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Before the Storm by Leslie Tentler

Before the Storm: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Rarity Cove series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Before the Storm audiobook runs 13.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Amy Melissa Bentley (about 8.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.1listening hrs
Modernstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish Before the Storm at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day27 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 13.1 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 16,241 Modern audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Rarity Cove

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 37.5 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Before the Storm13.1 hrs
2Low Tide13 hrs
3In Dark Water11.4 hrs

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

Before the Storm is book 1 of Leslie Tentler's Rarity Cove series: a 13.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Amy Melissa Bentley, released April 30, 2019, on the Modern and Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.1 hrs
Narrated by
Amy Melissa Bentley
Released
April 30, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Modern, Fiction
Series
Rarity Cove #1
ISBN
9781400120949

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Before the Storm audiobook?

Before the Storm runs 13.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.8 hours.

Is the Before the Storm audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Before the Storm?

Before the Storm is narrated by Amy Melissa Bentley.

Is Before the Storm worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.8 hours, saving 4.4 hours.