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Lynsay Sands

The Key by Lynsay Sands takes about 5 hours 53 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

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About 5 hours 53 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1999. 321 pages, about 88,275 words.

12 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 9 hours 49 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 53 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 41 minutes

The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Iliana Wildwood would do anything to escape from the depraved baron who sought her lands - including marrying a barbarian. Fleeing the highlands, Iliana was wedded to Duncan, laird to Dunbar Castle. Certainly, there was something about the virile warrior that made her weak in the knees - but something stank in the state of Scotland, and Iliana would not trust anyone until she'd discovered the source. Determined therefore to resist her handsome husband, Iliana found a way to keep her secrets safe. Employing a belt of chastity, the spirited beauty managed to thwart the thane's advances. But then her husband changed his tactics and began a sensual assault that sent her intentions up in smoke. And as the air cleared, Iliana found it had been her heart she had locked away, and that this stubborn Scot had finally found...

Subjects: Fiction, History, Marriage, Romance fiction, Chastity belts, Scotland, fiction

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