JeriAnn Geller

No Barriers to Love: The Romances of Olivia Dade

Years before U.S. Olympic Rugby star Ilona Maher went viral for her uplifting message of body positivity, there was romance novelist Olivia Dade, whose rich, resonant, sexy, and occasionally hilarious romances championed big, beautiful lovers of every size and shape. “Fat isn’t a pejorative,” she says, “it’s merely a descriptor…

JeriAnn GellerNovember 25, 2025

Listicles Popular

Four Romance Recommendations Inspired by the Work of Diane Keaton

It’s ironic that we think of romcoms when we think of the late, great Diane Keaton, who was single her entire life and once said of marriage: “I don’t think I had it in me.” The fact she was so convincing was part of her comedic brilliance. We have a…

JeriAnn GellerOctober 16, 2025

Feminist Dystopian Novels from the Same Era as Handmaids Tale2

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The Forgotten Feminist Dystopias That Predicted Our Present

At a time when women’s rights are once again threatened, it’s worth looking back at what feminist authors warned us about decades ago. When Margaret Atwood published The Handmaid’s Tale in 1985, she was part of a powerful wave of women writing feminist dystopian science fiction, which we now call…

JeriAnn GellerSeptember 19, 2025

Listicles

Romances to Celebrate the Return of Women in Professional Baseball

Anyone who has ever enjoyed the film classic A League of Our Own has heard of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Started during World War II to keep professional baseball alive, the league flourished from 1943 to 1954. Seventy years later, we are about to witness a rebirth. Some…

JeriAnn GellerAugust 25, 2025

Miscellany

Sarah MacLean Talks About Breaking Into Literary Fiction with “These Summer Storms”

Historical romance author Sarah MacLean was nearly 90,000 words into writing her most recent manuscript when she called her agent in a panic. “I think I’m not writing a romance,” she said. Her agent replied, “Oh, thank God. We were all wondering when you were going to figure it out.”…

JeriAnn GellerJuly 9, 2025

Fiction

Historic Coney Island Comes Alive in Dazzling Debut Romantasy

“There’s no being free on the outside without being free on the inside,” proclaims the Mighty Matthias in Venessa Vida Kelley’s lush and luminous debut novel, When the Tides Held the Moon. The themes of freedom, agency, self-empowerment, community and resilience play out in a nostalgia-tinged kaleidoscope in this…

JeriAnn GellerApril 30, 2025

Miscellany

Why Readers Shouldn’t Miss Hitting the Connecticut Book Trail on Independent Bookstore Day

Rambling readers, it’s time to saddle up and hit the trail — the Connecticut Book Trail. Leave your chaps and lasso at home and round up your book-a-roos to celebrate Independent Bookstore Day on April 26 on the Connecticut Book Trail. This annual celebration on the last Saturday in April…

JeriAnn GellerApril 22, 2025

Fiction

Page Getz Delivers Frank Capra for the 21st Century in Goodnight, Kansas

Can a fish-out-of-water save a polluted lake — and an entire community? Given their long gestation time, it’s stunning how some novels feel preordained to speak to the moment in which they’re published. A Town with Half the Lights On by Page Getz truly is one such book. Which is…

JeriAnn GellerApril 17, 2025

Miscellany

An Elegy for the Duke: Are Reports of the Demise of Historical Romance Exaggerated?

Who killed the duke? Long the most popular hottie in the ballrooms of English historical romance, there’s a rumor running through Romancelandia that his demise is imminent. For decades, historical romance has been the backbone of the romance genre. Whether you mark historical romance as beginning with the social comedies…

JeriAnn GellerApril 14, 2025

Miscellany Romance

Clinches, Corsets and Cartoons: The Evolution of the Romance Novel Cover

The history of the romance novel cover charts the evolution not just of the romance novel itself, but of our changing attitudes as a society. Romance novel covers tell the story of readers’ hopes, tastes and desires. But most of all, “the romance book cover is a promise to the…

JeriAnn GellerFebruary 11, 2025

Listicles Romance

Gelt-y Pleasures for Hanukkah: Romances Filled With Jewish Joy

In years past, it was difficult to find new Hanukkah romcoms and romances. For 2023, some of the most talented authors in YA and romance are serving up hot new love stories to go with your latkes and brisket. While it’s true that some of these include Christmas, and one…

JeriAnn GellerDecember 8, 2023

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

Memoir Recounts One Musician’s Adventures Amid the Early Days of Hip Hop

Literature abounds with coming-of-age memoirs of scrappy young men raised by single mothers who go on to become successes in their chosen field. There might even be an entire subgenre dedicated to authors who succeed in music. But what makes Bars For Days by Mic Nickels so different isn’t his…

JeriAnn GellerMarch 2, 2022

Listicles Romance Romance - Featured

8 Hanukkah Romances to Ignite Your Holiday Spirit

It’s that time of year again — Christmas romance is everywhere, novels, films and, of course, Hallmark movies. For those of us who are Jewish, the season can make us feel like the kid who didn’t get an invitation to the birthday party. Sure, we write a lot of your…

JeriAnn GellerDecember 1, 2021

Fiction Romance

Sarah MacLean’s Riot of a Romance is Quite the “Bombshell”

Rakes and rogues and rascals (oh, my!) have long been a staple in historical romance. And one of their biggest proponents and creators is author Sarah MacLean, whose latest novel, Bombshell (Avon), the first in her new Hell's Belles series, exploded into release yesterday. MacLean has often professed her interest…

JeriAnn GellerAugust 25, 2021

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

Michael Gosset Ed.D. Outlines Exactly How to Keep Your Children Active in His Parenting Guide

When your kids are born, it’s tempting to ignore the fact that your family is more competitive in Monopoly than sports and just wistfully imagine having athletically gifted offspring.. I know I did. In my case, initial klutziness gave way to a height advantage in my teens, but I wasn’t…

JeriAnn GellerAugust 12, 2021

Better Self Nonfiction

Anxious About Your Child’s Distance-Learning Education? This Handbook Will Help.

One of the more surprising reveals of the pandemic lockdown has been watching movie stars and other celebrities going a little crazy trying to figure out full-time parenting. While I admit to a little schadenfreude over seeing people who never had to lift a finger suddenly be plunged into child…

JeriAnn GellerOctober 20, 2020

JeriAnn Geller

No Barriers to Love: The Romances of Olivia Dade

Four Romance Recommendations Inspired by the Work of Diane Keaton

The Forgotten Feminist Dystopias That Predicted Our Present

Romances to Celebrate the Return of Women in Professional Baseball

Sarah MacLean Talks About Breaking Into Literary Fiction with “These Summer Storms”

Historic Coney Island Comes Alive in Dazzling Debut Romantasy

Why Readers Shouldn’t Miss Hitting the Connecticut Book Trail on Independent Bookstore Day

An Elegy for the Duke: Are Reports of the Demise of Historical Romance Exaggerated?

Clinches, Corsets and Cartoons: The Evolution of the Romance Novel Cover

Gelt-y Pleasures for Hanukkah: Romances Filled With Jewish Joy

Memoir Recounts One Musician’s Adventures Amid the Early Days of Hip Hop

8 Hanukkah Romances to Ignite Your Holiday Spirit

Sarah MacLean’s Riot of a Romance is Quite the “Bombshell”

Michael Gosset Ed.D. Outlines Exactly How to Keep Your Children Active in His Parenting Guide

Anxious About Your Child’s Distance-Learning Education? This Handbook Will Help.

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