True Vows...Life Romanticized

Introducing True Vows, a daring new series from HCI Books that will rock the romance world and redefine memoir forever. A timely new dimension and subgenre of romance, each book in the True Vows series is sexy, entertaining, inspiring, and TRUE. Welcome to Reality-based, or RB Romance™ where the inspiration of each novel is ripped from Read More

The Reviews Are In… TRUE VOWS Hits the Mark!

“What better way is there to prove romance really exists than to read these books?”—New York Times bestselling author Carly Phillips “Memoir meets romance! In the twenty years I’ve been penning romances, this is one of the most novel and exciting ideas I’ve encountered in the genre. Take a Vow. It rocks!”—Tara Janzen, New York Times Read More

Meet the Reality Romance Authors

Tara Taylor Quinn – It Happened on Maple Street Blog Tour

The Writing Of Maple Street – Part Two Welcome to Stop Two!! HCI Books – The Publisher of It Happened On Maple Street. Be sure you have a look around while you’re here today. HCI not only publishes all of the original Chicken Soup for the Soul books, but they’ve got a wealth of [Read More]

True Vows Book Reviews

True Vows In the Media

Better TV – Better Than Reality TV, True Manhattan Love Story is Now True Vows Reality Romance Novel

Better Homes and Gardens TV visited “reality stars” Erika Fredell and Ted Skala in their home to talk about their true Manhattan love story which is now a True Vows reality romance novel. Author Judith Arnold is asked about translating a true love story into a classic reunion story romance novel and Ted and [Read More]

Spring 2011 True Vows Books

Work of Heart

When art meets commerce in New York, it’s an alchemic reaction of passions ignited, of worlds colliding. Cindi Myers stirs it all up and delivers an intoxicating elixir of love in Work of Heart, as she delves into the true love story of Nina Barry and Danny deZayas. Born into a family of Read More

It Happened On Maple Street A Reality-Based Romance Novel by Tara Taylor Quinn Of the 54 romance novels that Tara Taylor Quinn has published, “It Happened on Maple Street” is the one that is the most personal to her. The real person who inspired the heroine of Tara’s newest romance novel, “It Happened on Maple Street” is herself. The Read More

In The Mood

It’s been impossible to tell twin brother musicians Danny and Elliot Reiken apart since they were born. Identical twins Hunny and Bunny Feller can relate to that, even if they are only 17 years old when their hearts skip a double beat as Danny and Elliot take to the stage at an Read More

Victoria’s Got a Secret

HelenKay Dimon puts her hot pen to paper to tell the breathtaking, sizzling true love story of Victoria Sinclair, lead anchor of Naked News Network, as she finally exposes all: her true identity, do-tell drama behind the camera, and the whimsical courtship that inspired it all. When Canada’s Naked News Read More

Fall 2010 True Vows Books

THE ICING ON THE CAKE by Alison Kent

Alison Kent’s cutting-edge style smartly takes the contemporary pulse of love and wraps it in timeless truths as she journeys into the open hearts and secret dreams of Michelle Snow and Todd Bracken. Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match . . . dot com! An on-line dating service is not→

MEET ME IN MANHATTAN by Judith Arnold

A classic love story told only as Judith Arnold can tell it—with a deep grasp of the complexities of the human heart and unforgettable tales of love lost and then unexpectedly found again. Ted Skala and Erika Fredell were the perfect New Jersey high school sweethearts. Like many teens Ted and→

Download 5 Free Chapters of Hard To Hold

With her trademark wit and sensual artistry, Julie Leto knocks this unforgettable romance out of the park and straight to the heart. Based on the true love story between Mike Davoli and Anne Miller, Hard to Hold is a modern-day fairy tale that proves that the best things in life—and in→

HARD TO HOLD by Julie Leto

In one of the inaugural books from the True Vows romance series, bestselling author Julie Leto conjures a delicious romance that’s as real and compelling as the couple whose remarkable story she tells. New York lobbyist Michael Davoli feels like he’s been sucker punched when he meets Anne→

New Romance Series