? Check out our PATREON! Credits: Theme Music: Brittany Pfantz  Art: Author Kate Prior (her newest release MATED TO MY EX is out now!!)  Want to tell us a story, ask about advertising, or anything else? Email: heavingbosomspodcast (at) gmail  Follow our socials:  Instagram @heavingbosoms Tiktok @heaving_bosoms  Facebook group: the Heaving Bosoms Geriatric Friendship Cult The above contains affiliate links, which means that when purchasing through them, the podcast gets a small percentage without costing you a penny more.

Hey HBs!! Mel and Sabrina are recapping HOW THE MARQUESS WAS WON by Julie Anne Long! We've got a lowly school teacher who is drafted to be the paid companion of a former pupil and a Marquess who has a plan, gosh darnit! And it does NOT include becoming enamored of his hopeful fiancée's pal! But there's a country party, an opera singer, a forest ramble, and a final dance party that will prove too much for him to resist temptation! Bonus Content: more texting faux pas, HUGE growth from Sabrina that will never be repeated, another stoic hero who's catnip, naming characters with word association and phonetic slides, cunning linguists, universal American experiences, beaver/raccoon hats, and so much more! Watch this episode on YOUTUBE and come back tomorrow for part 2!! Want to support the show? Rate and review us on your favorite podcast app! It super helps the algorithm connect us to new listeners.  Want more of us? Check out our PATREON! Credits: Theme Music: Brittany Pfantz  Art: Author Kate Prior (her newest release MATED TO MY EX is out now!!)  Want to tell us a story, ask about advertising, or anything else? Email: heavingbosomspodcast (at) gmail  Follow our socials:  Instagram @heavingbosoms Tiktok @heaving_bosoms  Facebook group: the Heaving Bosoms Geriatric Friendship Cult The above contains affiliate links, which means that when purchasing through them, the podcast gets a small percentage without costing you a penny more.

Hey HBs!! We're back with part two of TRIPLE SEC by TJ Alexander! We jump right back in with a snowed-in vacation with only one fireplace! And that fireplace is utilized BEAUTIFULLY! Bonus Content: rich people shit, useless Tops, gendered vs. neutral terms, a not-so-survival trope, and so much more! Lady Loves: Mel: checking out movies from the library and, more specifically, WAITRESS the musical! This is one of Mel's favorite shows of all time; Sara Bareilles wrote the score and her harmonies have always slayed her! Family movie time turned into Mel quietly crying into Ember's hair because everything was so beautiful. Sabrina: interactions with HBs! HB Devon came through with some really great genetic statistics in answer to our call during our ep on A HUNGER LIKE NO OTHER and HB Emily gave Sabrina a masterclass on the British upper crust during a chat about the Maiden Lane series. HBS ARE THE BEST. Watch this episode on YOUTUBE! Want to support the show? Rate and review us on your favorite podcast app! It super helps the algorithm connect us to new listeners.  Want more of us? Check out our PATREON! Credits: Theme Music: Brittany Pfantz  Art: Author Kate Prior (her newest release MATED TO MY EX is out now!!)  Want to tell us a story, ask about advertising, or anything else? Email: heavingbosomspodcast at gmail  Follow our socials:  Instagram @heavingbosoms Tiktok @heaving_bosoms  Facebook group: the Heaving Bosoms Geriatric Friendship Cult The above contains affiliate links, which means that when purchasing through them, the podcast gets a small percentage without costing you a penny more.

Hey HBs! Mel and Sabrina are here recapping TRIPLE SEC by TJ Alexander! It's a contemporary, queer, polyamorous romance that had them chatting for more than 3 hours (seriously, Mel cut over an hour of their nonsense. You're WELCOME.). We've got a polyamorous married couple, a certified and embittered lesbian, and a whole bunch of amazing queer and poly rep! And y'all, Sabrina has never been so worked up about a fictional character; she reached a new level. Bonus Content: Sabrina gets got by IG marketing (this time in England), Mel finds a make-believe seggsual partner she probs can't with, the birth of the Chewbacca pin-up, the pals impart some classic HB etiquette, and so much more! Watch this episode on YOUTUBE and come back tomorrow for part 2!! Want to support the show? Rate and review us on your favorite podcast app! It super helps the algorithm connect us to new listeners.  Want more of us? Check out our PATREON! Credits: Theme Music: Brittany Pfantz  Art: Author Kate Prior (her newest release MATED TO MY EX is out now!!)  Want to tell us a story, ask about advertising, or anything else? Email: heavingbosomspodcast at gmail  Follow our socials:  Instagram @heavingbosoms Tiktok @heaving_bosoms  Facebook group: the Heaving Bosoms Geriatric Friendship Cult The above contains affiliate links, which means that when purchasing through them, the podcast gets a small percentage without costing you a penny more.

