Her Siberian Shifter by Faye Avalon

Her Siberian Shifter by Faye Avalon
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Genre: Contemporary, Paranormal
Length: Short story (105 pages)
Other: M/F
Rating: 3 stars
Reviewed by Fern

Late one night, Connie Duncan sees her lover transform into a wolf. Discovering he has the ability to shape-shift is terrifying enough, but when she runs from him she soon discovers that he is searching for her and that when he finds her he doesn’t plan on letting her go.

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When Connie had seen her boyfriend shift into a werewolf, she’d discovered his secret and couldn’t deal with the lies, with knowing he wasn’t really a man but a monster. She had run – trying to hide herself from him. But Tor Vladmir was an excellent tracker, the best, and he’d found her, and he’s not willing to let his woman get away for a second time.

I really struggled to put my finger on why I had trouble getting into this story. I enjoyed Tor’s character, finding him confidant and seductive without crossing over into true arrogance. The premise was also really interesting to me – a quite realistic scenario of a woman running like crazy when faced with the reality that her handsome, sexy boyfriend is actually a werewolf. I can’t possibly fault the reaction because if I were faced with that situation, screaming and running would also be high on my agenda, too. And while it took me a while to warm to Connie’s character, there isn’t really anything tangible that I could fault her for. And yet a part of me rankled that she would so easily ditch her lover and run away, not even willing to entertain the notion of talking to him and finding out what, exactly, was going on. I didn’t like how hard Tor needed to work to convince Connie to simply return to London and her job, to try and give himself time and space to woo her back. It frustrated me that Connie wasn’t willing to even try and meet Tor part-way in understanding and reconnecting with him.

Again, I must stress I understand this is a completely logical and rational response from Connie, I get that. But I suppose I expect more from my romance heroines. I want them to have a tolerant and open mind – maybe even be curious about discovering the world was larger than they had imagined. I think I struggled to get into this story for the very reason I was intrigued by it and picked it out – I wanted to see a more reality-based storyline about a normal heroine finding out her partner turns furry once in a while.

I really enjoyed though watching Connie and Tor getting to know each other again. I loved learning about Tor’s history and how he came to be a shifter, and I was pleased to see how effectively and firmly he went about wooing Connie back. Although the sex scenes happen in the latter half of the story I found them hot and well-written and intense. Tor does hover around the line of creepiness in how far he’s willing to go to try and convince Connie to stay with him. Readers who are firmly against the possibility/threat of kidnapping or holding someone against their will might find this story shades a little too close to that line for comfort.

Personally, once Connie started meeting Tor part way I quite enjoyed this story and found it to be a very realistic storyline and steamily written.