Ancient Spirits: Book 3 of The Cotton Family Series

by Nicole Canfield

Lucy Cotton is a witch with an uncanny ability of attracting dead things. Some dead things like her. One of them wants her dead. Continuing where Hungry Spirits, Book 2 of The Cotton Family Series, left off we find out what happens at the Midsummer party when Lucy is confronted by an old and unexpected enemy. Struggling to maintain her ancestors’ estate as well as her own personal relationships, Lucy finds herself weighed down with responsibility and plagued by attacks from her family’s ages-old tormentor. Will she harness her own power as a witch and invoke her ancient ancestors to defeat the demon once and for all? Or will she succumb to the evil spirit’s attempt at her life and family’s legacy? In Ancient Spirits, there is more at stake than just human lives.

210 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 7, 2017

About the author

Canfield loves to write, cook, write, garden, read, travel, hike, and write. Canfield is influenced mostly by her love for history, folklore, magic, and nature.

Canfield's published works can be found on Amazon and include: The Dream Canvas (Canfield's first published novella), and The Cotton Family Series (Familiar Spirits, Hungry Spirits, and Ancient Spirits).

Reviews

[Beverley Harrington · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a ride!

I love Nicole's writing style, the depth of the story and emotion that flows through every page. I love the history and magic woven seamlessly into the plot and I'm so disappointed to finish! I recommend all of Nicole's books even if paranormal isn't your usual thing. Start from book 1 of the series or you may not follow what's going on but don't have anything else planned - the stories will not let you leave!

[Shannon · Rating 5 out of 5]

There is something about the 3rd book in a series that, for me is always the most interesting. One thing that always comes through within this series is the history and folklore are always richly detailed (or felt, because there are sometimes in the book it makes more sense for historical elements to be written the way we speak rather than switching to a century specific tense); the author's love of the two subjects always comes through so it's naturally quite interesting to read and then do further research on.

I felt this book, Lucy was rounded out a lot more, she wasn't just super badass witch, you discovered a deeper vulnerability (I don't want to say too much because I found the end really pivotal, for many reasons) and a willingness to let go. I'm hoping there are further books to round out what happens with Vieve and The Baron, and of course Maddox.

The series is a really interesting way to see how witchcraft and folk/magickal traditions have weirdly embedded themselves into American culture and history. It's easy to think about America as a really super Christian country, but it's the non-Christian and magickal traditions that really add the flavour and in my opinion much more interesting account of American history especially because it is comparatively a young country.

If you're into witchcraft, folklore or history these books are really fun!