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Can't Stand the Heat by Shelly Ellis

Can't Stand the Heat: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Gibbons Gold Digger series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Can't Stand the Heat audiobook runs 10 hours unabridged, narrated by Lisa Smith (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10listening hrs
Contemporary Womenstore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 10 hours, it runs longer than 56% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Gibbons Gold Digger

This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 40.5 hours in all.

About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf

4,449 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

Can't Stand the Heat is book 1 of Shelly Ellis's Gibbons Gold Digger series: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Lisa Smith, released August 30, 2013, on the Contemporary Women and BIPOC Stories & Voices shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10 hrs
Narrated by
Lisa Smith
Released
August 30, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Contemporary Women, BIPOC Stories & Voices
Series
Gibbons Gold Digger #1
ISBN
9781470347499

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Can't Stand the Heat audiobook?

Can't Stand the Heat runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.

Is the Can't Stand the Heat audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Can't Stand the Heat?

Can't Stand the Heat is narrated by Lisa Smith.

Is Can't Stand the Heat worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.3 hours.