Love Unexpected: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Beacons of Hope series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Love Unexpected audiobook runs 9.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Becky Doughty (about 6.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 9.3 hours, it runs longer than 55% of the 7,973 Religious Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Beacons of Hope
This is book 1. Books 1 to 5 run 51.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Love Unexpected | 9.3 hrs |
| 2 | Hearts Made Whole | 11 hrs |
| 3 | Undaunted Hope | 11.1 hrs |
| 4 | Forever Safe | 9.7 hrs |
| 5 | Never Forget | 10.1 hrs |
More narrated by Becky Doughty
Becky Doughty narrates 115 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 930 hours in all.
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- Grumpy Cowboy Collection: Sweet Water Falls Cowboys Complete Series Boxed Set
- Cross Cowboy: A Cooper Brothers Novel
- The Love List: Heartwarming Romance & Women's Friendship Fiction
- The Seaside Strategy: Sweet Romance & Women's Friendship Fiction
About as long, on the Religious Fiction shelf
1,893 Religious Fiction 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
Love Unexpected is book 1 of Jody Hedlund's Beacons of Hope series: a 9.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Becky Doughty, released October 24, 2016, on the Clean & Wholesome and Religious Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Becky Doughty
- Released
- October 24, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Clean & Wholesome, Religious Fiction
- Series
- Beacons of Hope #1
- ISBN
- 9781664940888
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Love Unexpected audiobook?
Love Unexpected runs 9.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.2 hours.
Is the Love Unexpected audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Love Unexpected?
Love Unexpected is narrated by Becky Doughty.