Belonging: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Where the Heart Lives series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Belonging audiobook runs 7.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Laural Merlington (about 4.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 7.3 hours, it is shorter than 70% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Where the Heart Lives
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 22.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belonging | 7.3 hrs |
| 2 | Betrayal: Sweet Western romance | 6.5 hrs |
| 3 | Beloved | 8.3 hrs |
More narrated by Laural Merlington
Laural Merlington narrates 414 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,846 hours in all.
- Always the Last to Know
- Between Sisters
- The Villa
- Gentle Rogue
- A Loving Scoundrel
About as long, on the Historical (Romance) shelf
1,080 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Amazing Interlude
- The Street of Seven Stars
- A Room with a View
- The Beast of Aros Castle
- Colters' Woman: Colter's Legacy, Book 1
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
Belonging is book 1 of Robin Lee Hatcher's Where the Heart Lives series: a 7.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Laural Merlington, released August 23, 2011, on the Historical (Romance) and Clean & Wholesome shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Laural Merlington
- Released
- August 23, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Romance), Clean & Wholesome, Religious Fiction
- Series
- Where the Heart Lives #1
- ISBN
- 9780310411840
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Belonging audiobook?
Belonging runs 7.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.9 hours.
Is the Belonging audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Belonging?
Belonging is narrated by Laural Merlington.