Years after their connection raised eyebrows among Bachelor Nation fans, former producer Julie LaPlaca is telling all about her relationship with Peter Weber "Peter had a genuine, pure heart that struck me," Julie, 41, writes in her new book, The Love Producer , out Tuesday, July 7. "I sense that he really did want to find love, get married, and start a family. There was an innocence about him, and his optimism reminded me of myself before my heart had been hurt.