Best Joe Arden Audiobooks
Joe Arden is the go-to narrator for romance listeners who want a male voice that feels genuinely seductive rather than performative. His deep, smooth baritone carries a quiet intensity that works especially well for brooding, complicated heroes — the kind you find in Colleen Hoover's Too Late or Kate Stewart's Flock, where emotional volatility is the whole point. He narrates Lauren Blakely's Sinful Men series with the easy confidence those books demand, and his range extends into darker territory with Grim. Arden doesn't overplay emotion — he holds back just enough to make the moments that do land hit harder. If you read romance and haven't tried it in audio, Arden is the narrator most likely to convert you.
Where to Start with Joe Arden
- New to Joe Arden? Start here → Too Late
- What fans keep coming back to → A Christmas Carol
- Short listen, big payoff → Bittersweet Melody
- Highest rated by listeners → One Last Rainy Day: The Legacy of a Prince
- Best narrator–author pairing → Flock
Best Joe Arden Audiobooks
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One Last Rainy Day: The Legacy of a Prince
Ravenhood Legacy • Book 1
by Kate Stewart
Narrated by Joe Arden, Maxine Mitchell
★ 4.81 ABR Score (59.6K ratings)★ 4.53 Goodreads (55.7K) ★ 4.9 Audible (3.9K)11h 31m listening time • Released 2023 - 2
Reverse
The Bittersweet Symphony Duet • Book 2
by Kate Stewart
Narrated by Joe Arden, Maxine Mitchell
★ 4.79 ABR Score (30.9K ratings)★ 4.63 Goodreads (29.0K) ★ 4.9 Audible (1.9K)22h 6m listening time • Released 2023 - 3
Exodus
The Ravenhood • Book 2
by Kate Stewart
Narrated by Maxine Mitchell, Joe Arden
★ 4.68 ABR Score (238.6K ratings)★ 4.37 Goodreads (232.3K) ★ 4.77 Audible (6.3K)14h 24m listening time • Released 2021 - 4
The Finish Line
The Ravenhood • Book 3
by Kate Stewart
Narrated by Maxine Mitchell, Joe Arden
★ 4.64 ABR Score (184.6K ratings)★ 4.23 Goodreads (175.7K) ★ 4.78 Audible (8.9K)14h 39m listening time • Released 2021 - 5
Grim
by D J Krimmer
Narrated by Maxine Mitchell, Andi Eloise, June DeBorahae, Joe Arden, Sean Masters, James Cassidy
★ 4.62 ABR Score (3.1K ratings)★ 4.86 Audible (3.1K)11h 28m listening time • Released 2025 - 6
Bittersweet Melody
The Bittersweet Symphony Duet #2.5 • Book 2
by Kate Stewart
Narrated by Joe Arden, Maxine Mitchell
★ 4.54 ABR Score (15.9K ratings)★ 4.4 Goodreads (15.1K) ★ 4.83 Audible (822)2h 23m listening time • Released 2023 - 7
Flock
The Ravenhood • Book 1
by Kate Stewart
Narrated by Maxine Mitchell, Joe Arden
★ 4.50 ABR Score (306.3K ratings)★ 4.09 Goodreads (293.2K) ★ 4.67 Audible (13.1K)10h 12m listening time • Released 2021 - 8
The Plight Before Christmas
Holiday Hijinx Series • Book 1
by Kate Stewart
Narrated by Joe Arden, Maxine Mitchell
★ 4.46 ABR Score (67.4K ratings)★ 4.18 Goodreads (63.5K) ★ 4.69 Audible (4.0K)10h 53m listening time • Released 2022 - 9
Bound in Blood
