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What the Hart Wants by Emily Royal

What the Hart Wants: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Headstrong Hart series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the What the Hart Wants audiobook runs 8.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Polly Lee (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.6listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish What the Hart Wants at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.6 hours, it is shorter than 72% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Headstrong Hart

This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 37.8 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1What the Hart Wants8.6 hrs
2Queen of My Hart9.7 hrs
3Hidden Hart9.3 hrs
4The Prizefighter's Hart10.1 hrs

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

What the Hart Wants is book 1 of Emily Royal's Headstrong Hart series: a 8.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Polly Lee, released November 8, 2022, on the Historical (Romance) and Historical (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.6 hrs
Narrated by
Polly Lee
Released
November 8, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Romance), Historical (Fiction)
Series
Headstrong Hart #1
ISBN
9781666181807

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the What the Hart Wants audiobook?

What the Hart Wants runs 8.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.

Is the What the Hart Wants audiobook free?

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

Who narrates What the Hart Wants?

What the Hart Wants is narrated by Polly Lee.