Hey everyone. This is Heaving Buzums, the podcast where two great friends recap romance novels,

while giggling, swooning, and generally being the most excited ever. This week, we're going to start with some big updates.

The first is that this March of 2022, this month, is our annual Patreon fundraiser.

For every new and increased Patreon pledge, we're going to double that and donate it to World Central Kitchen to support

refugees worldwide.

Last week, in anticipation of a super successful fundraiser, we donated $1,000 up front

to Razum Emergency Response because we thought the immediate need in Ukraine was too critical to wait until

the end of the month. So head to patreon.com forward slash heaving bosoms podcast to treat yourself

to some wonderful bonus content and other goodies while simultaneously doubling your money to support Ukraine

and providing hot meals to refugees around the globe.

Speaking of other goodies, if you sign up at the feminist boner tier or higher,

you can look forward to some really sweet changes to our book club.

We're going to host Book Club Monthly now and feature an author every two months.

This Friday, March 11th, we'll be talking all about Tessa Bailey's phenomenal books,

starting with The Dirty Talk, obviously. Then in April,

Tessa Bailey is going to join us for Book Club and do a virtual hangout. And this is the new format.

So on odd months, we'll talk about a specific author's work, and then on the even months,

that author will join us. I'm really stoked about this program. Like, I can't even, I can't even

begin. And thank you, Sally Thorne, for helping us think of it accidentally, just by being

yourself. Now we have a book featured in my other book club. In January, members of

the Bonkers Romance Book Club got advanced e-book copies of both Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall and

The Immortal by Gina Showalter. So since he's one of Nat's favorite authors ever on the planet Earth,

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