Hey HBs! It's time to get to the spicy scenes in BUTCHER & BLACKBIRD by Brynn Weaver!! And whooweee did they deliver. In this second half, we've got a corpse puppet show (is that a tag now?), some excellent hurt/comfort into schmecksy times, and the most romantic proposal in the universe.... if you're a serial unaliver loves an empty eye socket. Which she is! So that works out. Bonus Content: surprise piercings, appetizers vs. feasts, Zippy Zac, and so much more! Don't forget that this Friday is our Patreon Watch Party! We'll be devouring Magic Mike XXL, so strap in and strap on! This week our bonus episode is our August/September Reading Roundup, which really turned into a 7 Brides for 7 Alien Brothers series quickie. Lady Loves: Sabrina: Ms. Moody Money! After some life and financial changes, Sabrina wanted to make sure she was on track to be responsible and productive with her money. HB Kate at Ms. Moody Money was exactly the expert help she needed!!! Hard recommend. Mel: Sometimes you do need things to get organized. Mel bit the bullet and bought a wall bike stand and some heavy duty shelves. As a result, she can park in her garage again! Want to support the show? Rate and review us on your favorite podcast app! It super helps the algorithm connect us to new listeners.  Want more of us? Check out our PATREON! Credits: Theme Music: Brittany Pfantz  Art: Author Kate Prior (her newest release MATED TO MY EX is out now!!)  Want to tell us a story, ask about advertising, or anything else? Email: heavingbosomspodcast at gmail  Follow our socials:  Instagram @heavingbosoms Tiktok @heaving_bosoms  Facebook group: the Heaving Bosoms Geriatric Friendship Cult The above contains affiliate links, which means that when purchasing through them, the podcast gets a small percentage without costing you a penny more.

Hey HBs! Mel and Sabrina are here to squeal about two serial killers finding their HEA in BUTCHER & BLACKBIRD by Brynn Weaver! From the best captive meet-cute to dinner disasters, this book is a fizzy delight. Bonus Content: personal piercing TikTok, the Necessary Evils series by Onley James, coding for murderers, chainsaw noises, and so much more! Want to support the show? Rate and review us on your favorite podcast app! It super helps the algorithm connect us to new listeners.  Want more of us? Check out our PATREON! Credits: Theme Music: Brittany Pfantz  Art: Author Kate Prior (her newest release MATED TO MY EX is out now!!)  Want to tell us a story, ask about advertising, or anything else? Email: heavingbosomspodcast at gmail  Follow our socials:  Instagram @heavingbosoms Tiktok @heaving_bosoms  Facebook group: the Heaving Bosoms Geriatric Friendship Cult The above contains affiliate links, which means that when purchasing through them, the podcast gets a small percentage without costing you a penny more.

Hey HBs! Here is part 2 of THE UNDERTAKING OF HART AND MERCY by Megan Bannen! These enemies become lovers and then a third act death makes us lose our ever-loving minds. Buckle up! Bonus Content: Sabrina is a #SherlockHolmes, Mel has to slow down on a beautiful parenting moment, and so much more! Lady Loves: Sabrina: share those pictures! Doesn't matter how long ago the event was! There's no statute of limitations on sharing joy. Mel: are you in a sartorial rut? Restart your rotation! Mel recently remembered she has more than 2 cute eyeglass frames and feels rejuvenated as she wears her other pairs! 00:00 Intro 01:31 Recap Resumes 01:06:02 Lady Loves Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :) Get more content and join our Discord community on PATREON!! Sign up for our Newsletter! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble, Etsy Follow us on socials: Instagram & Threads: @heavingbosoms TikTok: @heaving_bosoms Facebook Page and join our FB Group: the Geriatric Friendship Cult Twitter: @heaving_bosoms

Hey HBs! Today we're bringing you part 1 of THE UNDERTAKING OF HART AND MERCY by Megan Bannen! Mercy is trying to save her family's undertaking business and things would be a lot easier if a certain surly marshal would just leave her alone. Meanwhile, Hart is a demigod just trying to do his job and this bright and shiny undertaker has nothing but rain clouds for him. But a letter addressed by the heart brings these enemies together in the most unexpected way! Bonus Content: Mel flails at Sabrina via text because she had TOO MANY FEELINGS about this book! Tomorrow we'll be back with the conclusion of this wonderful book. Take this opportunity to add it to your TBR! If you want both parts right now and without network ads, visit our Patreon page and sign up! The above contains affiliate links, which means that by purchasing through them, the podcast gets a small percentage of the sale with no extra cost to you.  

Hey y’all! We’re popping into your feed with an exciting announcement: Heaving Bosoms is joining the BLEAV Network! (pronounced “believe”) First, HBs: THANK YOU for all your support! We got on their radar because you listen; without you, we’re shouting into the void. Y’all are so badass.  We’re really excited about this next phase of Heaving Bosoms because there’s so much that happens behind the scenes and having the support of a network can be incredibly helpful. We want to grow the HB reader community, introduce more people to the joy of romance, and spend our time focusing on the recaps we deliver, instead of the nitty gritty admin that makes podcasts go.  So! There will be a few changes for the foreseeable future:  You’ll hear ads for more than just romance books in our episodes (but romance books and small business will ALWAYS get precedence!! Email heavingbosomspodcast @ gmail dot com for more info on independent advertising) We’ll be publishing episodes in two parts, which will come out every Monday and Tuesday. This new format was a network suggestion and we’re going to give it a whirl! You still get an HEA every week, we’re just packaging it in less intimidating run times. We always listen to your feedback, so feel free to let us know your thoughts! As a result, we’re also revamping our Patreon offerings! Everyone who is a member of the Consent Boner tier and up by Wednesday, 9/11 at 12pm ET will be grandfathered in with their current benefits PLUS same day and ad free episodes. After that, we’re rolling out new tiers that give you more power to mix and match to get the bennies you really want. Follow our socials for more info on that! One thing we can promise, though, is that the show isn’t changing. We still have complete creative control, so don’t expect us to suddenly be staid and classy. You’ll be disappointed!  Keep being a Badass!  Melody and Sabrina

