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Heaving Bosoms

Heaving Bosoms Productions, Bleav

Melody Carlisle and Sabrina Bradley love romance and they do it out loud! Every Monday, these long-distance best friends recap romance novels from a comedic, intersectional feminist, sex-positive perspective. If you"re itching for a BFF book club or just love raucous slumber party vibes, this is the show for you! Whether you"ve read the book or not, all are welcome! Giggling, tangents, and sincere joy abound.

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01:04:05

357.2 - Bull Moon Rising by Ruby Dixon (Part 2)

Heaving Bosoms ·

2024/11/19

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

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01:20:16

357.1 - Bull Moon Rising by Ruby Dixon (Part 1)

Heaving Bosoms ·

2024/11/18

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

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00:57:45

356.2 - Frisco's Kid by Suzanne Brockmann (Part 2)

Heaving Bosoms ·

2024/11/12

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

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01:12:06

356.1 - Frisco's Kid by Suzanne Brockmann (Part 1)

Heaving Bosoms ·

2024/11/11

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

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01:04:35

355.2 - Impromptu Match by Lily Mayne! (Part 2)

Heaving Bosoms ·

2024/11/05

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

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01:21:23

355.1 - Impromptu Match by Lily Mayne! (Part 1)

Heaving Bosoms ·

2024/11/04

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

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01:09:23

354.2 - Bewitching the Boss by Jessa Kane

Heaving Bosoms ·

2024/10/29

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

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01:04:51

354.1 - Knot Today Satan by Calliope Stewart

Heaving Bosoms ·

2024/10/28

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

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01:12:06

353.2 - 7th Podiversary (Part 2)

Heaving Bosoms ·

2024/10/22

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

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01:22:40

353.1 - 7th Podiversary Celebration! (Part 1)

Heaving Bosoms ·

2024/10/21

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

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00:45:57

352.2 - The Warlord Wants Forever by Kresley Cole...

Heaving Bosoms ·

2024/10/15

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

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01:01:55

352.1 - The Warlord Wants Forever by Kresley Cole...

Heaving Bosoms ·

2024/10/14

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

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00:53:08

351.2 - The King by Nana Malone (Part 2)

Heaving Bosoms ·

2024/10/08

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

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01:00:22

351.1 - The King by Nana Malone (Part 1)

Heaving Bosoms ·

2024/10/07

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

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01:10:54

350.2 - How the Marquess Was Won by Julie Anne Long...

Heaving Bosoms ·

2024/10/01

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:

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01:11:55

350.1 - How the Marquess Was Won by Julie Anne Long...

Heaving Bosoms ·

2024/09/30

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

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01:08:56

349.2 - Triple Sec by TJ Alexander (Part 2)

Heaving Bosoms ·

2024/09/24

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

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01:22:14

349.1 - Triple Sec by TJ Alexander (Part 1)

Heaving Bosoms ·

2024/09/23

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

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01:15:49

348.2 - Butcher & Blackbird by Brynn Weaver (Part 2)

Heaving Bosoms ·

2024/09/17

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

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01:24:11

348.1 - Butcher and Blackbird by Brynn Weaver (Part 1)

Heaving Bosoms ·

2024/09/16

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

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