For the Love of the Bard: Audiobook
Book 1 of the A Bard's Rest Romance series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the For the Love of the Bard audiobook runs 10.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Gilli Messer (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.4 hours, it runs longer than 63% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on A Bard's Rest Romance
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 21.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | For the Love of the Bard | 10.4 hrs |
| 2 | The Dane of My Existence | 10.8 hrs |
More narrated by Gilli Messer
Gilli Messer narrates 75 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 713 hours in all.
About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf
4,316 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
For the Love of the Bard is book 1 of Jessica Martin's A Bard's Rest Romance series: a 10.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Gilli Messer, released June 28, 2022, on the Contemporary Women and Rom-Com shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gilli Messer
- Released
- June 28, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Contemporary Women, Rom-Com
- Series
- A Bard's Rest Romance #1
- ISBN
- 9780593592229
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the For the Love of the Bard audiobook?
For the Love of the Bard runs 10.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.
Is the For the Love of the Bard audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates For the Love of the Bard?
For the Love of the Bard is narrated by Gilli Messer.
Is For the Love of the Bard worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.5 hours.