Puppet The Curse Series Book 1
Paranormal Romance
Independently Published
April 7, 2020
371
Isabella Calloway discovered her town’s secret when she was at a young age. Years later, not even time could relinquish her desire for the absolute truth. When a man with a haunted smile and familiar golden eyes shows up, Ella finds herself with more questions than answers. He intrigues her in a way that nobody else has before; a dangerous sense of curiosity which she easily falls captive to. The more they tell her to stay away, the closer she is drawn to this mystery of a man. In a town full of lies, Ella finds herself surrounded by friends who could very well be disguised as foes. Through curses, prophecies, and threats from the shadows, her world is shifted into a dark, sinister light. Falling deeper and deeper into this world of mystery, Ella can either fight or succumb to being a puppet with a shadowed face holding the strings.
Reviewed by Linda Tonis
Member of the Paranormal Romance Guild Review Team
At the age of seven Isabella (Ella) Calloway saw a werewolf, a werewolf she was convinced was her brother Jackson who was supposed to be dead. Now at seven she knew the secret of the town and the forest but she had no fear because Jackson was her savior and she spent her life from that day forth seeking him out and telling him her deepest secrets.
Ella is now going into her senior year in high school and has kept her secret from her best friends, Crystal, Kat and Carter Davenport. Carter’s father is the mayor and although Ella knows that Carter thinks of her more than a friend, she sees him as a brother. Everything in her life changes when she meets a stranger, a stranger she seems to feel a connection with, a stranger whose eyes remind her of her wolf, even though that is not possible because her wolf is her brother.
Ella discovers that there is a curse on the Davenport family and that the family is more than she could ever have expected. She grew up with Carter and always spent time at their home but she would soon discover why. Her parents were well off and Ella didn’t lack for anything except the most important thing: feeling loved and wanted. It was her wolf and Carter who always were there when she needed someone but that was all about to change and not for the better.
Ella begins to get threats warning her to stay out of the forest or the wolf she cares so much about could find himself dead. Fear is something that Ella embraces. She doesn’t run from it but runs head first into danger. It was always something she did even as a little child and something that caused her to be punished over and over but didn’t stop her.
Then Ella came face to face with the stranger that she saw and who intrigued her, Miles Adair, will finally reveal all the secrets that Ella has wondered about since she was seven. She will also learn more about herself and I won’t reveal what that is. This book was filled with one secret and one surprise after the other and the only reason I didn’t give it five stars was because it just was too long and began to drag, none the less I look forward to book two.