Turbulent maiden in fiction (6)
I believe the answer is:
stormy
'turbulent' is the definition.
('stormy' can be similar in meaning to 'turbulent')
'maiden in fiction' is the wordplay.
'maiden' becomes 'm' (cricket abbreviation).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'fiction' becomes 'story' (story is a kind of fiction).
'm' inserted within 'story' is 'STORMY'.
(Other definitions for stormy that I've seen before include "''... Weather''(song)" , "Describes weather with force 11 winds" , "'. . . . . . Weather' (sung by Billie Holiday, say)" , "Violent, boisterous" , "Full of violent outbursts" .)