Heaving Bosoms

Hey HBs! Welcome to day 2 of our podiversary celebration! We're doing Kink Watch, Rabbit Hole Watch, and WOULD YOU RATHER!!!!!!! This Friday on Patreon and our Apple Podcast subscription, Sabrina is telling us all about their most recent EJ Russell rabbit hole! They were on the lookout for less common monster romance and couldn't stop once they found EJ's cozy MM monster romance. Be sure to check...

HAPPY EIGHT YEARS OF HEAVING BOSOMS, HBs!!!! It's our 8th podiversary episode and WE! ARE! PUMPED! We also have someone special to introduce to you! Then we've got successes, things to improve, lessons learned, HB Authors, and Hard Limits Watch!! Get excited! This Friday on Patreon and our Apple Podcast subscription, Sabrina is telling us all about their most recent EJ Russell rabbit hole! They we...

Hey HBs! It's part two of HIGHER by Roz Alexander! There's a 4th of July surprise, a HOT galley kitchen schminger schmang, and their Rosh Hashanah art display to benefit pollinators! Yes, Mel is DELIGHTED. Bonus Content: foie gras AKA fat miserable (not Canada) geese, harbingers of doom, and more! Lady Loves: Mel: the Chappell Roan song The Giver ! It's the country music anthem for service tops I...

Hey HBs! We're here with a sapphic Rosh Hashanah book by a bona fide HB Author: HIGHER by Roz Alexander. It's a steamy, grumpy/sunshine, butch-for-butch romance with art, pollinators, and super sticky drives. Bonus Content: great authors notes, tops and bottoms, being Stone, girlfriend stipends, and more! This Friday on the bonus feed, we're recapping GARDENS & GHOSTS by Maz Maddox, the 5th bo...

Hey HBs! We're here with part 2 of THE WOLF AND THE WILDFLOWER by Stacy Reid! Lady Loves: Sabrina: If you haven't experienced the Lord of the Rings movies, make sure you do it with someone whose special interest is LOR and everything JRR Tolkien. Mel: Go get the book I narrated! It's THE ELEMENTS OF CHEMISTRY by Penny Reid! You can find it on her website. Enjoy! Episode Sponsor: THE SPITE DATE by...

Hey HBs! We're here with part 1 of THE WOLF AND THE WILDFLOWER by Stacy Reid! This bonkers historical has an AMAZING premise and this author sticks the landing!! This might just be Mel's favorite read of 2025. Episode Sponsor: THE SPITE DATE by Pippa Grant! The Spite Date  is a riotously fun opposites attract romance featuring a golden retriever celebrity who needs to get out of his own way, a wom...

Hey HBs! It's time for part 2 of Semi-Charmed by Isabel Jordan. When we left off Harper had just taken Riddick to be surreptitiously examined by her super empath mom and.... he didn’t get attacked with cutlery, so he’s got that sweet, sweet approval! Now they’re at a bar and while he confirmed that he’s attracted to her, he absolutely doesn’t want to talk about it. That’s where we’re jumping in! B...

Hey HBs! Today Sabrina and Mel are wrapping themselves in nostalgia blankets and recapping Semi-Charmed by Isabel Jordan. We're in a universe in which vamps have gone public and now our two MCs aren't allowed to hunt them anymore! She's a psychic, he's a slayer, and getting jobs that aren't "hunt vampires" has proven to be a bumpy road. If she can convince him to team up with her, maybe sparks wil...

Hey HBs! We're here with part 2 of HONEY GIRL by Morgan Rogers! We get a little more about Yuki, an impressive Houdini, and an HFN? Content warning for undiagnosed and untreated mental illness, depression/anxiety, and self harm. Lady Loves: Mel: Skipping segments! Sabrina: this instant pot primavera pasta recipe! Curious about the ridiculous faces we make? Subscribe and watch us on YOUTUBE ! This...

Hey HBs! Sabrina and Mel are here to recap HONEY GIRL by Morgan Rogers! This is part 1. Alas, while it's a good book, it's not a romance and we will die on that hill. Curious about the ridiculous faces we make? Subscribe and watch us on YOUTUBE ! This Friday on Patreon and our Apple Podcasts sub, we’re squeeing about the 4th book in the Relic series LOST IN AMBER by Maz Maddox. Want to tell us a s...

Hey HBs! It's part two of SMASH & GRAB by Maz Maddox. We got our first kiss in yesterday's episode and today we're going A LOT further! This dino boy is SMITTEN! Lady Loves: Mel: After much sweat and sore muscles, I now have a pink garage! Dalton would LOVE IT. Sabrina: knittingfool.com ! It's a glossary of THOUSANDS of knitting stitches and Sabrina's magnum opus is going to be knitting swatch...

Hey HBs! Ooooh baby, it's dino time again!!!!! And this time it's MM! We're here with SMASH & GRAB by Maz Maddox. We've got an introverted paleontologist, a rambunctious dinosaur shifter, a thwarted heist, and a road trip! Bonus Content: WV on a Northeast tour?, dinosaur parks, and so much more! This Friday on Patreon and our Apple Podcasts bonus feed, Sabrina and I are screaming about SINK OR SWI...

