Hey HBs! We're here with LOVE FOR THE COLD-BLOODED, OR THE PART-TIME EVIL MINION'S GUIDE TO ACCIDENTALLY DATING A SUPERHERO by Alex Gabriel! 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. There's accidental sex work, it highlights the power of perspective, and someone puts quail eggs on pizza. Plus, FORCE FIELD S*X!

Bonus Content: rich boy pizzas, force field condoms, telling your employer to get better at dirty talk, frat house libraries, and so much more!

Lady Loves:

Mel: Do you have an upgrade available from your cellular company? Even if you don't have a black melting dick spot on your screen that makes your life incredibly inconvenient, see if you can upgrade to a better phone for free!!!

Sabrina: Microwave Popcorn! Good goddess microwave popcorn really hits the spot!!

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Hey HBs! We're here to recap JUST FOR THE CAMERAS by Viano Oniomoh! It's a fluffy contemporary with delicious and supported sex work, amazing communication, a sad sad Sebastian boy, best friendship goals, and an MMF menage that made us feel all gooey and sparkly inside. And WOW the hot hot sexy times! This is definitely an erotic romance.

Bonus Content: this is a giggly episode, sad boy catnip, dimple piercings, celebrations of beautiful fat bodies, Pavlovian Portraits, only one bed, two boys just cock-a-doodle-doing together, and so much more.

Lady Loves:

Sabrina - the path of totality. Sabrina went and experienced the solar eclipse with a friend and it was wonderful to be reminded that she's a tiny speck on a tiny speck of a universe!

Mel - get yourself 5 yards of mulch for your birthday! It's the BEST and moving it all in one day makes a person feel SUPER accomplished.

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Hey HBs! It's Post-Apocalyptic Times!! We're recapping 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 passel of boys we can't get enough of!

Bonus Content: Michael's angry bird artistic debut, that potent post-apocalyptic pussy, sexy hit point increases, the confusing commerce of outlaw country, flower favors, outlaw jail, and so much more!

Lady Loves:

Sabrina: see your friends as much as possible! Especially if they live far away.

Mel: I've been noodling on some wisdom from a fictional yoga class written by Sarina Bowen. The idea "never give up and always surrender." Work hard and follow your dreams, but allow for things to evolve along the way!

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Hey HBs! Mel and Sabrina are here to recap RAVISHED by Amanda Quick! It's a historical with a fossil-obsessed heroine, a VERY misunderstood hero, a dangerous ring of robbers, and a cavernous ruination!!

Bonus Content: Mel got her 5 yards of dirt delivered, Sabrina wants to be BFFs with this heroine, the gals go on a crustacean tangent, Mel does a big word association on everyone because it's tired in here, Lady Whipplethorpe, Lord Applebottom Doorman, and so much more!

Lady Loves:

Joint lady love: HB David sending a much-sought 1st print of a Lisa Kleypas book to HB Emily after a Patreon watch party! HBs are the BEST.

Sabrina: StoryGraph has actual graphs now! Pie and bar ones!

Mel: Get yourself whatever your 5 yards of dirt is! Is it nuts? Maybe. But is it for you? DEFINITELY.

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Hey HBs! HAPPY ST. VINCENT WEEK! Tomorrow, April 2nd, is officially the 3rd (or maybe 4th?) annual St. Vincent Day! Where we celebrate Sebastian St. Vincent, the misunderstood bad boy who's really just broken and wants to ensconce your feet in warmth and feed you and plan funerals so you don't have to and become the sexist casino business man and take bullets for you. CASUAL STUFF.

Last year, we got recommendations for books that have St. Vincent *vibes* and boy did HB Taylor deliver! She's back with us to recap THE LUCKIEST LADY IN LONDON by Sherry Thomas. We have the horniest heroine on a mission, an asshole in disguise as the Ideal Gentleman, mistress-turned-marital machinations, and so much more!

Bonus Content: so much math horniness, floriography, chalkboard fantasies, tentacle fingers, telescope metaphors, and more!

Lady Loves:

Sabrina: if you can, hire a person to do the thing you hate! Sabrina just got a guy who will mow her lawn and now she can use that time cross-stitching or reading or knitting AND reading or just taking a load off.

Taylor: Weleda body lotion. It smells like plants and she swears by it.

Mel: laugh directly in the face of misogynists. If a guy looks you dead in your beautiful face and says he doesn't "need your permission to call your husband" give into your involuntary response and cackle right in his face!

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Hey HBs! We haven't recapped an alien romance in a while... dare we say TOO LONG! We're here today with TAKEN TO VORAXIA by Elizabeth Stevens! As of the release of this episode, Mel has read through book 6 without any plans to stop. This series is sooo good!

TW: discussions of sexual assault, slavery, and forced abortions.

Bonus Content: Mel can't tear herself away from the Ruthless Bosses series by Theodora Taylor, how much we love the there-aren't-enough-babies trope, xora pockets (insert rooster emoji here), and ships turning into armadas!!!

Don't worry, Mel told Sabrina all about the rest of the books in the Ruthless Bosses series by Theodora Taylor and that will be out on Patreon and Apple subscription on Tuesday, 4/2!!

Lady Loves

Mel: Pizza dough made from scratch, and then cinnamon rolls made with any leftover dough!

Sabrina: Author Emma Hamm is a recent discovery with a DEEP backlist and oh Sabrina might need saving pretty soon!

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Hey y'all! We're here with part 2 of IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMEWHERE by Roan Parrish! We left you in the middle of their first (and only?) fight, which we acknowledge was a mean thing to do. But! There's an HEA!

CW: for discussions of parental death and attempted suicide.

Bonus Content: Mel did some hyperfocus "cleaning" because there was no one around to stop her, Sabrina wants Ginger's book (it exists! Huzzah!), Mel "pegged [Sabrina] so hard," and Sabrina is a sister goddess.

Lady Loves:

Mel: Mary Seacole! She was a badass nurse and Black woman who was a contemporary of the better-known Florence Nightingale.

Sabrina: HB Washcloths! She's needed something to do with her hands while podcasting, so now she's doing small knitting projects.

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Hey HBs! We're here with IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMEWHERE by Roan Parrish! This is part 1 because we loved this book soooooo much. This MM romance features a tattooed professor with anxiety and a super burly, cabin-building, care-taking dreamboat.

Bonus Content: Mel's bringing big grown-up-lady-sleepover energy, Sabrina is now tailoring reading lists to Mel's big mouth, both gals are horned up for love, and we meet Sabrina's anxiety gremlin!

Lady Loves:

Mel: The soundtrack of the musical SIX! Especially the song All You Wanna Do sung by Didi Romero (Katherine Howard) and Get Down sung by Olivia Donaldson (Anne of Cleves). I'm told you can get both with a youtube music subscription.

Sabrina: Figure out a way to do what you HAVE to do while also doing the things you WANT to do! Sabrina has started reading with audiobooks so she can color at the same time (it's way more complicated than that, but whatevs).

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Hey HBs! 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??

Content warning: discussions of infant death and mentions of miscarriage.

Bonus Content: Mel just dropped her family off at the airport, Mel and Sabrina "haven't even been railed yet" (or ever?), Sabrina found the ultimate tax-deductible ass, and we love every blue-blooded vein in someone's body pounding in desire for us!

Lady Loves:

Sabrina: get you some watercolor markers if that's what will help you create the art of your dreams!

Mel: is it 1am? Sure. But do you need some brownies? Probs. Make them!!!

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Hey HBs! We're here to recap 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.

Bonus Content: Mel's got a mesakkah dick on her phone screen now, Sabrina learned about screenshots a long time ago, Sabrina has special feelings about stickers, and so much more!

Lady Loves:

Sabrina: Wear the silly costume! Be a shrimp! Do it!!

Mel: Call an audible! The sportsball kind, that is. If something changes, go with the flow and make it a two-parter!

Hey HBs! It's time to cross the finish line of THE GIRL WITH THE STARS IN HER EYES by Xio Axelrod. Toni is starting to mesh with and carve out her role in the band, Seb is remining himself of his no-fraternization clause constantly, and Kandy is ready to make some waves! Y'all, this childhood best-friends to lovers set in the soundscape of an all-girl rock band, frankly, rocked our world.

Bonus Content: Sabrina has been ORGANIZING HER LIFE and will not be accepting questions, we're so glad we're not famous, what are x's and o's, the gals aren't DP Sherlock Holmses, WE WANT A SAPPHIC SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE IN THIS SERIES, and so much more!

Lady Loves:

Sabrina: Make the effort for long-distance pals! Sabrina's friends are throwing her a 30th S-themed birthday party and she's taking her shrimp costume for a weekend trip out of state to celebrate with them!

