How long does it take to read Never Less Than a Lady?
Never Less Than a Lady by Mary Jo Putney takes about 6 hours 16 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Lost Lords
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About 6 hours 16 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2010. 342 pages, about 94,050 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 27 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 16 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 55 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
As the sole remaining heir to the Earl of Daventry, Alexander Randall knows his duty: find a wife and sire a son of his own. The perfect bride for a man in his position would be a biddable young girl of good breeding. But the woman who haunts his imagination is Julia Bancroft -- a village midwife with a dark secret that thrusts her into Randall's protection. Within the space of a day, Julia has been abducted by her first husband's cronies, rescued, and proposed to by a man she scarcely knows. Stranger still is her urge to say yes. A union with Alexander Randall could benefit them both, but Julia doubts she can ever trust her heart again, or the fervent desire Randall ignites. Yet perhaps only a Lost Lord can show a woman like Julia everything a true marriage can be...
Subjects: Fiction, Historical Romance, Midwives, Widow, abuse, married people