Heaving Bosoms

Hey HBs! We know you want to find out what happens with Muffin and George, so here's part 2! Want to support the show? Rate and review us on your favorite podcast app! It super helps the algorithm connect us to new listeners.  Want more of us? Check out our PATREON ! Credits: Theme Music: Brittany Pfantz  Art: Author Kate Prior (her newest release MATED TO MY EX is out now!!)  Want to tell us a st...

Hey HBs! We're here with the first of 2 St. Vincent Day books! You'll understand why in the early part of the episode. But, HOORAY, MORE ST. VINCENT! First up, we've got THE GRUMP NEXT DOOR by Kendall Ryan. Sabrina tells Mel all about this book staring Muffin, a perfect CBD fueled canine wrapped in a thundershirt, and George, a VERY HUNGRY goat who shows up and never leaves. There's also a chaotic...

We're back with the second half of THE KING by Nana Malone! Our plucky secret agents are on their very first field mission and (bom chicka wow wooow) they're posing as newlyweds! Don't worry, they commit to the bit. Bonus Content: Georg and Dreorg, forehead kisses, red hot narration, and so much more! Lady Loves: Sabrina: Having an endless pile of bullshit to talk about with your besties! Mel: Sab...

Hey HBs! It's the final episode of our series; part 4 of FOR WHOM THE BELLE TOLLS by Jaysea Lynn! Lily and Belle are completely committed to each other and building a family! Then, you know, war and near death and honoring the fallen and making HUGE choices! We love a loophole, so thank you, Lev. TW: the Iran invasion and ongoing war, apathetic leaders, fertility, dying, death, violence, child abu...

Hey HBs! Today is part 3 of 4 of FOR WHOM THE BELLE TOLLS by Jaysea Lynn! These pals are getting romantic and she's looking forward to tail stuff! Meanwhile, we're blubbering messes. TW: the Iran invasion and ongoing war, apathetic leaders, our corrupt capitalist health system, cancer, terminal illness, dying, death, violence, child abuse, child sexual abuse, the dark parts of the foster system, s...

Hey HBs! We're here with part 2 of 4 of FOR WHOM THE BELLE TOLLS by Jaysea Lynn! When we left you yesterday, Lucifer had just set up Belle to meet Lily in person, the woman he’s been flirting with while gaming online together. AND she was beating the ever loving crap out of an evil soul, so she’s a warrior princess in real life, too. TW: our corrupt capitalist health system, cancer, terminal illne...

Hey HBs! Get READY because we're in for a 2 week event with FOR WHOM THE BELLE TOLLS by Jaysea Lynn! What a BEAUTIFUL and horrifyingly timely book. It lays bare so many ills of our current system while also being hilarious and adorable and poignant and we didn't know what to do with ourselves. This is part 1 of 4. Bonus Content: Mel and Sabrina actually hate each other - surprise!, we can't help b...

Hey HBs! W hen we left you yesterday, Baby had moved in with her pack, she made sure the other women didn’t get thrown out, she’s forging relationships with each of her horny alphas, and she got knotted for the first time! It’s been a big week for Baby. Today we've got a bad rival MC, a BFF to save, more knots to take, and a heat vacation to the nest of her dreams! Also, kidnappings and other nefa...

Heyyyy HBs! Welcome to the GREEN appreciation podcast, where we recap Baby and the Large Knot Howlers in order to worship the hottest alpha of all time, Ryan AKA Green AKA Grower AND Shower AKA Mel's dreamboat. But also, it's our first omegaverse book and we've chosen the perfect intro-to-omegaverse text in BABY AND THE LATE NIGHT HOWLERS by Kathryn Moon. We've got late-blooming omega Baby (yes, t...

Hey HBs! This is part 2 of our recap of TEMPLE OF SWOON by Jo Segura. When we left you yesterday, Miri and Rafa had just taken over a boat by force and kissed the daylights out of each other. That’s where we’re jumping in!  Bonus Content: hard-hitting archeological budge projections, apple bananas, bird perverts, checking to see if she's preserved in her best form, and so much more! Lady Loves: Sa...

Hey HBs! T his week we’re digging into 2026 even more (and we’re doing it with specialty tools!) as we recap of TEMPLE OF SWOON by Jo Segura! There's super secret archeological goals in the Amazon rainforest and Miri can launch her career if she succeeds! But, super hot journalist Rafa (also super secretly) can't let that happen. Ancient civilizations! Amulets! Academia! Car crashes! Vine swinging...

Hey HBs! We're here with part 2 of A RARE FIND by Joanna Lowell! It's the middle of the treasure hunt! Some wild things are gonna happen, slick flesh is gonna slick flesh together, and paranormal activity is NOT gonna deliver. Good thing Charles Peach always does! Lady Loves: Sabrina: Genuine connections IRL. Plus, the 'tism tray and the most beautiful powerpoint on oranges Mel's ever seen. Mel: A...

