try a book by Sarah Addison Allen......she has written three and they are shorter....her latest one that I just read is The Girl Who Chased the Moon and she wrote two others: Garden Spells and The Sugar Queen. they are quirky, unusual books and I enjoyed them.
They’re not bodice rippers are they? We have a teacher and college librarian in the group and they keep us on our toes with literary elements. Our library has been stocking lots of Asian-themed books in the past year for the book club kits. The county library has book club kits but they only have 4 books in each. Our group has 10-12 members, depending on the day.