Mel: go buck wild and throw a grown up lady sleepover! While her family is across the world on a trip, Mel's hosting a few friends for a weekend slumber party! Ahhhhh!

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Hey HBs! We planned this as a two-parter because we knew we would need to obsess over every detail AND WE WERE RIGHT. We're recapping THE GIRL WITH STARS IN HER EYES by Xio Axelrod! It's a second chance, childhood-best-friends-to-lovers romance set in the music industry and ehrmegerd we're hooked.

Bonus Content: Mel's entire personality is gardening, this book has so much TEXTURE, you can hear the music and smell the smells and feel ALL the feels, Mel's rogue tampon, the blissful city of Tamtopia, and so much more!

Lady Loves

Sabrina: Go to the doctor! Sometimes you might think you know what's wrong, but it turns out a medical professional might know better. But also, get a second and third opinion if a doctor isn't listening to you.

Mel: @microflowerfarm on IG! Even if you don't care about flower farming, it's such a BEAUTIFUL account!

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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 gals both need massages badly, Mel learns what "uppers" actually are (yikes), dicks in coffee makers, and so much more!

Lady Loves:

Sabrina - rereading! Sometimes it's so so so good!

Mel - the newest season of The Bachelor with Joey! It seems like the franchise has new producers who don't want to ruin the lives of all the contestants!

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Hey HBs! Mel and Sabrina are back with HIS PRETEND BABY by Theodora Taylor! Nyla and Go are imperfectly perfect for each other and it was SO SWOONY! Self love, acceptance, and hot hot s*x are huge themes in this book and we couldn't get enough.

Bonus Content: Mel has a dick on her phone and both gals only share VERY begrudgingly.

Lady Loves:

Sabrina: Find yourself a local community. Having someone who would come over to make sure she was ok after a concussion was an amazing experience.

Mel: the soundtrack to the movie Ugly Dolls. Especially "Broken & Beautiful." Remember, you're beautiful in your brokenness!

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Hey HBs! It's chaotic over here. Mel's drunk, Sabrina's an ADHD, and birds are locking people out of their cars. Also, Bobby De Niro is here!

In this episode we recap a 5 Star Review Bribe MOVIE: the 2007 film Stardust starring Claire Danes, Daredevil, and Not-Goldie-Hawn. This road trip romance is a romp that everyone needs to see!

Bonus Content: did Mel incept Sabrina to DIY renovate her house or is she just turning 30?, is this a perfect movie? Everyone is in it!, this whole movie/book was inspired by a fever dream about Mark Williams being a goat man, Sabrina didn't recognize Henry Cavill but would bang Sienna Miller like a pinkie toe, and so much more!

Lady Loves: Love Your Home!

Sabrina: Are you happy with your space? You can probably make small changes that make a huge difference. Or buy a new bedframe!

Mel: Get that estimate! Something that seems impossible might be perfectly within your reach with professional help. Just find out so you have all the data!

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Hey HBs! We're here recapping THE MASTER by Kresley Cole! It was formerly a Patreon-only episode, but we're doing something we basically never do and releasing it wide. We originally recapped The Professional and then finished the series on Patreon. This episode was supposed to be a recap of both The Master and The Player, but we loved the books so much we had to give them their own episodes.

Bonus Content: Did Mel incept Sabrina with Lady DIY Instagram or is she just turning 30?, chastity in BDSM romance, where's the CBT in romance?, and so much more!

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Helloooooo HBs! I hope you've been exercising your huggin' arms because it's time for the 2023 annual Heaving Bosoms Reading Embrace!!!!!!!! We gave you 20 categories and you did whatever you wanted with them. And if you notified us that you even thought about doing the Embrace, YOU GET SNUGGLED INTO OUR BOSOMS!

More than anything, we need to say the biggest, most heart-felt thank you to YOU, Listener. You continue to melt our hearts and blow us away with your support, generosity of spirit, and ability to send love over any distance. We feel so very embraced by you as well.

Bonus Content: Lamb Chop's Play Along, pterodactyl porn, bogarting boob juice, and so much more!

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Happy New Year HBs!!!!!!!!!! Mel and Sabrina are ushering in 2024 by recapping Grand Theft NYE by Katrina Jackson! It's horny in here! AND THERE'S A HEIST! Y'all know how much Mel loves a caper. Cleo is here to make an entrance and then a hasty exit... with Mr. Shimizu's heart.

Bonus Content: 2nd grade humor, Jessica Hare, getting jokes live on the podcast, Ana Huang's Twisted series, a high speed finger bang, honey badgers, the brand new taste sensation "Squelchers," and so much more!

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Lady Loves:

Sabrina - Being in charge of her own finances so that sometimes she can buy a 40 pack of Gushers.

Mel - Generic Candy Cane Oreos! They've got chunks of candy canes in the filling and it's SO SATISFYING. Get 'em at your local Aldi! The brand name is Benton's.

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Hey HBs! Your fave Nic is here with Mel and Sabrina for our annual Christmas movie episode! We signed up for a lighthearted romance and instead we got a lighthearted THRILLER! In this airport Marriott, Christmas Magic has turned malignant. Wishes will be distorted, bodies will be snatched, and cookies will be decorated to be PURPOSEFULLY UGLY gah! No, but seriously, WTF is this movie. Currently, you can stream it on Hulu.

Bonus Content: a Christmas song that will steal your whole brain, Cheekbones the Heroine, Quizzical Brows the Hero, Crazy Eyes the Hitler Youth Haircut/Victim, THE CHRISTMAS CRONE IS BACK, filming in hotels, gingerbread/reindeer cookies, Planning The Donner Party, knowing how to pronounce your name backwards, The King of All Dogs (that's a Cult Podcast reference, thanks Paige & Armando!), and so much more!

Lady Loves:

Mel - This video of Renee Rapp doing a big instinctual protect on Drew Barrymore!

Sabrina - SLEEP! Listen to your body!

Nic - Check in with your brain and emotional landscape and give yourself some slack! You deserve it! It's a tough time of year! (Note from Mel: maybe your episode will be a couple days late! But it's Christmas and seasonal affective disorder is a thing and that has to be ok. HUGS!)

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Hey HBs! This week we're here to recap the YA darling, THE CHRISTMAS CLASH by Suzanne Park! This book is so swoony, funny, moving, adorable, and a big inspire! Chloe and Peter are mired in a years-long family rivalry, but might need to work together to save their family's restaurants from being demolished, along with the mall they call home. Along the way we get romantic, illicit alley dinners, grassroots organization, speaking truth through art, basketball court justice, collaboration as a love language, victory over racists, and all the swoony romance goodness!

Bonus Content: Mel's sick (but edited out most of the coughs!), Sabrina doesn't know what an Orange Julius is, Mel has a brilliant idea for a new VR venture, Sabrina demands HB fanny packs, the gals fight over who will read excerpts, and more!

Lady Loves

Sabrina: Y'all have been sending her messages about rotisserie chickens and she is LOVING IT. Who knew our feral eating tangent in a random Patreon episode would induce so much connection and joy?! What a legacy.

Melody: Break up your routine! Last week some electrical work on our house inspired Mel to get a haircut, work in the library, have a lunch out with her husband, and generally be a person in the world. It was invigorating!

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Hey HBs! Happy Hanukkah to every who celebrates! On this 5th day of Hannukah 2023 we're recapping one of the most adorable (and hot!) books ever, Mistletoe and Mishigas by M.A. Wardell. It's an MM contemporary about a sunshine, pocket-sized 1st grade teacher and the Queen-loving, grumpy bear custodian who wants to resist his charm and just can't. Fake dating, size difference, grumpy/sunshine, protagonists in their 30s, This Duke Is A Virgin, communicating only in grunts, PTSD from military service, sickbed care, "I could just watch you," and so much more!

Bonus Content: Mel barely has a voice, the Patreon Discord channel is up!, this is an Own Voices author!, a dimple you can lick hummus out of, and so much more!

Lady Loves:

Sabrina: Tapestry Petite needles! You can use a lot more thread since they're so much shorter than regular cross-stitch and embroidery needles.

Melody: The organization Jewish Voice for Peace has some incredible scripts for calling your legislators to demand a cease-fire and so much more information about the crisis in Gaza right now. Go check out their socials and website to see how you can join or support them! Their IG handle is @jewishvoiceforpeace

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HBs! We're kicking off our special Patreon series the 12 Weeks of Maas-mas! That's right, for the next 3 (or probably more) months, Sabrina and Mel will be recapping Crescent City books 1 and 2 on Patreon, in preparation for book 3's release in January!!

In this episode, we cover chapters 1-12 of HOUSE OF EARTH AND BLOOD and we don't hold back! What is haaaaappening?! How did she wreck Mel in the first 5 chapters? Whyyyyyy???

