Talk about an Amish paradise!

The quaint community from Southeastern Pennsylvania are quickly developing their very own Carrie Bradshaw in Cindy Woodsmall—the Amish romance novelist.

Woodsmall (who is not Amish herself) penned not one, but two New York Times bestsellers with her first series, Sisters of the Quilt. The book series chronicles a conservative Amish woman as she struggles with the demands of the Amish world and affection from a man outside of it.

Woodsmall is just one of a number of successful authors penning Amish romance novels, with the genre earning its own nickname "bonnet books."

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Germany's aghast at Wetlands, a sex-drenched new novel by super-cute TV personality, Charlotte Roche. In the novel, the 18-year-old character, Helen, enjoys anal sex and gets off on...avocado pits? (Yes, you read that correctly.) As the New York Times put it, "It is difficult to overstate the raunchiness of the novel, and hard to describe in a family newspaper." That's the best endorsement ever, right?

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I wake the next morning, sore and satisfied, my muscles aching from all night of lovemaking. I lay naked and sprawled out, the sheets a mess. A smile bright as … Read More

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