Penelope Douglas Audiobooks

Credence: seventeen hours of explicit, immersive adult romance

1 audiobook reviewed

★ 4.2/5 average

151 listener ratings

Main genres

Erotica

Who is Penelope Douglas?

Adult romance has a long form tradition that rarely gets the credit it deserves: novels prepared to spend hours inside a small cast, letting attraction, discomfort and consequence accumulate instead of arriving on schedule. Credence works squarely in that tradition. It sits on the erotica shelf, it is explicit, and it is in no hurry whatsoever.

Penelope Douglas writes for listeners who want intensity sustained rather than sprinkled. The appeal here is atmosphere and immersion, a story that takes its time establishing a world with very few exits and then keeps you inside it. The devoted response the novel attracts, and the arguments it provokes, are both part of its standing.

Penelope Douglas in audiobooks

Nearly seventeen hours long, Credence is read by Michael Pauley, whose steady, low register does a great deal to hold the intimacy of the piece together across that length.

The listener response is substantial, with scores holding above four stars across a large body of ratings. Come to it knowing what the erotica classification means, and give it a proper run rather than fragments; the effect depends on staying inside it. The audiobook is listed below.