How long does it take to read Hostile Engagement?
Hostile Engagement by Jessica Steele takes about 3 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 31 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1979. 192 pages, about 52,800 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Why should she agree to this crazy scheme? Lucy thought it would be a simple matter. Somehow, Jud Hemming was in possession of her mother's antique ring that her brother had lost. Lucy would explain -- and Jud would give it back. Only it didn't work out like that. Jud Hemming had bought the ring, paid a good price for it. He refused to simply hand it over. Instead, he wanted Lucy to agree to a three-month engagement by which time, he said, the ring would be hers free and clear. But could she trust him?
Subjects: Romance fiction