So, you don't need to do a big reread to get prepped for HOUSE OF FLAME AND SHADOW, just head over to Patreon and listen to these hot dummies experience them for the first time.

Bonus Content: who was that beehive lady? Not Reese Witherspoon, rockstar day at elementary school, gettin' horny in the White Raven's bathroom, drunk logic, people pulp, and so much more!

Lady Loves:

Sabrina: don't be afraid to break up your routine! Like when Sabrina eschewed spending Thanksgiving reading with her charcuterie board to go have lunch at an old folks home! She loves an old person.

Mel: mini pies! They're maybe better than regular pies? But make the crust super thin.

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Hey HBs! We're here with our first historical in a while and Sabrina has decided she lives there now. That's right, When Beauty Tamed the Beast by Eloisa James has stolen our plucky co-host and may never return her! We've got an erroneously-ruined heroine, a supposedly-impotent and very grumpy doctor hero, and an arranged marriage that "doesn't suit." But swimming lessons might just be the key to flooding everyone's basements.

Bonus Content: Sabrina quits the podcast so she can devote all her time to Eloisa James, Kelly Clarkson moments, boat jokes, unspoken demisexuality, and so much more!

CW: childhood injury and chronic pain, discussions of previous opium addiction, discussions of sexual impotence.

Lady Loves:

Sabrina: Being late to a series so that the library hold times are slim to none and then INHALING that whole series. Don't be afraid to be late to the party!

Mel: (has two again)

1. In the small moments, practice choosing to see the good in things, or the bright side. Sometimes happiness really is a choice, a quick reframing of an inconvenience can change your whole day!

2. The Foundation Single Crochet stitch! Apparently you *don't* have to start every project with chain.

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Hey HBs! Happy Thanksgiving to all our American Listener! This week we're recapping Before Thanksgiving Comes by Marisa Carroll. It was a little heavier than our former Inspirational romance books, but we manage to find the funny! TW: substance use disorder (character currently in recovery), death of a spouse and grandmother (historical), mention of suicide (historical), parentification of a child, teenage drinking, and drunk driving.

Bonus Content: cleavage tonguing in the wild, more illuminating finance explanations, *Bing Boong Bong* Owl Danger with Melody, *Bing Boong Bong* General Bird Stuff with Sabrina, someone actually getting hurt in a romance fall!, SO MUCH KIDS, Celine Dion song breaks, and so much more!

Lady Loves (AKA what we're thankful for):

OMG YOU, Listener! The love we've gotten after our rebrand has been AMAZING and we are SO THANKFUL for you!

Also OMG EACH OTHER. Sabrina and Mel get sappy about being partners and pals and it's gross.

This week on Patreon: a recap of Back for Seconds: A Thanksgiving Why Choose Feast by JL Logosz and Vera Valentine.

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Happy Veteran's Day, American HBs! We're bringing you book 2 of Suzanne Brockmann's Tall, Dark, and Dangerous series, FOREVER BLUE. A big ol' Navy Seal goes home for his brother's wedding (to his High School sweetheart) and reconnects with the little tomboy he paid no attention to back in the day. Also, there's a murder mystery! And some astonishing police work.

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Lady Loves:

Sabrina:

1. We love talking to you, Listener! Most recently, Caroline D. live-updated us while her husband listened to Fourth Wing on a long drive and it gave us life!
2. Reach out to that friend you've been thinking about! They probably miss you, too!

Mel: take the hard left turn if that's what is best or healthiest for you! If you follow us on social media, you may have noticed that we lied to you. We said we would do This Side of Heaven for today's episode and then we decided we had to HARD PASS on that one for problematic ish we couldn't whimsy through. #sorrynotsorry

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Hey y'all! HB Nic is here to recap the sci-fi romance of our dreams! Saving Verakko by the one and only Victoria Aveline! It's road-trip, it's wilderness survival, it's cultural misunderstandings, it's suggested penetration and then ACTUAL penetration. It's delicious.

Bonus Content: nervous first date energy, OMG the Victoria Aveline rabbit hole of it all, she was raised by Bear Grylls, he's descended from snakes, is "sway" just intense bff energy?, mates get cool hand tattoos, and so much more!

Nic is one of our patrons at the Competence Boner level, which means she gets to join as a guest host. She totally nailed it!

Lady Loves:

Mel: read this whole series!

Nic: find a great choir (or whatever makes your heart soar) to find community and express yourself in an emotionally intelligent, safe space. She just joined a local Sweet Adeline's and Barbershop chapter and it's been life-giving!!

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Happy Halloween, HBs!!!!!! It's our SPOoooooOOOOKyyyyy eeeeeepissooooode! And this is LEGIT spooky! Mel and Sabrina recap Haunted Hookup by Eliza McLane! We've got a heroine in a rut, a hero getting his second chance, and a ghost who wants to wingman hard! She will happily traumatize you in service to her wingmanitude. Wingmanity? You get it.

Bonus Content: Sneaky dance parties and operatic belches, the gals CANNOT with the spoop, we considered buddy-reading this book, Sabrina will consider a ghostly polycule under the right conditions, is this a podcast or are we just reading the book out loud?, how is this book so legitimately touching?, and so much more!

Lady Loves:

Mel: the Amazon Prime show Gen V (check the trigger warnings!)

Sabrina: watch a movie with your internet friends! Our Twilight watch party was LIFE GIVING.

Content Warning: around the 1 hour 34 min - 1 hour 36 min mark Mel briefly discusses her maternal grandmother's death and an experience she had directly afterward.

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HBsssssssss!!!! We came to this paranormal series for spooky season. Little did we know, it's actually horny toad season! Meg Anne and K. Loraine throw down in this Why Choose romance full of vampires and shifters and demons and a whole bunch of other things we don't find out about until book 3 or 4! Because, yes, this is another multi-book HEA and, yes, it knocked our socks off. Deal with the Demon is book 1 of The Mate Games: Pestilence. We're recapping books 2-4 on Patreon! The books are amazing on their own, but if you want the fully-transcendent experience, go for the full-cast audiobooks!

If you want our recap of Claimed by the Shifters, Captive of the Night, and Lost to the Moon, check out our Patreon!

K. Loraine and Meg Anne also have a Kickstarter going on for the previous Mate Games series featuring War!

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Hey y'all! It's a bonus episode! To celebrate the release of The Gargoyle from General Management, Mel narrates a scene from the book for you. Enjoy!

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Y'allllll! The Overdue Podcast boys are here to celebrate our 300th episode with us! Mel and Sabrina are joined by Andrew and Craig to recap the new adult romantasy sensation FOURTH WING by Rebecca Yarros! Come hear us chat about writing to trend, a refreshing heroine, Canadian dragons, and so much more!

Did you hear our brand new music by Brittany Pfantz? It's AMAZING! And our brand new logo was created by longtime HB and author prior.com/">Kate Prior!

Kate Prior's newest book from her Claws and Cubicles series is out now! Make sure to check out THE GARGOYLE FROM GENERAL MANAGEMENT today!

Want more of our thoughts on Fourth Wing? Sabrina and Mel sat down for a "squeepisode" on Patreon chatting about all the stuff we loved and couldn't cover in this ep!

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Hey HBs! Happy 6th Podiversary! Kimberly Lemming, Alexis the Sword, Naima Simone, and Sabrina Bradley are here to celebrate in style! We've got Hard Limits Watch, Kinks Watch, Obsessions Watch, and so so so many Would You Rather scenarios!

Stay tuned to the end for some announcements and surprises!

I'll post a full list of books mentioned on our Patreon!

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Hey HBs! Sabrina and Mel recap The Professional by Kresley Cole! It's book 1 in The Gamemaker series and poor Sabrina got duped into thinking that's it's chiefly a mafia romance. FALSE! The Russian mafia is certainly there, but this is a BDSM erotic romance of our dreams! We've got stalking for reasons, we've got kidnapping, we've got dry h*mping in corn fields, we've got wet h*mping in maid's closets, we've got foot jobs under the table, we've got bondage in country saunas! What more could you ask for??

WELL, there are two more brothers who love kink! So, patrons get ready for our recaps of The Master and The Player!!!

Bonus content: Sabrina's delicious post-Professional dreams, Mel divulges things about her body pillow, there's not enough clit slapping or tit slapping in romance, this is not a BDSM manual! But it's so so so hot at the same time, and so much more!

Lady Loves:

Sabrina: the phone game Triple Match! It's so fun to play while listening to podcasts!

Mel: Using Fejo by Victoria Aveline! The hero is a sad broken boy who hides behind his effusive charm and flamboyant pirating!

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Hey y'all! Sabrina is back to recap Devil's Bride by Stephanie Laurens! It's Cynster book 1 and we LOVED it! There's a super decisive hero (tyrant? lol), a strong-minded heroine, and a murder mystery!

