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! Make sure to check out Mel's new podcast Bonkers Romance!  Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :) Get more content on PATREON!! Sign up for our Newsletter!  MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble Instagram: @heavingbosoms Twitter: @heaving_bosoms

Ep. 286 - A Tourist's Guide To Love

Melody Carlisle and Sabrina Bradley love romance and they do it out loud! Every Monday, these long-distance best friends recap romance novels from a comedic, intersectional feminist, sex-positive perspective. 
If you're itching for a BFF book club or just love raucous slumber party vibes, this is the show for you! Whether you've read the book or not, all are welcome! Giggling, tangents, and sincere joy abound.

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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!!  Make sure to check out Mel's new podcast Bonkers Romance!  Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :) Get more content on PATREON!! Sign up for our Newsletter!  MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble Instagram: @heavingbosoms Twitter: @heaving_bosoms

Ep. 328 - Love for the Cold-Blooded, or The Part Time Evil Minion's Guide to Accidentally Dating a Superhero by Alex Gabriel

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. Make sure to check out Mel's new podcast Bonkers Romance!  Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :) Get more content on PATREON!! Sign up for our Newsletter!  MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble Instagram: @heavingbosoms Twitter: @heaving_bosoms

Ep. 327 - Just for the Cameras by Viano Oniomoh

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!  Make sure to check out Mel's new podcast Bonkers Romance!  Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :) Get more content on PATREON!! Sign up for our Newsletter!  MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble Instagram: @heavingbosoms Twitter: @heaving_bosoms

Ep. 326 - Claimed by Elle Kennedy

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. Make sure to check out Mel's new podcast Bonkers Romance!  Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :) Get more content on PATREON!! Sign up for our Newsletter!  MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble Instagram: @heavingbosoms Twitter: @heaving_bosoms

Ep. 325 - Ravished by Amanda Quick

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!   Make sure to check out Mel's new podcast Bonkers Romance!  Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :) Get more content on PATREON!! Sign up for our Newsletter!  MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble Instagram: @heavingbosoms Twitter: @heaving_bosoms

Ep. 286 - A Tourist's Guide To Love

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