The Sailor's Promise: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Windsor Street Family series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Sailor's Promise runs 4.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mary Jane Wells (about 2.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 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 4.3 hours, it is shorter than 95% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Windsor Street Family Saga
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 31.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Sailor's Promise | 4.3 hrs |
| 2 | The Wife's Dilemma | 9.2 hrs |
| 3 | The Stewardess's Journey | 9 hrs |
| 4 | The Captain's Order | 9 hrs |
More narrated by Mary Jane Wells
Mary Jane Wells narrates 144 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,259 hours in all.
About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf
223 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Bridges of Madison County
- My Sister, the Serial Killer
- Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas
- Finding Cinderella
- Half His Age
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 Sailor's Promise is book 1 of VL McBeath's Windsor Street Family series: a 4.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Mary Jane Wells, released January 19, 2026, on the Contemporary Women and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mary Jane Wells
- Released
- January 19, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Contemporary Women, Drama
- Series
- Windsor Street Family Saga #1
- ISBN
- 9798331933289
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Sailor's Promise as an audiobook?
The Sailor's Promise runs 4.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.9 hours.
Is The Sailor's Promise free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Sailor's Promise?
The Sailor's Promise is narrated by Mary Jane Wells.