The Unexpected Duchess: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Playful Brides series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Unexpected Duchess runs 10 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Alison Larkin (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 61% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Playful Brides
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 27.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Unexpected Duchess | 10 hrs |
| 2 | The Accidental Countess | 8.7 hrs |
| 3 | The Unlikely Lady | 9.2 hrs |
More narrated by Alison Larkin
Alison Larkin narrates 151 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,593 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Romance) shelf
2,519 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 Unexpected Duchess is book 1 of Valerie Bowman's Playful Brides series: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Alison Larkin, released April 29, 2014, on the Historical (Romance) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10 hrs
- Narrated by
- Alison Larkin
- Released
- April 29, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Romance)
- Series
- Playful Brides #1
- ISBN
- 9781452689562
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Unexpected Duchess as an audiobook?
The Unexpected Duchess runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.
Is The Unexpected Duchess free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Unexpected Duchess?
The Unexpected Duchess is narrated by Alison Larkin.
Is The Unexpected Duchess worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.3 hours.