Bonus Content: Sabrina hyper-focus on fixing her tags in Storygraph, a whole passel of Stephanie Laurens, how do you say "Honoria" and are we French now?, we are Sherlock Holmses now, a mirror fingerbang in an Orangery, and so much more!

Lady Loves:

Sabrina: Fresh haircut! She feels so good now!

Mel: Let your 4 year old give you a manicure! And just embrace the joy of those little moments.

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Ooooh, it's our first cowboy book in a minute! Mel and Sabrina recap A Cowboy to Remember by Rebekah Weatherspoon, which a second-chance AMNESIA romance! That's a tough trope convo to pull off and this book is FANTASTIC!

It's the last day of our Patreon fundraiser benefitting the people of Maui! Sign up before midnight ET on September 18th and we will double the first month's pledge and we'll split that donation between the Maui Food Bank and the Maui Fire Relief Fund!

Bonus Content: the alien lover's anthem, the search for a tax-deductible ass, Western Times rom-coms (AKA Kitt McBride Get a Wife by Amy Barry), imparting knowledge about things we have absolutely no personal experience in we promise, being dressed "to the nines," math/love is the universal language, and so much more!

Lady Loves:

Sabrina - get yourself an old-timey oil lamp! It's such a perfect way to wind down at the end of the night!

Mel - the Netflix show One Piece! It's such a fun romp and a big inspire and SO MUCH FUN!

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Hey HBs! Kim Loraine (AKA Stella Hunter) is here to recap A French Fling by Emily Silver! We've got an enthusiastic alt girl tour operator and an aloof French driver. If they can get past their first impressions, sparks will fly! And the narration performed by Samantha Brentmoor is brilliant!

Bonus Content: Mel's new obsession with Floriography, Kim loves that violets are a sapphic symbol, our latest lumberperson obsession @nicole_coenen, old people have sex and it's totally cool, and so much more!

Lady Loves:

Kim: Therapy! And living the life you have right now, like taking your kids to concerts!

Mel: Embrace whatever thing gives you joy. If having people stop and smile at your flowers gives you a goofy grin, make that front garden bigger and sit in front of the window!

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Hey HBssssssssssss! Surprise! This episode is tardy because we decided to thoroughly enjoy our Labor Day weekend over at HBHQ and wow did school start right after! Very exciting changes. This week, Sabrina joins Mel to recap Dark Lover by JR Ward, the first book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series! If you love a hate episode, this just might be for you because... let's just say this was a rough first time read in 2023. Luckily, Sabrina is here with her wrap-around-mid-2000's-nostalgia-glasses, so there's some balance!

We've got Wrath and Beth and lessers and Tohrment and Phury and doggens and Rhage and casual police brutality and Zsadist and pimp juice and Vishous and Escalades and shellans and war horniness. Welcome to a brand new world!

Bonus Content: Mel read this book to the tune of constant and unstructured 4 year old whistling *eye twitches*, Mel goes on a rant about white supremacy, misogyny, fatphobia, police brutality apologists, toxic sexuality, strict binaries, gender essentialism, etc etc (you know, NORMAL STUFF), Darius the accountant, #justiceforMarissa, and so much more!

Lady Loves: GET YOUR GREENS!

Sabrina - make healthy routines that you can stick to when your mental health takes a dive. It's ok to set up shortcuts in advance!

Mel - hide your greens in a chocolate protein smoothie! Trick yourself like a toddler as a grown-ass-person!

Notes and Resources from Mel:

• Sarah Wendell's excellent review of Lover Revealed which is an imagining of the actors who play these characters in the movie.
• dagger-brotherhood-scenes-that.html?m=1">Top BDB scenes from Saucy Wenches Book Club.
• A bonus recap series of Dark Lover by DocTurtle on Smart Bitches, Trashy Books.
• Re: white supremacist themes. I've sat with this for a while after recording this episode and I can understand how it might have been hard to spot or parse these themes when this book came out because everyone in the two warring factions (to my knowledge) are white. Hell, the lessers get fairer and fairer as they age to a point that seems to mimic albinism. I still hate it, but I can see how readers in 2005 and beyond might have whimsied on past without further interrogation.
• Re: queerbaiting. The panel I referenced was at the 2012 Romantic Times conference (apparently the same event that launched #peegate). A summary of what was discussed can be found girl-moment-with-j-r-ward.html">here. While I completely stand by everything I said in the episode, I can acknowledge some complicating factors that may have influenced the trajectory of BDB. This series is traditionally published and it's well-known that representation like queer relationships, let alone HEAs, were much harder to get approved by trad publishing houses of the time because "readers don't want that" was the status quo within that machine. Ward was a newer author at that point and may not have had the power to push for an MM HEA, even if she wanted to. HOWEVER, other than what is on the page, my main issue is the camp-straddling that is exhibited when you pair series canon with Ward's unofficial statements to readers. Here's the pertinent excerpt from that write up:

Q: We haven't seen much of Butch and V lately--

JR: interrupts They've been seeing plenty of each other!

Q: -- will we ever see any of that on the page?

JR: No.. [paraphrased]... I will give hints about it and talk about it verbally, but it won't be on the page... because too many people would hate it.  sotto voce Butch is getting it regularly.

In my opinion, making statements like the above to hopeful readers, essentially creating her own fanfic to pander to queer folks and allies, while officially siding with people who would be offended by the very existence of a queer relationship by never putting it on the page, is cowardly and underhanded. Regardless of the motivation or intention, by doing this, it appears that Ward is presenting as an ally to profit from queer folks and allies while still maintaining enough deniability to avoid risking general sales. Now, saying "people would hate it" could be a subtle way of saying that her publishing company is ultimately behind that decision, but that doesn't go far in changing my view. Either stand up for what you believe by putting it on the page or stand by the words you put on that page.

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Hey y'all! Alexis the Sword and Kimberly Lemming are back to finish our recap King of Flesh and Bone by Liv Zander! If you haven't yet, go listen to Part 1 before finishing this episode. We're about to go topside with our plucky heroine and our psychotic god (ie sad, sad boy) and that might just include a little more twisting!

We're not going to get the HEA for these two in this book, but we'll be recapping Queen of Rot and Pain for Patreon, where we'll get the most satisfying HEA!!

Our annual Patreon fundraiser is going to benefit Maui Wildfire relief! From 8/21-9/18, we're going to double any new or increased Patreon pledges and split the donations between the Maui Fire Relief Fund and the Maui Food Bank. If you opt for an annual membership, you get 10% off, but we'll still double the first month's pledge as if it were paid in full!

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Woo! Alexis and Kimberly Lemming are here to recap King of Flesh and Bone by Liv Zander! It's a dark romance featuring a scrappy, oath-keeping midwife and a selfish, dramatic god of the dead. Did we mention it's pretty dark? WE LOVED IT SO HARD. But! Trigger Warnings: in this episode, we discuss death, suicide, murder, glib mentions of domestic abuse, very very dubious consent (at best), violence, sexual violence, and forced servitude, so take care. This is part one! Part two will be coming next week, but is up on Patreon now!

Bonus Content: WE ARE NOT WELL, startling like a cat, fear of book recs ruining friendships, gleefully following a psychotic god into his mind palace, redefining the meaning of eternity, and so much more!

Today (8/21/23) is the last day to bid on items in the Romance for Maui auction that was organized by Lucy Eden!

Our annual Patreon fundraiser is going to benefit Maui relief as well! From 8/21-9/18, we're going to double any new or increased Patreon pledges and split the donations between the Maui Fire Relief Fund and the Maui Food Bank. If you opt for an annual membership, you get 10% off, but we'll still double the first month's pledge as if it were paid in full!

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Hey HBs! Meredith is here to recap A Lady Awakened by Cecelia Grant! Wow we loved this book, and part of that was because of all the mixed feelings we had about it during the reading experience. This is a brand new premise to us and we've never seen a historical like this before. Ahhhh! It's so good!

Bonus Content: #justiceforthatpig, a very principled, prickly heroine, and so much more!

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HBs, Sarah Wendell from Smart Bitches, Trashy Books is here! We're recapping Dragon Called by Cassie Alexander and Kara Lockharte! It's Paranormal Dragon Times, there's a magic cat, and a badass nurse heroine!

Buuuuut, it's a cliffhanger. I know! I'm sorry! Part 2 of this book will be on the Smart Bitches, Trashy Podcast feed on Friday! And then books 2-4 will be recapped on our Patreon this week! So you'll get the HEA (and tons more shenanigans) there.

Bonus Content: Monster ICE, migraines are succubus injuries, and so much more!

