The Bequest: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Birch Creek Ranch series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Bequest runs 12.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jennifer Jill Araya and Gail Shalan (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.2 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Birch Creek Ranch Series
This is book 1. Books 1 to 7 run 80.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Bequest | 12.2 hrs |
| 2 | The Vow | 12.3 hrs |
| 3 | The Ranch | 11.5 hrs |
| 4 | The Retreat | 14.5 hrs |
| 5 | The Reboot | 10 hrs |
| 6 | The Surprise | 8.6 hrs |
| 7 | The Setback | 11.7 hrs |
More narrated by Jennifer Jill Araya
Jennifer Jill Araya narrates 375 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,909 hours in all.
About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf
2,618 Contemporary Women 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 Bequest is book 1 of B. E. Baker's Birch Creek Ranch series: a 12.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Jennifer Jill Araya and Gail Shalan, released February 22, 2022, on the Historical (Romance) and Contemporary Women shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jennifer Jill Araya, Gail Shalan
- Released
- February 22, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Romance), Contemporary Women
- Series
- The Birch Creek Ranch Series #1
- ISBN
- 9781669677215
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Bequest as an audiobook?
The Bequest runs 12.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.
Is The Bequest free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Bequest?
The Bequest is narrated by Jennifer Jill Araya and Gail Shalan.
Is The Bequest worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4.1 hours.