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The Lovely Return by Carian Cole

The Lovely Return: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Lovely Return runs 15.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Brandon Francis and Shiloh James and others (about 10.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.7listening hrs
Modernstore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Lovely Return at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day32 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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What our data says

  • At 15.7 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 16,241 Modern audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Modern shelf

455 Modern 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 Lovely Return is an audiobook by Carian Cole: a 15.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Brandon Francis, Shiloh James and Dani California, released August 12, 2025, on the Modern and Contemporary Women shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.7 hrs
Narrated by
Brandon Francis, Shiloh James, Dani California
Released
August 12, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Modern, Contemporary Women
ISBN
9798855538144

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Lovely Return as an audiobook?

The Lovely Return runs 15.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.5 hours.

Is The Lovely Return free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Lovely Return?

The Lovely Return is narrated by Brandon Francis, Shiloh James and Dani California.

Is The Lovely Return worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.5 hours, saving 5.2 hours.