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Hey HBs! Kiran and Lynn Camden are here! They started as listeners and now, years later, we're great friends! They're also long-time besties. We recap Trashed by Mia Hopkins and WE LOVED IT. It's told compeltely from the hero's POV which, Lynn points out, puts him on a "heroine's journey" a la Gail Carriger in a way we've never seen. The characters are vivid, the prose is complex, and the spice is SPICETACULAR. Y'all. Read this book.

Bonus Content: the awkwardness of audiobooks with pals, The Heroine's Journey by Gail Carriger, *Bing Boong Bong* Health Inspector Times with Kiran, feeling extreme voyeuristic bangxiety, and so much more!

Lady Loves:

Mel: do you think you have a brown thumb? You probably just need some tools! Mel just discovered mini plant sun lamps for her indoor plants that you stick into the soil and OMG the difference!

Lynn: Vitamin D! Are you feeling down? Vitamin D could help! And maybe a PEOPLE sunlamp!

Kiran: First Aid Beauty Bump Eraser Scrub and Ingrown Hair Pads! Do you love the beach, but hate the bikini shave situation? Check this stuff out! Lifechanging. Also, Mel needs to add Bush Balm to this list. Heard it's amazing!

Books Rec'd In the Ep:

Imagine You and Me by Lynn Camden

LC Venus for some top notch one handed reads

What Comes After by Blair Leigh

Mead Mishaps series by Kimberly Lemming

Moira Scott books! She writes paranormal and contemporary DELIGHTS.

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Hey HBs! Naima Simone is back to recap Smut by Karina Halle! Two twenty-somethings who hate each other are forced to write their final project together and... it goes really well! Then they start writing erotic romance together under a very secret pen name. There's a lot of (very realistic) romance shame that we didn't love, but the book was soooo good!

Bonus content: Naima's daughter got her first tattoo, the Lion King is becoming a theme with us, Melody knows she's Pumba, Mel was a pig farmer, "stopping is my current hard limit," shopping for kid shoes while listening to this audiobook, we needed a grovel TO ROMANCE from all the characters of this book, and so much more!

Lady Loves:

Mel: Are you a Pumba? Embrace and love on your Pumba! Also, Berries and Greed by Lily Mayne! It's an M/F (her first?) with soft D/s play and unapologetic vaginismus!

Naima: The Marriage Favor by Shvonne Latrice! It's a book that expanded her horizons!

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Hey HBs! Shante is here to help Mel recap Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai! Supremely private Katrina has just gone viral for a fictional meet-cute and the only one who can save her is her bodyguard and crush. Can their escape turn into a steamy meet-cute?

Bonus Content: men who leave their trash for someone else to clean up, sexy eyebrows, presidential pardons, and so much more!

Lady Loves:

Shante: watch shows or movies while facetiming with people you love!

Mel: If you can, just do the thing that will make you succeed. Mel joined a yoga studio because the truth is, not matter how much she tries, apps at home just aren't going to happen.

Shante Gorman is the founder and owner of Sugarpunch Marketing! Follow her everywhere!

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Hey romance lovers! Cathy Yardley is here to recap the Netflix rom-com A Tourist's Guide to Love! Starring Rachael Leigh Cook and Scott Ly and set in Vietnam, this movie is GORGEOUS! The romance is top-notch, the eye-contact is meaningful, and kisses are GOOD!

Bonus Content: GenX romances with feral introverts, condescending boyfriends with punchable faces, "is the CEO friend also the stepmom in The Parent Trap??" (turns out, Missi Pyle and Elaine Hendrix are actually two different people. Who knew?!), and so much more!

Check out Cathy's new book ROLE PLAYING! It's out now! Both protagonists are Gen Xers (48 & 50!), Grumpy Heroine and Sunshine Hero, hilarious misunderstandings, online gaming, and doesn't shy away from real life issues!

Mel's first Alien romance audiobook is out now! Go get Toxic Desire by Robin Lovett in audio!

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Naima and Mel are back to finish the recap of Amazon Prime's My Fault. These two kids try to stay away from each other and they just CAN'T! We can't blame them!

Bonus Content: these two are less discreet than Naima AND Mel.. it's impressive, deconstructing translated dirty talk, Smoking Stubble Man of the Chin Clan, telepathic driving plans, and so much more!

If you want more step-sibling romance, read Naima's book Passion & Ink! It's sooooo angsty taboo good!

NEW AUDIOBOOK ALERT: Get Toxic Desire by Robin Lovett, narrated by Mel!

Lady Loves:

Mel: @shabazsays on tiktok and instagram! He's hilarious and his commentary is spot-on.

Naima: In The Gray by BB Reid! She has a major book hangover after this one!!!

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Hey HBs! Naima Simone is back to recap the movie My Fault, based on a novel by Mercedes Ron! Whew, this movie is hilarious! Stepsiblings, "gangs," and so much more!

Bonus Content: Watching these movies with your daughter, a guy named Owen, learning to drive, playing tricks on your kids, vroom vroom cars, gang names, and Father's Day cards.

Naima mentions the Mzani Youth Choir! Check out when they got the gold buzzer and singing Circle of Life!

Part 2 is next week!

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Hy HBs! Meredith is hereeeee and she has brought us many treats! We're recapping Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (who is maybe the overall winner of any NaNoWriMo ever?). This high fatasy with low stakes is EXACTLY what I needed! Who knew I would love 300 pages of watching someone slowly build a coffee shop? There's themes of reinvention, found family, finding your place, the zen of an honest day's work, and so much more! Plus, two! Perfect! Kisses!

Bonus content: now Mel understands why people like make-work games, this is the slowest and most comfy and still most interesting book, capturing the romance of the mundane, fabulous sensory descriptions, and so much more!

Lady Loves:

Mel: Huge batches of iced tea!

Meredith: spend money on things that make you happy. Will you love floating multiple times this summer? Buy the season pass! AND Pocket Books in Lancaster, PA! A Queer Femme owned bookstore (owned by 3 besties!). You can visit in-person or buy online!

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Sabriiiiina is here to recap The Warlord Wants Forever by Kresley Cole! It's the first in the Immortals After Dark series and we're here to say... maybe don't skip it! We've got two immortals, one femme fatale, one warlord hot dummy, FATE, savage goodbyes, memorable reunions, VERY questionable/dubious/non-existent consent (also enthusiastic consent), and so much more! Could this be viewed as problematic? Sure. Did we super love it? Very yes.

Bonus content: series hopping and existential crises, Forebears/Four Bears, brains while reading, noodle fuckery, and more.

Lady Loves:

Sabrina: 360 degree rolling suitcases. What a revelation!

Mel: #plantdad instagram (also #plantdaddy). And specifically @theplantpapi. Such a good follow!

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THE TWINS ARE HERE!!!! Kimberly Lemming and Alexis the Sword join Mel to recap Crow by A Zavarelli! Irish Mafia, missing BFF, scrappy boxer's daughter orphan, MAGNETIC ATTRACTION, Russian Mafia, basement Dexters, pole dancing!, and Rob Zombie lap dances.

CW: sexual assault, violence against women, and mentions of child abuse in a later book in the series.

Look, Mel loved book. Kim and Alexis, not so much. But the great thing is, there's room in romance for everyone! Serious reminder: we chat as if the characters are real people and we're three friends gossiping about them. We talk about our *personal* reading experience and we hold space for people who love books we don't and loathe books we worship. Unless there's harm being done, our opinions are not a commentary on the author or the quality of the book.

Bonus content: is this the whitest book we've read in a minute?, mafia social media managers, child fight clubs, Living Dead Girls, I repeat: Basement Dexters, and so much more!

GO READ KIM'S NEWEST BOOK! That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human is just as imaginative and delicious as the first two in the series and stars a character I've been waiting eagerly for! Plus, the saddest rich boy dragon who is the perfect autistic king. It's a romp and you need it!!!!!!!!

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HBs, we're back with this delicious display! Display of what? Still not totally sure! All we know is we loved almost every second of it.

Bonus Content: applause post-first sexytimes, Two Face, and so much more!

Lady Loves:

Naima: Charlize Theron always. She makes an excellent St. Vincent.

Mel: Check on your thermoses! Maybe they say "push to clean" and you don't have to deal with weird, dangerous tastes for weeks. Don't be an illiterate bridge troll!

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Oh golly! Your pal and mine Naima Simone has turned this into a Yoshi Appreciation Podcast. That's right, she's back to talk about our new problematic fave Through My Window on Netflix! This dubbed classic is a new adult stalking extravaganza that gave us all the delicious conflicting feelings! It's Venezuelan Twilight and we're not mad about it.

Content Warnings: stalking, emotional abuse by a romantic partner maybe?, parental emotional abuse for sure, the perpetuation of the predatory teenage girl (who is actually being victimized) trope, underage tighty whiteys (I'm not being cute, it legitimately bothered me).

