It takes the average reader 2 hours and 38 minutes to read Hollywood Balaton by Claire Doyle
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
TOO LATE FOR PRINCE CHARMING? It used to be said that a single woman of a certain age is more likely to be killed by a terrorist than get married. But when terror strikes, love strikes too. Laura McLove--bored, single, 49--takes a Christmas shopping trip to Paris and falls into the arms of a handsome Hungarian, Max, who she meets during a December weekend turned violent. Six months later, now engaged to be married, she arrives at Max's family's villa at Hungary's Lake Balaton whilst he attends to his sick mother in Budapest. Alone at Levendula--Lavender Villa--on the Hungarian Riviera, she encounters caretaker Mrs Szabó and stumbles on a real-life spy ring, a missing manuscript--and a mystery that leads all the way to Hollywood. Levendula, once famous as an artists' salon, had been under surveillance by the communist regime. What happened when the secret police came one night in 1972? And where is the missing manuscript?In a world where everyone had been informing on everybody else, Laura attempts to uncover the truth--all the while fiancé Max is delayed, then delayed again in Budapest as their engagement begins to hang in the balance. This light-hearted and contemporary older woman romance is set around the little-known Lake Balaton--the largest lake in Europe--in particular, at the stunning 'Hungarian Riviera' region. A Hungarian-style 'Lives Of Others' with a little bit of Hollywood glamour-- Read HOLLYWOOD BALATON, book 3 of the Laura McLove novels today! Laura McLove also features in The Budapest Artists' Club, and The Naked Sommelier, but is a stand-alone novel, the third in the series. Other books by Claire Doyle The Naked Sommelier (Laura McLove novel 1) The Budapest Artists' Club (Laura McLove novel 2) Hungarian Folk Dancing For Beginners - a Kindle Single
Hollywood Balaton by Claire Doyle is 155 pages long, and a total of 39,525 words.
This makes it 52% the length of the average book. It also has 48% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 35 minutes to read Hollywood Balaton aloud.
Hollywood Balaton is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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