Heaving Bosoms

Hey HBs!!! Kenya Goree-Bell is here to recap the Netflix movie Really Love! Ooooh, an artist and a law student are falling in love in this moody indie film set in DC. And it's delicious! Bonus Content: the glory of Michael Ealy, the artist mindset and struggle, rarefied air, waist beads, and the shenanigans that would go down if Kenya and Mel go to her Netflix Movie Premier together! Make sure to...

Oh heeeeyyyyyy! Sarah Wendell is back to finish up Morning Glory Milking Farm by CM Nascosta! Part 2 heats up hard !!! We've got more fantasy-world fetishes, an incredibly deliberate hero, great communication, and a climactic finish that's perfect in every way. Bonus Content: public girl-code, firmly Millennial skills (google and horoscopes y'all), more Sarah/Mel Mythology, and so much more! Lady...

Hey HBs! Sarah Wendell is here to swoon and geek the hell out with Melody. Did you think a book that's grounded in minotaur hand jobs would be an amazing example of structural organization, labor rights, and include layered feminist commentary on society's obsession with the phallus? ...you did? OMG you're a genius. We did not. But you get to hear us break down every stunning moment in part 1 of M...

The boys are back in town! The Overdue Boys, that is! Craig and Andrew join us to recap Ali Hazelwood's The Love Hypothesis and we are delighted from start to finish. Get ready for Reylo parallels, Flintstones references, and Bing Boong Bong Higher Education Dollar Bills with Erin. Bonus Content: Science Daddies pushing cars, the magnetic appeal of an adult orphan, a "miasma of misogyny,&quot...

Ohhh HELLOOOO! It's our St. Vincent's Day episode! Happy St. Vincent Day! All three bosoms are here to venerate Silver Fox St. Vincent, also known as the Duke of Kingston. What are names in England Times, anyway? Evie and St. Vincent's daughter has been widowed and her first event post-mourning is a wedding! Attended by her husband's childhood bully! Who turns out to be super hot and smart and med...

In the lead up to our most hallowed holiday, St. Vincent's Day, we're releasing the episode where we were introduced to our favorite hero in the whole universe, Sebastian The Lord St. Vincent! This is part one, so buckle up for a wallflower, a marriage of convenience, and a first kiss! In the rain! Bonus Content: Hiatus was so restful! (not), we would die and betray each other for St. Vincent, we'...

Oh Hey HBs! Nat and Erin are here with a M/M firefighter-chef romance. Which we really wanted to like. But unfortunately, it wasn't everything we wanted it to be. We're bringing you Melting Point by Kate Meader and it had so many things, and most of them were characters from other books. Bonus content: shaking your THANG, #justiceforlombard, that one lone arm chair, is this how you take care of a...

Hey HBs! Sara Whitney is here to geek out with Melody! We recap One True Pairing by Cathy Yardley and get to talk all about fandom, conventions, gothabilly style, and the Supernatural boys. There's grifting! It's SO FUN!! Check out Sara's latest book Tempting Fate . It's a swoony second chance romance with grumpy/sunshine, second chance romance, and only. one. TENT. Yes, you read that right. Sara...

Hey y'all! Nat and Mel are here to recap Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall! It was one of the January ARCs for Bonkers Romance Book Club and it's SO FUN! This book manages to be a sweet, fast-paced romp that has hilarious hijinks and HOT sexy times. And the banter. The banter might slay you. Lady Loves: Nat: Athletic Non-Alcoholic beer Mel: Pick up an old hobby! Mel's been crocheting again and it'...

Hey HBs! It's time for our annual Patreon fundraiser! This year, because the need is so immediate, we're going to front a donation in anticipation of at least matching the amount we've raised in the past! This week, we're donating $1,000 to Razom Emergency Response , an organization with a proven track record in Ukraine who are providing medical supplies and training to civilians on the ground. Uk...

Oh hey pals! Sally Thorne joined Erin and Mel to recap the 90's masterpiece Untamed Heart. Marisa Tomei does a masterclass in turning an odd-ball role with questionable script choices into a stunning performance. And Christian Slater is very believable as a boy raised by a Baboon King (or ferrets). CW: We discuss an attempted sexual assault that happens in the movie as well as the survivor's copin...

Hey HBs! Naima Simone is here! She and Mel gush about the most perfect movie in the whole world: Beyond the Lights! Between Gugu Mbatha-Raw (who sang the whole thing!), Minnie Driver, and Danny Glover, we were bowled over. Plus, parenting in pandemictimes, cackling until your stomach hurts, and rewatching movies for science. CW: discussions of sexual assault that happen on screen Lady Loves: Mel A...

Hey HBs! We're back from hiatus! In this episode, Erin and Mel embrace a few more Reading Embrace finishers, chat about what Mel she read over hiatus, read some listener emails, and make a big announcement! Bonus Content: porch goose shenanigans! Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :) Get more content on PATREON!! Sign up for our Newsletter ! MERCH! Teepublic , Chicaloo Kate , Redbubble...

