How long does it take to read A Beginner's Guide to Rakes?
A Beginner's Guide to Rakes by Suzanne Enoch takes about 6 hours 25 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of The Scandalous Brides
Next: The Wicked One: A Beginner's Guide to Rakes Prequel
About 6 hours 25 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2011. 350 pages, about 96,250 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 42 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 25 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 1 minute |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
All of London is abuzz with the return of the utterly alluring, recently widowed Diane Benchley. Will she remarry? What will she do with her late husband’s fortune? Society is shocked by her announcement—at the Grand Ball, of all places!—that she plans to open an exclusive gentleman’s gaming club in the family mansion. But no one is more stunned than the Marquis of Haybury, Oliver Warren. Years ago, Oliver and Diane shared a private indiscretion. Now Diane threatens to reveal Oliver’s most ungentlemanly secrets…unless he agrees to help her. A notorious gambler—and rake—Oliver is overqualified to educate Diane in the ways and means of running her establishment. But striking a deal with Diane might just be the biggest risk Oliver has ever taken. This time, the only thing he has to lose is his heart…
Subjects: Man-woman relationships, Widows, Fiction, Fiction, romance, general
