An Affair Before Christmas: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Desperate Duchesses series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, An Affair Before Christmas runs 10.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Susan Duerden (about 7.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 10.6 hours, it runs longer than 69% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Desperate Duchesses
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 10.1 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 53.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Desperate Duchesses | 10.1 hrs |
| 2 | An Affair Before Christmas | 10.6 hrs |
| 3 | Duchess By Night | 11 hrs |
| 4 | When the Duke Returns | 11.1 hrs |
| 5 | This Duchess of Mine | 10.9 hrs |
More narrated by Susan Duerden
Susan Duerden narrates 194 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,902 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Romance) shelf
2,506 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
An Affair Before Christmas is book 2 of Eloisa James's Desperate Duchesses series: a 10.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Susan Duerden, released July 13, 2010, on the Historical (Romance) and Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Susan Duerden
- Released
- July 13, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Romance), Fiction
- Series
- Desperate Duchesses #2
- ISBN
- 9780062025432
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is An Affair Before Christmas as an audiobook?
An Affair Before Christmas runs 10.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.
Is An Affair Before Christmas free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates An Affair Before Christmas?
An Affair Before Christmas is narrated by Susan Duerden.
Is An Affair Before Christmas worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours, saving 3.5 hours.