Best Emily Hayes Audiobooks

The best Emily Hayes audiobooks — 6 titles ranked by listening experience across Romance, averaging 3.86 ABR stars.

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Emily Hayes has carved out a corner of contemporary romance built on two of the genre's most reliably charged dynamics: the power imbalance of the boss-employee relationship and the slow-burn tension of a bodyguard who's supposed to stay professional. Her CEO series — including Working for the CEO and The Ice Queen CEO — leans into the cold, controlled love interest who meets their match, while the Bodyguard series trades boardrooms for close-proximity danger. Hayes writes with the kind of efficient, heat-forward pacing that fans of workplace and protector romance crave: the tension escalates fast, the emotional beats land clean, and the resolution satisfies. Abby Craden's narration is a natural fit, bringing a dry, self-possessed energy to heroines who give as good as they get. Readers who want trope-driven romance executed with confidence and no wasted pages will find Hayes delivers exactly what they came for.

Emily Hayes's highest-rated audiobook in our collection is Working for the CEO, narrated by Abby Craden (3.94 ABR stars). Performed by Abby Craden. Rankings here weight the listening experience — narrator performance and Audible ratings factor alongside reader scores.

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    Working for the CEO

    CEO • Book 2

    by Emily Hayes

    Narrated by Abby Craden

    ★ 3.94 ABR Score (680 ratings)
    ★ 3.94 Goodreads (601) ★ 4.82 Audible (79)
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    Alice accepts a mysterious CEO's controlling employment offer after losing everything, leading to age-gap sapphic romance. Three hours of steamy power dynamics and workplace tension.

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    The Ice Queen CEO

    CEO • Book 4

    by Emily Hayes

    Narrated by Abby Craden

    ★ 3.88 ABR Score (477 ratings)
    ★ 3.96 Goodreads (419) ★ 4.69 Audible (58)
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    McKinley's creative dreams crumble until a job interview at a chain of women's stores leads to unexpected romance with her Ice Queen boss in this steamy grumpy/sunshine romance.

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    Falling for Her Bodyguard

    Bodyguard • Book 2

    by Emily Hayes

    Narrated by Abby Craden

    ★ 3.85 ABR Score (440 ratings)
    ★ 3.86 Goodreads (381) ★ 4.66 Audible (59)
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    Ice Queen heiress Leigh has fired five bodyguards before meeting Morgan Hart, a martial arts expert who might crack her cold exterior. The age gap and coming-out elements add complexity to the bodyguard romance formula.

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    Rival to the CEO

    CEO • Book 5

    by Emily Hayes

    Narrated by Abby Craden

    ★ 3.84 ABR Score (395 ratings)
    ★ 3.99 Goodreads (341) ★ 4.54 Audible (54)
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    New Head of Sales Melanie Fox clashes with stunning CEO Vanessa Reiss on her first day at the multi-million dollar company. Workplace romance sparks fly when brilliant professionals disagree on strategy.

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    The Princess's Bodyguard

    Bodyguard • Book 4

    by Emily Hayes

    Narrated by Abby Craden

    ★ 3.83 ABR Score (332 ratings)
    ★ 3.94 Goodreads (281) ★ 4.59 Audible (51)
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    Bodyguard • Book 5

    by Emily Hayes

    Narrated by Abby Craden

    ★ 3.81 ABR Score (257 ratings)
    ★ 3.87 Goodreads (206) ★ 4.55 Audible (51)
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    Abby Craden voices a power flip where a wealthy actress seduces her bodyguard. Steamy, age-gapped, completely unapologetic.

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How We Rank Audiobooks

Rankings are driven by listener ratings and review counts from Audible and Goodreads. Books with high ratings across a large number of listeners rank higher — a 4.5 with 50,000 ratings says more than a 4.8 with 200.

Unlike most book lists, we weight audiobook-specific factors: narrator performance, production quality, and how well a story translates to audio. A great book with a poor narration isn't a great audiobook.

We don't accept paid placements or prioritize new releases. These rankings reflect what listeners actually enjoy, not what's being promoted.

Rankings update periodically as new ratings come in and new titles are added to the collection.

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