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Desperately Seeking A Duke by Celeste Bradley

Desperately Seeking A Duke: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Heiress Brides series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Desperately Seeking A Duke audiobook runs 11.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Susan Ericksen (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.5listening hrs
Historical (Romance)store shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Desperately Seeking A Duke at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day23 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11.5 hours, it runs longer than 78% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Heiress Brides

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 32.1 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Desperately Seeking A Duke11.5 hrs
2The Duke Next Door10.5 hrs
3Duke Most Wanted10.1 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

Desperately Seeking A Duke is book 1 of Celeste Bradley's Heiress Brides series: a 11.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Susan Ericksen, released March 20, 2014, on the Historical (Romance) and Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.5 hrs
Narrated by
Susan Ericksen
Released
March 20, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Romance), Fiction
Series
Heiress Brides #1
ISBN
9781494570347

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Desperately Seeking A Duke audiobook?

Desperately Seeking A Duke runs 11.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 hours.

Is the Desperately Seeking A Duke audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Desperately Seeking A Duke?

Desperately Seeking A Duke is narrated by Susan Ericksen.

Is Desperately Seeking A Duke worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.6 hours, saving 3.8 hours.