BOOK 1 of the STANDALONE SERIES

"I will live forever. If I could make you, my daughter, live longer than a human, I would. I do not want to be alone again."

A 97-YEAR-OLD FORTUNE-TELLER DISCOVERS THE MAGIC TO BE YOUNG AND LIVE FOREVER. DIMA, the illegitimate granddaughter of Catherine the Great, is doomed to live in poverty until she steals the four Starostavne Books of Magical Spells, Potions, and Enchantments. Years later in Los Angeles, Dima's wild, teenage daughter resents a 112-year-old mother who can shape-shift into the same age as she. MEDEA loathes Dima, who loves her 17 cats more than she does her rebellious daughter. Medea despises a mother who claims all witchcraft as her magic and treats her daughter like a slave. In secret, Medea develops her own sorcery.

(Please note: The books in the series, A Dysfunctional Family of Witches, can be read in any order. Each book comes to a conclusion, but the story of the Romanov witches continues through time.)