Hey HBs! Mel and Sabrina are mad and they are recapping IT HAD TO BE YOU by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. This is a doozy! Good news, though, Mel's bringing back the custom intros... so that's fun! Content Warnings: episode includes discussions of sexual assault, including in young childhood, on-page violent rape, statutory rape, rampant misogyny, malicious thinness, kink shaming, slut shaming, fat shaming, Madonna/Whore Complex, racism, and more. Lady Loves: Sabrina: having a group of badass, wonderful friends who will lift you up and remind you how you've advocated for yourself in the past after a terrible experience with a medical doctor. Mel: deciding to never read another SEP book on pod or off. Whatever author shows you that you can't trust them to take care of you as a reader, don't read them anymore! Romancelandia is huge and gorgeous and there's something out there for everyone! Time Stamps: 00:00 - Intro 02:30 - Banter, context, and content warnings 21:38 - Recap starts 02:27:22 - Lady Loves

HBs, we're back with more Immortals After Dark by Kresley Cole! The second (first?) book in the series, A HUNGER LIKE NO OTHER, did not disappoint! This book starts at 11 and then refuses to simmer down. Get ready for big feelings, incredulity, and enthusiastic cackling (though, you should be used to that by now). There were so many times when Mel thought the hero could not be redeemed and somehow Kresley Cole pulls it off beautifully. She's a wizard! TW: short mention of suicidal ideation and brief conversations about dubious consent, non-consent, and coercion. Bonus Content: Sabrina went to SteamyLit Con and she didn't ask Anita Kelly about London's cow story... but she might have mooed? (the jury is still out), gaslighting with beautiful cross stiches, "yes-and"ing friends with barnyard noises, gnawing your own leg off as the reader meet-cute, Emmaline is an Immortal Youth ^TM, "all the checks are cashed!", he's a sledge hammer wielded by a ticking time bomb, a Kresley Cole behind-the-back handy ^TM, picturing cartoon-mascot-wolf-action during the super hot werewolf schmex scenes (why brain?!), and so much more! Lady Loves: Sabrina: dye your hair! Sabrina is finally going to have green hair again! Melody: consider a front flip! Mel panic-purchased a one month membership to her local trampoline park to close out the summer with house-bound kids and SHE DID A FRONT FLIP for the first time in YEARS. It was so empowering! So fun! Your body can do shit you might not even know about anymore! So, just noodle on maybe doing that front flip at the next opportunity. Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :) Get more content on PATREON!! Sign up for our Newsletter! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble, Etsy Instagram: @heavingbosoms Twitter: @heaving_bosoms TikTok: @heaving_bosoms The above includes affiliate links which means that by purchasing through them you support the podcast at no extra cost.

Hey y'all! Mel and Sabrina are here with SORRY, BRO by Taleen Voskuni! It's a gorgeous sapphic contemporary between two Armenian-American women, one of whom is on a serious journey to self-discovery. This book weaves a beautiful love story within a rich tapestry of Armenian history and culture. It was GORGEOUS. Bonus Content: Mel's son is the Pitbull of Baby Taming, it was a little hard for Mel to be in this heroine's brain, holy proposal from hell Batman!, the responsibility of a white person in an intercultural relationship, photobooth fumbles, stomachs falling out of butts, authors who have an ulterior motive of making the reader SO HUNGRY, and so much more!Lady Loves: Sabrina: all of you beautiful listeners who came to Sabrina's defense on that video snippet about icebergs that Mel didn't follow at all. You're the best! Mel: When a kid comes up to you saying they saw a baby bear in your neighborhood but, don't worry, it was actually a gopher. Phew!Guess what, y'all! We're on YOUTUBE!! Go subscribe! Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :)Get more content on PATREON!!Sign up for our Newsletter! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble, EtsyInstagram: @heavingbosomsTwitter: @heaving_bosomsTikTok: @heaving_bosoms

