"Astra secretly longs for another life, and hopes to never be initiated into the family coven, the Black Dragon Rose." 

There is nothing more dangerous than an insane witch. Liliya Romanov is bipolar and schizophrenic. Her mother, Dima, had no choice but to curse her with an invisible fence. Nineteen-year-old Astra Romanov is an outsider among normal people. She would like to be anybody but who she is, a third-generation witch. Her family are magical. Astra struggles at the family witchcraft business. Her grandmother Dima is a 187-year-old shapeshifter. 

With the help of a shapeshifting stone, Dima shifts into a young woman Astra's age. Aunt Medea turns into a cat at night. Aunt Nikki is a necromancer and talks to ghosts. As for her mother, Liliya has powerful magic no insane person should have. Liliya is fenced in by enchantment. She is like a caged tiger, biding her time, circling Astra who she thinks of as a kitten. But sometimes, the weakest member of a family proves to be the strongest. 

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.