Hey HBs! In this, the last week of our 2022 hiatus, we're celebrating the start of the Winter Olympics with part 1 of From Lukov with Love by Mariana Zapata! This ice skating enemies to lovers made us both do several swoons! Bonus Content: the beautiful balance that is our opposite personalities, Melody has been attacked by new criminal mastermind TEAM: Rooster and GOAT, *Bing Boong Bong* Ice skat...

Hey HBs! We're here with part 1 of Bully by Penelope Douglas. It's a new adult romance between middle-aged-sounding high schoolers who used to be best friends until he turned into a super villain and started bullying her. Listen, a lot of it didn't work for us, but the sexy times did. It was also an incredible vehicle for raceway noises, learning about arborists, and Melody climbing so high on an...

Hey HBs! Come enjoy part 1 of REBEL by Beverly Jenkins! We've got a teacher who's calling in life is to help as newly-free people learn to read and write as possible and the dashing Captain who just wants to support her dreams and love her forever and maybe do sex in a tree house that he built with is own two hands! This America Times book is as densely-packed with wisdom as it is with sizzling ba...

Hello from hiatus! We're here with Melody's obsession STRANGE LOVE by Ann Aguirre. An alien romance with a talking dog! Effortless inclusivity! A pairing competition that's as if Gladiator and Love Island had a baby! Consent boners abound! And once you're done with this, check out Ep. 146 for Part 2. Bonus content: Melody gives Erin bad compliments and herself a haircut, a listener story about acc...

Hey HBs! YOU CAME THROUGH AGAIN! AND YOU'RE GETTING SNUZZLED FOR IT! In today's episode Erin and Mel explain the embrace and then get down to the business of shouting out the hundreds of participants in this year's HB Reading Embrace! And good news: The 2022 Reading Embrace Categories are waiting for you! Make sure to check out Mel's new podcast Bonkers Romance ! Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all...

Hey y'all! It's time for an encore episode: Roller Girl by Vanessa North! We will be back next week with our annual Reading Embrace episode, but we think the best way to start 2022 is with this feel-good lesbian romance between a trans athlete and a plumber/roller derby coach. It's exactly what we need! Roller derby, tons of enthusiastic consent, low-stakes conflict, a whole gaggle of awesome side...

Hey HBs! This week we're throwing out the script and subbing in The Hating Game movie! Life made reading hard recently, so we decided to treat ourselves to a visual delight! We loved this adaptation of Sally Thorne's debut masterpiece! If you want to hear what we thought of the book way back when, check out episodes 30 and 31. Bonus Content: Erin's childhood bedroom, the euphemisms one must come u...

Oh it's Princess Switch 3, Switched into Infinity! That's right, Vanessa Hudgens is back as Stacey, Margaret, and the real star of the show: FIONA. Bonus Content: Blonde Hairs the Lame Prince... same guy?, Beard Hairs the BFF is also there!, and our newest hero: Peter of the alive eyes and functional penis! Plus, A YODELER. Also, allow your friends their healthy boundaries, the 1999 movie Entrapme...

Hey HBs! It's our first Netflix Christmas movie of the year! Single All the Way is SO FUN! We bow down to Jennifer Coolidge and this lighthearted lovefest. Bonus Content: Task Rabbiting, white Christmas trees, snuggling for Jesus, Rooster's quinceañera, Mel's (ice cold) hot takes on threesomes, and so much more! Lady Loves: Mel: Swiffer Dusters??! What is this new techmologie?! Erin: Christmas Inh...

Happy Hanukkah, HBs! We've got a wonderful, zero-conflict novella that actually features Hanukkah. Like, on the page! It's truly wonderful, plus super super sexy! Lady Loves: Erin: A new ice scraper! Just buy one and your life will be better. Melody: Therapy. That's it. That's the lady love. Episode sponsors: Risky Restoration by EF Dodd Radish! Mentioned in this episode: Check out our Etsy Store!...

It's inspirational Thanksgiving romance time!!! This year we've got a virginal nurse and an amnesiac maybe criminal. And a mystery. And a PROWLER. Need we say more? Bonus Content: Amazing book cover photoshop, is it following your intuition or is it stalking?, how to make a hotel room more "homey," *Bing Boong Bong* Crime Times and Undercover Ops with Erin, answering the question "where should I t...

Hey HBs! It's Thanksgiving week for us Americans! That means a special encore episode of a favorite Thanksgiving book! This one features an heiress determined to prove her worth in the Alaskan wilderness and a lawyer with *deep* *dark* *issues* who accidentally-on-purpose got lost in the wilderness. They're objectively terrible people! CW: faith, specifically Christianity, is a huge topic in this...