Amish romance is a literary subgenre of Christian fiction featuring Amish characters, but written and read mostly by evangelical Christian women. An industry term for Amish romance novels is "bonnet rippers" because most feature a woman in a bonnet on the cover, and "bonnet ripper" is a play on the term "bodice ripper" from classic romance novels.
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Notable ExampleThe Shunning (1997) by Beverly Lewis 1 Defining TraitA subgenre of Christian fiction, nicknamed bonnet rippers, featuring Amish characters and written mostly by and for evangelical Christian women, without the sexual content of mainstream romance novels 1 Connections
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1. Amish romance (Wikipedia)
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An industry term for Amish romance novels is "bonnet rippers" because most feature a woman in a bonnet on the cover, and "bonnet ripper" is a play on the term "bodice ripper" from classic romance novels.
History section, first commercially successful novel
The first commercially successful Amish romance novel, according to writer Valerie Weaver-Zercher, was Beverly Lewis' The Shunning, published in 1997 by Bethany House.
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