Bonnet rippers," " 'Fifty Shades of Grey' for church ladies," "evangelical erotica" ... Freelance writer Valerie Weaver-Zercher has read 40 to 50 of those popular Amish romance novels. And despite the ...

Hours after Charles Carl Roberts IV shot 10 female students inside West Nickel Mines Amish School on Oct. 2, members of the Amish community visited the gunman's family. In the days following the ...

(CBS Local)-- Shelley Shepard Gray is a New York Times best-selling author and has written over 50 books about the Amish community. Her new book called "Perfect Amish Romance" from Simon & Schuster, ...

There are several new Amish book releases to enjoy on a late summer day! A young Amish woman finds out her father was keeping secrets that will change her life in Amy Lillard’s “Lorie’s Heart.” Lorie ...

This photo is used as the cover of "The Amish" book as well as for documentary "American Experience: The Amish." It has been 50 years since John Hostetler's "Amish Society" was published in 1963. At ...

The man rides along in a buggy, black hat shading his face, horse trotting ahead of him. As author Mindy Starns Clark pens him, he’s thinking, maybe praying, enjoying his surroundings as the vehicle ...

Luke sucked in his breath and let it out slowly. "Okay, I'm just going to flat out ask you. What's it take to get to first base with you, Nora? You've been deflecting my — " "What do you consider ...

In 1981, when author Thomas Nye was 19 years old, he moved into the Kalona community and found his life forever changed. 'The first friends I made were Amish teens,” Nye said in a recent interview.

A former Midland resident got an unusual look into the lives of the Old Order Amish - and now he has shared more than a hundred of his photos in a new book detailing their everyday lives. “The Amish: ...

Jun. 24—Amish-fiction author Wanda Brunstetter is signing books and meeting fans locally through Tuesday. She'll be joined by family and co-authors daughter-in-law Jean Brunstetter and granddaughter ...