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Hey HBs! It's still Laryngitis Times over at Mel's house, so we're doing another Embrace Category rerelease!! 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 whole 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 con...

Hey HBs! It's part 2 of LOVE FOR THE COLD-BLOODED, OR THE PART-TIME EVIL MINION'S GUIDE TO ACCIDENTALLY DATING A SUPERHERO by Alex Gabriel! There are greased-up snakes on this metaphorical plane!

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!!...

Hey HBs! We're here part 1 of 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!

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Hey HBs! We're here with part 2 of LICK by Kylie Scott!

Lady Loves:

Sabrina: finally getting your car fixed for long drives!

Mel: using walks as a time killer. Get your steps in when the DMV tells you that your appointment isn't your appointment time, it's your check in time to wait until you can join the first of 3 different lines before you finally get the nicest DMV photo lady who coaches you so you only have 1 chin in your phot...

Hey HBs! It's time for a rockstar romance! And we're doing it right with one of the most rec'd series when it comes to this subgenre: LICK by Kylie Scott! Is it unhinged? Perfectly yes. Is it great advice IRL? For sure not. Was it COMPULSIVELY READABLE? Oh golly, we couldn't put it down.

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Hey HBs! We're here with part 2 of RIV'S SANCTUARY by AG Wilde!

Our reluctant host and very hard-working guest are getting closer and closer!

Lady Loves:

Mel: sharing book obsessions with friends!

Sabrina: I'm back on a relaxing YouTube kick! (Hey, y'all, this is Melody jumping in. I don't know which youtube channels right now. Sorry! But you can probably ask on social media or our Discord!)

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Hey HBs! We're here with part 1 of a Sabrina alien special! It was theydies choice and S chose RIV'S SANCTUARY by AG Wilde!

He's a grumpy refugee who just wants to care for the animals at his sanctuary, until he's saddled with a creature he's never encountered before. And does it speak an actual language? And why does it give him pants-feelings? She's an abducted human who's being sold from a zoo, but the wife of her most recent pu...

HBs, it's the fourth and final part of DEVIL IN SPRING by Lisa Kleypas! Gabriel, the next St. Vincent is married to his neurodivergent queen Pandora, but they've been pulled into a big intrigue and Pandora might not make it!

Bonus Content: don't call HBHQ for bomb disposal and so much more!

Lady Loves:

Sabrina: Be a little extra. She and Haley made a video to announce that the whole TBR crew are going to a Hozier show and it was TH...

Hey HBs! It's time to finish up our St. Vincent Day celebration with part 3 of DEVIL IN SPRING by Lisa Kleypas! We jump in in the middle of their illicit rendezvous and it doesn't slow down from there!

Bonus content: It's been two weeks since we recorded the last episode, Mel has now read almost all the books in the Ravenels series, the Duke who takes your silly nickname because YOU started it, all the swoony quotes, and so much mo...

HAPPY ST. VINCENT DAY!!!!! This year, we're celebrating Sebastian and Evie's first-born, the next St. Vincent, Gabriel and his neurodivergent QUEEN Pandora Ravenel!! This is part 2 of 4 in our recap of DEVIL IN SPRING by Lisa Kleypas, so come back next week!

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It's time to celebrate St. Vincent Day, HBs! And this year, we're going all in with Sebastian and Evie's first-born, the current St. Vincent, Gabriel and his neurodivergent QUEEN Pandora Ravenel in DEVIL IN SPRING by Lisa Kleypas!!

Make sure you're following @romancingthedata for her Lisa Kleypas tournament, and so much more to come!

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Hey HBs! We're back with part 2 of NEVER LOVE A HIGHLANDER by Maya Banks!

Lady Loves:

Sabrina: jumping into Highlander romance! Send recs!

Mel: the movie Pitch Perfect! What a banger! She totally forgot how great and feel-good that movie is!

This week we're sponsored by MARIN IN THE MOONLIGHT by AE Merriweather! Imagine Succession as a Little Mermaid retelling and set the whole thing in a theme park. There's fake dating, chosen fam...

Hey HBs! We've got NEVER LOVE A HIGHLANDER by Maya Banks for you this week! It's Highlander Times with a feminist icon heroine and the damaged guy who can't help his fascination with her. But he's only marrying her to do his brother a solid. Really! It has nothing to do with her fiery hair and even more fiery personality. Seriously, believe him!

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We're back and these two hot parents are making ago of it! Enjoy the conclusion of GOING DOWN EASY by Erin Nicholas!

Lady Loves:

Sabrina: living her best gender queer life at a wedding this weekend! Plus, suspenders over belts EVERY TIME!!!! SUSPENDERS FOREVER.

Mel: Life hack - making up silly songs to get your kids to do hard things and then using them on yourself, too! If you need teeth-brushing motivation, sing the following lyr...

OOOooooooohhhh it's time to head down to the Big Easy in GOING DOWN EASY by Erin Nicholas! It's Single Parent Times in this spicy contemporary. This book was simultaneously the least realistic and MOST REAL book and we had a blast the whole time.

Bonus Content: we changed the schedule to accommodate Mel's dirt delivery, both pals will overlook A LOT for a partner that gets us flowers semi-regularly, ghosting after moving to the sam...

Hey HBs! It's part 2 of BARED TO YOU by Sylvia Day! These two are stubbornly committed to this courtship and we're all along for the ride. Wheeeeeeee!

Content Warning for discussions of stalking, childhood sexual abuse, miscarriage, tricky parental relationships, and vulgar showings of wealth (lol).

Lady Loves

Sabrina: greek yogurt with maple syrup for a tasty, healthy treat!

Melody: This post on social media! T...

Hey HBs! This week Mel has a thesis statement and she's not afraid to use it! But also, it's so tired in here as  the pals recap BARED TO YOU by Sylvia Day. It's the first of FIVE books following the same couple and it's very reminiscent of the 50 Shades franchise. This book is BONKERS and we had a reluctant good time.

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We're back with part 2, recapping Egotistical Puckboy by Eden Finley and Saxon James!

Lady Loves:

Sabrina: not writing something down and then REMEMBERING IT!!!! What a revelation.

Mel: the Valentine's Day card Michael got for her from Pale Fox Designs! Also, having a family love you with all of your quirks. And taking credit for remembering a holiday when it was your BFF who originally remembered it.

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Hey HBs! It's enthusiastic gremlin hour over here at HBHQ because we're recapping Egotistical Puckboy by Eden Finley and Saxon James! It's book one in a series both pals INHALED with glee. They're basically honorary members of the Queer Collective (don't believe Tripp, it's a thing).

Bonus Content: Mel is ON ONE this episode. It's all gremlin all the time.

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