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About Us Contact Us Submissions Advertise With Litchfield Magazine Where To Find Litchfield Magazine Subscribe Newsletter Magazine Buy Single Issues July 3, 2026 The Love Producer Book Event Raised in Litchfield County and shaped by two decades in television, Julie LaPlaca returns home to celebrate the release of her debut memoir, The Love Producer: My Unscripted Journey from a Reality TV Career to My Own Happily Ever After.
Join the former Bachelor producer for a special evening at House of Books in Kent, where she will be in conversation with local artist Abigail Spath (Vona).
Together, they will discuss LaPlaca’s journey from behind the scenes of reality television to sharing her own story, offering insights into love, reinvention, and finding the courage to step into the leading role of your own life.
Guests will enjoy an audience Q&A and have the opportunity to purchase signed copies of The Love Producer before its official July 7 release.
About the Book: A former Bachelor producer flips the script in this vulnerable memoir about her own journey to finding love after her job turned into a real-life rom-com.
Julie LaPlaca spent years crafting some of reality TV’s most iconic and swoon worthy romances, from hot tub heartbreaks to heartfelt proposal speeches.
But behind the scenes, her own love life was unraveling.
The end of a five-year relationship, one too many bad dates, and months on the road left her wondering if she’d ever get the happy ending she helped curate for others.
Then came the headlines.
The tabloids speculated Julie was the love interest of the very Bachelor she was producing.
Suddenly, her life mirrored her own creation, as she was pulled into the spotlight, started to question her feelings, and lines became blurred between her and the show’s leading man.
She began to wonder: What is real, and what is fantasy?
Once back behind the cameras, a mid-thirties meltdown forced her to reevaluate what is most important in life.
In this candid and revealing memoir, she shares the messy fallout of her time as a producer, and her journey to reclaim the script of her love life and become her own leadi…
