How long does it take to read Desert Rapture?
Desert Rapture by Denise Robins takes about 3 hours 48 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 48 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1944. 207 pages, about 56,925 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 20 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 48 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 22 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Alexandra Forbes is a young and beautiful English girl working for the British government in exotic, wartime Cairo. She decides to take a holiday in the magical old city of Damascus an exotic setting worthy of the Arabian Nights. But she has no idea of the dangers that await her there. When Blake's lips touched hers, Alexandra felt a thrill she had never known before. To be kissed by a stranger and fall madly in love - such was part of her extraordinary fate. But danger swept over romance when she discovered his secret identity and was immersed in a political intrigue. Now, she finds herself caught up in a whirlwhind of suspense and heart-breaking romance.
Subjects: Contemporary, English, Fiction, Romance, Suspense. historical romance, Fiction, romance, historical, general