Put aside that titillating vampire lit. Author Beverly Lewis has come up with a new magic formula for producing best-selling romance novels: humility, plainness and no sex. Lewis’ G-rated books, set ...

“It’s a joke, or half joke, in the industry that if you really want to sell a book, you put a bonnet on it.” To an outsider, these so-called “bonnet-rippers” look placid and innocuous. Notably, no ...

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 ...

In 1997, The Shunning by Beverly Lewis, published by Bethany House, ushered in a new subgenre of Christian fiction. Fourteen years later, Christian Amish fiction has exploded. “Sales of Amish fiction ...

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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 ...