Protected Mate: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Catamount Lion Shifters series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Protected Mate audiobook runs 3.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Marie Hawkins (about 2.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 3.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day | 4 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 3.2 hours, it is shorter than 95% of the 7,690 Mystery audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Catamount Lion Shifters
This is book 1. Books 1 to 7 run 26.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Protected Mate | 3.2 hrs |
| 2 | Chosen Mate | 3.6 hrs |
| 3 | Fated Mate | 3.7 hrs |
| 4 | Destined Mate | 3.5 hrs |
| 5 | A Catamount Christmas | 4.3 hrs |
| 6 | The Lion Within | 4.4 hrs |
| 7 | Lion Lost & Found | 4.2 hrs |
More narrated by Marie Hawkins
Marie Hawkins narrates 160 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,293 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery shelf
168 Mystery 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
Protected Mate is book 1 of J.H. Croix's Catamount Lion Shifters series: a 3.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Marie Hawkins, released May 27, 2025, on the Mystery shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 3.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Marie Hawkins
- Released
- May 27, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery
- Series
- Catamount Lion Shifters #1
- ISBN
- 9798331935580
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Protected Mate audiobook?
Protected Mate runs 3.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.1 hours.
Is the Protected Mate audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Protected Mate?
Protected Mate is narrated by Marie Hawkins.