Turned

by K.M. Carroll

A loveless marriage. A werewolf curse.

In the rainy near-Earth land of Grayton, Bernard and Charlotte Preston lead separate lives. An arranged marriage has left them with plenty of money and a cold relationship. She craves social esteem--while she wishes for the love her marriage has never contained.

He is an alchemist who is desperately seeking a cure for the werewolf curse. Yet he, too, is plagued by loneliness and a wistful admiration for his distant wife.

When the werewolves attack Lyedyn City the night of the Spring Ball, Bernard and Charlotte together fall under the curse. Retaining only their sanity, they flee the wolf hunters and hide deep in the forest. Hungry and afraid, the estranged couple work together to survive ... and the love they've never had begins to blossom.

But their newfound love may be cut short by the ruthless man who controls the werewolves, and never wants a cure discovered.

Genres: Fantasy, Short Stories, Paranormal, Romance

66 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 26, 2014

Reviews

[Mya · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm very happy to say, I have never read anything like this and that makes me smile. A story were sex is not the main focus point.

[Melissa · Rating 1 out of 5]

How Odd....I stopped reading at 70% I just couldn't read anymore about two humans turned into wolves.....One of the weirdest stories I have read and not in a good way.

[H.L. Burke · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is not a genre I'd usually choose to read, but I really enjoyed an early book by the same writer so I knew at least the writing style wouldn't fail me even if the story wasn't my usual cup of tea. I was right about the writing, it's clean and easily read. The story ... well, werewolves still aren't my cup of tea, but this managed to give me two characters who I cared about and take them through a realistic journey from being somewhat self-centered (even the guy, while it isn't directly stated, I got the feeling he didn't see his marriage as worth pursuit prior to the curse.) characters to being people who believably sacrificed for each other. I read this very quickly and enjoyed it.

[Keanan Brand · Rating 4 out of 5]

Carroll tells an engaging tale, easily read in a single sitting. She does not dwell on the intricacies of politics, society, or how Bernard arrives at his various elixirs, but keeps the story centered on the main couple and how their strained relationship changes and grows into true love over the course of their time in the wild as they work together to survive, and to break the curse over all the werewolves and restore peace to the land.

[Lara · Rating 2 out of 5]

Blessedly short read

When I started reading I was put off by the simplicity of the story. I hated Charlotte who was so vain and status hungry, but Bernard - while a nicer character - also failed to inspire any care. Then I realized that part of the reason I was having trouble connecting with both characters was because the story is written completely by Telling us about emotions, and not Showing. It was a slog to get through because I was so annoyed by the characters and the writing. (I had to persevere for book club, though.) Thankfully it's short, and reading other books between chapters helped. No interest in reading the others in the series, nor the author's backlist.

[Orangetails · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was solidly okay. It was cool to see a werewolf romance story, but I feel that the romance was pushed too far, too fast. It needed more development, and the characters didn't really seem to match well. I will say though, that despite this mishap, the rest of the story was solid. There's science and magic and fighting against the powers that be. A solid idea that lacks a thorough execution.

[K.E. Andrews · Rating 4 out of 5]

Werewolf Regency

I stumbled across this book by accident and really liked it. There seems to be so few werewolf regency books, but this one does a nice job of blending the two.

[Brittany Goodman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute

This is a cute werewolf origins story and the romance is clean. The characters, while frustrating at first grew on me and it was a fun story filled with suspense and danger almost to the last page.
I received this book free from the author in exchange for an honest review.

[T.]

I downloaded Turned as a free novella from Amazon. Well, here's a book with a cover that has nothing to do with the story. Our hero is a short (approx 5 ft tall), balding, pudgy scientist and our (questionable) heroine is a beautiful, snooty, social climber who doesn't understand why her husband ignores her in favor of his privacy in his lab. The story was actually quite interesting and way too short for me. Overall, it seems to be a fable with the lesson being a person is more than their wrapping--mmm, with that in mind, maybe the cover makes sense after all.