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Worth the Wait by Jamie Beck

Worth the Wait: Audiobook

Book 1 of the St. James series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Worth the Wait audiobook runs 9.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Kate Rudd (about 6.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.4listening hrs
Contemporary Womenstore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Worth the Wait at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day19 days
1 hour / day10 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 9.4 hours, it is shorter than 55% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on St. James

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 29.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Worth the Wait9.4 hrs
2Worth the Trouble9.7 hrs
3Worth the Risk10.2 hrs

About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf

4,066 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

Worth the Wait is book 1 of Jamie Beck's St. James series: a 9.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Kate Rudd, released March 17, 2015, on the Contemporary Women shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.4 hrs
Narrated by
Kate Rudd
Released
March 17, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Contemporary Women
Series
St. James #1
ISBN
9781501212383

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Worth the Wait audiobook?

Worth the Wait runs 9.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.2 hours.

Is the Worth the Wait audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Worth the Wait?

Worth the Wait is narrated by Kate Rudd.