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Silken Bonds by M. C. Beaton

Silken Bonds: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Waverley Women series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Silken Bonds audiobook runs 5.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Vanessa Benjamin (about 3.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.5listening hrs
Historical (Romance)store shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Silken Bonds at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day11 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

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What our data says

  • At 5.5 hours, it is shorter than 82% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Waverley Women Series

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 5.9 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 16.6 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The First Rebellion5.9 hrs
2Silken Bonds5.5 hrs
3The Love Match5.1 hrs

About as long, on the Historical (Romance) shelf

646 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

Silken Bonds is book 2 of M. C. Beaton's Waverley Women series: a 5.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Vanessa Benjamin, released May 15, 2014, on the Historical (Romance) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.5 hrs
Narrated by
Vanessa Benjamin
Released
May 15, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Romance)
Series
The Waverley Women Series #2
ISBN
9781482989564

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Silken Bonds audiobook?

Silken Bonds runs 5.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.7 hours.

Is the Silken Bonds audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Silken Bonds?

Silken Bonds is narrated by Vanessa Benjamin.