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The Lighthouse Witches
Please Note The individual books included in this listing will be dispatched as per the original UK ISBN and UK edition cover image shown—are included in the C.J. Cooke 4 Books Collection Set (The Ghost Woods, The Book of Witching, The Lighthouse Witches & A Haunting in the Arctic):
The Ghost Woods:
In the midst of the woods stands a house called Lichen Hall.This place is shrouded in folklore – old stories of ghosts, of witches, of a child who is not quite a child.Now the woods are creeping closer, and something has been unleashed.Pearl Gorham arrives in 1965, one of a string of young women sent to Lichen Hall to give birth.
The Book of Witching [Hardcover]:
Four hundred years separate them.One book binds them.Glasgow 2024: Clem waits by her daughter’s hospital bed. Erin was found on an idyllic beach in Fynhallow Bay, Orkney, with catastrophic burns and only one memory: her name is Nyx.But how did she get these burns? And how did her boyfriend end up burned alive? Orkney 1594: accused of witchcraft, Alison Balfour awaits trial.
The Lighthouse Witches:
A deserted lighthouse.Upon the cliffs of a remote Scottish island stands a lighthouse. Strange and terrible events have happened here. It started with a witch hunt. Now, centuries later, islanders are vanishing.A lost family.Liv Stay and her children don’t believe in witches or curses. But within months of arriving on the island, her daughter Luna is the only one of them left.
A Haunting in the Arctic:
1901. On board the Ormen, a whaling ship battling through the unforgiving North Sea, a woman awakes. Attacked and dragged there against her will, it’s just her and the crew – and they’re all owed something only she can give them.Decades later, the Ormen is found drifting across the ocean, deserted. Just one body is left on board, his face and feet mutilated, his cabin locked.
The Ghost Woods:
In the midst of the woods stands a house called Lichen Hall.This place is shrouded in folklore – old stories of ghosts, of witches, of a child who is not quite a child.Now the woods are creeping closer, and something has been unleashed.Pearl Gorham arrives in 1965, one of a string of young women sent to Lichen Hall to give birth.
The Book of Witching [Hardcover]:
Four hundred years separate them.One book binds them.Glasgow 2024: Clem waits by her daughter’s hospital bed. Erin was found on an idyllic beach in Fynhallow Bay, Orkney, with catastrophic burns and only one memory: her name is Nyx.But how did she get these burns? And how did her boyfriend end up burned alive? Orkney 1594: accused of witchcraft, Alison Balfour awaits trial.
The Lighthouse Witches:
A deserted lighthouse.Upon the cliffs of a remote Scottish island stands a lighthouse. Strange and terrible events have happened here. It started with a witch hunt. Now, centuries later, islanders are vanishing.A lost family.Liv Stay and her children don’t believe in witches or curses. But within months of arriving on the island, her daughter Luna is the only one of them left.
A Haunting in the Arctic:
1901. On board the Ormen, a whaling ship battling through the unforgiving North Sea, a woman awakes. Attacked and dragged there against her will, it’s just her and the crew – and they’re all owed something only she can give them.Decades later, the Ormen is found drifting across the ocean, deserted. Just one body is left on board, his face and feet mutilated, his cabin locked.
Published: October 5, 2021
Pages: 368
ISBN: 9780593334232
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Beth .
Aug 15, 2026
Definitely enjoyable- I wondered how it would all pull together in the end, and it did turn out to be a satisfying ending.
Charlene M.
Aug 15, 2026
So I gave CJ Cooke another try after The Nesting disappointed me. I reckon she was held hostage or something with that one because this one flowed much better.
Set in three timelines(!) The story follows Patrick and Amy in the 17th century, Olivia and her children in the late 20th century and Luna in the present day. It should be confusing but it was handled really well and everything fit well together. It was also quite enthralling and gripping to read.
"So why did you knock a star, Char?"
Couple things:
a) I kinda feel like the why of it was a bit of a cop out. Was it a spell that caused everything? Weird technology? Miasma in the rocks? Its left very ambiguous which is fine except that most of the book builds towards it being magic but then the ending was like 'maybe not'. Please, commit to your worldbuilding and follow through! It being a curse and weird fae would have been much cooler and honestly, little would had to change (the original and wildling clasping hands to become one again is very Fae magic)
B) Amy and Patrick's parts felt more rushed so the climax didn't land as well for me as it could have.
I also feel like a couple things were left unexplained. So why were entire bloodlines getting wiped out if they weren't angry fae after all but just the children getting catapulted through time?
There is a lot of amazing lore and history found in this book and some cool worldbuilding. But i wish that the author had just gone through with it instead of sputtering at the end. (Blink if you're being held hostage by an editor!)
So more satisfying than The Nesting was but still kinda unwilling to say Yes. This is why it behaved this way. And guess what? More eerie stuff to come.
But I definitely reccomend it and enjoyed it.
Set in three timelines(!) The story follows Patrick and Amy in the 17th century, Olivia and her children in the late 20th century and Luna in the present day. It should be confusing but it was handled really well and everything fit well together. It was also quite enthralling and gripping to read.
"So why did you knock a star, Char?"
Couple things:
a) I kinda feel like the why of it was a bit of a cop out. Was it a spell that caused everything? Weird technology? Miasma in the rocks? Its left very ambiguous which is fine except that most of the book builds towards it being magic but then the ending was like 'maybe not'. Please, commit to your worldbuilding and follow through! It being a curse and weird fae would have been much cooler and honestly, little would had to change (the original and wildling clasping hands to become one again is very Fae magic)
B) Amy and Patrick's parts felt more rushed so the climax didn't land as well for me as it could have.
I also feel like a couple things were left unexplained. So why were entire bloodlines getting wiped out if they weren't angry fae after all but just the children getting catapulted through time?
There is a lot of amazing lore and history found in this book and some cool worldbuilding. But i wish that the author had just gone through with it instead of sputtering at the end. (Blink if you're being held hostage by an editor!)
So more satisfying than The Nesting was but still kinda unwilling to say Yes. This is why it behaved this way. And guess what? More eerie stuff to come.
But I definitely reccomend it and enjoyed it.