The Loyal Heart: Audiobook
Book 1 of the A Lone Star Hero’s Love Story series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Loyal Heart runs 8.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Devon O'day (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.7 hours, it is shorter than 71% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on A Lone Star Hero’s Love Story
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 25.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Loyal Heart | 8.7 hrs |
| 2 | An Uncommon Protector | 8.3 hrs |
| 3 | Love Held Captive | 8.9 hrs |
More narrated by Devon O'day
Devon O'day narrates 97 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 796 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
2,302 Historical (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
The Loyal Heart is book 1 of Shelley Shepard Gray's A Lone Star Hero’s Love Story series: a 8.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Devon O'day, released July 12, 2016, on the Historical (Romance) and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Devon O'day
- Released
- July 12, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Romance), Historical (Fiction), Religious Fiction
- Series
- A Lone Star Hero’s Love Story #1
- ISBN
- 9780310350620
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Loyal Heart as an audiobook?
The Loyal Heart runs 8.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.
Is The Loyal Heart free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Loyal Heart?
The Loyal Heart is narrated by Devon O'day.