How long does it take to read White Hot?
White Hot by Sandra Brown takes about 9 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 20 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2004. 509 pages, about 139,975 words.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 33 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 20 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 50 minutes |
The page count is the median across 25 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
White-hot labor disputes, family conflict, murder and romance are ablaze in bestselling Brown's latest romantic thriller (after Hello, Darkness), when Sayre Lynch returns to Destiny, La., for her brother Danny's funeral. Estranged from her family for 10 years, Sayre arrives in town believing Danny committed suicide, but suspects otherwise after a surprise encounter at the cemetery and a disquieting interview with the sheriff's deputy. The Bayou-born firebrand now San Francisco interior decorator stays to investigate her brother's last days, confronting her father, Huff Hoyle, the powerful owner of the foundry that provides most of the town's jobs and all its corruption; defying her brother Chris, Huff's heir apparent and OSHA's worst nightmare; and becoming the first woman on the floor of the hellish factory that fuels the family fortune. At every turn, Sayre crosses paths with Huff's handsome lawyer henchman, Beck Merchant, irresistible although he represents everything she despises. The steamy pair cannot escape each other or their conclusions about Hoyle Enterprises. Brown makes up in pace and intensity what she lacks in prose style, guaranteeing readers a brain vacation in print, much like watching a favorite movie: an exciting yet familiar experience, the satisfactory resolution never in doubt.
Subjects: Death, Brothers, Iron industry and trade, Family-owned business enterprises, Fiction, Romantic suspense fiction
