One brilliant, but love-challenged matchmaker, her best friend (a dog groomer to Hollywood's hoity toity and celebs), a rich socialite looking for love, and a slew of handsome men hell bent on complicating things, all add up to the sexy new novel in our Second Acts series HEARTS UNLEASHED. And if you love stories about bad boyfriends, please make sure you vote for your favorite of the top ten writers who entered the "Bad Boyfriend" contest. There's also this month's free love story, star couple Gable & Lombard, and our She-roes star, Hayden Panettiere.OTHER NEWS INSIDE: Red Hot! Hearts UnleashedAge of Eve Is Here! Great Couples: Gable and Lombard FREE Love Story: Kiss Me, I'm Irish! Our She-roes: Hayden Panettiere Life in the '50s--A Time of Peace
Please visit us on TruLoveStories.com where you'll always find true love or at least a steamy romance!
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New To The Second Acts Collection!
Now Available: Hearts Unleashed! 
The third book in the Second Acts Collection has arrived. Hearts Unleashed tells the story of Cynthia Amas, match-making guru to everyone but herself. Cynthia has just opened the new offices of her highly personalized boutique dating service in Hollywood, CA. One of her new clients--a gorgeous, well-connected, uber-rich widow--comes in search of a new lease on life in the form of no less than a social and sexual reawakening.
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The Contest Is Over, Time To Pick A Winner!
Help Us Vote for the 'Baddest' Boy 
All the entries are in for our 'Bad' Boyfriend contest, which officially ended on March 18. And boy, did we get some juicy stories!
Now it's your turn to vote for your favorite story and our judges will select the two winners (1st place $350, 2nd place $150) from the stories with the top 3 votes. Because we want to give everyone enough time to vote, we're going to extend the voting period until Wednesday, April 10.
So tell your friends, neighbors, relatives and maybe even those bad boys, to vote for your story or your favorite story!
Vote Now!
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New Collection!
Now Available: Age of Eve! 
Age of Eve: Return of the Nephilim has arrived! The paranormal romance is written by Quantum Leap's co-creator, D.M. Pratt
Eve Dowling, a talented writer for a successful magazine that covers New Orleans society events, is leading an exciting life filled with friends, family and work-until it is turned upside down by a fateful encounter with a stunningly handsome mystery man who ignites her most sensual fantasies.
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Kiss Me, I'm Irish!
 I shoved open the door of O'Malley's Pub and Grille and took a moment to study the interior. Although I'd never been inside before, the dark wood paneling and rustic atmosphere immediately appealed to me. The pub has a homey kind of feel to it, and obviously, it's a popular place.
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Celebrity Romance
Gable & Lombard: Birds of a Feather
 When Clark Gable dropped out of high school at 16 and went to work at a tire factory in Akron, Ohio, he figured he was probably just going to follow in his father's path of long hours of manual labor. His dad was an oil driller and farmer, and his mother had died during his infancy. One evening after a long shift at the factory, Gable saw a play... Read More About Them
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Enjoy a Vintage Tale of Romance!
1970: A Madman Replaced My Husband!
 After three weeks and four days of no word from my husband, Val, in Vietnam--right on top of the mail in my box was an overseas letter. I unlocked the foyer door and ran headlong up the flight of stairs to my apartment, ecstatic with relief. I dumped my grocery sacks and the rest of the mail every-which-way on the daybed and started to tear open that letter. That's when I noticed the handwriting on the envelope. All the joy just suddenly whooshed right out of me. Read More
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Our She-Roes
 Hayden Panettiere Hayden Panettiere is not only our "She-roe," she played one on TV, too! In one of her most memorable roles, Panettiere portrayed a high school cheerleader with regenerative powers on the hit NBC show, Heroes. This wasn't the first time we had seen her on the small screen, as she had recurring roles as Sarah Roberts on One Life to Live and the leukemia-stricken Lizzie Spaulding on Guiding Light. Read More |
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Love, Lies and Dating: A Crazy New Blog
Dateless in Podunk: Is It Time To MOOve On?
