Wild And Wicked Things by Francesca May

 

Annie has come to Crow Island after the death of her father to settle his estate.  She rents a cottage until she can get her father's house cleared out.  It is on the water and next to a large estate where marvelous parties take place.  She goes to one and it is full of people in fantastic dresses and tuxedos with drink and music flowing.  She also sees her former best friend, Bea.  Bea left their home town a while back saying she needs to get out and see the world.  She is now married to a handsome, rich man but doesn't seem as excited to see Annie as Annie is to see her.

As Annie works on the house, she finds the secret room and things her father hid from others.  It contained a massive book of magic as both he and Annie had magic in them although they tried to hide it from others.  It turns out that Crow Island is known as a home for witches and the coven leader is the owner of the mansion next door to Annie where the parties are held.  Her name is Emily and she has several other witches who live with her, all of whom grew up together.  Annie is immediately attracted to Emily and soon realizes that her attraction to women was the reason she was never that excited about dating men.  But Emily is under a spell herself and is slowly dying.  Is there anything the coven and Annie can do to help?

Francesca May is an English writer who specializes in fantasy.  The writing in the book is lush and sensual as it describes the attraction between Emily and Annie.  There is suspense and magic, good and bad, deaths and new lives.  I listened to this one and there were both male and female narrators.  Both did a good job, racketing up the suspense to a dramatic conclusion.  This book is recommended for fantasy readers.