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Strictly Forbidden by Shelley Bradley, Shayla Black

Strictly Forbidden: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Strictly series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Strictly Forbidden audiobook runs 11 hours unabridged, narrated by Carmen Rose (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11listening hrs
Historical (Romance)store shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11 hours of listening.

Days to finish Strictly Forbidden at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Strictly

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 10.2 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 21.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Strictly Seduction10.2 hrs
2Strictly Forbidden11 hrs

More narrated by Carmen Rose

Carmen Rose narrates 91 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 761 hours in all.

All Carmen Rose audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Historical (Romance) shelf

2,345 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

Strictly Forbidden is book 2 of Shelley Bradley's Strictly series: a 11-hour unabridged recording, read by Carmen Rose, released January 18, 2018, on the Historical (Romance) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11 hrs
Narrated by
Carmen Rose
Released
January 18, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Romance)
Series
Strictly #2
ISBN
9781541481770

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Strictly Forbidden audiobook?

Strictly Forbidden runs 11 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.

Is the Strictly Forbidden audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Strictly Forbidden?

Strictly Forbidden is narrated by Carmen Rose.

Is Strictly Forbidden worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.7 hours.