• Ghost Seer

  • Ghost Seer, Book 1
  • By: Robin D. Owens
  • Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
  • Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (181 ratings)

Prime logo Prime members: New to Audible?
Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.
Ghost Seer  By  cover art

Ghost Seer

By: Robin D. Owens
Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
Try for $0.00

$14.95/month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $17.95

Buy for $17.95

Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.

Publisher's summary

There’s just something about Clare. Apart from the ghosts….

When her eccentric aunt passes away, no-nonsense accountant Clare Cermac inherits more than just a small fortune. She receives the gift of communicating with ghosts. While Clare may not believe in spirits, it’s hard to overlook the shadowy talking dog appearing on her bed or spectral cowboys tipping their hats to her in the streets of Denver. And when she locks eyes with sexy - and living - Zach Slade, there’s certainly no ignoring him either.

A former deputy sheriff, Zach is leaving a painful past behind in Montana for a new life in Denver as a private investigator, a job that has him crossing paths with beautiful Clare. Not that she minds. After the restless ghost of a Wild West gunman demands her assistance, Clare finds herself needing Zach more and more - and not just for help.

©2014 Robin D. Owens (P)2014 Audible Inc.

What listeners say about Ghost Seer

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    62
  • 4 Stars
    63
  • 3 Stars
    35
  • 2 Stars
    16
  • 1 Stars
    5
Performance
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    73
  • 4 Stars
    55
  • 3 Stars
    27
  • 2 Stars
    6
  • 1 Stars
    5
Story
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    53
  • 4 Stars
    60
  • 3 Stars
    33
  • 2 Stars
    14
  • 1 Stars
    8

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Fresh world and fun characters

My Initial Reaction...
I really enjoyed this new series from Robin D. Owens. Ghost Seer provided a fresh new fantasy world and fun characters that I look forward to exploring in the future.

The Narration...
Coleen Marlo was a solid narrator. She delivered solid voices for each of the characters and the real treat, for me at least, was the voice she gave to Enzo. Enzo is a ghost dog who becomes Claire's guide and Coleen Marlo nailed his voice. I SAW a dog everytime he spoke because it was just so spot on. I'm definitely adding her to my list of approved narrators.

The Characters...
Ghost Seer is told from two perspectives - Claire Cermac and Zach Slade. I loved the parts from Claire's perspective, but Zach could be annoying. I wonder if I wouldn't have enjoyed Ghost Seer more if it had been told entirely from Claire's point of view.

Claire's aunt has just died, leaving her a massive inheritance. But it came with strings - Claire has the family gift, she can see ghosts and help them "move on." Up until this point, Claire was a successful accountant, but she felt it would be wrong to keep a good job someone else might really need - so she quit. That little detail spoke volumes about her character, which was reinforced for me as the story went on. Claire is a good, decent person who really thinks about the consequences of what she does for others. I loved the little details that Owens included about Claire paying percentages for tips and the way she organized and detailed things - it felt like the sort of details you'd expect an accountant to care about and it really made Claire real. And then there was the way she handled seeing ghosts - she went through a real struggle to accept what she was seeing, even hiring a top-of-the line psychiatrist to help her.

Zach is also going through a big life change - though I can't hardly see how it compares to what Claire is going through. When the book opens, he's a cop who's been shot and can no longer work in the field because of a drop ankle. He moves to Denver CO (which is where Claire already lives) and gets started at a PI firm. I do feel bad for him that he can't be a cop anymore - it's obvious that he loved what he did and it's where he feels best. But the man just wouldn't stop complaining about having to go private. Ex-cops and Ex-military make that move all the time - yet somehow he had a harder time dealing with what was happening to him than Claire did with her life changes. I guess further proof that women are tougher then men ;) But I did still like Zach - he's a good person, has good intentions, and I liked the way he dealt with his elderly client. Very respectful and caring. So I hope he just stops complaining, accepts the changes around him and then I'll love him too.

My absolute FAVORITE character was Enzo. I love animal companions in books - especially ones like Enzo that are a BIG part of the book. He talks to Claire, guides her and runs around acting like a dog. He has some other - somewhat malevolent seeming (to me) - spirit attached to him though and that totally creeped me out. Sometimes that voice would take over and give Claire instructions and I hope we'll get a better idea of what/who that spirit is in future books.

The Story...
The world build in The Ghost Seer was great too. We're basically in our world and there are some people - like Claire and, to some extent, Zach - who have an extra sense for the "other worldly things." Zach has this rhyme he learned as a kid about crows and apparently if you see x number of crows it means something different than xy number of crows. It was really neat - though Zach tried really hard to not accept his ability, so that was frustrating, much like his whining about his situation.