Hey HBs! We're here with the sapphic, enby historical romp we didn't know we needed: A RARE FIND by Joanna Lowell! We've got an autistic archaeologist fighting the scientific patriarchy and her childhood nemesis who's home to cause trouble for the first time in years! Hijinks, adventures, and "hungry sparks" ensue. Bonus Content: Appliancepocalypse, slow burn confusion, cutting ties can be #effici...

Hey HBs! It's time for part 2! When we left you yesterday, our bloodthirsty baddies had just had sex for the first time while Nolan was super high on magic mushrooms that Harper slipped him. She told him to fuck her like he hates her and boy did he deliver. Now, he’s crossed the emotional Rubicon and is ready to worship at her feet. Meanwhile, she coyote-uglied her way out of there as fast as poss...

Hey HBs! We're back! And we're back with some stabby energy because what could be better in this moment? We've got a Brynn Weaver spinoff that made all our dreams come true, and made Mel's gardening heart very jealous: TOURIST SEASON. It's book one in her new trilogy The Seasons of Carnage. She's a transplant taking over the mantle of "protecting" her new small town, one wood-chipped tou...

We're back with part 2 of this rerelease of IT HAD TO BE YOU by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. We're still hopping mad and ready to burn it down! Content Warnings: episode includes discussions of sexual assault, including in young childhood, on-page violent rape, statutory rape, rampant misogyny, malicious thinness, kink shaming, slut shaming, fat shaming, Madonna/Whore Complex, racism, and more. Lady...

Hey HBs! Mel and Sabrina are mad and rereleasing IT HAD TO BE YOU by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. This is a doozy! Content Warnings: episode includes discussions of sexual assault, including in young childhood, on-page violent rape, statutory rape, rampant misogyny, malicious thinness, kink shaming, slut shaming, fat shaming, Madonna/Whore Complex, racism, and more. Want to support the show? Rate and...

Hey HBs! It's time to get to the spicy scenes in this rerelease of BUTCHER & BLACKBIRD by Brynn Weaver!! And whooweee did they deliver. In this second half, we've got a corpse puppet show (is that a tag now?), some excellent hurt/comfort into schmecksy times, and the most romantic proposal in the universe.... if you're a serial unaliver who loves an empty eye socket. Which she is! So that work...

Hey HBs! Mel and Sabrina are here to squeal about two serial killers finding their HEA in BUTCHER & BLACKBIRD by Brynn Weaver! This episode was originally released in September of 2024 and we meet a future character in this book! From the best captive meet-cute to dinner disasters, this book is a fizzy delight. Bonus Content: personal piercing TikTok, the Necessary Evils series by Onley James...

Hey y'all! We're here for part 2 of BULL MOON RISING by Ruby Dixon! Aspeth has been discovered by her dastardly ex-fiancée and it's ALL HANDS ON DECK to save her home! The found family in this book really made our hearts soar just as much as the rutting in this book made our eyes bulge. Awoooga! Lady Loves: Sabrina: a heated mattress topper! It's soooo cozy for when you jump into bed. But be sure...

Hey HBs! We're rereleasing our recap of BULL MOON RISING by Ruby Dixon and we couldn't be happier! This is part one of our foray into a new corner of the Dixonverse where magic is outlawed and Conquest Moons disrupt everything. We've got a determined heroine who's undercover to save her life and home and a minotaur hero who cannot catch a break in the run up to the next celestial f*ckfest. A marri...

Hey HBs! We hope you're ready for part 2 of HARD HITTER by Sarina Bowen! These sexy coworkers are the dreamiest. CW for discussions of past domestic abuse. Bonus Content: the gals both need massages badly, looking at your partner like we look at ice cream, Mel learns what "uppers" actually are (yikes), dicks in coffee makers, and so much more! Lady Loves: Sabrina - rereading! Sometimes i...

Hey HBs! It's time to get our hockey on with HARD HITTER by Sarina Bowen! It's a massage, it's a yoga, it's a crime thriller! Ari and Patrick are so swoony! CW for discussions of past domestic abuse. Bonus Content: Sabrina (on record as NOT a re-reader) has read this book 3 times, Mel has been cut off by Hoopla, the fear of developing a foot fetish, and more! For more of us, check out our Patreon...

It's time for the 2026 Reading Embrace!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here are the category explanations. For the next few weeks, we'll be rereleasing previous episodes and taking a little break. Follow our socials for more details! Curious about the ridiculous faces we make? Subscribe and watch us on YOUTUBE ! Want to tell us a story, ask about advertising, or anything else? Email: heavingbosomspodcast (at) gmail ...

It's time for the 2025 Reading Embrace! Thank you to everyone who participated this year, even if we didn't find out about it. YOU'RE EMBRACED! Come back tomorrow for our 2026 Category announcement! Curious about the ridiculous faces we make? Subscribe and watch us on YOUTUBE ! Want to tell us a story, ask about advertising, or anything else? Email: heavingbosomspodcast (at) gmail  Follow our soci...