Broken Bloodlines • Book 3
Narrated by Maxine Mitchell, June Deborahae, Sean Masters, JF Harding, Oscar Reyes, Joe Arden
★ 4.46 ABR Score (30.6K ratings)★ 4.18 Goodreads (29.4K) ★ 4.79 Audible (1.2K)11h 58m listening time • Released 2025 - 10
Mother Faker
The Momcoms • Book 1
by Brittanee Nicole
Narrated by Maxine Mitchell, Joe Arden
★ 4.44 ABR Score (26.1K ratings)★ 4.16 Goodreads (24.5K) ★ 4.76 Audible (1.6K)10h 13m listening time • Released 2024 - 11
Inked Babies
Inked Brotherhood • Book 6
by Jo Raven
Narrated by Tad Branson, Abby Craden, Ava Erickson, Teddy Hamilton, Anna Riordan, Sebastian York, Erin Mallon, Joe Arden, Samantha Cook
★ 4.41 ABR Score (2.0K ratings)★ 4.44 Goodreads (1.6K) ★ 4.89 Audible (477)10h 40m listening time • Released 2018 - 12
Finding Solace
The Kings of Retribution MC, Montana Chapter • Book 3
by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez
Narrated by Joe Arden, Maxine Mitchell
★ 4.40 ABR Score (6.2K ratings)★ 4.34 Goodreads (5.3K) ★ 4.74 Audible (947)6h 47m listening time • Released 2018 - 13
Filthy Secret
The Five Points' Mob Collection • Book 6
Narrated by Jacob Morgan, Emma Wilder, CJ Bloom, Jason Clarke, Teddy Hamilton, Joe Arden, Connor Crais, Muffy Newtown, Maxine Mitchell
★ 4.40 ABR Score (4.7K ratings)★ 4.5 Goodreads (4.4K) ★ 4.8 Audible (306)14h 48m listening time • Released 2022 - 14
The Guy on the Left
The Underdogs • Book 2
by Kate Stewart
Narrated by Joe Arden, Maxine Mitchell
★ 4.35 ABR Score (9.1K ratings)★ 4.32 Goodreads (8.9K) ★ 4.81 Audible (246)9h 53m listening time • Released 2022 - 15
Wrecked Beginnings: Reckless Memories / Perfect Wreckage / Wrecked Palace
Wrecked #1-3 • Book 1
Narrated by Joe Arden, Andi Arndt, Maxine Mitchell, Ava Erickson
★ 4.34 ABR Score (1.6K ratings)★ 4.5 Goodreads (553) ★ 4.78 Audible (1.0K)27h 20m listening time • Released 2021 - 16
Promised in Blood
Broken Bloodlines • Book 2
Narrated by June DeBorahae, J. F. Harding, Joe Arden, Maxine Mitchell, Oscar Reyes, Sean Masters
★ 4.34 ABR Score (40.9K ratings)★ 4.05 Goodreads (39.7K) ★ 4.71 Audible (1.2K)10h 44m listening time • Released 2025 - 17
Filthy Truth
The Five Points' Mob Collection • Book 10
Narrated by Joe Arden, Maxine Mitchell
★ 4.32 ABR Score (2.9K ratings)★ 4.54 Goodreads (2.8K) ★ 4.85 Audible (149)18h 3m listening time • Released 2023 - 18
Too Late
Narrated by Ryan Gray, Maxine Mitchell, Joe Arden
★ 4.31 ABR Score (562.6K ratings)★ 4.03 Goodreads (556.5K) ★ 4.32 Audible (6.1K)10h 19m listening time • Released 2023 - 19
Unloved, a love story
by Katy Regnery
Narrated by Joe Arden, Maxine Mitchell
★ 4.30 ABR Score (13.0K ratings)★ 4.1 Goodreads (11.3K) ★ 4.66 Audible (1.7K)10h 31m listening time • Released 2018 - 20
Filthy Lies
The Five Points' Mob Collection • Book 9
Narrated by Joe Arden, Maxine Mitchell
★ 4.30 ABR Score (3.2K ratings)★ 4.46 Goodreads (3.0K) ★ 4.85 Audible (151)12h 9m listening time • Released 2023