Hey HBs! Mel and Sabrina are here with AVARITIA by Colette Rhodes! This series is much beloved by both of them and this book didn't disappoint. Plus, we've got a heroine that is 100% HMHB (Hot Mess HB). It's a grumpy and adorably delusional Shadow Daddy plus a sunshine, go-with-the-flow, sex-positive maximalist. We went into this book with the promise of tentacle restraints, somnophilia, and primal and, in the words of Sabrina, "EVERY! CHECK! WAS CASHED!"Bonus Content: Mel has poison ivy on her face, making fashion out of red flags, Colette Rhodes calls out 100% of the Heaving Bosoms podcast, and so much more!Lady LovesSabrina: Lavender lemonade on a hot summer day! Get some sugar-free lemonade and add some lavender syrup to it! Mel: Mario Kart with the kids! Everyone is finally old enough to play together and it's been super fun!Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :)Get more content on PATREON!!Sign up for our Newsletter! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble, EtsyInstagram: @heavingbosomsTwitter: @heaving_bosomsTikTok: @heaving_bosoms

Hey HBs! We're here with a brand new historical era: Dickens' Times! Elizabeth Hoyt came out swinging with WICKED INTENTIONS, the first book in her Maiden Lane series. We've got a do-gooding heroine who needs cash for her orphanage, a bad boy aristocrat who needs entree into London's worst neighborhood, a murder mystery, a vigilante hero clown, and some BIG SWOONS. We're super into it. Bonus Content: Mel is having legal dreams because we're in Dickens' Times and Bleak House left it's mark on her soul, new Times alert! Dickens' Times! Is there an urchin? Are people starving in the gutters? Are babies being rescued from the arms of their corpse mother? You might be in Dickens' Times!, atoning for your clitoris, filming with a gray filter to account for the soot and misery, and so much more! Lady Loves: Mel: Microfiber gloves! Lots of people use them for dusting, but I like to use them to give my houseplants a periodic mashashge! I spray a little water on the leaves and then wipe them down while wearing my gloves to remove dust, promote shine, make sure they can photosynthesize efficiently, and know they're loved! Sabrina: STORYGRAPH CHARTS ARE NOW EDITABLE!!!!!!!!!!! That's right, you can get your books and tags all organized and graphed and then you can fine-tune them! Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :) Get more content on PATREON!! Sign up for our Newsletter! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble, Etsy Instagram: @heavingbosoms Twitter: @heaving_bosoms TikTok: @heaving_bosoms *Disclaimer: the above contains Amazon affiliate links. That means that if you click a link and decide to make a purchase the podcast will receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

It's been a minute since we've recapped an alien romance, and HERE WE ARE, HBs! ARTEK by Honey Phillips manages to be both Western Times and alien, which is hard to pull off. This slice-of-life Seven Brides for Seven Brothers retelling was a romp from beginning to end! Bonus Content: Sabrina's Libby nemesis is still abusing her with book 2 of the Spymaster series, Mel can't remember alien names, NIMBYs try to ruin everything again (but fail!), we need this to be a smutty animated series, and so much more! Lady Loves: Mel: cross apply some skills to get yourself out of a dinner rut! Mel mixed things up by using her leftover rotisserie chicken in a pot pie instead of making soup again and she nailed it! Sabrina: pick up that old hobby you forgot about! Sabrina loves having her nails done and wow did she dig out a box of all her nail supplies. So fun and fancy! Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :) Get more content on PATREON!! Sign up for our Newsletter! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble, Etsy Instagram: @heavingbosoms Twitter: @heaving_bosoms TikTok: @heaving_bosoms

Hey HBs! Mel and Sabrina are here with LOVE & OTHER DISASTERS by Anita Kelly! This queer contemporary romance is set on an amateur cooking show. Dahlia is a divorcee who quit her job to be there and doesn't quite know how she'll pay rent if she doesn't win the $100k prize. Meanwhile, London is the show's first non-binary contestant, this is their national coming out declaration, and they want to use the money to start a non-profit to support queer kids where they live. They may be competitors, but they're attracting HARD from the first moment they (literally) bump into each other! Y'all, the gender, sexual orientation, and label representation in this book is AMAZING! We loved it. Bonus Content: Sabrina gives us a #NemesisWatch 2024 update, the gals give dating advice to all the queer listeners out there (based on reading list data!), the gals want that cow story gosh darn it, Sabrina is the head of a Pinky-Heavy Household, and no one had to draft an angry spice level letter they would never (ever) send, and so much more! Please check out today's sponsor: A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME by Mary McMyne is out now in all formats, so go get this sapphic romantic fantasy historical set in Shakespeare Times!!!!! Lady Loves Mel: Hey, you know those half-finished projects that are languishing around your homestead? Getting them done is going to feel great! Mel had a fern she needed to divide and plant and hosting a 4th of July get-together was the perfect push to make it finally happen. Amazing! Sabrina: Do you have a giant project hanging over your head that you're borrowing worries over? Just starting it helps SO MUCH! Slay that dragon, y'all. Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :) Get more content on PATREON!! Sign up for our Newsletter! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble, Etsy Instagram: @heavingbosoms Twitter: @heaving_bosoms TikTok: @heaving_bosoms