Part 2 is next week!

Big THANK YOU to our new patrons Monica H, Amy H, Heather, Brittany C, Kimberly, hottennispro88, Jocelyn G, Carrie SH, and Erin F!

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Hey y'all! It's part 3 of The Bride! The final part! This last 20% of the book is so action packed that it'll make your head spin.

Bonus Content: demanding bribes for adulting, severe aversions to heights, necrophilia jokes that Mel understands right in front of you, Sabrina putting the mystery's puzzle pieces together in real time, and so much more!

Don't miss out on the Dangerous Tides Kickstarter! It ends this week!

Lady Loves:

Mel: Hoopla! OMG! Librarian HBs, if you know of a way for Sabrina and other rural HBs to get Hoopla, email us!

Sabrina: space operas with giant, complicated, overarching plots. Inspired by The Zion Warrior series by Regine Abel, Susan Trombley, and more.

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Hey HBs! Sabrina is back for part 2 of The Bride by Julie Garwood! We start with the morning after the consummation and watch these two hot dummies try to parse their feelings while also shedding a bit more light on the suspense subplot! (There's a murderer in their midst)

Bonus Content: blinking like a broken cupie doll, abandoning sexytime metaphors, and so much more!

Lady Loves:

Sabrina: Frozen pot stickers! In the air fryer! Sooooo good!

Mel: This darn Kickstarter for Dangerous Tides! I'm just so proud and happy and I want to share with everyone! It's only available for a super limited time, so don't miss out!

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HB Sabrina and Mel begin our saga covering The Bride by Julie Garwood! Boy this book is bonkers! We couldn't stop talking about this Medieval Highlander Times gem, so this is part 1 of 3.

Bonus Content: Approaching books with an open heart but wary mind, loving books even if they're problematic, Mel tells problematic childhood stories, getting scruffed, Fishbowl Jamie, 1100s saddle? What is?, and so much more!

Hey HBs! It's part two of Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall! Meredith and Mel recap the competition, the switcheroo, and so much more!

Lady loves:

Meredith: Pansies. It's flower season and flowers are happy! And annuals are cheap and cheerful!

Mel: Also spring flowers! My magnolia tree is blooming for the first time since we moved into the new house and I'M OBSESSED!!!

Dangerous Tides launches on April 28th at 12:30pm ET! Don't miss it!

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Hey HBs! Meredith is back to recap Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall! Structurally, it's one of the most interesting romance novels I've read. Plus, it comes with Alexis Hall's signature wit AND WE LOVED IT! Did it elicit some completely rational text messages from Mel to Meredith? No. This text required hard muppet texting; that's what good books do! They make you care. [Insert sheepish giggles here]

Bonus Content: soliciting chickens, GBBO background, bi-phobia, Meredith and Mel are co-presidents of the Jennifer Hallet fan club, HOO IZ HEEROH?!?, and so much more!

DANGEROUS TIDES will be launching soon, so make sure to follow the project page! That will ensure you're notified when we hit GOOOOO!

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Sophie Jordan is here to recap Gentle Rogue by Johanna Lindsey! It's Pirate Times! It's England Times! It's America Times! It's all the head hopping! It's George's adventure and she's falling in love along the way.

It's also a HUGE inspiration for CM Nascosta's book in the Dangerous Tides series TO RAVISH A ROGUE. Nascosta takes Lindsey's delicious bonkers framework and adds monsters and more baths and so so so so so much more. I CANNOT.

Make sure to check out THE COUNTESS, book 1 of Sophie Jordan's new series The Scandalous Ladies of London.

Lady Loves:

Sophie - Skincare, Golden Girls, and her airfryer.

Mel - skincare also! And SPF on the face, neck, and chest. And maybe elbow-length driving gloves.

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HAPPY ST. VINCENT DAY, HBs!!!!!! It's a community celebration! Thank you to everyone who wrote in and sent audio files! I LOVED hearing and reading all your thoughts! I'm basically obsessed with you. #stvincentwouldalways

Thank you for celebrating Sebastian St. Vincent with us!

Socials referenced: @theheakitchen | @quote_quake

Books recommended:

Again the Magic by Lisa Kleypas

The Luckiest Lady In London by Sherry Thomas

A Duke of Her Own by Eloisa James

The Devil Is a Marquess by Elisa Braden

Duke of Sin by Elizabeth Hoyt

Crashed by Julie Kriss

Glitterland by Alexis Hall

Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey

The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare

The Wedding Crasher by Mia Sosa

A Prince on Paper by Alyssa Cole

The Roommate by Rosie Danan

A Week to Be Wicked by Tessa Dare

This is the Tweet referenced when Stephanie asserted that St. Vincent would always protect someone who wasn't ready to be outed. Robin Williams forever.

Naomi from the HEA Kitchen is the winner of our care package! Congrats!

Happy St. Vincent's Day! Curl up and stay cozy!!!

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KIMBERLY LEMMING IS BAAAACK!!!!!!! Let us rejoice! And she brought a fabulous contemporary novel that involved a bakery, a boxing gym, an ex's wedding, a divorce party, a cake eating contest, a parrot in a shirt, and more nouns that feel like they maybe shouldn't go together but actually did. BEAUTIFULLY, in fact. Mimi Grace did it with Make a Scene. Oh, also dirty talk! Truly a marvel.

Bonus content: Fat Bottomed Girls by Queen, Sir Duncan: Knight of our Hearts, Clown Jail, cheek licking, nodules (or nobules??), and so much more!

Make sure to follow Kim on socials (especially the tiktok!) because book 3 in her Mead mishaps series is IMMINENT and you don't want to miss it!

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Hey HBs! Blair Leigh and Bryan are here to help Mel recap Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall! Luc and Oliver are here with all the witty banter, misunderstandings, and fake dating goodness! Plus, a fabulous cast of side characters we couldn't get enough of. AND THE SWOON FACTOR! It's high! Whew.

Bonus Content: Achilles penises, bathroom antics on dates, distraction snuggles, "DELETE, BLOCK," and so much more!

Lady Loves:

Mel: Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall. Same voice, but lots of sex!

Bryan: "DELETE, BLOCK" Do what you gotsta

Blair: Daisy Jones and the Six TV show, Ted Lasso Season 3, and Invisible String by Meg Jones (that one comes highly recommended by Neighbor Becci!)

Check out Blair and Bryan's bookstore Beausoleil Books! They ship everywhere! And read Blair's debut novel: What Comes After!

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Hey HBs! We're back with part 2! In which we go into orc mountain and Gwen SHOWS him her mettle and wit and hunger!

Finely Fenn is a MASTER!

TW: discussions of abortion, self harm, and negative self talk.

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Ahhhh! Naima Simone is back to play! And there are orcs!! This book was SOOO good, y'all. We're obsessed with it. A lot of times good romance not only delivers on the swoony and schmexy components, but it comments on the world we inhabit. This book does that on every level at an 11!! Plus is Bonkers in all the best ways. So! This is part 1 because we chatted for 4 hours.

Content Warnings: This episode contains discussions of freedom of choice, abortion, teenaged pregnancy, loss of a pregnancy, harmful visits to the doctor, and self-harm (cutting). But we balance that with cackling, silly nicknames, and buckets of come!

Bonus Content: Slutty Bears, "Medieval England Times Paranormal Orc Times Highlander Times," getting corked like a wine bottle, Splash Mountain, Finley Fenn's Buckets of Cum Guarantee, and so much more!

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Hey HBs! Kristina, Kim, and Anna from the Flights of Fantasy podcast joined Mel to discuss all things NESTA! That's right. The bitch is back and Cassian is simping hard. As Anna so wisely says, "in SJM we trust."

Bonus content: Elriel or Gwynriel?, Nesta still DID NOT kill the King of Hybern, Mel asks why Sarah J. Maas is gaslighting all of us, the stratagems of BJs, how Mel knows SJM will cahnge her mind about Nesta and resents it, and audiobook narrators saying ENORMOUS. Plus, WAY MORE!

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Ooooooh HB Taylor is here to recap The Lake House with Melody! This 2006 movie with Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves definitely holds up! There's time travel, architecture, a magic dog, and so much more. Taylor is an architect and she brought some amazing insight into this recap!

Mel got to hang out with Taylor because she's a patron at the Competence Boner level, which gets you an invite to cohost one episode a year!

Lady Loves:

• Taylor: undertaking-of-hart-and-mercy.html">The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen. It's an epistolary romance that she loved!
• Mel: the podcast Love Murder! It's all about "love gone fatally wrong" and it's fantastic!

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Oooooh, it's a special crossover event! Sarah Wendell is here with part 1 of The Madness of Lord Ian MacKenzie by Jennifer Ashley. Then, this Friday February 17th part 2 will come out on Smart Podcast, Trashy Books!

