Hey y'all, you're listening to Heaving Buzums. The podcast were two fabulous friends

recap romance novels while giggling, pontificating, and being in awe of the genre.

Okay, you know we have to start with some Patreon shoutouts. Welcome to brand new patrons.

Dixie Bang, um, nice. Jolie G, Kelly L, Hannah, Sabrina, Aaron Kay, and Kate E.

And now here's some super love to some longtime patrons, Alice, David E, Ramia S,

Catherine A, Juliet F, Bonnie R, Victoria E, and Leslie.

Thanks y'all so much for being part of the Patreon, and if you haven't, you know,

nommed all of the hundreds almost 70 back catalog episodes, you know, get to it. Most of them

are with Aaron and I, and then the rest are with fabulous people you already know.

This week you can actually look forward to getting recaps of the rest of this four book series,

because whoopsie, I didn't realize book one was a cliffhanger. But never fear patrons,

we won't leave you hanging. And then be sure to join us for our live author hang with Tracy

Livesay this Friday. August 11th at 8 p.m. Eastern, we get to celebrate the Duchess effect with her,

as well as, you know, the rest of her incredible career. So don't miss it. Now on to part one.

This is a crossover event with Sarah Wendell from Smart Bitches Trashy Books. So the rest of book

one will be on their podcast feed this Friday. So without further ado, let's get into Dragon called

by Cassie Alexander and Cara Lockhart. Enjoy.

I apologize for the extra bass notes in my voice. I'm getting over an outstanding cold.

But I'm, you know, I'm breathing. It's just in my voice is a little reverbie. So

hi everyone. Listen, I like it. I'm your bass today.

Your bass, your bass voice co-host for the day. My bass bet.

Yeah. Didn't you get sick on vacation? I did. I did get sick.

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