Hey HBs! We're here with the second half of THE SPYMASTER'S LADY by Joanna Bourne! Our couple is on a fall-in-love trek on foot all the way to London and boy does Annique feel guilty about being attracted to boy Grey and Robert... little does she know, they're the same bloke! Come with us as we finish our journey through spy times! Bonus Content: Mel gets recognized by a mom at her school, the gals ruminate on tips of icebergs, Sabrina is an angry boomer about JUST GOOGLING IT, and so much more! Please check out today's sponsor: A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME by Mary McMyne comes out on July 16, so go preorder this sapphic romantic fantasy historical set in Shakespeare Times!!!!! Lady Loves: Mel: Return your library books via Hoopla and Libby when you're done, don't wait for the auto-return. Someone like Sabrina might be out there gnashing their teeth waiting for it. Sabrina: pay attention to and celebrate the "little happies" in life. Does your Pineapple Bubbly tab say "hi u?" THAT'S ADORABLE. Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :) Get more content on PATREON!! Sign up for our Newsletter! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble, Etsy Instagram: @heavingbosoms Twitter: @heaving_bosoms TikTok: @heaving_bosoms This includes affiliate links, which means that when you purchase through them, the podcast gets a tiny kickback without costing you an extra cent!

Hey HBs! We're here with THE SPYMASTER'S LADY by Joanna Bourne! It's great to be back in France Times with an extra dose of intrigue and nefarious plots! We meet Annique, a 19 year old lifelong spy and Grey, the second in command of all the British spies right after the French Revolution. They are undoubtedly enemies who can't trust each other, unless they find out they've got way more in common than either of them think. Except for killing. She doesn't kill on purpose, he'll kill anything no problem. Bonus Content: Sabrina is a monster in a heat wave, Mel is familiar with Les Mis, ok?, Sabrina is being abused by another local Libby user (just RETURN the book when you're done!), Mel skipped straight to the third book, Annique is supremely competent, field surgery and hypnosis, cats on hot tin roofs, and so much more! Thank you to this week's sponsors! A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME by Mary McMyne comes out on July 16, so go preorder this sapphic romantic fantasy historical set in Shakespeare Times!!!!! THE TREASURED ONE by Hannah Levin comes out tomorrow July 9, so be sure to go get this brand new romantasy quick quick!!!!! Lady Loves: Mel: Have fruit out! It makes snacking so much more healthy and delicious! Sabrina: Nongshim Shin Black Instant Ramen! It's spicy and beef and delicious. Cook it as-is, or dress it up with fancy veg and eggs! Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :) Get more content on PATREON!! Sign up for our Newsletter! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble, Etsy Instagram: @heavingbosoms Twitter: @heaving_bosoms TikTok: @heaving_bosoms This includes affiliate links, which means that when you purchase through them, the podcast gets a tiny kickback without costing you an extra cent!

Hey HBs! We're here with our first Nora Roberts book, THE VILLA! It's winerytimes and the Giambelli matriarch is here to shake up with corporate structure! But also intrigue and murder with no less than 3,000 characters. And in this head-hopping 3rd person book, everyone (and we mean EVERYONE) gets a POV moment. Plus, not one but two romances! Bonus Content: Pebbling as a love language, Treat Lifestyle, whimsying math, and so much more! A note on audio: Mel's audio is wonky in the first 40 mins of this episode, but vastly improves after that! So sorry, tech issues have been figured out for future eps. Lady Loves: Mel: Pebbling! Sometimes it's all I can manage. Sabrina: Find a new routine when something's not working. S needed a new trigger to get her into "work mode" now that she's full-time WFH and putting on a tiny bit of makeup is helping her do that! Thank you to this week's sponsor! A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME by Mary McMyne comes out on July 16, so go preorder this sapphic romantic fantasy historical set in Shakespeare Times!!!!! Go bid on all your romance faves at Romancing the Vote 2024, including a chance to guest-host an episode! Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :) Get more content on PATREON!! Sign up for our Newsletter! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble, Etsy Instagram: @heavingbosoms Twitter: @heaving_bosoms TikTok: @heaving_bosoms

Hey HBs! Mel's here with gueesstttssss! BFFs of Mel and the pod Jenny Nordbak and Katee Robert (of Bonkers Romance) are here to recap the movie Challengers, starring the one and only Zendaya. Jenny and Mel had no idea what they were in for and BOY did this romantic psychological thriller deliver. It's so sexy! And messy! And mean! And baffling! And we loved it.Just a quick note: Mel had some ridiculous audio and recording issues, so (even with a lot of intervention) the sound quality isn't up to our usual standards, but she worked hard to make the best of it and get you this excellent episode!We're at the tail end of Bonkers' 2024 Kickstarter THE BLACK ROSE AUCTION, so don't miss it! They've curated 6 incredibly sexy fairytale retellings centered on an illicit auction with special edition books, swag, and so much more! The campaign ends on June 26th, 2024 at 5pm PST!Lady Loves: Jenny: Karen Marie Moning's upcoming release THE HOUSE ON WATCH HILL!Katee: the horror romance THEN EARTH SWALLOWED OCEAN by Shiloh Sloane. Check the CWs because it's DARK and TWISTY and WTF!Mel: The Ultimatum South Africa on Netflix and the Black Rose Auction! Seriously, go back the Kickstarter before it's too late!Want more of Jenny and Katee? Visit their websites, subscribe to their newsletters, and follow on social media! Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :)Get more content on PATREON!!Sign up for our Newsletter! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble, EtsyInstagram: @heavingbosomsTwitter: @heaving_bosomsTikTok: @heaving_bosomsThe above includes affiliate links, which means that by purchasing through them, you support the podcast without spending a penny more.