Dear Second Acts;
I live in a tiny town in Illinois. Fifteen years ago I was the homecoming queen and the valedictorian of my class. But after I graduated from medical school, my mother got sick and I came back home. She has since passed away, but I have a good practice...
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Love and Romance Through the Decades
Life In the 1950s: A Time of Peace
Women faced many challenges in the 1950s. True, there was the comfort and stability that comes from peace, a booming economy, a happy marriage and a house full of children. Yet, there were so many contradictory messages. Happiness was supposed to come from being a homemaker - a wife, a mother, yet being a "career girl" was gaining popularity. Read More
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Spring Reading You'll LOVE!
If you are looking for a spicy new romance series, don't miss the first two books in our original Second Acts romance series-- Sleeping With Dogs and Other Lovers and Starstruck Romance and Other Hollywood Tails. Follow the chaotic life of matchmaker Cynthia Amas as she navigates the love-challenged lives of her L.A. clients. And if a good vampire love story is what you're hungry for, Aris Returns is on the menu. If Paranormal Romance is your cup of tea, you won't want to miss Age of Eve: Return of the Nephilim.
Discover stories of heartbreak and redemption, true love and steamy romance in our new TruLOVE Collection books (straight from the pages of True Love and True Romance Magazines), including Bedroom Roulette, Falling in Love Again, When Love Goes Bad, Losing It for Love, Forbidden Love, When Love Sizzles, and Love in Strange Places.
All of our books are available in print and digital formats on Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com and other bookselling sites. Here's a little bit more about them:
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HEARTS UNLEASHED
Cynthia Amas, match-making guru to everyone but herself, has just opened the new offices of her highly personalized boutique dating service in Hollywood, CA. One of her new clients-a gorgeous, well-connected, uber-rich widow-comes in search of a new lease on life in the form of no less than a social and sexual reawakening. To buy the book, go to Amazon.com or BarnesandNoble.com
 SLEEPING WITH DOGS AND OTHER LOVERS
If you're looking for a spicy new romance novel, don't miss the first book in our new original A Second Acts Novel romance series. Cynthia Amas has her hands full. In the middle of launching a boutique matchmaking service -- Second Acts -- amid the sun, surf, and celebrities of Southern California, her own romantic life gets a whole lot more complicated . . . and steamy. To buy the book, go to Amazon.com or BarnesandNoble.com  STARSTRUCK ROMANCE AND OTHER HOLLYWOOD TAILS As her Second Acts Dating Service truly takes off in the second novel in the series, Cynthia Amas discovers that in the heady world of high-end Hollywood romance, with success comes complexity. In this wildly seductive romp through the lush canyons and lavish neighborhoods of Los Angeles, the line between business and pleasure quickly blurs in a dizzying rush of sex and celebrity. To buy the book, go to Amazon.com or BarnesandNoble.com  AGE OF EVE: RETURN OF THE NEPHILIM
Eve Dowling, a talented writer for a successful magazine that covers New Orleans society events, is leading an exciting life filled with friends, family and work-until it is turned upside down by a fateful encounter with a stunningly handsome mystery man who ignites her most sensual fantasies. To buy the book, go to Amazon.com or BarnesandNoble.com
ARIS RETURNS: A VAMPIRE LOVE STORY
Psychologist Sarah Hagan thought she had her life under control. It only takes one patient--a handsome younger man named Carlos who is on parole for car theft--to put her well-ordered life into a tailspin. As she regresses him with hypnotherapy, she discovers an unusual presence. In Sarah's attempt to help Carlos deal with his issues of anger and a troubled past, she is captivated by the persona she uncovers through hypnosis--Aris, a vampire. To buy the book, go to Amazon.com or BarnesandNoble.com
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 WOMEN UNDONE
While the '70s were about equal rights and the sexual revolution, women in the '80s were more concerned about their economic situation. It's easy to understand why some of the women in these stories would fantasize about finding romance on a cruise ship, or running off to a big city and becoming a fashion model.To buy the book, go to Amazon.com or BarnesandNoble.com
