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The Acolyte: A Dark, Slow-burn, Age-gap, BDSM-charged MM Romance by Anna T. Pope

The Acolyte: A Dark, Slow-burn, Age-gap, BDSM-charged MM Romance: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Crimson Knot series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Acolyte: A Dark, Slow-burn, Age-gap, BDSM-charged MM Romance runs 7.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Onyx (about 5.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.7listening hrs
LGBTQ+ (Romance)store shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Acolyte: A Dark, Slow-burn, Age-gap, BDSM-charged MM Romance at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.7 hours, it is shorter than 51% of the 4,552 LGBTQ+ (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Crimson Knot

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 9.9 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 27.2 hours in all.

About as long, on the LGBTQ+ (Romance) shelf

973 LGBTQ+ (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

The Acolyte: A Dark, Slow-burn, Age-gap, BDSM-charged MM Romance is book 2 of Anna T. Pope's Crimson Knot series: a 7.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Onyx, released March 17, 2026, on the LGBTQ+ (Romance) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.7 hrs
Narrated by
Onyx
Released
March 17, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
LGBTQ+ (Romance)
Series
Crimson Knot #2
ISBN
9798240002458

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Acolyte: A Dark, Slow-burn, Age-gap, BDSM-charged MM Romance as an audiobook?

The Acolyte: A Dark, Slow-burn, Age-gap, BDSM-charged MM Romance runs 7.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.1 hours.

Is The Acolyte: A Dark, Slow-burn, Age-gap, BDSM-charged MM Romance free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Acolyte: A Dark, Slow-burn, Age-gap, BDSM-charged MM Romance?

The Acolyte: A Dark, Slow-burn, Age-gap, BDSM-charged MM Romance is narrated by Onyx.