Hey HBs! We're here with masterpiece of sorcery! Emma Hamm's WHISPERS OF THE DEEP took every single one of Sabrina's phobias and said we shall overcome with seggsy swooniness! It's a monster romance between a merman and a human deep, DEEP under the sea. Like, in the vast deep. He kidnaps her to get information that his people will use to destroy hers, he thinks every part of her body is disgusting, and this can only end in one of their deaths... unless she teaches him how to kiss! Get stoked, y'all. Bonus Content: Mel takes sleep terrorism to new levels, Sabrina literally overcomes all of her worst fears for this book, and so much more! Don't miss out on our Patreon-Only events! This Friday, June 21st, is our author hang with MA Wardell at 8pm EST! And NEXT Friday, June 28th, is our next watch party of the Lizzie McGuire Movie! Patrons at the $10 level and up get to attend live and everyone else can watch it back! Lady Loves: Mel: Audiobook Box Sets and Wood Chippers! Mel borrowed a legit-eat-everything-wood-chipper and used those hours outside with her noise-cancelling headphones to listen to audiobook box sets on Hoopla! Big thanks to Erika Wilde and Carly Phillips for their box sets of Made for the Mafia series, the Indecent series, and the Complete Book Boyfriend series. YOWZA! Sabrina: The second book in this series SONG OF THE ABYSS. It's Daios's book!!!!!! Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :) Get more content on PATREON!! Sign up for our Newsletter! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble, Etsy Instagram: @heavingbosoms Twitter: @heaving_bosoms TikTok: @heaving_bosoms This description includes affiliate links, which means that if you purchase through them, a small portion goes to support the podcast, but doesn't cost you a penny more!

Hey HBs! We're here with a contemporary sapphic romance! It's a fake relationship extravaganza with a buttoned-up couple's counselor and a cool, alt actor. CW: Mel got really triggered by this book, so look out for discussions of disordered eating, diet culture, rampant fatphobia, and more. Bonus Content: Mel cut her own hair!, where is all the roller skating the cover promised?, moaning in front of strangers in the workplace, and more!Lady Loves: Mel: Cut your own hair and liberate your neck if it's hot! And DNF if you need to. Sabrina: using technology to be a chaotic neutral gremlin. The person who did this is a champion.Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :)Get more content on PATREON!!Sign up for our Newsletter! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble, EtsyInstagram: @heavingbosomsTwitter: @heaving_bosomsTikTok: @heaving_bosoms

Hey HBs! We're back with another book we didn't know was part 1 of a 4 part series with the same couple. WHOOPS, but no regrets. BENEATH BLACK SAILS by Clare Sager is a historical fantasy pirate adventure with a famous pirate queen and the pirate hunter sent to take her down. This heroine is brash and fun and we can't get enough of her. Bonus Content: we're hot messes who got suckered!, this dedication slayed us, this took Mel back to Dangerous Tides, he's the epitome and she's the definition, Sabrina drops the beans, Valor is the main character in all our stories, we're gonna riot, and so much more! Lady Loves: Sabrina: super duper freezing cold water. 'Tis the season!!! Mel: THE BLACK ROSE AUCTION Kickstarter by Bonkers Romance! I decided to step away from the project this year, but Jenny and Katee have done AMAZING things with this collection of books! Each one is a fairytale retelling set at an illicit, underground auction and, y'all, they've leveled up. The art, swag, and book design are so sleek and classy, and the tagline "morally gray and getting darker" makes me drool. You have to check it out! It launches tomorrow, June 4th, so don't miss it! Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :) Get more content on PATREON!! Sign up for our Newsletter! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble, Etsy Instagram: @heavingbosoms Twitter: @heaving_bosoms TikTok: @heaving_bosoms

Hey HBs! This week we've got a delicious contemporary lesbian romance: D'Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding by Chencia C. Higgins! This perfect morsel has so many things we love! Reality TV, fat rep, queer rep, overcoming religious trauma, loving and eccentric families, and WOWZA the spicy times are faaaantastic. This is a hard recommend from us! Bonus Content: Mel just like her drinks dry, Sabrina can't handle a mid-recording puck of Mexican hot chocolate, Mel fancast this book: D'Vaughn is Susie Dahl and Kris is Mal Wright, Mel can't shut up about The Ultimatum: Queer Love, butch lesbians in short-sleeved button downs, Sabrina is frozen by reality tv chatter, and so much more! Lady Loves: Sabrina: We started recording one year ago! And having to read all of these books so closely has added a wonderful layer to her experience. Mel: We got a wonderful review that called us "saucy, cheeky, and oh-so-deliciously naughty" and I'm DEAD!!! THANK YOU to everyone who reviews us online! Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :) Get more content on PATREON!! Sign up for our Newsletter! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble, Etsy Instagram: @heavingbosoms Twitter: @heaving_bosoms TikTok: @heaving_bosoms

