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First and Forever by Jay McLean

First and Forever: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Heartache Duet series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the First and Forever audiobook runs 11.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Brandon Utah and Stephanie Rose (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.7listening hrs
Modernstore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish First and Forever at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day24 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 11.7 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 16,241 Modern audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Heartache Duet

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 9.1 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 20.7 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Heartache and Hope9.1 hrs
2First and Forever11.7 hrs

About as long, on the Modern shelf

2,067 Modern 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

First and Forever is book 2 of Jay McLean's Heartache Duet series: a 11.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Brandon Utah and Stephanie Rose, released February 18, 2020, on the Modern shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.7 hrs
Narrated by
Brandon Utah, Stephanie Rose
Released
February 18, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Modern
Series
Heartache Duet #2
ISBN
9781541437913

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the First and Forever audiobook?

First and Forever runs 11.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.

Is the First and Forever audiobook free?

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

Who narrates First and Forever?

First and Forever is narrated by Brandon Utah and Stephanie Rose.

Is First and Forever worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.