The Summer Girlfriend: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Heart Beach series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Summer Girlfriend runs 11.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Lawrence Baldwin and J.Y. Kora (about 7.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.2 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 7,183 Rom-Com audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Lawrence Baldwin
Lawrence Baldwin narrates 18 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 139 hours in all.
About as long, on the Rom-Com shelf
1,653 Rom-Com 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 Summer Girlfriend is book 1 of Kristina Forest's Heart Beach series: a 11.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Lawrence Baldwin and J.Y. Kora, released June 9, 2026, on the Rom-Com and BIPOC Stories & Voices shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Lawrence Baldwin, J.Y. Kora
- Released
- June 9, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Rom-Com, BIPOC Stories & Voices
- Series
- Heart Beach #1
- ISBN
- 9798217336579
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Summer Girlfriend as an audiobook?
The Summer Girlfriend runs 11.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.5 hours.
Is The Summer Girlfriend free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Summer Girlfriend?
The Summer Girlfriend is narrated by Lawrence Baldwin and J.Y. Kora.
Is The Summer Girlfriend worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.5 hours, saving 3.7 hours.