Hey HBs! We're here with the contemporary Scottish romance ON DUBLIN STREET by Samantha Young! It's Edinburgh, it's family tragedy, it's basing life decisions on great bathtubs. There's an emotionally skittish heroine, an alpha hero who's eight years older, a friends-with-benefits arrangement, and a little too much boundary pushing for Mel's complete comfort. And we knew this before, but we pinpoint one of the ways subgenre impacts reader expectations! Bonus Content: eyeball cupcakes, trip planning, Veronica's Dragon, Mel's a hypocrite, subgenre matters, Sabrina's gets caught being a creepy old lady at the car wash, never meet a mortal man, tackling with blow job jokes, alphas with emotional intelligence, and Anirbas makes her glorious return! Lady Loves: Sabrina: Gatorade in tiny bottles! It stays super cold the whole time she's drinking it, which is delicious! Melody: the nostalgia-fest of Two Friends Big Bootie Mixes! Listening to volume 11 facilitated the best workout class she's had in a long time! Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :) Get more content on PATREON!! Sign up for our Newsletter! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble, Etsy Instagram: @heavingbosoms Twitter: @heaving_bosoms TikTok: @heaving_bosoms

Wooo! HBs we're here with book 1 of the Victorian Rebels series, THE HIGHWAYMAN by Kerrigan Byrne. We loooooved this book! As Sabrina is a longtime Kerrigan Byrne fangirl, it's not a shock. We've got a childhood-spouses-to-lovers book that knocked our socks off! But yikes, it gets dark. Lady Loves: Sabrina: if you're lonely, but don't have anyone around physically, get on a video call and play video games parallel to each other! Mel: find the light in the dark when you can! Turns out, the best way to help midnight sobbing is Lemur Time. Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :) Get more content on PATREON!! Sign up for our Newsletter! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble, Etsy Instagram: @heavingbosoms Twitter: @heaving_bosoms TikTok: @heaving_bosoms

Hey HBs! In this episode, Sabrina and Mel recap DEATH'S OBSESSION by Avina St. Graves. It's a dark, paranormal, stalker romance that gave us KING OF FLESH AND BONE, SING ME TO SLEEP, and SOUL EATER vibes. Overall, they enjoyed the experience, but were generally underwhelmed. But! They talk a lot about reader "meters" and it's appropriately scientific and straightforward. During the episode, Sabrina's three pooches are competing in some serious doggy Olympics in the background, so there will be a bit of ambient noise, but we have to respect these athletes and their tenacity. Bonus Content: Mel's still in a Theodora Taylor hole, our Smut Meters are broken, Smut Meter vs. Butterflies Meter vs. Shock Meter, this is a Shadow Daddy book, breakup semantics, sneeze feats, "dress me, daddy," dark tunnels, analog text responses, and so much more! Lady Loves: Sabrina: treat yourself to a shrimp boil for one! It doesn't have to be a social thing! Mel: have yourself a good ol' fashioned Law & Order SVU marathon, or whatever is your equivalent to a show that feels like coming back to an old friend. It's great background noise while you do other things! Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :) Get more content on PATREON!! Sign up for our Newsletter! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble, Etsy Instagram: @heavingbosoms Twitter: @heaving_bosoms TikTok: @heaving_bosoms

Hey HBs! We're here with LOVE FOR THE COLD-BLOODED, OR THE PART-TIME EVIL MINION'S GUIDE TO ACCIDENTALLY DATING A SUPERHERO by Alex Gabriel! Boy, oh boy, this MM superhero fantasy novel is fan-damn-tastic; the voice is SO UNIQUE, the world-building is incredible, and the romance is SMOKING HOT. There's accidental sex work, it highlights the power of perspective, and someone puts quail eggs on pizza. Plus, FORCE FIELD S*X! Bonus Content: rich boy pizzas, force field condoms, telling your employer to get better at dirty talk, frat house libraries, and so much more! Lady Loves: Mel: Do you have an upgrade available from your cellular company? Even if you don't have a black melting dick spot on your screen that makes your life incredibly inconvenient, see if you can upgrade to a better phone for free!!! Sabrina: Microwave Popcorn! Good goddess microwave popcorn really hits the spot!! Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :) Get more content on PATREON!! Sign up for our Newsletter! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble, Etsy Instagram: @heavingbosoms Twitter: @heaving_bosoms TikTok: @heaving_bosoms

Hey HBs! We're here to recap JUST FOR THE CAMERAS by Viano Oniomoh! It's a fluffy contemporary with delicious and supported sex work, amazing communication, a sad sad Sebastian boy, best friendship goals, and an MMF menage that made us feel all gooey and sparkly inside. And WOW the hot hot sexy times! This is definitely an erotic romance. Bonus Content: this is a giggly episode, sad boy catnip, dimple piercings, celebrations of beautiful fat bodies, Pavlovian Portraits, only one bed, two boys just cock-a-doodle-doing together, and so much more. Lady Loves: Sabrina - the path of totality. Sabrina went and experienced the solar eclipse with a friend and it was wonderful to be reminded that she's a tiny speck on a tiny speck of a universe! Mel - get yourself 5 yards of mulch for your birthday! It's the BEST and moving it all in one day makes a person feel SUPER accomplished. Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :) Get more content on PATREON!! Sign up for our Newsletter! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble, Etsy Instagram: @heavingbosoms Twitter: @heaving_bosoms TikTok: @heaving_bosoms

