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How long does it take to read Captive of My Desires?

Johanna Lindsey

Captive of My Desires by Johanna Lindsey takes about 8 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 8 hours 2 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 2006. 438 pages, about 120,450 words.

17 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 13 hours 23 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 8 hours 2 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 5 hours 1 minute

The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

(The eighth book in the Malory Family series) Devastated by her mother's death, eighteen-year-old Gabrielle Brooks sets sail from England to a Caribbean island in search of her estranged father. But instead of encountering a distinguished merchant ship's captain, she discovers her father has become a pirate! After spending three wonderful years sailing and treasure hunting with him, Gabrielle is dismayed when her father decides she must return to London to find a proper husband. His old friend James Malory will sponsor her in polite society. In London, Gabrielle is escorted to balls and parties by James Malory's wife, Georgina, and her brother, Drew Anderson, a dashing American sea captain who is visiting. Though drawn to Gabrielle's fiery beauty, Drew, a fun-loving rogue, wants nothing to do with a young woman hunting for a husband. Incensed by Drew's indifference, Gabrielle is determined to win his attentions. But when Drew embroils her in a scandal the night before he's to sail back to America, Gabrielle vows revenge. Enlisting the help of her father's pirate cronies, Gabrielle commandeers Drew's ship and takes him prisoner. But as passion runs high on their sea voyage, it becomes difficult to tell who is truly the captor and who is the captive.

Subjects: Fiction, Malory family (Fictitious characters), Pirates, Aristocracy (Social class), Young women, Love stories

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