Hey HBs! We're back with the 4th and final part of RECEIVER OF MANY by Rachel Alexander! It's time for a road trip to Tartarus and a Titanic confrontation. Bonus Content: those hundred handed boys, ziplining angels and devils, and momentous trips to Claire's! (But really, if you want to get a piercing go to an accredited piercer .) Lady Loves: Sabrina: The podcast Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Liv...

Hey HBs! We're back with part 3 of RECEIVER OF MANY by Rachel Alexander! Hades and Persephone are on the cusp of solidifying into a real couple while Persephone ascends to her fated throne. Bonus Content: is there anything better than a super competent character simping over their love interest while watching them come into their power?? We think not. If you're interested in the book Sabrina menti...

Happy Tuesday, HBs! We're back for part 2 of RECEIVER OF MANY by Rachel Alexander! They make up and then it's a big adventure story! TW for brief mentions of sexual assault. Bonus Content: butchered tree metaphors, Melody Fanfic, and so much more! Joint Lady Love: do it for the bit! Whether it's a set of bags or a pink garage, if it makes you happy, go for it! And abandon bits that don't serve you...

Hey HBs! We've got a classic retelling of the Hades and Persephone myth AND WE SUPER LOVED IT. This is part 1 of 4 of RECEIVER OF MANY by Rachel Alexander (a 2 week event). Bonus Content: 007 Hades, friends who will make fools of themselves for you, things you SHOULD NOT GOOGLE, centipedes vs cenTIpedees, and so much more! Curious about the ridiculous faces we make? Subscribe and watch us on YOUTU...

Hey HBs! It's time for part 2 of our recap of THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE by Audrey Niffeneggar. CW: In this series we talk about grooming, death of a parent, and a short discussion of a lethal car accident. In this episode, we get into the details of the plot's suicide, violence, gun violence, loss of limbs, cheating, fertility issues, pregnancy, and miscarriage. Mel (fairly uncharacteristically) go...

Hey HBs! Boy is Mel bittersauce about this. We're here with part 1 of our recap of THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE by Audrey Niffeneggar. We brought our pal Kristen along for the ride to balance out all the shade Mel would inevitably be throwing throughout the episode. CW: In this series we talk about grooming, death of a parent, a short discussion of a lethal car accident, suicide, violence, gun violenc...

Get stoked for the final part of Ne'er Duke Well by Alexandra Vasti! Bonus Content: sexy quill ASMR, trolling as a love language, Mel STILL knows side-character's names, and so much more! Lady Loves: Sabrina: revisiting communities you love and have lost touch with! S went to a roller derby game where she used to play and reconnecting was amazing! Mel: TW current events . The resistance must be ta...

Hey HBs! We've got part 3 (of 4) of Ne'er Duke Well by Alexandra Vasti! When we stopped last week, Selene had announced their unexpected engagement after being caught making out on the floor, Peter having two big ol' handfulls of ass. Faaaaaantastic. Bonus Content: Gopher Gate betrayal, the validity of Batilda, Mel knows ALL the side character's names, Countess Elizabeth Bathory , and so much more...

Join us for part 2 of 4 as we recap NE'ER DUKE WELL by Alexandra Vasti! She's trying to coach him on finding a wife in six weeks (NOT HER THO) and his hot mess is showing! Plus, war criminals, moths for brains, finding a new respect for the turns-at-the-last second-to-take-the- brunt-of-the-fall microtrope, and so much more! We'll be back next week with the second half of the book! Want more of us...

Hey HBs! We're recapping NE'ER DUKE WELL by Alexandra Vasti... and we're doing it over 2 weeks. So this is episode 1 of 4. Mel's kid's camp called with a mild emergency, so we had to cut this recording short. HOWEVER, I'm considering it a blessing in disguise because our shenanigans really needed two weeks if we were going to actually talk about the book as well, you know? Plus spot-on impressions...

We're back with Sabrina's favorite book of the trio: CAPTURED BY THE CTHULU ! There are so many tentacles, y'all. Lady Loves: Mel: Having a partner who grounds you. Because realizing everything that would go into painting our garage in less than 36 hours really did make me switch gears fast. Sabrina: OMG a nice TV is really cool, but finding out you can screencast your e-reader to your TV and read...

Hey HBs! Sabrina is here to recap the Monster Mates series by Ivy Sparks! Today we get SCORCHED BY THE HELLHOUND and BOUND TO THE NAGA . You're never going to believe this, but in this episode, Sabrina is breathtakingly brave and comes out as... a monster fucker. I know we're all shocked and delighted! Bonus content: Here's the wholesome revenge video Mel mentions. Lady Loves: Mel: Having a partne...

Hey HBs! We're back with part 2 of DRAMA! by AJ Truman! It's time to get to this rest stop oral and then ON TO THE WEDDING! Lady Loves: Sabrina: Minecraft with friends! Mel: pressure washing, y'all. I'M A WIZARD WITH MY PRESSURE WASHER! Want more of us? Check out our PATREON ! This Friday Patrons and Apple Podcast subscribers are getting a Quickie on books 12-15 of the FATED MATES OF THE SEA SAND...