Hard As It Gets: Hard Ink: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Hard Ink series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Hard As It Gets: Hard Ink audiobook runs 12.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Seraphina Valentine (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.7 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Hard Ink
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 38 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hard As It Gets: Hard Ink | 12.7 hrs |
| 2 | Hard As You Can: A Hard Ink Novel | 13.6 hrs |
| 3 | Hard to Come By: A Hard Ink Novel | 11.7 hrs |
More narrated by Seraphina Valentine
Seraphina Valentine narrates 11 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 113 hours in all.
About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf
2,013 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Where the Crawdads Sing: Reese's Book Club
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
- Lessons in Chemistry
- The Wife Between Us
- The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club
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
Hard As It Gets: Hard Ink is book 1 of Laura Kaye's Hard Ink series: a 12.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Seraphina Valentine, released November 26, 2013, on the Romantica and Contemporary Women shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Seraphina Valentine
- Released
- November 26, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romantica, Contemporary Women
- Series
- Hard Ink #1
- ISBN
- 9780062289759
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Hard As It Gets: Hard Ink audiobook?
Hard As It Gets: Hard Ink runs 12.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.
Is the Hard As It Gets: Hard Ink audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Hard As It Gets: Hard Ink?
Hard As It Gets: Hard Ink is narrated by Seraphina Valentine.
Is Hard As It Gets: Hard Ink worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.2 hours.