"Even a woman who turns into a cat when the sun goes down has nine lives. That's how the magic works." 

Sibling rivalry can be wicked when sisters have powerful magic.

Due to her mother's curse, Medea turns into a cat at night. Her mother, Dima, has a shape-shifting stone. She is 130-years-old but appears to be 18, the same age as her two daughters. 

Nikki works as a maid, rather than in the family witchcraft business of fortune-telling, seances, and other witchery-for-hire. She was born a Marilyn Monroe lookalike. Despite her beauty, jealousy eats away at Nikki because her mother and sister have magic. Nor is Nikki allowed near the books of spells, enchantments, and potions Dima stole from Russian monks. 

Medea spends her days reading fortunes and conducting seances. Medea gets to keep half of the money she earns, while Nikki is treated like a slave by their mother. Medea helps Nikki out of one self-induced crisis after another out of both love and guilt. She is tortured by a secret that can destroy the sisterly bond between Nikki and her.

Nikki has her own secret, and is confused and frightened by the magical gift she is developing, a sorcery she cannot control, a magic that will threaten Medea. Nikki keeps seeing dead people.

Please note: The books in the series Romanov Witches Origins are stand-alone books. The books can be listened to in any order. Each book comes to a conclusion, but the story of the Romanov witches continues through time.