The Retreat: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Birch Creek Ranch series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Retreat runs 14.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Marni Penning and Jennifer Jill Araya and others (about 9.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.5 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Birch Creek Ranch Series
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 35.9 hours before it; 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 Marni Penning
Marni Penning narrates 263 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,010 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf
887 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 Retreat is book 4 of B. E. Baker's Birch Creek Ranch series: a 14.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Marni Penning, Jennifer Jill Araya and Gail Shalan, released October 30, 2022, on the Contemporary Women and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Marni Penning, Jennifer Jill Araya, Gail Shalan
- Released
- October 30, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Contemporary Women, Drama
- Series
- The Birch Creek Ranch Series #4
- ISBN
- 9781669652670
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Retreat as an audiobook?
The Retreat runs 14.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.7 hours.
Is The Retreat free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Retreat?
The Retreat is narrated by Marni Penning, Jennifer Jill Araya and Gail Shalan.
Is The Retreat worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.7 hours, saving 4.8 hours.