Elizabeth is trapped in an undesirable marriage, but her husband has left her alone for the most part. Now, however, after hearing about another scandal, he is banishing her to a long abandoned castle in the country. Here, she finds out the castle has been haunted for centuries by the ghost of James Carlisle.

We learn a bit about James in the prologue and his life in the court of Henry VII. How, where, and why he dies is a mystery left for Elizabeth and James to figure out together.

Give this book a try if you're in the mood for
-Something different – how many ghost heroes are there anyway?
-Are interested in some different sex...of the spectral kind. It's different from the mere mortal sex in a few ways including freezing, icy, and essences
-Does this count as age gap? Hero is 300 years older than heroine (hahaaaa)
-Lots of....stuff. Plenty of plot devices, scandals, danger, mystery
-Moderate-high steam – quite a few scenes for kisses, ghost sex, and real sex. The sex is explicit but not extended scenes.

I'm not really sure what I can get into with this novel without spoilers. I liked parts of it, I was disappointed in parts of it, and some things were so absolutely absurd it was painful. I think I would have liked it more if the ghost was so....icy. He was cold. His cock was cold. His essence was cold. It wasn't attractive to me and I found myself cringing during all the scenes. It's a silly thing to get over but I think it definitely dampened what I could have otherwise liked.

There was also a lot of talk about essences, which became a downer for me and the fact that the hero rolled his eyes. Again, just me being nitpicky, but I don't ever want to read a hero rolled his eyes (just brings to mind the teenager with braces, and the fact that he's a 300 year old ghost it fit even less). James rolls his eyes 6 times! I felt like it was always happening. And it was more noticeable because everyone else was rolling their eyes too. Elizabeth does it 3 times, her husband does it 4 times, Mrs Gates does it. Isabelle does it. Percy does it. Anthony does it. Annie does it. It was just too much. Once I saw it, I couldn't unsee it.

This book loses stars for the ending as well. I don't want to discuss it unless you've read it, but it was just an unbearable ending for me.

I give 2.5 rounded to 3