A Little Familiar (Familiar Spirits, #1)

A powerful witch, Piotr Russell has resigned himself to loneliness, because ordinary humans can't know what he is, and other witches are intimidated by his abilities. Generations of Russells have lived and died with only their familiars at their side. The presence of a friendly familiar is enough to keep even the loneliest witch sane, and yet Piotr deliberately hasn't chosen one. He forces himself to keep busy instead, but the emptiness of his house haunts him even more the spirit of Great-...