The Heart Behind Retro Romance ❤️
For stories that refuse to fade...
Bella Bleau is a poet, parent, and publisher whose work blends heart, presence, and the magnetic pull of eras past. After building a successful corporate career, she reclaimed her creative life—earning her degree in literature from UMass Amherst and an MFA from Naropa University’s legendary Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics. Since then, Bella has written, edited, and published across genres including self-help, spirituality, academia, and now, romance.
Bella is the founder of the Retro Romance subgenre, crafting love stories rooted in lived experience and shaped by the cities, cultures, and intimacies that existed before the Internet rewrote how we connect. Her novels invite readers not only into unforgettable relationships, but into decades—where music, memory, and place are characters of their own.
Through emotional honesty and sensuous storytelling, Bella creates romances where the heroine doesn’t just fall in love—she awakens, claims her voice, and steps fully into her life! Offering nostalgia without escape, desire without apology, and love that is both adventure and becoming.