Audiobooks Like Not in Love

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Callie Dalton and Jason Clarke split the narration along dual POV lines, and the contrast earns its keep — Dalton plays Rue with a cool precision that makes each slip in her composure hit harder, while Clarke keeps the charged exchanges taut without tipping into melodrama. Hazelwood's dialogue is built on subtext and withheld feeling, and at twelve hours the pacing trusts the slow burn to do its work, never rushing what needs to simmer. The throughline across these recommendations is that same controlled burn — most run close to twelve hours, Callie Dalton anchors the majority of them, and several dig back into Hazelwood's own catalog for the same blend of sharp professional dynamics and reluctant emotion.

10 audiobooks for fans of Not in Love

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    Bride cover

    Bride

    Bride • Book 1

    by Ali Hazelwood

    Narrated by Thérèse Plummer, Will Damron

    4.35 ABR Score (730.9K ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (722.4K) ★ 4.56 Audible (8.5K)
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    Thérèse Plummer and Will Damron are perfectly cast for this paranormal rivals-to-lovers romance; their vocal chemistry makes the tension and payoff undeniable.

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    Love, Theoretically

    by Ali Hazelwood

    Narrated by Thérèse Plummer

    4.31 ABR Score (687.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.08 Goodreads (684.9K) ★ 4.54 Audible (2.6K)
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    Thérèse Plummer narrates with such precise comic timing that every witty exchange crackles, and the romance feels genuinely earned, not forced.

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    Deep End

    by Ali Hazelwood

    Narrated by Thérèse Plummer, Ben Holtzmuller

    4.21 ABR Score (479.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.85 Goodreads (475.0K) ★ 4.53 Audible (4.6K)
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    Plummer and Holtzmuller are perfectly cast in Hazelwood's sharpest romance: Olympic athletes navigating chemistry, ambition, and genuine emotional stakes.

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    Love on the Brain

    by Ali Hazelwood

    Narrated by Brooke Bloomingdale

    4.17 ABR Score (658.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.9 Goodreads (654.9K) ★ 4.47 Audible (3.7K)
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    Brooke Bloomingdale's Audie-winning performance brings Ali Hazelwood's wittiest romance to life: enemies-to-lovers where the banter crackles.

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    In Her Own League

    Windy City Series

    by Liz Tomforde

    Narrated by Samantha Brentmoor, Jason Clarke

    4.70 ABR Score (46.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.51 Goodreads (45.0K) ★ 4.89 Audible (1.2K)
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    Baseball's first female team owner faces constant scrutiny while fighting her attraction to the star pitcher who could derail her carefully planned career.

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    Scared Sexy

    Scared Sexy Collection

    by Ali Hazelwood, Katee Robert, Christina Lauren, Ruby Dixon, Kimberly Lemming, J.T. Geissinger, Nina Yndis, Maxim Reston, Marli Watson, Nicholas Boulton, Vanessa Moyen, Troy Duran, Beth Roeg, Ryan West, Andi Eloise, Sean Crisden, Aure Nash

    Narrated by Nina Yndis, Maxim Reston, Marli Watson, Nicholas Boulton, Vanessa Moyen, Troy Duran, Beth Roeg, Ryan West, Andi Eloise, Sean Crisden, Aure Nash

    3.66 ABR Score (1.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.44 Goodreads (1.1K) ★ 4.31 Audible (263)
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    Paranormal romance anthology with the ensemble of narrators it deserves — spicy, varied, and perfect for anyone who wants monsters to earn their forever.

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    Across the Vanishing Sky

    Starlight Grove • Book 1

    by Catherine Cowles

    Narrated by Jason Clarke, Samantha Brentmoor, Sebastian York, Adam Gold, Teddy Hamilton, Connor Crais

    4.56 ABR Score (10.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.54 Goodreads (10.3K) ★ 4.85 Audible (564)
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    The ensemble cast—Clarke, York, Brentmoor leading the charge—transforms this dark mystery into something gripping and layered. Multiple narrators handling a complex past makes the twists land harder.

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    Hopeless

    Chestnut Springs • Book 5

    by Elsie Silver

    Narrated by Jason Clarke, Angelina Rocca

    4.35 ABR Score (370.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.08 Goodreads (368.4K) ★ 4.61 Audible (2.4K)
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    Jason Clarke and Angelina Rocca narrate this romance so convincingly that you're invested before either character is.

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    Check & Mate

    by Ali Hazelwood

    Narrated by Ellie Gossage, Teddy Hamilton

    4.32 ABR Score (376.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.94 Goodreads (371.8K) ★ 4.61 Audible (4.3K)
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    Gossage and Hamilton's dual narration transforms Hazelwood's sparring banter into genuine chemistry; sharp, witty, and utterly addictive.

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    Kiss and Don't Tell

    The Vancouver Agitators • Book 1

    by Meghan Quinn

    Narrated by Jason Clarke, Vanessa Edwin

    4.23 ABR Score (95.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.99 Goodreads (92.0K) ★ 4.55 Audible (3.0K)
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    Jason Clarke and Vanessa Edwin make the witty, steamy hockey romance feel like you're overhearing two people genuinely unable to resist each other.

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