The Romance Readers' Book Club

by Julie L. Cannon, Alex Brown, Sim Kern, et al.

A southern tale of a teenage girl who opens a Pandoraas box of passion and guilt Bored with her sheltered life on the family farm in Rigby, Georgia, fifteen- year-old Tammi Lynn Elco senses things can change when she acquires a stack of forbidden romance novels. Eluding the watchful eye of her Granny Elco, Tammi forms a secret book club with two girlfriends and her eccentric Aunt Minna, reading about weak- in-the- knees passion and sharing their own...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0452288991
• ISBN13: 9780452288997
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Plume Books
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Fast read characters were great,loved it!!

I loved this book I thought it may be a little young for me when I picked it up & read the back cover but quickly got immersed in the charachters and coming of age story ,It brought me back to when I was a teen and fantasized about romance and lust but so many of us especially us girls were to afraid or ashamed to admit it to anyone and what an active imagination the main character has and so did we all....highly recomended

Cannon's Newest Book Offer a Departure

Oconee County author Julie Cannon offers another Southern novel populated with authentic characters. She shows great wit and talent as she offers an entertaining read. Though she does have periodic passages from romance novels in this book (all written by the author), Cannon includes this material to prove a point: We are greatly influenced by what we read. Overall, Cannon does an excellent job and her fans will not be disappointed.

Another winner!

Cannon's Romance Reader's Book Club is as engaging as it is endearing. Tammi Lyn Elco's journey to fulfillment is laced with all the elements that makes good fiction great: memorable characters, a sumptious (southern)setting, conflict that grabs the heart, and a resolution that won't let go of it. Don't miss it. J. L. Miles, author of Divorcing Dwayne (April 2008) Cold Rock River Roseflower Creek

Excellent book by a fine and gifted writer

I've read all of Julie Cannon's books and she gets better and better. Not that she wasn't GREAT with the first one. But Romance Readers was a fantastic read, beautifully written and woven with truth and realistic characters. Loved it!

A Wonderful Coming of Age Story

I just loved Julie Cannon's novel. Repressed fifteen year-old Tammi Lynn Elco discovers her sexuality and deep-seated yearnings through a romance reading book club. An engrossing and funny read that I'm passing on to friends. Cannon knows her South and every word rings true.