It Had to Be Love: Audiobook
Book 2 of the An It Had to Be Novel series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the It Had to Be Love audiobook runs 8.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Kate Rudd (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.5 hours, it is shorter than 69% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on An It Had to Be Novel
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 8.5 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 33.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | It Had To Be Him | 8.5 hrs |
| 2 | It Had to Be Love | 8.5 hrs |
| 3 | It Had to Be Fate | 8.5 hrs |
| 4 | It Had to Be Them | 8.4 hrs |
More narrated by Kate Rudd
Kate Rudd narrates 474 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,991 hours in all.
About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf
3,041 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
It Had to Be Love is book 2 of Tamra Baumann's An It Had to Be Novel series: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Kate Rudd, released September 8, 2015, on the Contemporary Women and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kate Rudd
- Released
- September 8, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Contemporary Women, Drama
- Series
- An It Had to Be Novel #2
- ISBN
- 9781501267000
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the It Had to Be Love audiobook?
It Had to Be Love runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is the It Had to Be Love audiobook free?
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Who narrates It Had to Be Love?
It Had to Be Love is narrated by Kate Rudd.