Cold Moon Rising by Sarah Makela

Book Description:
Passions flare when the cold moon rises… 

Kelly: a normal college girl, who knows what she wants—to survive her final exams, and find someone to share her life with. Studying with Jacob is becoming too hot to handle; she’s falling for him, but he’s going too fast… 

Jacob: a not-so-typical frat guy, who hides a secret—he’s a werewolf. Whenever the moon is high, he’s driven to shed his human form and satisfy his powerful desires. He craves Kelly, but she’s pushing him away… 

Fallout: Jacob can smell Kelly’s arousal, but she insists she doesn’t want sex. A wolf can only take so much before his natural instincts win out. When the tension between them explodes, Jacob has no choice but to walk… 

Kidnapped! Kelly is abducted by evil scientists who’ve mistaken her for a female werecat and, despite their differences, Jacob has to try and find her. But it’s a race against time and the lunar tides. The scientists have taken Kelly to their lab and turned her into a shapeshifter for real. The full moon is rising, and soon neither Kelly nor Jacob will be able to control their inner beasts. Who knows what the consequences will be when they are consumed by unquenchable animal lust…

My Thoughts:
I really enjoyed this novella.  Kelly is a typical college student who has a hot study partner in Jacob.  He is a unique guy and she has a palpable attraction to him and him to her.  After a study session gets a little too heated for her, Kelly tells Jacob to leave and then all manner of things break loose!  She is kidnapped and taken to a lab where they are going to experiment on her.  Oh and she finds out the truth about Jacob and things she thought were impossible were in fact quite real.
I liked both the main characters here.  Kelly was a good college student that just got in way over her head.  She wanted Jacob, he wanted her but she wasn't ready.  I was happy to see that Jacob respected her wishes (even if he was a jerk about it).  Not to mention that he was a part of a world that she had no clue existed and that she couldn't be a part of without something drastic happening.  The ending did leave me hanging and I can't wait for what happens next.
I rate this a 4/5.  I cannot wait for the next in this series.

Thank you to the author for the review copy of this book.  I received this book in exchange for an honest review and the opinions stated above are 100% mine.