Too Good to Be True

Manors and Mysteries, Book 1

De: Kristen Ashley

Narrado por: Stella Bloom

Heiress Daphne Ryan is uncertain about spending a week at the sprawling country estate of the family of her sister’s boyfriend. For starters, she doesn’t get along with her sister. Then there’s the fact his family is old, wealthy aristocracy, and Daphne’s from brash, new American money.

Mostly, it’s that everyone knows Duncroft House is haunted by the ghost of a 1920s film star who died there. Deemed an accident, for nearly a century, people are sure it was murder.

Daphne doesn’t like scary things, say...haunted houses. She likes it less when strange things start happening to her when she arrives.

But she finds she has a surprising ally.

Ian Alcott, the heir to the earldom, is rich, gorgeous, and just as concerned about the frightening things that keep befalling Daphne at his ancestral family home. As he moves to protect her, Daphne finds he’s also funny, kind, and sexy as hell.

Indeed, he just might be too good to be true.

©2023 Kristen Ashley (P)2023 Audible, Inc.

Mistery, Romance, Humor, and Sexiness Combined

Loved this story, its characters dead and specially alive, the settings and the perfect balance of tension, humor, romance and sexiness. Absolutely a fun read!

One of my Favorites!

It’s a well known fact that I’m a huge Kristen ashley fan. I’ve loved all her books. Too Good to be True is one of my top favorites. There’s just something about this book that just hooks me and gives me all the feels. I love it. I’ve read it twice and now I can add the audiobook to my list. Stella Bloom is one of my top favorite narrators and I love her performance. She has a lovely voice and adds just the right inflection when needed. She reads in a smooth cadence and the transition between characters and scenes is flawless. I listened to this one at work and there were many times I caught myself staring into space enthralled in the story so much inforgotnineas supposed to be working lol. Highly recommend this book both because the story is great and because the narration is amazing. Definitely glad I now own this so I can listen again!

narrator detracts from the story

I'm into the story enough to slog through the whole thing after starting but I'd really rather just buy the kindle version and finish reading on my own. The narrator is far too breathy. Always putting something into her words like sexual tension or fear or neediness, even when the words she's speaking don't match up. A few times she drops all the fake-sounding inflection and it actually sounds good, but it only lasts for seconds. Her British male accent was terrible and took me out of the story, and she was over the top with all the lovemaking descriptions - literally breaking her voice when describing a penis. It's TOO MUCH CRINGE.

Fabulous Performance

Great storytelling by the narrator, I really enjoyed all her voices and how she brought each character to life!

Definitely a bit of everything

This book check a lot of boxes. I love KA so when I saw this came out I immediately grabbed it and started listening. I for sure loved the epilogue.