Hey HBs! It's Post-Apocalyptic Times!! We're recapping CLAIMED by Elle Kennedy, and wow is outlaw country sex and kink positive! We've got a heroine with a BIG secret, a hero with a vendetta, and a passel of boys we can't get enough of! Bonus Content: Michael's angry bird artistic debut, that potent post-apocalyptic pussy, sexy hit point increases, the confusing commerce of outlaw country, flower favors, outlaw jail, and so much more! Lady Loves: Sabrina: see your friends as much as possible! Especially if they live far away. Mel: I've been noodling on some wisdom from a fictional yoga class written by Sarina Bowen. The idea "never give up and always surrender." Work hard and follow your dreams, but allow for things to evolve along the way! Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :) Get more content on PATREON!! Sign up for our Newsletter! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble, Etsy Instagram: @heavingbosoms Twitter: @heaving_bosoms TikTok: @heaving_bosoms

Hey HBs! Mel and Sabrina are here to recap RAVISHED by Amanda Quick! It's a historical with a fossil-obsessed heroine, a VERY misunderstood hero, a dangerous ring of robbers, and a cavernous ruination!! Bonus Content: Mel got her 5 yards of dirt delivered, Sabrina wants to be BFFs with this heroine, the gals go on a crustacean tangent, Mel does a big word association on everyone because it's tired in here, Lady Whipplethorpe, Lord Applebottom Doorman, and so much more! Lady Loves: Joint lady love: HB David sending a much-sought 1st print of a Lisa Kleypas book to HB Emily after a Patreon watch party! HBs are the BEST. Sabrina: StoryGraph has actual graphs now! Pie and bar ones! Mel: Get yourself whatever your 5 yards of dirt is! Is it nuts? Maybe. But is it for you? DEFINITELY. Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :) Get more content on PATREON!! Sign up for our Newsletter! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble, Etsy Instagram: @heavingbosoms Twitter: @heaving_bosoms TikTok: @heaving_bosoms

Hey HBs! HAPPY ST. VINCENT WEEK! Tomorrow, April 2nd, is officially the 3rd (or maybe 4th?) annual St. Vincent Day! Where we celebrate Sebastian St. Vincent, the misunderstood bad boy who's really just broken and wants to ensconce your feet in warmth and feed you and plan funerals so you don't have to and become the sexist casino business man and take bullets for you. CASUAL STUFF. Last year, we got recommendations for books that have St. Vincent vibes and boy did HB Taylor deliver! She's back with us to recap THE LUCKIEST LADY IN LONDON by Sherry Thomas. We have the horniest heroine on a mission, an asshole in disguise as the Ideal Gentleman, mistress-turned-marital machinations, and so much more! Bonus Content: so much math horniness, floriography, chalkboard fantasies, tentacle fingers, telescope metaphors, and more! Lady Loves: Sabrina: if you can, hire a person to do the thing you hate! Sabrina just got a guy who will mow her lawn and now she can use that time cross-stitching or reading or knitting AND reading or just taking a load off. Taylor: Weleda body lotion. It smells like plants and she swears by it. Mel: laugh directly in the face of misogynists. If a guy looks you dead in your beautiful face and says he doesn't "need your permission to call your husband" give into your involuntary response and cackle right in his face! Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :) Get more content on PATREON!! Sign up for our Newsletter! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble, Etsy Instagram: @heavingbosoms Twitter: @heaving_bosoms TikTok: @heaving_bosoms

Hey HBs! We haven't recapped an alien romance in a while... dare we say TOO LONG! We're here today with TAKEN TO VORAXIA by Elizabeth Stevens! As of the release of this episode, Mel has read through book 6 without any plans to stop. This series is sooo good! TW: discussions of sexual assault, slavery, and forced abortions. Bonus Content: Mel can't tear herself away from the Ruthless Bosses series by Theodora Taylor, how much we love the there-aren't-enough-babies trope, xora pockets (insert rooster emoji here), and ships turning into armadas!!! Don't worry, Mel told Sabrina all about the rest of the books in the Ruthless Bosses series by Theodora Taylor and that will be out on Patreon and Apple subscription on Tuesday, 4/2!! Lady Loves Mel: Pizza dough made from scratch, and then cinnamon rolls made with any leftover dough! Sabrina: Author Emma Hamm is a recent discovery with a DEEP backlist and oh Sabrina might need saving pretty soon! Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :) Get more content on PATREON!! Sign up for our Newsletter! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble, Etsy Instagram: @heavingbosoms Twitter: @heaving_bosoms TikTok: @heaving_bosoms