How long does it take to read The Proposal?
The Proposal by Mary Balogh takes about 5 hours 52 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Survivors' Club Septet
Next: The Suitor
About 5 hours 52 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2012. 320 pages, about 88,000 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 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 52 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 40 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Gwendoline Lady Muir has seen her share of tragedy. Content in a quiet life with friends and family the young widow has no desire to marry again. But when Hugo Lord Trentham scoops her up in his arms after a fall she feels a sensation that both shocks and emboldens her. Hugo is a gentleman in name only a war hero whose bravery earned him a title a merchants son who inherited his wealth. He is happiest when working the land but duty and title now demand that he finds a wife. Hugo doesnt wish to court Gwen yet he cannot resist her guileless manner infectious laugh and lovely face. He wants her but will she have him? The dour ex military officer who so gallantly carried Gwen to safety is a man who needs a lesson in winning a womans heart. But through courtship and seduction Gwen soon finds that with each kiss and with every caress Hugo captivates her more with his desire with his love and with the promise of forever.
Subjects: Fiction, Romance, Historical, Regency, Widowers, fiction, Widows, fiction, Courtship, fiction, Social classes, fiction, Fiction, Romance, Historical, Rrmegency