 BEDROOM ROULETTE Love stories from the beginning of the 1970s are about as wild as you can find. This TruLOVE Collection, edited by Ron Hogan of Beatrice.com and Lady Jane Salon fame, contains an amazing selection of stories that epitomize what was happening during the era of "free love!" To buy the book, go to Amazon.com or BarnesandNoble.com
 WHEN LOVE SIZZLES In this latest TruLOVE Collection, you'll discover love and passion that heats up in stormy weather, on a dare in a bar, popping out of a cake at a bachelor party, in a would-be open marriage, and even on one lover's menu. To buy the book, go to Amazon.com or BarnesandNoble.com
 LOVE IN STRANGE PLACES You can stumble into true love in the most decidedly unromantic places and under some pretty shocking conditions - as you are about to discover through the stories in this collection. True love is going to find you no matter how down and dirty you look or feel about yourself, how unglamorous the setting, how traumatic your past or present is. To buy the book, go to Amazon.com or BarnesandNoble.com
 LOSING IT FOR LOVE
All of us long for true love. Unfortunately, however, some of us despair of ever finding it. Often our nemesis is our weight, although sometimes it's a particular part of our body, like a nose or a chin that is undeniably out of proportion to the rest of our face. Although their motives for changing the course of their lives were different, our heroines all learned the same lesson in the end. To buy the book, go to Amazon.com or BarnesandNoble.com
 FORBIDDEN LOVE
No one is immune to the temptation of forbidden love. Many of us merely dip our baby toe into this realm-- perhaps by Googling the names of old lovers to see what they look like now, years later, while our spouse watches television in another room. The stories in this collection let us venture deeply into the libidinous world of forbidden love. Sit back and succumb to its pleasures. To buy the book, go to Amazon.com or BarnesandNoble.com
 FALLING IN LOVE . . . AGAIN It's hard to imagine that out of the depths of despair a new opportunity for love can emerge, but in these tales you'll meet a jilted bride, a single mom, a 9/11 widow, and a bitter city girl who all get a second chance at loving happily ever after. Whether you're heartbroken or have sworn off love forever; love may come when you least expect it. To buy the book, go to Amazon.com or BarnesandNoble.com  WHEN LOVE GOES BAD Anyone who's ever loved and lost will relate to the tales of timeless relationship-busters like controlling creeps, two-timing traitors and maniacal mothers-in-law! Even "been there, done that" readers will be surprised by the extraordinary accounts of love destroyed by an affair exposed on national TV, a Botox babe, and a handsome, but heartless, doctor. To buy the book, go to Amazon.com or BarnesandNoble.com If this e-mail has been forwarded to you, and you wish a free subscription to our e-mail list, join here. |
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HEARTS UNLEASHED
Third novel in a spicy romance series
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STARSTRUCK ROMANCE
Second novel in a spicy romance series
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SLEEPING WITH DOGS AND OTHER LOVERS
First novel in a spicy new romance series
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AGE OF EVE
Return of the Nephilim
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ARIS RISING
Coming April 2
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ARIS RETURNS
A Vampire Love Story
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Sex, Love and Money in the '80s
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Peel Away Your Inhibitions
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LOVE IN STRANGE PLACES
Where Is The Perfect Place To Find Love?
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The Cinderella Effect
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Tales of Risky Choices
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FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN
Inspiring Stories of a Second Chance at Love
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WHEN LOVE GOES BAD
Twelve Stories of Love, Loss & Redemption
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Music
Where would love be without music? Take a look at some of the top romantic tunes through the decades.
Movies
"A film is a petrified fountain of thought."
--Jean Cocteau.
Here are our favorite romantic movies throughout the years.
Books
A book can take you away to exotic places or the town next door depending on where you want to go. Curl up in a comfy chair and take a look at some of the top romance novels since the 1920s.
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