Penmort Castle

By: Kristen Ashley

Narrated by: Abby Craden

Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins

Publisher's summary

Cash Fraser is planning revenge, and to get it he needs the perfect woman. So he hires her. Abigail Butler has lost nearly everything in her life and she's about to lose the home she loves.

Cash meets Abby, who is posing as a paid escort, and the minute he does he knows he's willing to pay for more than Abby being his pretend girlfriend. A lot more. Abby needs the money or the last thing that links her to her dead family and husband will be gone. The deal is struck, but both Cash and Abby get more than they bargained for.

Cash realizes very quickly that Abby isn't what she seems, and while he changes strategies, Abby discovers that Cash's legacy, Penmort Castle, is like all the tales say - very, very haunted. Making matters worse, the ghost in residence wants her dead.

Abby's found herself in the battle of her life, so she enlists Mrs. Truman, her nosy neighbor; Jenny, her no-nonsense friend; Cassandra McNabb, white witch and clairvoyant with a penchant for wearing scarves (and lots of them); and Angus McPherson, dyed-in-the-wool Scot (which means he hunts ghosts in a kilt) to fight the vicious ghost who has vowed that she will rest at nothing to kill the true, abiding love of the master of Penmort.

©2016 Kristen Ashley (P)2016 Audible, Inc.

Do yourself a favor!

It's filled with love and heartbreak, magic and friendships. You won't be disappointed. And the narrator puts all of the characters together in such a magnificent way!

Penmort Castle Stars

I liked it; let me put that out there.
I wasn't really sure what I was getting into because well I like to go in blind like always. I mean it was already a given I was going to read it because; hello Kristen Ashley.

Cash isn't a favorite of mine especially in the beginning but he did grow on me. And the reason was because of how protective he was of Abby. His love really does shine through even before he said it and for that, he is Aces in my book.

Abby, well I liked her just fine. I do wish she had a little more of a backbone. She wasn't weak per say she just needs that push to be, you know.

I felt for her a lot in this story to do what needed to be done to keep her family home still in the family. Not only that but all the losses the women had to deal with, that can’t be easy at all.

So when the older lady next door really takes a shine to her and her life and her best friend steps up. I really enjoyed that comradery.
Overall a good book, I like the twist. I loved the different characters.

The narrator she did a pretty good job. I have liked other she has done and I have not liked other books she has done but this one I quite liked. I am so ready to jump in to book 2!

Great book nearly ruined by poor narration

If you could sum up Penmort Castle in three words, what would they be?

Romance plus ghosts. FYI - the haunting in this story takes a while to get to. It's not really creepy or spine-tingling, so if you're looking for something like that, this might not be for you. The ghosts operate a bit more like actual characters.

Would you be willing to try another one of Abby Craden’s performances?

I actively avoid Abby Craden. She cannot do accents to save her life. There were times when Jenny (Abby's friend) sounded Australian or South African, Mrs. Truman was incredibly annoying, and I have no idea what kind of accent Cash had but it wasn't Scottish (or even a hint of it). Unfortunately, Ms. Craden has narrated additional books in this series so I am unable to completely avoid her. This is incredibly disappointing. A good narrator should add to the story being told, not distract me from it.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

It's Kristen Ashley. Of course I wanted to listen to it all in one sitting - even with a bad narrator.

Any additional comments?

Penmort Castle, and the rest of the books in this series, are a lot of fun. If you're familiar with Kristen Ashley, you know what to expect. Just sprinkle in some ghosts.

Enjoyable book

Any additional comments?

I enjoyed the book. KA is a wonderful author. I love all her books. The narrator did a fine job. I'll be purchasing the series.

Love the ghost hunters!

I would love for Kristen Ashley to write more with Angus, Cassandra and characters/castles etc! This book along with Fairy Tale Come to Life are truly her best!! Please write more!

Fun read!

This book did it all. Romance, mystery and humor. I am not much for ghosts or reincarnations asI believe in neither but it was so much fun to have humor in the middle of tension. Really enjoyed this book

Abby Craden is the BEST narrator!

This is, as usual, a fantastic Kristin Ashley book. This is one of her older series, which does not get as much attention on Kindle, but w Abby Craden narrating each one, it is amazing!

Book was good but narrator was not.

The narrator was not very good. The accent she did was bad. Almost ruined the whole story.

Great story about love and friendship

I loved this book. And listened to parts of it over again. Great characters all thru the book. Another heroine who is making really crazy life choices, but her heart is in the right place. I loved Cash. I could totally understand his perspective. Only about 1/2 of the book is related to the Castle.

Fun story!

Narrator review: I loved this narrator. Excellent job of impersonating each character. I easily got lost in the story.

Story review: I'm loving this PNR series. The H is dominant like this author is famous for but not an a-hole, also what this author is famous for. They may be slow to fall in love but their actions are of a man already in love. They are protective, possessive and know how to properly take care of their h.