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Stolen
When Kyla March finds a wounded young man hiding in her father’s clinic, it doesn’t take her long to realize that Marek is more than he seems. Their lives become entangled in a world of kidnapped children, renegade Shifters, and the men who will stop at nothing to erase their existence.
In a world governed by winged Falconan soldiers that rule the streets, Kyla and Marek have to decide who they can trust, and how they can make a difference, when the fate of Kyla’s family and the love that has grown between them hangs in the balance.
In a world governed by winged Falconan soldiers that rule the streets, Kyla and Marek have to decide who they can trust, and how they can make a difference, when the fate of Kyla’s family and the love that has grown between them hangs in the balance.
- GenresFantasy
279 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 12, 2012
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About the author
Cheree Alsop
171 books492 followersCheree Alsop is an award-winning, best-selling author and the mother of a beautiful, talented daughter and amazing twin sons who fill every day with joy and laughter. She is married to her best friend, Michael, the light of her life and her soulmate who shares her dreams and inspires her by reading the first drafts of each book. Cheree is a fulltime author and mother, which is much more fun than work! She enjoys reading, riding her motorcycle on warm nights, and playing with her twins while planning her next book. She is also a bass player for their rock band, Alien Landslide.
Cheree and Michael live in Utah where they rock out, enjoy the outdoors, plan great adventures, and never stop dreaming.
Check out Cheree’s other books at www.chereealsop.com
Cheree and Michael live in Utah where they rock out, enjoy the outdoors, plan great adventures, and never stop dreaming.
Check out Cheree’s other books at www.chereealsop.com
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August 13, 2016
Stolen by Cheree Alsop is about young love caught in the middle of a supernatural turf war. The shapeshifters were a failed experiment, thrown out and discarded. Splicing genes of humans with animals left the children too self aware, too independent. The Falconans are the new, better version. And it’s their job to wipe out the remaining shifters. Marek is a wolf shifter, injured in the fight, finding shelter in a veterinary clinic. Kyla is a sweet, human girl, startled by the request for help from a bleeding boy on the floor of her father’s animal hospital.
Although not your traditional ‘werewolf’ story, Stolen brings everything we love about shapeshifter stories. And not all the shifters are wolves, as some are birds or cat breeds. Kyla finds Marek too courageous to resist, and Marek finds Kyla’s ordinary life a lure he can’t decline. As the Falconans come for them and secrets are revealed, they are caught in a fight they’re not sure they want to win.
I admire Marek in this book, as he’s taken on a leadership role and something of a big brother role to the other shifters in his pack. He’s determined to keep them safe, at any cost. But he’s still human enough to miss his family, and ache for the love he sees in Kyla’s. Kyla is terrified, but she steps up to the plate and shows herself willing to do whatever it takes to help Maret and the little family he’s introduced her to.
Although not your traditional ‘werewolf’ story, Stolen brings everything we love about shapeshifter stories. And not all the shifters are wolves, as some are birds or cat breeds. Kyla finds Marek too courageous to resist, and Marek finds Kyla’s ordinary life a lure he can’t decline. As the Falconans come for them and secrets are revealed, they are caught in a fight they’re not sure they want to win.
I admire Marek in this book, as he’s taken on a leadership role and something of a big brother role to the other shifters in his pack. He’s determined to keep them safe, at any cost. But he’s still human enough to miss his family, and ache for the love he sees in Kyla’s. Kyla is terrified, but she steps up to the plate and shows herself willing to do whatever it takes to help Maret and the little family he’s introduced her to.
June 1, 2014
I have yet to be disappointed in a book written by this author. This book was no exception. I had to sit down and finish it in one setting because I liked it so much. (I hope there are more with this book!) Anyways. One of my absolute favorite things about this book was the strong family of the main character. The parents supported their daughter and the brother supported his sister and they all watched out for each other in addition to trying to help the Shifters. I was just impressed that despite the danger and everything else, they were united. I loved the plot and the characters too. It was just a great book!
