Forbidden Desire: a darkly sensual historical romance: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Dangerous Desire series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Forbidden Desire: a darkly sensual historical romance audiobook runs 2.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Gareth J Davies (about 1.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 2.8 hours of listening.
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| 30 min / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day | 3 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 days |
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What our data says
- At 2.8 hours, it is shorter than 94% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Dangerous Desire
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 12.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forbidden Desire: a darkly sensual historical romance | 2.8 hrs |
| 2 | Forbidden Temptation: a darkly sensuous gothic romance | 5.2 hrs |
| 3 | Forbidden Seduction: a gothic mystery romance | 4.8 hrs |
More narrated by Gareth J Davies
Gareth J Davies narrates 32 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 265 hours in all.
- Love and Adventure - an Historical Romance Collection: boxed set one of The Lady's Guide to Love series
- Secrets and Scandals - an Historical Romance Collection: boxed set two of The Lady's Guide to Love series
- The Lady's Guide to Love: a boxed set of five historical romances
- Forbidden Seduction: a gothic mystery romance
- Forbidden Temptation: a darkly sensuous gothic romance
About as long, on the Historical (Romance) shelf
213 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
Forbidden Desire: a darkly sensual historical romance is book 1 of Emmanuelle De Maupassant's Dangerous Desire series: a 2.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Gareth J Davies, released September 25, 2025, on the Historical (Romance) and Romantica shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 2.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gareth J Davies
- Released
- September 25, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Romance), Romantica, Mystery
- Series
- Dangerous Desire #1
- ISBN
- 9798295330452
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How long is the Forbidden Desire: a darkly sensual historical romance audiobook?
Forbidden Desire: a darkly sensual historical romance runs 2.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.9 hours.
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Who narrates Forbidden Desire: a darkly sensual historical romance?
Forbidden Desire: a darkly sensual historical romance is narrated by Gareth J Davies.