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It Takes a Hero by Elizabeth Boyle

It Takes a Hero: Audiobook

Book 4 of the Danvers series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the It Takes a Hero audiobook runs 11.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Susan Duerden (about 7.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.2listening hrs
Historical (Romance)store shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish It Takes a Hero at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day23 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 11.2 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Danvers

This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 31.3 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 42.5 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1One Night of Passion10.2 hrs
2Stealing the Bride10.9 hrs
3Once Tempted10.2 hrs
4It Takes a Hero11.2 hrs

About as long, on the Historical (Romance) shelf

2,252 Historical (Romance) 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 Takes a Hero is book 4 of Elizabeth Boyle's Danvers series: a 11.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Susan Duerden, released October 13, 2020, on the Historical (Romance) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.2 hrs
Narrated by
Susan Duerden
Released
October 13, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Romance)
Series
The Danvers #4
ISBN
9781705211526

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the It Takes a Hero audiobook?

It Takes a Hero runs 11.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.4 hours.

Is the It Takes a Hero audiobook free?

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

Who narrates It Takes a Hero?

It Takes a Hero is narrated by Susan Duerden.

Is It Takes a Hero worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.4 hours, saving 3.7 hours.