Journeying through the Google Books website, searching for "Jerome Gambit", I came across Karri Raju's self-published
Secrets of International Chess Champion: A Journey to Mastery (2025), which includes light coverage [and very large diagrams] of the Jerome in the "GAMBITS OF CHESS GAME" chapter.
It is unclear which "International Chess Champion" the book's title refers to, but it is not likely the author, who appears to be rated similarly to the creator of this blog.
Mr. Raju, is a bank credit analyst who is "very passionate about playing chess with various extraordiary tricks with my friends".
He has a short blog online, focused on his two books (the other is Principles of Working Capital Finance), and pointing out
The most important gambits are
1. JEROME GAMBIT...[W]hile it may be "useful" as a surprise weapon at lower levels or in casual play, it rarely leads to success against more experienced, knowledgeable opponents.
Positives of the Jerome Gambit, according to the author, include surprise value, practical chances, and fun and experimentation.
Joining most other titles that cover the Jerome Gambit, the one game that Secrets includes is Amateur - Blackburne, London, 1885.
Readers are encouraged to check out the links given in this post, and then compare what they have learned with, say, Jerome Gambit: Book (Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, & 7). Although I have always been a supporter of self-published and small publisher chess books, I have to admit that there is much more for the Jerome Gambiteer in the latter, than the former. Still, if you are collecting resources for this opening - here is another.
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