Join Nora and Alyssa, counselors in training, as they dissect the love interests of your favorite romance novels. Asking the hard hitting question: Is he hot, or is it trauma?
Join Nora and Alyssa as they talk about almost everything except for First Time Caller by B.K Borison. Dating is hard as a single mother, and it gets even harder when you're on a talk show with a man that refuses to admit they have a crush on you, but also sabotages your dating prospects in this hopeless romantic meets hopeless guy love story.
11 Apr 2026
Funny Story
Join Nora and Alyssa as they talk about Funny Story by Emily Henry. Enter Miles: a bar manager that falls into a forced proximity cliché with main character Daphne. Learn about his trauma, his flaws, his odd lack of boundaries with his sister, and his yellow Crocs that Emily Henry will NOT let you forget about.
28 Mar 2026
The Deal
Nora and Alyssa read The Deal by Elle Kennedy: a fake dating novel Garrett Graham and Hannah Wells. Join them as they dive into the more serious topics and themes of the book, and explore the counseling techniques they would use with if Garrett was their client.
14 Mar 2026
Love Hypothesis
Nora and Alyssa discuss being hot for teacher with Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood. Being kind of annoying and kind of a jerk aren't negatives when you're smart, hot, and 6'2".
28 Feb 2026
Beach Read
Join Nora and Alyssa this week as they discuss and dissect Beach Read by Emily Henry. Learn about the lead male Gus: a man who's the idea of leaning against a brick wall and smoking a hand-rolled cigarette personified, desperately in need of therapy, and may or may not just be both girls' types.
14 Feb 2026
Mile High
Join Nora and Alyssa this week as they dissect Mile High by Liz Tomforde: a not-gay hockey romance novel about the struggles of being hot, successful, and wearing head to toe Prada.
29 Dec 2025
One Day in December
Nora and Alyssa end the year and Season 1 of the podcast with One Day in December by Josie Silver: a decade long story of love, friendship, heartbreak, and longing... so much longing.
20 Dec 2025
Yours Truly
Nora and Alyssa talk about Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez, and discuss how men can be attractive, emotionally mature, and even doctors, and none of it matters if they're only 5'11"
29 Nov 2025
Cash
Nora and Alyssa delve into Cash and talk about how Texas is the greatest state in the US.
1 Nov 2025
Butcher and Blackbird
Nora and Alyssa talk about a spicy dark romance about two serial killers' stories of lust, murder, and overcoming trauma together.
25 Oct 2025
Metal Slinger
11 Oct 2025
Lost and Lassoed
Nora and Alyssa discuss the hit enemies to lovers novel by Lyla Sage: Lost and Lassoed.
11 Oct 2025
The Deep End
Nora and Alyssa try to comprehend the Swedish mind that is Lukas Blomqvist in Ali Hazelwood's hit novel: The Deep End
10 Sept 2025
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Join Nora and Alyssa, counselors in training, as they dissect the love interests of your favorite romance novels. Asking the hard hitting question: Is he hot, or is it trauma?
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