The Royal Bastard: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Royal Scandals series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Royal Bastard runs 10 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Hollis Mccarthy (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10 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 10 hours, it runs longer than 71% of the 63,227 Romance audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Royal Scandals
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 33.2 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 63.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scandal With a Prince | 10.5 hrs |
| 2 | Honeymoon With a Prince | 11.7 hrs |
| 3 | Slow Tango With a Prince | 11 hrs |
| 4 | The Royal Bastard | 10 hrs |
| 5 | The Wicked Prince | 9.9 hrs |
| 6 | One Man's Princess | 10.9 hrs |
More narrated by Hollis Mccarthy
Hollis Mccarthy narrates 159 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,271 hours in all.
About as long, on the Romance shelf
12,953 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 Royal Bastard is book 4 of Nicole Burnham's Royal Scandals series: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Hollis Mccarthy, released December 11, 2025, on the Romance shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10 hrs
- Narrated by
- Hollis Mccarthy
- Released
- December 11, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romance
- Series
- Royal Scandals #4
- ISBN
- 9781941828212
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Royal Bastard as an audiobook?
The Royal Bastard runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.
Is The Royal Bastard free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Royal Bastard?
The Royal Bastard is narrated by Hollis Mccarthy.
Is The Royal Bastard worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.3 hours.