The Forbidden Man: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Edge of Scandal series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Forbidden Man runs 10.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by J.Y. Kora (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.5 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 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 4,913 BIPOC Stories & Voices audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Edge of Scandal
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 29.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Forbidden Man | 10.5 hrs |
| 2 | His All Night | 9.8 hrs |
| 3 | Her Kind of Man | 9 hrs |
More narrated by J.Y. Kora
J.Y. Kora narrates 62 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 481 hours in all.
About as long, on the BIPOC Stories & Voices shelf
990 BIPOC Stories & Voices 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
The Forbidden Man is book 1 of Elle Wright's Edge of Scandal series: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by J.Y. Kora, released January 28, 2025, on the BIPOC Stories & Voices shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- J.Y. Kora
- Released
- January 28, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- BIPOC Stories & Voices
- Series
- Edge of Scandal #1
- ISBN
- 9798894867243
How to listen to The Forbidden Man free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Forbidden Man as an audiobook?
The Forbidden Man runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is The Forbidden Man free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Forbidden Man?
The Forbidden Man is narrated by J.Y. Kora.
Is The Forbidden Man worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.