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Criminal Beard-Cutting Sprees Rock Ohio’s Amish Community

Jessica WakemanMarch 30, 2012 //
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The Amish are a generally quiet folk not known for crimes and misdemeanors. But one Amish community in Ohio is in turmoil after six women and 10 men have gone on a beard-cutting spree. Yes, beard-cutting. Amish men sport famously long beards in accordance with the Bible, which they say decrees that a man must stop shearing his facial scruff after marriage. But 16 Amish folks who are reportedly having “religiously-motivated” disputes over church discpline with the people they assault are snipping off beards with hoarse shears, scissors, and battery-powered clippers. Some female members of the Amish community have also had their hair cut off, which is also considered offensive. Keep reading »

Amish Romance Novels To Get You Hot And Bonneted

Kate Torgovnick/Kate-Book.comAugust 10, 2010 //

In the past few years, we’ve seen a lot of book trends. We’ve over-mined vampire/human love, exhausted horror updates of classics, and have almost reached the saturation point on Swedish mysteries. But according to USA Today, a new book trend is ascendant: Amish romance novels. Keep reading »

Amish Online Dating, A Prank With So Much Promise

Jessica WakemanOctober 30, 2009 //

Tsk, tsk, Amish Online Dating, you had such promise as a prank. Mary Jo’s Sacred Amish Lingerie could have given us some chuckles, too. We were hoping for bashful lasses in bonnets, bearded men with hay bales and, of course, some adorably confused Amish folks struggling to work the dang computer. But we’ll just have to let our own dirty minds imagine what CornHusk4You has got under his coveralls. That’s a bummer cuz we hear Amish romance novels are pretty hawt! [Amish Online Dating] Keep reading »

Amish Romance Novels Put A Boner In Your Bonnet

Jessica WakemanSeptember 10, 2009 //

In “bonnet books,” as Amish romances are called, the author’s idea of a sexual climax is typically a few (sinful!) kisses spread throughout 300 pages. Sounds hawt, huh? But Amish romances, such as ones by Beverly Lewis, Wanda Brunstetter, and Cindy Woodsmall, are selling by the millions. Says Barnes & Nobel book buyer, Jane Love, “It’s almost like you put a person with a bonnet or an Amish field in the background and it automatically starts to sell well!” [WSJ]

Yet “bonnet books” surely have more readers than just God-fearing folks who churn their own butter. (I’ve seen the books on the Borders’ shelves shopped by my fellow Connecticut suburbanites and, trust me, those people are pretty depraved.) I guess temptation, forbidden love and scandal—whether with vampires, NASCAR drivers, or the Amish—appeal to everybody!

After the jump, a few sexy, saucy bits from Amish romance novels that’ll have your bonnet all tied up. Keep reading »