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Hard Edit by Andrea Smith

Hard Edit: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Black Balled series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Hard Edit audiobook runs 8.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Joel Leslie (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.6listening hrs
Romanticastore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish Hard Edit at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.6 hours, it runs longer than 62% of the 1,683 Romantica audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Romantica shelf

312 Romantica 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

Hard Edit is book 3 of Andrea Smith's Black Balled series: a 8.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Joel Leslie, released February 3, 2025, on the Romantica shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.6 hrs
Narrated by
Joel Leslie
Released
February 3, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Romantica
Series
Black Balled Series #3
ISBN
9798347323128

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Hard Edit audiobook?

Hard Edit runs 8.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.

Is the Hard Edit audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Hard Edit?

Hard Edit is narrated by Joel Leslie.