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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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01:08:50

Bride by Ali Hazelwood (Part 4 of 4) | 403.4

Heaving Bosoms ·

2025/11/04

Hey HBs! It's the 4th and final part of BRIDE by Ali Hazelwood. We're finally gonna learn what that protuberance is!Lady Loves: Sabrina: substitute potatoes for yellow squash in curry dishes. It's a game changer! Mel: giant velvet scrunchies! They're so lush and make ponytails look elevated and fancy. This Friday on Patreon and our Apple Podcast subscription, Mel is telling Sabrina all about the second book in this series MATE by Ali Hazelwood! Sabrina was ravenous to read the book after hearing

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01:10:12

Bride by Ali Hazelwood (Part 3 of 4) | 403.3

Heaving Bosoms ·

2025/11/03

Hey HBs! We're here for part 3 of BRIDE by Ali Hazelwood! If you want to get straight to the book recap, skip to roughly 27:00 mins (the banter is extra today, y'all). The exact time stamp might be before or after depending on dynamic ad insertions that our network handles. Bonus Content: Mel's Give A Mouse a Cookie project that should have been 15 minutes and turned into an entire day, Phillip and Gladys, vampire biology and inter-vampire feeding, cliffhangers, and so much more! This Friday on

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00:59:09

Bride by Ali Hazelwood (Part 2 of 4) | 403.2

Heaving Bosoms ·

2025/10/28

Hey HBs! We're here with part 2 of BRIDE by Ali Hazelwood! Get ready for some SCHMEXY MARKING!Bonus Content: popping a knart... Lady Loves: Sabrina: Consume media unspoiled, especially if it's a live event!!!! The Sleep Token concert was almost a religious experience because they didn't know about the show's beginning until beforehand! Mel: REPLACE YOUR MATTRESS. OMG WHEN DID YOU GET YOUR CURRENT MATTRESS, HBS?! THIS COULD CHANGE YOUR WHOLE LIFE. THANK YOU for your ratings and reviews! They mean

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01:22:34

Bride by Ali Hazelwood (Part 1of 4) | 403.1

Heaving Bosoms ·

2025/10/27

Heyyyyy HBs! We're recapping BRIDE by Ali Hazelwood! And it's part 1 of 4 because we couldn't get enough of this chat. It's AH's paranormal debut and we loved it! Bonus content: we're maniacs because we haven't recorded in a while, we wish we were knotting virgins for this book, knarting, and so much more! This Friday on Patreon and our Apple Podcast subscription, Mel and Sabrina are going crazy with some Buzzfeed quizzes! It's a blast. Curious about the ridiculous faces we make? Subscribe and watch

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00:52:22

Beautiful Nightmare by Katee Robert | 402.2

Heaving Bosoms ·

2025/10/21

Hey HBs! We're so pumped for an m/f book with a lady monster! BEAUTIFUL NIGHTMARE by Katee Robert serves up a sleep demon who's never felt like she belonged and a human man who's not afraid of a fear boner. It's so sweet and sexy! Lady Loves: Mel: THE GRIM REAPER'S LAWYER by Mia Monique. It's makes hell's bureaucracy super fun! Becky: Giant romance! Especially Sarah Ivy Hill. This Friday on Patreon and our Apple Podcast subscription, Mel and Becky are talking about another novella from this series

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00:53:17

All My Boyfriends Are Monsters Kimberly Lemming | 402.1

Heaving Bosoms ·

2025/10/20

Hey HBs! This week is all about the Scared Sexy series. Today and tomorrow, we’ve got special crossover episodes with Becky from the TOO STUPID TO LIVE podcast! We’re recapping Kimberly Lemming’s and Katee Robert’s novellas here on Heaving Bosoms, and then you get our thoughts on Ruby Dixon’s novella over on the TOO STUPID TO LIVE podcast! Today, we're recapping ALL MY BOYFRIENDS ARE MONSTERS by Kimberly Lemming! Our heroine thinks she doesn't like nature but, between us, she just hasn't met the

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01:24:05

Act Your Age by Eve Dangerfield (Part 2) | 401.2

Heaving Bosoms ·

2025/10/14

Hey HBs! We get to see the rest of the Daddylicious journey, heavily featuring a goddess named Rapunzel! Sabrina couldn't stop drooling. It's getting tumultuous in the second half of ACT YOUR AGE by Eve Dangerfield!Lady Loves: Mel: Clack fans! Like my Nana's bamboo fan from my childhood, my clack fans have saved my peri-menopausal life! These random hot flashes have me carrying a fan everywhere. Sabrina: be spontaneous and seize the day! Sabrina got invited to a book launch party during our author

