Passionate maiden in fiction (6)
I believe the answer is:
stormy
'passionate' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'maiden in fiction' is the wordplay.
'maiden' becomes 'm' (cricket abbreviation).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'fiction' becomes 'story' (story is a kind of fiction).
'm' placed into 'story' is 'STORMY'.
(Other definitions for stormy that I've seen before include "Describes weather with force 11 winds" , "by no means smooth" , "bad weather" , "Full of violent outbursts" , "Full of angry outbursts" .)