The Architect: A dark, slow-burn, BDSM-charged MM romance: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Crimson Knot series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Architect: A dark, slow-burn, BDSM-charged MM romance runs 9.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Onyx (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 9.7 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 4,552 LGBTQ+ (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Crimson Knot
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 17.5 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 27.2 hours in all.
More narrated by Onyx
Onyx narrates 18 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 137 hours in all.
About as long, on the LGBTQ+ (Romance) shelf
906 LGBTQ+ (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- 10 Things That Never Happened
- Honeymoon for One
- Honey Girl
- Role Model
- Take a Hint, Dani Brown
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 Architect: A dark, slow-burn, BDSM-charged MM romance is book 3 of Anna T. Pope's Crimson Knot series: a 9.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Onyx, released May 28, 2026, on the LGBTQ+ (Romance) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Onyx
- Released
- May 28, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- LGBTQ+ (Romance)
- Series
- Crimson Knot #3
- ISBN
- 9780466761240
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Architect: A dark, slow-burn, BDSM-charged MM romance as an audiobook?
The Architect: A dark, slow-burn, BDSM-charged MM romance runs 9.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.
Is The Architect: A dark, slow-burn, BDSM-charged MM romance free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Architect: A dark, slow-burn, BDSM-charged MM romance?
The Architect: A dark, slow-burn, BDSM-charged MM romance is narrated by Onyx.