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First and Tension by Tara Sivec

First and Tension: Audiobook

Book 4 of the Summersweet Island series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the First and Tension audiobook runs 9.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Kelsey Navarro and Tim Paige (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.7listening hrs
Rom-Comstore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

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What our data says

  • At 9.7 hours, it runs longer than 62% of the 7,183 Rom-Com audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Summersweet Island

This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 21.6 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 48.1 hours in all.

About as long, on the Rom-Com shelf

2,216 Rom-Com 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

First and Tension is book 4 of Tara Sivec's Summersweet Island series: a 9.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Kelsey Navarro and Tim Paige, released February 22, 2022, on the Rom-Com shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.7 hrs
Narrated by
Kelsey Navarro, Tim Paige
Released
February 22, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Rom-Com
Series
Summersweet Island #4
ISBN
9781666104561

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the First and Tension audiobook?

First and Tension runs 9.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.

Is the First and Tension audiobook free?

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

Who narrates First and Tension?

First and Tension is narrated by Kelsey Navarro and Tim Paige.