June 17, 2015
Fantastic
Cheree Alsop has done it again. I absolutely love her books and this one is no different.
The plot is similar to her two phenomenal series, The Silver Series and Galdoni Series but that didn't stop me from enjoying this.
I was swept up in the story and characters and loved it. The characters were easy to root for and I enjoyed the journey that they each went on.
This book has everything I love from action to adventure to romance and suspense.
Cheree Alsop has done it again. I absolutely love her books and this one is no different.
The plot is similar to her two phenomenal series, The Silver Series and Galdoni Series but that didn't stop me from enjoying this.
I was swept up in the story and characters and loved it. The characters were easy to root for and I enjoyed the journey that they each went on.
This book has everything I love from action to adventure to romance and suspense.
January 19, 2019
A great novel
This novel has everything you would ask for in paranormal book. The storyline takes hold and gets better with each page. The town is besieged by a federally funded band of deviants who steal children. It is exciting and the leader of a band of fail experiments try to right the wrong. It was hard to put the book down.
This novel has everything you would ask for in paranormal book. The storyline takes hold and gets better with each page. The town is besieged by a federally funded band of deviants who steal children. It is exciting and the leader of a band of fail experiments try to right the wrong. It was hard to put the book down.
January 19, 2013
A great read with believable characters that hook you instantly. I did find it pretty easy to predict the big "surprise" at the end of the book, but all in all I was left wanting to read more when the book was finished.
November 9, 2018
Not what I expected.
I did not have time to read this book. I have been babysitting my grandson but I was so involved and immersed in the story that putting it down was not an option. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for another great book from you, and I mean that!!!!
I did not have time to read this book. I have been babysitting my grandson but I was so involved and immersed in the story that putting it down was not an option. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for another great book from you, and I mean that!!!!
April 14, 2015
Wasn't a bad book. It was actually pretty good. A little more young adult than I usually read. And I thought they ended it with a couple of loose ends but other than that it was "aight"
June 19, 2018
Loved it
A very good read for any who like clean shifter stories. Definitely would recommend this book to any teen or adult.
A very good read for any who like clean shifter stories. Definitely would recommend this book to any teen or adult.
August 25, 2021
Great story
I loved the characters and their development. When I started the book, I couldn't put it down. Cheree Alsop is one of my favourite writers. Well done!
I loved the characters and their development. When I started the book, I couldn't put it down. Cheree Alsop is one of my favourite writers. Well done!
April 1, 2013
2 stars
At first I loved this book. I loved the idea, the plot, the characters and the world it was set in. But like most relationships, after the initial 'infatuation period' wore off I began to see some holes beneath the surface.
The first that really caught me was during one scene that . Marek's reaction to this struck me as so out of character, so strange and unusual. He swore off guns entirely, though he supported the rest of the Pack learning how to competently shoot the weapons. In fact he was glad to know that there would be others who could defend the Den, if needed. It seems to me that in the year or two (perhaps three, given the age of Whisper and when she was rescued) in all the rescue attempts they've had, the Lost would have been shot at (injured, or even killed) and the Shifters would have been injured as well. So for him to react in such a manner struck me as completely wrong. He's seen so much death and hurt why would this one scene be the one to break him when he's recently found something else to fight for and protect? It seemed like his entire character was... off. I wish his reaction had been explained better, because I really didn't understand it.
Another thing that struck me as... wrong was the fact that Kayla was brought along with the Pack on a rescue mission to save Lost kids. Why bring her? It put her in danger (since no one explained the 'plan' to her, or what was really going on. They basically gave her a gun and she didn't know how to use it. Talk about useless and dangerous) and it put the pack in serious danger since they had to take time out of the 'plan' to rescue Kayla at one point. Heck, it even put the Lost children in danger. It was a down right stupid move and she was a detriment and a danger to everything. I understand why Marek wanted her along (to see what they did and how dangerous it was.) but there was a better way to show her the world they live in.
