Hold Me Close: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Paradise, Idaho series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Hold Me Close audiobook runs 10.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Natalie Ross and Phil Gigante (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 10.9 hours, it runs longer than 78% of the 7,690 Mystery audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Paradise, Idaho
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 11.1 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 50 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carry Me Home | 11.1 hrs |
| 2 | Hold Me Close | 10.9 hrs |
| 3 | Turn Me Loose | 12.9 hrs |
| 4 | Take Me Back | 15.2 hrs |
More narrated by Natalie Ross
Natalie Ross narrates 123 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,201 hours in all.
- Dark Wolf
- Dreamfever
- Dark Promises
- Shadowfever
- Dark Blood
About as long, on the Mystery shelf
1,550 Mystery 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
Hold Me Close is book 2 of Rosalind James's Paradise, Idaho series: a 10.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Natalie Ross and Phil Gigante, released December 8, 2015, on the Mystery shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Natalie Ross, Phil Gigante
- Released
- December 8, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery
- Series
- Paradise, Idaho #2
- ISBN
- 9781511326223
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Hold Me Close audiobook?
Hold Me Close runs 10.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.
Is the Hold Me Close audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Hold Me Close?
Hold Me Close is narrated by Natalie Ross and Phil Gigante.
Is Hold Me Close worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.6 hours.