The really really cool part, though, was Claire's gift. I might better call it a curse, though, because it comes with some serious baggage. There are so many rules about her ability - the biggest one being that if she doesn't accept her gift, she will go crazy and die. And Claire's struggle to deal with her gift starts taking a serious toll - she's always freezing, she can't eat, sleep -- she was literally dying slowly as the book progressed. Yikes! See what I mean about her having it worse than Zach? Another cool aspect was that she can see ghosts - but not all ghosts. She has the ability to see a specific time period - roughly 1850 - 1900 if I remember correctly. This worried me because her ghosts are kind of western and that's not really my thing. But it never went too far down that path and really just through in a bit of fun history to a very modern plot and world.

Concluding Sentiments...
Ghost Seer is a really inventive twist on your standard clairvoyant story and, with characters that I love, I plan to read the next one when it comes out.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

8 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

Just OK for me..

Any additional comments?

I liked this book well enough but it seemed kind of silly to continue letting Clare get sicker and sicker rather than have her admit she could see ghosts. Stubborn is only good for so long then it becomes tedious. And Zach was almost as stubborn, but not quite. Since I found both Clare and Zach more than a little whiny I can’t see myself moving on to the next one. It’s also a little too long and repetitive and way to expensive, IMO. There was some good sexual tension and sex in this book but not enough to overcome the constant whining they both did, him about his leg and her about seeing ghosts, it continued throughout the book.
I liked Mrs. Flinton and Mrs. MaGee and Rickman and Jack Slade but mostly I loved Enzo.

As to the narrator: Ms. Marlo did a wonderful job. The men sounded like men instead all girly BUT what she really did a great job on was Enzo. OMG, what a spectacular voice she gave to Clare's ghost dog. Loved that dog, thanks to Ms. Marlo. I would definitely listen to her again.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    2 out of 5 stars

Could have been good

Would you try another book from Robin D. Owens and/or Coleen Marlo?

I haven't read this author before, and I don't have a positive experience to outweigh this book, so, no.

What was most disappointing about Robin D. Owens’s story?

The premise of this book was so fun and could have really been developed into something memorable, but the writing was amateurish, the characters were not likeable, and those factors killed the story for me.

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

Yes

What character would you cut from Ghost Seer?

The overblown foils to show how poorly treated/superior the main characters are.

Any additional comments?

The romance component of this book was artificial and pushed on the reader. It created some really cringeworthy scenes, and ruined the story for me. Not hot.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

WARNING - Explicit Sexual Cintent

Despite the unnecessary explicit sexual content, the story line is adequate. Most likely I would have enjoyed the story more without the explicit sexual content. Narration is average.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Good Story

I found this a good and enjoyable story, liked the location and descriptions. I could have done without the graphic sex scenes which detracted from the story. Stating the kisses in detail and that they ended up intwined in bed would have sufficed. I probably will list to the next book anyway. I am not a prude but do not need X rated descriptions in a Thriller novel, if I wanted that I would buy a sex trash book!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    1 out of 5 stars

couldn't finish halfway

I purchased this and next couple of books in series a few yrs ago. This was a new author and series at the time. This is series that cemented my habit of listen to bk 01 or pre novella FIRST, then purchase next. The plot sounds interesting. The summary made it sound better then interesting. It falls flat from beggining, MC has just moved to Colorado. MC has come into her 'Ghost Seer' powers. It's not made clear but it occurred after death of aunt. So MC seems to have peak powers all at once. She denies her companion talking ghost dog and other ghosts. She thinks she's crazy. So she's spending big bucks on out patient mental care. This includes contemplating in patient mental hospital. Then the male MC pops in. He seems ok at first. Then when the two meet, he starts thinking and verbalizes thinking with his penis. I got tired of the 'p' word quickly. Then our insecure, thinks shes crazy MC falls deep into the type cast horny, insecure, unable decide, fearful female. The plot dips and dives. It's difficult to keep track of who the book is about. Is it the disabled former officer of law; coming to grips w his injury, seeking new job etc or the ghost seer who is convinced shes crazy. Then theres the trick w the seers gift. Apparently the gift chooses who will recieve it. How? The aunt before dying left messages w list. It showed order of who'd get it first and in case of refusal next in line and so forth. The only saving is reader. She does a good job.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

Meh

I liked the premise. But I really wasn’t Uber impressed. Hoping it’ll get better with the second installment

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Enjoyable enough, but not my favorite.

I am a die hard Robin D. Owens fan. That being said, though, the heroine of this particular book drove me somewhat crazy with her constant and dragging on whining and denial of her 'gift'. I get the internal struggle storyline arc, but it went on WAY too long in this book (in my opinion). It frustrated and annoyed me so much I almost gave up on the story completely, which I've rarely ever done. Other than that, however, I enjoyed the story, and I like that it's a series. I just hope that dragged out whining denial doesn't continue in the following books in the series, because that could be a killer for me.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    2 out of 5 stars

Not what I expected

Expected urban fantasy, but got old ladies porn. I seriously had to skip parts due to the never ending harping on about throbbing members.

Without those parts the book would have been enjoyable, but as it stands I'll chalk it up to a completely misguided purchase and never buy anything else by the author.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

troubled

I like the story and narrator but will not be getting any more of this series. I fail to see what constant mention of his dick has to with the story line and find it unappealing.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!