The same thing happened later in the book, they brought Kayla and her father along to save . That's great and all, but they were more of a detriment than an asset to the team. It also made no sense to call for back up and then not wait for the backup to arrive and coordinate an attack together, to make sure you don't accidentally shoot one of your own.
Another thing, the Falconan's are the 'protectors' in this world, everyone feels more comfortable with them 'protecting them'. But in a major fight scene police showed up on the Shifter's side and helped to gun down/stop the Falconans. This is explained a little later on (the Pack saved the Police Chiefs kids and he was helping them as best he could) but this explanation is weak at its best. If the Falconan's are protectors, then why... or rather how could the police chief rally the 'troops' against the Falconan's. This confuses me, especially since Shifters are supposed to be turned into the government when found. The police, once on the scene, learned that there were Shifters in the battle and they still helped those Shifters out. It seems to me they would have turned to the Falconan's side, not the 'renegade shifters'.
Right around the time Marek swore off guns was where this book began the turn from a 3.5 star book down to a 2 star book. In the end I hated Marek, a character I had loved in the beginning of the book.
I won't even start on the numerous spelling, verbal and pronoun errors that occurred because that would take this review a little too far.
All in all: I loved the idea of this book, but I am saddened with how it was pieced together.
At first I loved this book. I loved the idea, the plot, the characters and the world it was set in. But like most relationships, after the initial 'infatuation period' wore off I began to see some holes beneath the surface.
The first that really caught me was during one scene that . Marek's reaction to this struck me as so out of character, so strange and unusual. He swore off guns entirely, though he supported the rest of the Pack learning how to competently shoot the weapons. In fact he was glad to know that there would be others who could defend the Den, if needed. It seems to me that in the year or two (perhaps three, given the age of Whisper and when she was rescued) in all the rescue attempts they've had, the Lost would have been shot at (injured, or even killed) and the Shifters would have been injured as well. So for him to react in such a manner struck me as completely wrong. He's seen so much death and hurt why would this one scene be the one to break him when he's recently found something else to fight for and protect? It seemed like his entire character was... off. I wish his reaction had been explained better, because I really didn't understand it.
Another thing that struck me as... wrong was the fact that Kayla was brought along with the Pack on a rescue mission to save Lost kids. Why bring her? It put her in danger (since no one explained the 'plan' to her, or what was really going on. They basically gave her a gun and she didn't know how to use it. Talk about useless and dangerous) and it put the pack in serious danger since they had to take time out of the 'plan' to rescue Kayla at one point. Heck, it even put the Lost children in danger. It was a down right stupid move and she was a detriment and a danger to everything. I understand why Marek wanted her along (to see what they did and how dangerous it was.) but there was a better way to show her the world they live in.
The same thing happened later in the book, they brought Kayla and her father along to save . That's great and all, but they were more of a detriment than an asset to the team. It also made no sense to call for back up and then not wait for the backup to arrive and coordinate an attack together, to make sure you don't accidentally shoot one of your own.
Another thing, the Falconan's are the 'protectors' in this world, everyone feels more comfortable with them 'protecting them'. But in a major fight scene police showed up on the Shifter's side and helped to gun down/stop the Falconans. This is explained a little later on (the Pack saved the Police Chiefs kids and he was helping them as best he could) but this explanation is weak at its best. If the Falconan's are protectors, then why... or rather how could the police chief rally the 'troops' against the Falconan's. This confuses me, especially since Shifters are supposed to be turned into the government when found. The police, once on the scene, learned that there were Shifters in the battle and they still helped those Shifters out. It seems to me they would have turned to the Falconan's side, not the 'renegade shifters'.
Right around the time Marek swore off guns was where this book began the turn from a 3.5 star book down to a 2 star book. In the end I hated Marek, a character I had loved in the beginning of the book.
I won't even start on the numerous spelling, verbal and pronoun errors that occurred because that would take this review a little too far.
All in all: I loved the idea of this book, but I am saddened with how it was pieced together.
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