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01:32:28

Act Your Age by Eve Dangerfield (Part 1) | 401.1

Heaving Bosoms ·

2025/10/13

Hey HBs! We hope you're ready for a workplace age gap book with Daddy kink! It's ACT YOUR AGE by Eve Dangerfield! Plus, ADHD rep, grinding gears, buttered bread, and so much more! But seriously, this book has such good kink in it. This Friday on Patreon and our Apple Podcast subscription, Mel's telling Sabrina all about the follow up novella to this book, NOT YOUR SHOE SIZE by Eve Dangerfield! It's 5 years after their HEA and goes places Mel wasn't expecting! Curious about the ridiculous faces we

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01:25:53

8th Podiversary (Part 2) | 400.2

Heaving Bosoms ·

2025/10/07

Hey HBs! Welcome to day 2 of our podiversary celebration! We're doing Kink Watch, Rabbit Hole Watch, and WOULD YOU RATHER!!!!!!!This Friday on Patreon and our Apple Podcast subscription, Sabrina is telling us all about their most recent EJ Russell rabbit hole! They were on the lookout for less common monster romance and couldn't stop once they found EJ's cozy MM monster romance. Be sure to check out our AMAZING episode sponsor: THE SPITE DATE by Pippa Grant! The Spite Date is a riotously fun

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01:50:18

8th Podiversary Celebration! (Part 1) | 400.1

Heaving Bosoms ·

2025/10/06

HAPPY EIGHT YEARS OF HEAVING BOSOMS, HBs!!!! It's our 8th podiversary episode and WE! ARE! PUMPED! We also have someone special to introduce to you! Then we've got successes, things to improve, lessons learned, HB Authors, and Hard Limits Watch!! Get excited! This Friday on Patreon and our Apple Podcast subscription, Sabrina is telling us all about their most recent EJ Russell rabbit hole! They were on the lookout for less common monster romance and couldn't stop once they found EJ's cozy MM monster

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01:05:39

Higher by Roz Alexander (Part 2) | 399.2

Heaving Bosoms ·

2025/09/30

Hey HBs! It's part two of HIGHER by Roz Alexander! There's a 4th of July surprise, a HOT galley kitchen schminger schmang, and their Rosh Hashanah art display to benefit pollinators! Yes, Mel is DELIGHTED. Bonus Content: foie gras AKA fat miserable (not Canada) geese, harbingers of doom, and more! Lady Loves: Mel: the Chappell Roan song The Giver! It's the country music anthem for service tops I didn't know I needed! And then there's the video that includes her grandparents. And did you see the one

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01:08:42

Higher by Roz Alexander (Part 1) | 399.1

Heaving Bosoms ·

2025/09/29

Hey HBs! We're here with a sapphic Rosh Hashanah book by a bona fide HB Author: HIGHER by Roz Alexander. It's a steamy, grumpy/sunshine, butch-for-butch romance with art, pollinators, and super sticky drives. Bonus Content: great authors notes, tops and bottoms, being Stone, girlfriend stipends, and more! This Friday on the bonus feed, we're recapping GARDENS & GHOSTS by Maz Maddox, the 5th book in the Relic series. Episode Sponsor: THE SPITE DATE by Pippa Grant! The Spite Date is a riotously

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01:14:13

Wolf and Wildflower by Stacy Reid (Part 2) | 398.2

Heaving Bosoms ·

2025/09/23

Hey HBs! We're here with part 2 of THE WOLF AND THE WILDFLOWER by Stacy Reid!Lady Loves: Sabrina: If you haven't experienced the Lord of the Rings movies, make sure you do it with someone whose special interest is LOR and everything JRR Tolkien. Mel: Go get the book I narrated! It's THE ELEMENTS OF CHEMISTRY by Penny Reid! You can find it on her website. Enjoy! Episode Sponsor: THE SPITE DATE by Pippa Grant! The Spite Date is a riotously fun opposites attract romance featuring a golden retriever