Mel fell in love with both Ian and Beth. "Detective Hate Boner" didn't go amiss either. ENJOY!

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Hey y'all! Mel and Tanya are back with part 2 of Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade! In which Marcus gets caught, April teaches a master class in setting boundaries, Alex helps her see the stakes Marcus was facing, Marcus comes out as the smart guy he is, and everyone publicly declares their love and devotion!

Bonus Content: great sex communication from a PhD level fuck partner, Elise Myers and the 100 tacos, and more!

Lady Loves:

Tanya: SOME FICS. Pretty by astolat (Jaime Lannister and Brienne of Tarth), Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered by mardia (Ted Lasso and Trent Creme). ALSO fatgirlsinfiction.com!!!

Mel: Cropped sweaters and loving the body you're in right now!

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Hey HBs! Tanya is here with Mel to recap Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade! THIS BOOK, y'all! It hit us in all the feels! In addition to everything else, Olivia Dade made earthquakes sexy?! Wizardry. Fanfic, fat rep, neurodivergence rep, sexy GEOLOGY, cosplay, fandom, secret identities, and tons of NECK STUFF.

Plus, Zero to Steel Magnolias, The Westminster Daddy Show, the NASA InSight Lander's goodbye tweet, "Almond Moms," and so much more!

We'll be back next week with part 2!

You can find Tanya on twitter! And read her excellent Vox article on abortion's portrayal on TV.

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Oooohhhhhhh! Kimberly Lemming is here to recap Mea Monique's brilliant debut The Grim Reaper's Lawyer! Joyce is self-confidence goals, Aiden is the king of mixed messages, the lawyering is clever, the voice is crystal clear, and the bureaucracy is WHIMSICAL! Plus the sex is scorching hot! And she nails the comedic timing every time!

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Hey HBs! We're here with the annual Reading Embrace! Your favorite cult mods, Meredith and Sabrina, are here to help me wrap you up in the sweetest embrace of your life!

The 2023 HB Reading Embrace is ready for you! If you want to share what you're reading for each category, @ us and tag your social posts with #hbreadingembrace!

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Hey HBs! Jen Comfort is here to swoon over Lindsay Lohan and Tad Fairchild! We're recapping Netflix's Falling for Christmas, in which a hotel mogul's spoiled daughter gets amnesia, a discount Chris Hemsworth *doesn't* come up with a clever plot, and Creepy Father Christmas is actually the villain! Plus, a new segment *Bing Boong Bong* Hotel Stuff with Jen. Seriously, she knows so much!

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DAWN OF ONYX by Kate Golden is available now!

DAWN OF ONYX is the next fantasy romance you HAVE TO PICK UP! If you like ACOSCHMER, The Plated Prisoners series, or Kingdom of the Wicked, this will be your next favorite. It has every trope we love in a new adult fantasy romance! This book is for fans of heroines that come into their power, caretaker scenes, morally grey men, found family, forced proximity, “Who did this to you?", and tons of banter. It's for readers who love epic worldbuilding, and fans of genuine female friendship, steamy trilogies, and swoon-worthy, escapist fantasy!

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Hey y'all! We're baaaack! And Sierra Simone and Julie Murphy are here! We're recapping the Jonathan Taylor Thomas film I'll Be Home for Christmas in which Jessica Biel is the late '90's feminist of our dreams!

If you want to be kind to yourself, check out their first team up A Merry Little Meet Cute! It's the Christmas book I've always wanted.

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Bonus Content: book tours put together with scotch tape and a dream, writing retreat magic, The Ed Man, Aqua, The origins of steak tar tar, the turkey boom of '98, how to be less smelly in Englandtimes, AND SO MUCH MORE!

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Surprise! To celebrate the last few days of Naima's Book Boyfriends Box, we're releasing our first recap of The One That Got Away! We're up to episode 7 now on Patreon and this show only gets better from here!

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Hey HBs! IT'S OUR FIRST LIVE SHOW!!! Nat and Sara recap Halfway To The Grave by Jeaniene Frost. Boy does this Spike and Buffy homage not age well...

CWs: off-page sexual assault in the past, descriptions of kidnapping, illusions to sexual assault in the present, on-page drugging with the intention of sexual assault, slut shaming, sex trafficking, and the term "white slavery" is used to describe sex trafficking.

After this the public feed is going on a short hiatus. Call it a back-to-school break. Nothing is changing on Patreon! There will still be new episodes, fantastic author guests for book club, and maybe some new gifts/merch I'm scheming!! We'll come back rested, recentered, and refreshed!

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Hey HBs! Sally Thorne is here! Bearing gifts! First, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match (out Sept 6th, preorder now!). It's Sally's newest release, first historical, has all the sparkly Sally dialogue, and is the perfect spooky season read! Next, she introduced Sara and Mel to Howl's Moving Castle! Ehrrmehhhgeerrrrdddd it's SO GOOD. Are we now in love with a cartoon man? WHAT OF IT.

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Hey y'all! Liz from the Make Out Already Podcast is here to chat about Reel by Kennedy Ryan! WOW this book is gorgeous! It's showbiz and glitz with beautiful commentary on art and creation and the fight. The fight for your life, for justice, for love.

Bonus Content: an episode of Behind the Bastards about the Twilight Zone movie, being a Chad with a B, rollerskating, juicy peaches, and being so petty your body would reject a kidney.

CW for illness, terminal illness, racism, cheating (in the past, not MCs), death of a loved one (in the past), and coworker romance.

Make sure to preorder Liz's debut romance novel HOW THAT MAKES YOU FEEL by Elle Diaz!

Come hang out with Sarah MacLean and I on Patreon! Monday, August 29th at 8pm!

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Hey y'all! EF Dodd is here to recap the 2018 movie Book Club! We had so much fun worshipping Jane Fonda's wardrobe, watching Murphy Brown make a romantic comeback with Mr. Holland's Opus, and yelling about terrible daughters!

Lady Loves:

EF: Fancy coffee makers and the best friends who support you in everything!

Mel: Paint your ceiling yellow and get the most florescent rug you've ever seen in your life... of whatever your equivalent is! Just make your space yours because it feels really great.

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Hey HBs! Erin is here to recap Yuri on Ice with Charissa! Charissa is an amazing Competence Boner patron and at that level, you can record an episode with the host of your choice!

This is an extra huge treat because we get all of Erin's figure skating passion and expertise!

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Hey y'all! Nat and Sara are here to recap Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score! It's book one in the Knockmeout series with runaway bride Naomi and bearded, bad-boy barber Knox. WHEW!

Bonus content: what would Stefan say about this book, small town books as fantasy, Nat keeps forgetting the sex, Yolanda has the worst timing, DING!

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Sara - Buy this kaftan/robe from Etsy!

Nat - Everything Bagel Alouette spread (buy it from Aldi of course)

Follow Sara everywhere (she's a fantastic, entertaining follow) and READ HER BOOKS! They're AMAZING.

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Hey HBs! Sarah MacLean and Jen Prokop from Fated Mates join Erin and Mel to talk about Burn For Me by Ilona Andrews! It's the first book in the Hidden Legacy series and BOY do we now understand what people mean when they talk about "Mad Rogan." YOWZA.

Bonus Content: sexy tortures, sexier loopholes, what we'll forgive for a fictional sociopath (everything), scapecows,"malls are the modern-day ballroom"--Sarah MacLean, in which mall store would we like to have an orgasm, the eroticism of the lava lamp, waterbeds, and so much more! Seriously though, tweet at us re: waterbeds.

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Mark your calendars for August 20th because Nat and Sara will be at Love's Sweet Arrow doing a live show for Bookstore Romance Day!!

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Hey HBs! Tanya is back to finish squeeing about Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase! Jess is one of the top heroines of all time!

Bonus Content: emotional appetites, Puerto Rican grandmothers, strategies for burglars, and Valor makes a cameo.

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Tanya - Roxanne with Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah! It's a Cyrano de Bergerac retelling with a GIANT-nosed Steve Martin who's at the top of his comedy game.

Mel - SPEAKING OF STEVE MARTIN! Only Murders In The Building is such a good show! Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez are so great together!

Check out Tanya's Interview and Vox article!! And Mel's Kickstarter!

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Hey HBs! Mel's best friend Tanya is here to recap Lord of Scoundrels with her! Boy does she love a schnoz on a man, so she was putty in Dane's hands.

Bonus Content: Mel's move mishaps, Tanya's assumed relationship status, racehorse names, *Bing Boong Bong* Tricks for Chinatown Shopping with Tanya, tarts and trollops, and so much more!

