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Once a Courtesan by Liana Lefey

Once a Courtesan: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Once Wicked series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Once a Courtesan audiobook runs 10.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Deborah Balm (about 7.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.7listening hrs
Historical (Romance)store shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish Once a Courtesan at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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

What our data says

  • At 10.7 hours, it runs longer than 69% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Once Wicked

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 8.7 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 28.2 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1To Love a Libertine8.7 hrs
2Once a Courtesan10.7 hrs
3A Wicked Reputation8.8 hrs

About as long, on the Historical (Romance) shelf

2,480 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

Once a Courtesan is book 2 of Liana Lefey's Once Wicked series: a 10.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Deborah Balm, released August 2, 2022, on the Historical (Romance) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.7 hrs
Narrated by
Deborah Balm
Released
August 2, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Romance)
Series
Once Wicked #2
ISBN
9798765031148

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Once a Courtesan audiobook?

Once a Courtesan runs 10.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.

Is the Once a Courtesan audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Once a Courtesan?

Once a Courtesan is narrated by Deborah Balm.

Is Once a Courtesan worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours, saving 3.6 hours.