Necessary Risk: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Bodyguard series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Necessary Risk audiobook runs 10.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Zoe Hunter (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 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 10.2 hours, it runs longer than 59% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Bodyguard
This is book 1. Books 1 to 5 run 28.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Necessary Risk | 10.2 hrs |
| 2 | Primal Instinct | 8.5 hrs |
| 3 | Saved by her Bodyguard | 2.8 hrs |
| 4 | The Princess's Bodyguard | 3 hrs |
| 5 | Protected by her Bodyguard | 3.8 hrs |
More narrated by Zoe Hunter
Zoe Hunter narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 25 hours in all.
About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf
4,414 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
Necessary Risk is book 1 of Tara Wyatt's Bodyguard series: a 10.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Zoe Hunter, released December 20, 2016, on the Mystery and Contemporary Women shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Zoe Hunter
- Released
- December 20, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery, Contemporary Women
- Series
- Bodyguard #1
- ISBN
- 9781478969457
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Necessary Risk audiobook?
Necessary Risk runs 10.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.
Is the Necessary Risk audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Necessary Risk?
Necessary Risk is narrated by Zoe Hunter.
Is Necessary Risk worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.