The Present: Audiobook
Book 6 of the Malory Family series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Present runs 4.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Laural Merlington (about 3.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 4.9 hours, it is shorter than 86% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Malory Family
This is book 6. Books 1 to 5 run 46.3 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 51.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Love Only Once | 7.9 hrs |
| 2 | Tender Rebel | 10.2 hrs |
| 3 | Gentle Rogue | 10.6 hrs |
| 4 | The Magic of You | 8.5 hrs |
| 5 | Say You Love Me | 9.2 hrs |
| 6 | The Present | 4.9 hrs |
More narrated by Laural Merlington
Laural Merlington narrates 414 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,846 hours in all.
- Always the Last to Know
- Between Sisters
- The Villa
- Gentle Rogue
- A Loving Scoundrel
About as long, on the Historical (Romance) shelf
522 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
The Present is book 6 of Johanna Lindsey's Malory Family series: a 4.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Laural Merlington, released November 7, 2008, on the Historical (Romance) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Laural Merlington
- Released
- November 7, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Romance)
- Series
- Malory Family #6
- ISBN
- 9781423366065
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Present as an audiobook?
The Present runs 4.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.3 hours.
Is The Present free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Present?
The Present is narrated by Laural Merlington.