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Heaving Bosoms

Heaving Bosoms

Bleav + Heaving Bosoms Productions

Arts, Books, Tv & Film, Comedy

4.91.2K Ratings

Overview

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.

577 Episodes

Paladin's Strength by T. Kingfisher (Part 2) | 381.2

We're back with part 2 of these mature characters solving mysteries, saving nuns, and falling in love along the way!

Transcribed - Published: 13 May 2025

Paladin's Strength by T. Kingfisher (Part 1) | 381.1

Hey HBs! We've got a charming, broken Paladin and a nun with SECRETS!!!! We LOVED the World of the White Rat and couldn't get enough!

Transcribed - Published: 12 May 2025

Paladin's Strength by T. Kingfisher | 381.1

Hey HBs! We've got a charming, broken Paladin and a nun with SECRETS!!!! We LOVED the World of the White Rat and couldn't get enough!

Transcribed - Published: 12 May 2025

Claimed by Elle Kennedy (Part 2) | 380.2

Hey HBs! We're here with part 2 of CLAIMED by Elle Kennedy, a post-apocalyptic romance that we had a blast with! Mel even did Quickies on the next two books for Sabrina in a Patreon episode.

Transcribed - Published: 6 May 2025

Claimed by Elle Kennedy (Part 1) | 380.1

We're rereleasing 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 whole passel of boys we can't get enough of!

Transcribed - Published: 5 May 2025

Love for the Cold-Blooded, or The Part-Time Evil Minion's Guide to Accidentally Dating a Superhero by Alex Gabriel (Part 2) | 379.2

There are greased-up snakes on this metaphorical plane!

Transcribed - Published: 29 April 2025

Love for the Cold-Blooded, or The Part-Time Evil Minion's Guide to Accidentally Dating a Superhero by Alex Gabriel (Part 1) | 379.1

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.

Transcribed - Published: 28 April 2025

Lick by Kylie Scott (Part 2) | 378.2

We're here with part 2 of LICK by Kylie Scott!

Transcribed - Published: 22 April 2025

Lick by Kylie Scott (Part 1) | 378.1

It's a rockstar romance and WE'RE INTO IT!!!!!!!!!!!

Transcribed - Published: 21 April 2025

Riv's Sanctuary by AG Wilde (Part 2) | 377.2

It's an alien romance with a grumpy hero and very hard-working heroine!

Transcribed - Published: 15 April 2025

Riv's Sanctuary by AG Wilde (Part 1) | 377.1

We're here with part 1 of a Sabrina alien special! It was theydies choice and S chose RIV'S SANCTUARY by AG Wilde!

Transcribed - Published: 14 April 2025

Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas (Part 4 of 4) | 376.4

HBs, it's the fourth and final part of DEVIL IN SPRING by Lisa Kleypas! Gabriel, the next St. Vincent is married to his neurodivergent queen Pandora, but they've been pulled into a big intrigue and Pandora might not make it!

Transcribed - Published: 8 April 2025

Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas (Part 3 of 4) | 376.3

Hey HBs! It's time to finish up our St. Vincent Day celebration!

Transcribed - Published: 7 April 2025

Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas (Part 2 of 4) | 376.2

Here's part 2 of our 4 part St. Vincent Day extravaganza!!

Transcribed - Published: 1 April 2025

Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas | 376.1

HAPPY ST. VINCENT DAY, HBs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Transcribed - Published: 31 March 2025

Never Love a Highlander by Maya Banks (Part 2) | 375.2

We're back with part 2 of NEVER LOVE A HIGHLANDER by Maya Banks!

Transcribed - Published: 25 March 2025

Never Love a Highlander by Maya Banks (Part 1) | 375.1

We've got NEVER LOVE A HIGHLANDER by Maya Banks for you this week! It's Highlander Times with a feminist icon heroine and the damaged guy who can't help his fascination with her. But he's only marrying her to do his brother a solid. Really!

Transcribed - Published: 24 March 2025

Going Down Easy by Erin Nicholas (Part 2) | 374.2

We're back and these two hot parents are making ago of it! Enjoy the conclusion of GOING DOWN EASY by Erin Nicholas!

Transcribed - Published: 18 March 2025

Going Down Easy by Erin Nichols (Part 1) | 374.1

OOOooooooohhhh it's time to head down to the Big Easy in GOING DOWN EASY by Erin Nichols! It's Single Parent Times in this spicy contemporary.

Transcribed - Published: 17 March 2025

Going Down Easy by Erin Nicholas (Part 1) | 374.1

OOOooooooohhhh it's time to head down to the Big Easy in GOING DOWN EASY by Erin Nicholas! It's Single Parent Times in this spicy contemporary.

Transcribed - Published: 17 March 2025

Bared to You by Sylvia Day (Part 2) | 373.2

It's part 2 of BARED TO YOU by Sylvia Day! These two are stubbornly committed to this courtship and we're all along for the ride. Wheeeeeeee!

Transcribed - Published: 11 March 2025

Bared to You by Sylvia Day (Part 1) | 373.1

The pals recap a truly bonkers book about an unhinged gazillionaire, a gal just trying to mind her own business, and an intsa-obsession that won't be ignored.

Transcribed - Published: 10 March 2025

Egotistical Puckboy by Eden Finley and Saxon James (Part 2) | 372.2

We're back with part 2, recapping Egotistical Puckboy by Eden Finley and Saxon James!

Transcribed - Published: 4 March 2025

Egotistical Puckboy by Eden Finley and Saxon James (Part 1) | 372.1

It's enthusiastic gremlin hour over here at HBHQ. Also, MM hockey romance!

