Be careful what you witch for… frightening story to tell. He’s been visited by the spirit of Thatcher Webb, the judge who’d presided over the Salem Witch Trials, sentencing nineteen innocent women to hang.
Psychic Copeland Forbes is enjoying the slower pace of life with Jude. Back from vacation and settled into their new house, he’s content working cases that don’t make him want to sleep with the lights on. Agreeing to take Anson’s case, Cope becomes violently ill on a trip to investigate The Witch House, making him fear there is something more sinister involved rather than the simple haunting Anson described.
With no sign of Thatcher Webb’s spirit, the investigation is at a near standstill, until warlock Callum Churchill, who’s ancestor, Abigail, was one of Thatcher Webb’s victims, disappears on a visit to The Witch House. Can Jude and Cope find the missing witch and put a stop to the diabolical goings on or will they become the next spirits haunting the ghost house?
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Yet another winner!
I’m not sure how Pine keeps turning out such consistently high level, exciting, engaging work on such a fast timetable but she does it! Ghost House is just the most recent example.
The story is emotional, engaging, intriguing and filled with themes of love, protection and chosen family. The overall theme is what we will do for the ones we love in conjunction with honesty and our intentions. It is perfectly executed.
Our favorite characters are here though the story centers on Jude and Cope. It is very much about Jude becoming the man he was intended to be.
My only complaint, and it’s certainly minor, is the absence of Luca. I love Cisco and Luca and he gets left out of the other books consistently, mostly because of the daytime/sun thing. But this book takes place mostly at night, Cisco gets called in and they certainly can use Luca’s vampire strength. Even in the reference to the family they’ve built where they refer to witches, psychics, a Phoenix and even a gargoyle. Needed to include a vampire there too! So I guess my complaint comes down to I love this world that Pine has created so much, and these characters, that I want to see all of them, all the time!
If you haven’t already, jump on the Cold Case universe bandwagon and read ALL the books, including spin offs, and read them in order to best appreciate the characters and their growth.
I can never give these books five stars because of the ridiculously long sex scenes. This one however, was close. I’m glad I didn’t read this at night, this one was scarier than the others.
These characters are awesome, and it’s A beautiful thing to see the family they all are. This story kept me on the edge of my seat from beginning to end!
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Man, Pandora has done it again. Jude & Cope have recently got back from their holiday and are getting back into work but Jude is wanting a more exciting case as the ones lately have been pretty easy to solve. Lol he definitely gets his wish when Anson comes into West Side Magick to explain what happened to him while working at the Witch House but due to Anson’s upbringing he doesn’t believe in psychics and really hates anything to do with witches. Cope and Jude take his case to try and unravel whose haunting the Webb house, which was part of the witch trials. The spirits only seem to hurt the witches who step through the door so someone definitely has a lot of hate towards them. I hope Anson and Callum get a book as I’d love to know how their budding friendship/connection pans out. The usual team (plus a couple of extras) all get together to help the spirits go into the light. I’d recommend this book, series and author to anyone.
This is my favorite Haunted Souls book so far! Jude and Cope are falling more and more in love, and Jude is growing so much. We meet Anson Hollister in this book, who hates witches as much as Jude used to. This gives Jude the chance to recall his old feelings and how different he feels today, as he tries to help Anson recognize the flaws in his thinking. Meanwhile, there is a strong and evil spirit trying to kill the witches of Salem, including Cope. Jude will not let that happen.
There are goosebump-causing scenes here that are intense and creepy, but there are also so many wonderful moments between Cope and Jude. Their love makes me happy. We also get more time with the chosen family who mean so much to Jude and Cope, and we are reminded just how important they all are to each other. Jude gets some special time with Ronan and Everly, which is always a good thing.
I love all the main people in this world, and I’m so glad to see Jude becoming someone who wants stability and family. He deserves happiness and love, and Copeland is the perfect man for him. I recommend this story, this series, and all the books about these amazing people of Salem. Highly recommended!