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Hey pals! Mel, Nat, Holly, and Sara are here to finish up Fire Island! It's the best adaptation of Pride and Prejudice probably ever and we're dying of cute and sweet and witty and hot hot hot. But also, can we get a Max follow-up to this treasure??

Bonus Content: Do you time sex by an episode of chopped, or an episode of PJ Masks?, hot goggle summer, and MOAR TICK BIOLOGY!!!!

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And check out Mel's Kickstarter!!

Self-Love Recommendations:

Sara: Heart stopper on Netflix!

Holly: the BBC podcast Unreal because being obsessed with reality TV is almost ubiquitous.

Nat: This T-Shirt from our Tee-Public shop! You can get any design in the women's cut and it's the softest fabric ever. I'm in love.

Mel: Channel the confident energy of Valor watching Star Wars while wearing her swim goggles.

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Hey everyone! Holly, Sara, Nat, and Mel are here to recap Fire Island on Hulu. And we loved it so much that it's gonna be two parts! This is the best adaptation of Pride and Prejudice ever (fight me).

Bonus Content: Nat's cheese pocket forever, Margaret Cho is here!, Quibi inside jokes, middle school attempts at flirting, rich people cheese, rewriting misogyny in daycare, how to prep for guests, Lyme disease is real, and being hot enough to be that annoying!!

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HEY HBs! Holly and Nat our here with Regarding the Duke by Grace Callaway! Our first AMNESIA BOOK. But, we have some content warnings. This book leans heavily on the fetishization of....Sultans. We were also surprised. So there is much discussion on the page of (consensual) sex slave role play and the white MMC role playing a sultan. We want you to go in with open eyes and ears.

Bonus Content: The worst kids that have ever been in a romance, Harry Kent (not a euphemism), female cow names, leaning into birthday weekends, and how nice it would be if someone made us a schedule everyday.

Lady Loves:

Holly - canned wine!

Nat - just forget vegetables and sleep for one weekend, because, HEY! It's your birthday.

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Oh heyyyy! Bree Hill from The Categorically Romance podcast and @bree.unabashedly on Instagram is here to help Mel recap The Best Man! Woo, this movie is soooo 1999 and it took us back. Terrence Howard is smizing all over the place, Tae Diggs is a commitment-phobic literary bro, and Sanaa Lathan voluntarily leaves a very luxurious bathtub! Plus, forehead kisses and Stevie Wonder dance breaks.

Make sure to check out The Categorically Romance podcast and follow Bree!

Lady Loves:

Bree: throw on an old sitcom and relax! The nostalgia really helps you turn off your brain.

Mel: the Women & ADHD podcast with Katy Weber! She's another woman who didn't get diagnosed until adulthood and all her guests are in the same boat. It's a unique perspective that's so validating as another woman who wasn't diagnosed until a few years ago!

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Helloooooooo! It's Mel's favorite time! It's ALIEN TIME!!! Boy are Nat and Mel here to piece together world-building that's been established over an entire series... because this is the final book! Mel still loved it, and it didn't quite overcome Nat's natural avoidance of alien romance. But wow there's some hot sex and WILD seeds planted for the next series!

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Oh hello! Mel's brother's wedding was the weekend before she moved her whole house and family and life. In other words, things are nuts over here! So you get an encore of A Shade of Vampire by Bella Forrest! Or, as we’re calling it, 50 Shades of Twilight: A Tale of Teenage Stockholm Syndrome. Full disclosure, we didn’t necessarily *like* this book, but we cannot wait to give you a hilarious after-school special about why we didn’t. We present a *very special episode* about what the kids are reading these days. 

Self Love Recommendations: 

- Watch Big Little Lies on HBO or something else where talented people are slaying the game. 

- Listen to the last 15 minutes of The Ringer's Binge Mode. In the final episode there's a beautiful oration about not being ashamed for your interests and escapism. Plus, best friends gush about each other, which you know we LOVE! 

Episode Notes: 

If you like excellent vampire tales, be sure to check out American Vampire wherever you get your comics! Scott Snyder is the main writer and they've had arcs with Stephen King and more. 

And quick *CORRECTION* from this episode, "women in refrigerators" or "getting refrigerated" began in the 90's with Green LANTERN, not Green Arrow. Either way, I think we can all agree that ladies should be fully formed characters instead of merely plot devices, right? Thank goodness even mainstream comics have seen the light since then!  

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Julia Quinn, author of the Bridgerton Novels, stopped by Heaving Bosoms to chat all about MISS BUTTERWORTH AND THE MAD BARON! It's the new graphic novel that she and her late sister Violet Charles created together! Come here all about Violet Charles' art, the way they collaborated on this work, and tons of adorable details! It was an honor to talk to JQ and help to memorialize her incredibly talented sister.

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Here is part 2 of Annika Martin's The Billionaire's Wake-Up-Call Girl! Nat and Sara deep dive into what the definition of a "perfect summer walking skirt is", there are CUCUMBERY dicks(??), they still love this book, btw, and they will keep saying it, all throughout part 2.

Lady Loves:

Sara - two very bingeable shows: Crashing on Netflix featuring a manic pixie Jonathan Bailey and Starstruck on HBO Max where a normie has a one-night-stand with a celebrity.

Nat - Nguyen Coffee Supply, they are the best

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Hey y'all! It's the perfect time to join the Bonkers Romance Book Club! In May, you get The One Month Boyfriend by Roxie Noir and Always Practice Safe Hex by Juliette Cross. In June, you can look forward to After Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina M. Lopez and Skin2 by Aveda Vice! Join the Temple of Defiant Joy at the Joy Bringer tier or higher to get these advanced copy ebooks!

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Ooooooh, Nat and Sara are here to recap The Billionaire's Wake-Up-Call Girl! This steamy contemporary has been on the list for a while and they do it justice! Plus, ferret stories!

Next week you get part 2, but PATRONS have access to the ep in full right now!

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Hey Pals, some shit has gone down in Erin's world and there's just no way she can be a main pillar of the podcast anymore. She's healthy, she'll be ok, but she needs to focus on her. So, she's still part of the community and she'll be back sporadically, but we can all support her by sending healing thoughts to Alaska and appreciating everything she's given us for the past 4 years. X-files clips and figure skating gossip wouldn't go amiss either.

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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!

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Lady Loves:

Mel: send your friends flowers. It doesn't have to be a romantic gesture!

Kenya: Call your friends and check on them! You can do a world of good and make people feel great just by showing you're thinking about them.

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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 Loves:

Mel: The Book of Life Soundtrack! It's soooo good! And Sarah dropped some serious knowledge when she told everyone that Placido Domingo is the opera ancestor! THE Placido Domingo!

Sarah: Rise of the Guardians! It's a gorgeous movie with a stacked voice actor cast (including Erin's beloved Chris Pine).

Make sure to check out Smart Bitches, Trashy Books, Smart Podcast, Trashy Books, and Sarah's new project Lovestruck Daily!

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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 Morning Glory Milking Farm by CM Nascosta! Plus, like, minotaur testicles, dirt coffee, and lots of MANual stimulation ;)

Bonus Content: podcast compliments, the endless possibilities at "Smart Bosoms Milking Farm," the hallmarks of good fantasy, tooth trauma when pregnant, Princessglitterhead on tik tok, complicated mom relationships, fetishes in fantasy cultures, and so much more!

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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," full pipettes, and so much more!

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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 meddling Sebastian loves him! Plus, SOUP.*

*not in the Winter Garden.

Bonus Content: We raised $3,660 for World Central Kitchen and Razom Emergency Response! Nat's a genius, Winterbone, and so much more!

Lady Loves:

Nat: Make tortas from scratch!

Erin: Nope! Don't do your homework.

Melody: I'm using a blanket I made, but it's only half finished. So, finish your projects!

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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're horrible, hypocritical St. Vincent apologists, what happens to the horses that you rent from inns?, Jack London's lasting legacy of traumatizing high schoolers, Erin realizes the plot of Pride and Prejudice via currency conversion, RAIN KISSES!, and so much more! 

Lady Loves: 

Erin: Chicken Nuggets. Seriously, they're for adults, too. 

Melody: she reread Audre Lorde's A Burst of Light and Other Essays and she was struck once again by her self care quote: "Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” Remember that about reading romance! 

Over Hiatus:

Melody talked about Beach Read (and cults) on Make Out Already Pod

Erin and Mel joined Sarah and Amanda on Smart Podcast Trashy Books to recap Toxic Desire by Robin Lovett!

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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 concussion?, enthusiastic rimming (AGAIN!), and so much more.

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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 dialed it up to 11 on this one!

Lady Loves:

Sara: friendships that nourish us.

Melody: Tiny notebooks! ChicalooKate makes the cutest tiny notebooks, both fashioned after Heaving Bosoms and not!

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