In the publishing world, Amish romance novels have long been referred to as “bonnet rippers.” It’s an irresistible play on words, although not an entirely accurate one: Very little gets ripped in ...

Calling someone nostalgic is an “affectionate insult at best,” Svetlana Boym has written, and few people appreciate the affection. Although the term has shed its medical connotations—it was first used ...

Stroll through the romance shelves at any Barnes & Noble, and one subgenre stands out like Harrison Ford in Witness. In a territory marked by heaving chests and flexing muscles, Colorado Springs ...

There are several new historical romance and Amish romance books out right now that will thrill readers. Kathleen Fuller continues her “Amish Letters” series with “The Promise of a Letter.” Roman has ...

In time for Mother’s Day are several new Amish romance books! First is “A Mother’s Love” by Charlotte Hubbard. Rose has experienced too much in a year — the death of her husband and her mother. Her ...

Meet the hottest new women’s fiction subgenre: the Amish romance novel. Seeing as “the church has traditionally viewed fiction as distracting and deceitful,” the Wall Street Journal reports, Amish ...

Why can't we all be a little more like the Amish? This question lies at the heart of the Amish romance novels, churned out now with such regularity—and with such -success—that publishers are beginning ...

With mommy porn bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey whipping up a sadomasochistic storm in the female book market this summer, it might seem safe to assume that old-fashioned romance novels, in which 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, ...

Writing careers can start at any stage in life … and can also surprise writers with what they might learn about life just through pursuing the literary arts. Such is the case for New York Times and ...

In our brave, liberated new world, more American evangelical readers are seeking freedom in the Old Order. The land of the free, it turns out, has been rough on people seeking freedom, including ...