Transcribed - Published: 3 March 2025

Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning (Part 2) | 371.2

Mac is still at it over in Ireland! Bonus Content: double bucket syndrome, no sneaky leakage, why has no one gotten Mel a Conservatory?, MAYBE a forehead kiss, being muzzled about glitter dragons, and so much more!

Transcribed - Published: 25 February 2025

Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning (Part 1) | 371.1

We're here with bff of the pod Rebecca to recap DARKFEVER by Karen Marie Moning!

Transcribed - Published: 24 February 2025

The Duke by Gaelen Foley (Part 2) | 370.2

Our Duke and reluctant courtesan are getting so much closer!

Transcribed - Published: 19 February 2025

The Duke by Gaelen Foley (Part 1) | 370.1

It's a DickensTimes courtesan romance, plus murder mystery!!

Transcribed - Published: 18 February 2025

The Opposite of You by Rachel Higginson (Part 2) | 369.2

We're back with part 2 of THE OPPOSITE OF YOU by Rachel Higginson! More schmexy chef stuff for sure.

Transcribed - Published: 11 February 2025

The Opposite of You by Rachel Higginson (Part 1) | 369.1

Oooohh, it's enemies-to-lovers with hot chefs!!!!

Transcribed - Published: 10 February 2025

The Devil's Luck by Eris Adderly (Part 2) | 368.2

Transcribed - Published: 4 February 2025

The Devil's Luck by Eris Adderly (Part 1) | 368.1

Oooh it's a dark MFM historical pirate romance so check the CWs and BUCKLE UP.

Transcribed - Published: 3 February 2025

The Cornerstone by Kate Canterbary (Part 2) | 367.2

We're finishing up THE CORNERSTONE by Kate Canterbary! Turns out, Mel liked it way more than she thought at first. Vibrations are set on weird!!

Transcribed - Published: 28 January 2025

The Cornerstone by Kate Canterbary (Part 1) | 367.1

We're here with part 1 of THE CORNERSTONE by Kate Canterbary! She's a type A control freak, he's a gregarious Navy SEAL, and their banter is VICIOUS. Delish!

Transcribed - Published: 27 January 2025

Lothaire by Kresley Cole (Part 2) | 366.2

Kimberly Lemming and Alexis the Sword are the LOTHAIRE lovers we need in these dark times!!

Transcribed - Published: 22 January 2025

Lothaire by Kresley Cole | 366.1

Kimberly Lemming and Alexis the Sword are here to recap LOTHAIRE with us!!

Transcribed - Published: 21 January 2025

Lothaire by Kresley Cole (Part 1) | 366.1

Kimberly Lemming and Alexis the Sword are here to recap LOTHAIRE with us!!

Transcribed - Published: 21 January 2025

2025 Reading Embrace Categories! | 365.2

If you WANT an explanation for the 2025 Reading Embrace Categories, this is the episode for you!

Transcribed - Published: 14 January 2025

2024 Reading Embrace Celebration! | 365.1

IT'S OUR 2024 READING EMBRACE!!!!!!!!!!!!! COME INTO OUR BOSOMS!!!!!!!

Transcribed - Published: 13 January 2025

Any Duchess Will Do by Tessa Dare (Part 2) | 364.2 (Re-release)

We're back with ANY DUCHESS WILL DO by Tessa Dare! We restart our tale right after the library finger-b*ng, and these two are convinced that they only have until the end of the week. Will he gut his BFF for this woman??

Transcribed - Published: 7 January 2025

Any Duchess Will Do by Tessa Dare (Part 1) | 364.1 (Re-release)

Hey HBs! We're recapping ANY DUCHESS WILL DO by Tessa Dare! It's an EnglandTimes book featuring a sad, broken Duke, his desperate mother, and the serving girl who will change them all forever.

Transcribed - Published: 6 January 2025

The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer (Part 2) | 363.2

It's time for part 2! Jacob has decided to put his juvenile pranks behind him and make things right. The second act comes with a secret identity reveal, a hotel breach worthy of a cat burglar, and a pubic declaration of love!

Transcribed - Published: 31 December 2024

The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer (Part 1) | 363.1

Happy Hanukkah, HBs! From the summer camp backstory, to the grown-up pranks, the hijinks abound in this Hanukkah romance!

Transcribed - Published: 30 December 2024

The Navy Seal's Christmas Bride by Cora Seton | 362.2

Y'all. It's Navy SEAL Times this Christmas! Get ready for gender essentialism to the max, competing for HONOR, and acrobatic schmexy times that BLEW OUR MINDS.

Transcribed - Published: 24 December 2024

Have Yourself a Billionaire for Christmas by Tracey Livesay | Ep. 362.1

We've got a whiny billionaire, the woman who's going to put him in his place, and nasty handshakes!

Transcribed - Published: 23 December 2024

The Governess and the Orc by Finley Fenn (Part 2) | Ep. 361.2

Rathgar has some groveling to do....

Transcribed - Published: 17 December 2024

The Governess and the Orc by Finley Fenn (Part 1) | Ep. 361.1

The pals make their way back to Orc Mountain!!!

Transcribed - Published: 16 December 2024

Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (Part 2) | 360.2

We're back with part 2 of GET A LIFE, CHLOE BROWN by Talia Hibbert!

Transcribed - Published: 10 December 2024

360.2 – Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (Part 2)

We're back with part 2 of GET A LIFE, CHLOE BROWN by Talia Hibbert!

Transcribed - Published: 10 December 2024

Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (Part 1) | 360.1

Mel and Sabrina recap GET A LIFE, CHLOE BROWN by Talia Hibbert! It's one of their favorite contemporary romance series, so get ready for a lot of cackling and swooning!

Transcribed - Published: 9 December 2024

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