The Secret: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Highlands' Lairds series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Secret runs 12.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Susan Duerden (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 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 12.8 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Highlands' Lairds
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 28.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Secret | 12.8 hrs |
| 2 | Ransom | 16 hrs |
More narrated by Susan Duerden
Susan Duerden narrates 194 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,902 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Romance) shelf
1,327 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 Secret is book 1 of Julie Garwood's Highlands' Lairds series: a 12.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Susan Duerden, released January 30, 2013, on the Historical (Romance) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Susan Duerden
- Released
- January 30, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Romance)
- Series
- Highlands' Lairds #1
- ISBN
- 9781469261201
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Secret as an audiobook?
The Secret runs 12.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.
Is The Secret free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Secret?
The Secret is narrated by Susan Duerden.
Is The Secret worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.3 hours.