Paige Tyler is a new-to-me author. Having not read much from her before, I went into WOLF TROUBLE not knowing what to expect, but right from the first page I knew I had found an author worth looking into.
The second book in the SWAT series, WOLF TROUBLE follows Senior Corporal Zander Riggs and his elite pack of alpha wolf shifters. The group of men are badass, dangerous, and extremely sexy. Xander was one of my favorites from the pack. When HR decides that they need to be more diverse, they request the team take on a woman.
Of course, this wouldn't be such a big issue if not for the fact the rest of the team are wolf shifters and they want to keep that information to themselves. So when they end up recruiting their first female member, only one person fits the job: Khaki Blake.
Khaki is just as skilled as the men, maybe even more so in some instances, but she is still a relatively new wolf. She never knew others existed like her so she has hidden her instincts rather than honed them. With the help of Xander and the rest of the boys, Khaki learns more about her wolf side.
Tyler balances the presence of each of the characters well. This is a large group but there's enough page time for each to entice readers with their personality. It also doesn't harm the romance in any way. In terms of the suspense and romance balance, I would say that there's a slight tip in favor for of romance, but there is still enough interesting suspenseful bits that kept me engaged.
I'm already invested in the other characters so there's no question that I will be checking out the other books in the series. For something fun, sexy and suspenseful, Paige Tyler's SWAT series is the place to look.
He's in trouble with a capital T
There's never been a female on the Dallas SWAT team and
Senior Corporal Xander Riggs prefers it that way. The
elite
pack of alpha male wolfshifters is no place for a woman.
But
Khaki Blake is no ordinary woman.
When Khaki walks through the door attractive as hell and
smelling like heaven, Xander doesn't know what the heck
to
do. Worse, she's put under his command and Xander's
protective instincts go on high alert. When things start
heating up both on and off the clock, it's almost
impossible
to keep their heads in the game and their hands off each
other...
Xander had to pick his jaw up off the floor of the
training room when Gage introduced the newest member of
the SWAT team. He didnโt know what to expect, but it sure
as hell wasnโt Officer Khaki Blake. Tall with an athletic
build and just enough curves to fill out the SWAT T-
shirt, she had the biggest brown eyes and softest looking
lips heโd ever seen. She had her dark hair back in a bun,
so he couldnโt tell how long it was, but heโd bet money
it fell past her shoulders. She smelled way too good to
be believed, tooโlike a slice of frosted spice cake in a
uniform.
Shit. He was practically panting. If he didnโt get a grip
soon, he was going to start drooling.
He gave the other guys a covert glance to see how they
were dealing with her scent and was stunned to see that
none of them reacted at all. Why not? His nose wasnโt
that much better than theirs. He knew for a fact that
several of the other guysโCooper Landry and Jayden Brooks
specificallyโcould smell a hell of a lot better than he
could.
Maybe everyone was so mesmerized by finally getting to
see a female version of their kind that the rest of their
senses had stopped working.
Gage had left it up to Xander to fill the guys in on what
had gone down at the meeting with Deputy Chief Mason
while heโd headed home to get ready for his trip to
Washington State. While the guys had been pissed that the
top brass was playing politics with the team, theyโd been
intrigued at the idea of adding a female werewolf to the
Pack.
Theyโd bombarded him with dozens of questions, none of
which he could answer. Was she as fast and strong as they
were? Did her abilities manifest themselves in completely
different ways? Would she be as aggressive as they were
and able to handle herself in a fight? Were there more
like her out there, or was she the only one?
Not all the questions were so general. Brooks wondered
what she would look like, Max Lowry wanted to know if she
would smell like them, and Eric Beckerโฆ Well, Becker just
wanted to know if she liked to wear yoga pants. God, that
kid had an obsession with those things.
Xander had told them what he knewโthat no one except Gage
knew a damn thing about female werewolves. And Xander
wasnโt so sure how much their commander knew, either.
While Xander was lost in thought, Gage turned the floor
over to Khaki, who was currently explaining how much she
appreciated the opportunity to be in SWAT.
โI know I wonโt be handed anything, but I look forward to
proving to every one of you that I belong in the Pack and
on the team.โ She spoke in a light, lilting voice that
surprisingly filled the large classroom. Xander could
definitely pick up the Midwest accent, so she probably
wasnโt originally from the Pacific Northwest. โIโm not
asking for anything from you but a chance to do prove
myself.โ
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