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01:22:10

Wolf and Wildflower by Stacy Reid (Part 1) | 398.1

Heaving Bosoms ·

2025/09/22

Hey HBs! We're here with part 1 of THE WOLF AND THE WILDFLOWER by Stacy Reid! This bonkers historical has an AMAZING premise and this author sticks the landing!! This might just be Mel's favorite read of 2025. Episode Sponsor: THE SPITE DATE by Pippa Grant! The Spite Date is a riotously fun opposites attract romance featuring a golden retriever celebrity who needs to get out of his own way, a woman trying to live her best life even if she’s not sure exactly how to do that, and a series of plans gone

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01:06:35

Semi Charmed by Isabel Jordan (Part 2) | 397.2

Heaving Bosoms ·

2025/09/16

Hey HBs! It's time for part 2 of Semi-Charmed by Isabel Jordan. When we left off Harper had just taken Riddick to be surreptitiously examined by her super empath mom and.... he didn’t get attacked with cutlery, so he’s got that sweet, sweet approval! Now they’re at a bar and while he confirmed that he’s attracted to her, he absolutely doesn’t want to talk about it. That’s where we’re jumping in!Bonus Content: Riddick FINALLY talks and all the panties dropped. Lady Loves: Sabrina's now got single

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01:30:13

Semi Charmed by Isabel Jordan (Part 1) | 397.1

Heaving Bosoms ·

2025/09/15

Hey HBs! Today Sabrina and Mel are wrapping themselves in nostalgia blankets and recapping Semi-Charmed by Isabel Jordan. We're in a universe in which vamps have gone public and now our two MCs aren't allowed to hunt them anymore! She's a psychic, he's a slayer, and getting jobs that aren't "hunt vampires" has proven to be a bumpy road. If she can convince him to team up with her, maybe sparks will fly! Bonus Content: kid's ideas of bad words, why is dropping from a huge height and landing like a

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01:09:30

Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers (Part 2) | 396.2

Heaving Bosoms ·

2025/09/09

Hey HBs! We're here with part 2 of HONEY GIRL by Morgan Rogers! We get a little more about Yuki, an impressive Houdini, and an HFN?Content warning for undiagnosed and untreated mental illness, depression/anxiety, and self harm. Lady Loves: Mel: Skipping segments! Sabrina: this instant pot primavera pasta recipe! Curious about the ridiculous faces we make? Subscribe and watch us on YOUTUBE! This Friday on Patreon and our Apple Podcasts sub, we’re squeeing about the 4th book in the Relic series LOST

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01:09:27

Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers (Part 1) | 396.1

Heaving Bosoms ·

2025/09/08

Hey HBs! Sabrina and Mel are here to recap HONEY GIRL by Morgan Rogers! This is part 1. Alas, while it's a good book, it's not a romance and we will die on that hill. Curious about the ridiculous faces we make? Subscribe and watch us on YOUTUBE! This Friday on Patreon and our Apple Podcasts sub, we’re squeeing about the 4th book in the Relic series LOST IN AMBER by Maz Maddox. Want to tell us a story, ask about advertising, or anything else? Email: heavingbosomspodcast (at) gmail Follow our

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01:02:21

Smash and Grab by Maz Maddox (Part 2) | 395.2

Heaving Bosoms ·

2025/09/02

Hey HBs! It's part two of SMASH & GRAB by Maz Maddox. We got our first kiss in yesterday's episode and today we're going A LOT further! This dino boy is SMITTEN! Lady Loves: Mel: After much sweat and sore muscles, I now have a pink garage! Dalton would LOVE IT. Sabrina: knittingfool.com! It's a glossary of THOUSANDS of knitting stitches and Sabrina's magnum opus is going to be knitting swatches of every one and making MANY blankets. This Friday on Patreon and our Apple Podcasts bonus feed,

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01:05:53

Smash and Grab by Maz Maddox (Part 1) | 395.1

Heaving Bosoms ·

2025/09/01

Hey HBs! Ooooh baby, it's dino time again!!!!! And this time it's MM! We're here with SMASH & GRAB by Maz Maddox. We've got an introverted paleontologist, a rambunctious dinosaur shifter, a thwarted heist, and a road trip! Bonus Content: WV on a Northeast tour?, dinosaur parks, and so much more! This Friday on Patreon and our Apple Podcasts bonus feed, Sabrina and I are screaming about SINK OR SWIM and KING & QUEEN, the second and third books in this series! Curious about the ridiculous faces we

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