Pages of Shadow and Smoke

Beyond the veil, the deep magic beckons... Since the earliest days of witchcraft, the source of power in Sedgwick Cove has remained a mystery. And for Wren Vesper, who only recently discovered her connection to a powerful family Coven, catching up on sixteen years of missed magical education has become her top priority. But just as she's finding her footing, fate throws her a curveball: a mysterious young woman named Jess Ballard appears on her doorstep, grimoire in hand. Jess claims Wren's grandmother, Asteria, wants her to have it. But there's a problem: Asteria is dead, and the book's sinister past is about to spill into the present. As All Hallows' Eve approaches, and the veil between worlds is at its thinnest, spirit witches have lost contact with their spirit guides, and Wren is desperate to discover why. There is a connection between the elusive Ms. Ballard, the grimoire, and the silence from the spirit world-and the answer is buried within the origin story of Sedgwick Cove itself. A ghost still lingers, desperate for the power she was once promised, and her machinations might just destroy the deep magic forever, unless Wren-and Jess-can stop her. Pages of Shadow and Smoke is the third thrilling installment in E.E. Holmes' Vesper Coven series.