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Short-Straw Bride by Karen Witemeyer

Short-Straw Bride: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Archer Brothers series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Short-Straw Bride audiobook runs 11.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Pilar Witherspoon (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.3listening hrs
Religious Fictionstore shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Short-Straw Bride 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

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

What our data says

  • At 11.3 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 7,973 Religious Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Archer Brothers

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 21.2 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Short-Straw Bride11.3 hrs
2Stealing the Preacher9.8 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

Short-Straw Bride is book 1 of Karen Witemeyer's Archer Brothers series: a 11.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Pilar Witherspoon, released July 27, 2012, on the Religious Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.3 hrs
Narrated by
Pilar Witherspoon
Released
July 27, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Religious Fiction
Series
Archer Brothers #1
ISBN
9781464048821

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Short-Straw Bride audiobook?

Short-Straw Bride runs 11.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 hours.

Is the Short-Straw Bride audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Short-Straw Bride?

Short-Straw Bride is narrated by Pilar Witherspoon.

Is Short-Straw Bride worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

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