Several authors have continued their Amish romance series with new books. New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray continues the Amish of Hart County series with “His Guilt ...

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 ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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 ...

About the time my first novel was published — less than a decade ago — a fiction phenomenon was beginning. Amish fiction, it was called. The trend was so powerful my literary agent asked if I had any ...

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 ...

On this week's Weekend Edition Saturday, Scott Simon talks to author Shelley Shepard Gray. Gray writes what are sometimes referred to as "bonnet rippers" -- Amish-themed romance novels, which are a ...

There are several new Amish fiction novels out now for fans of the genre. An Amish couple are thrown together through a series of incidents in “Jeb’s Wife” by Patricia Johns. When Leah’s boyfriend ...

DENVER, Colorado – The Christian book business, optimistic that a little literary escapism might be an antidote for readers in hard times, is turning to bonnets, buggies and bloodsuckers. Even as ...

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 ...