Commanded: A Thorned Thistle Dark Romance: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Thorned Thistle series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Commanded: A Thorned Thistle Dark Romance audiobook runs 11.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Vivienne LaRue and Benjamin Crow and others (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 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 11.7 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 16,241 Modern audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Thorned Thistle
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 20.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Commanded: A Thorned Thistle Dark Romance | 11.7 hrs |
| 2 | Possessed: A Dark BDSM Romance | 8.5 hrs |
More narrated by Vivienne LaRue
Vivienne LaRue narrates 25 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 242 hours in all.
About as long, on the Modern shelf
1,994 Modern 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
Commanded: A Thorned Thistle Dark Romance is book 1 of Merrigan Calder's Thorned Thistle series: a 11.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Vivienne LaRue, Benjamin Crow and Derek Duvall, released March 24, 2026, on the Modern and LGBTQ+ (Romance) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Vivienne LaRue, Benjamin Crow, Derek Duvall
- Released
- March 24, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Modern, LGBTQ+ (Romance), Mystery
- Series
- Thorned Thistle #1
- ISBN
- 9798886492361
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Commanded: A Thorned Thistle Dark Romance audiobook?
Commanded: A Thorned Thistle Dark Romance runs 11.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.
Is the Commanded: A Thorned Thistle Dark Romance audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Commanded: A Thorned Thistle Dark Romance?
Commanded: A Thorned Thistle Dark Romance is narrated by Vivienne LaRue, Benjamin Crow and Derek Duvall.
Is Commanded: A Thorned Thistle Dark Romance worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.