Five things that set the shifters from X-Ops apart from others in the paranormal romance world
GIVEAWAY Too! A copy of HER DARK HALF
The entire concept of the X-OPS series started
around 2011, when the Navy SEALs were in the news seemingly every week. As I was
coming up with ideas for the first book in the X-OPS Series (HER PERFECT MATE), I knew I
wanted to partner up shifters with covert operatives. Think putting shifters on
a team with SEALs, Special Forces, CIA or FBI. But for that to work, I knew my
shifters were going to have to be different. I simply couldnβt imagine my
operatives going into a dangerous situation with a partner who couldnβt carry a
weapon when he or she shifted into an animal, even if that partner did have
fangs and claws. I wanted the best of both worlds, so I made my shifters half
animal, half human. That took them in a completely different direction than
youβd normally see in a paranormal romance. Here are a couple different ways my
shifters are unique:
Where They Come From: In X-OPS, shifters arenβt some kind
of monsters, arenβt cursed to live in the darkness, their change isnβt
controlled by the phases of the moon, thereβs no magic involved, and they arenβt
possessed by a demon (which are all very cool ideas by the way). They simply
possess specific pieces of animal DNA in their genes that has turned on. They
donβt turn into their particular animal, but simply display some of that
animalβs traits, like claws, fangs, great night vision, keen sense of smell,
enhanced muscular strength and endurance, etc. It makes them amazing covert
agents, but keeps their interactions with their partners on a more human level.
Kinds of Shifters: In HER PERFECT MATE, Ivy is a
feline shifter. In HER LONE
WOLF, Clayne is a wolf shifter (yeah, the title probably gave that one
away). HER WILD HERO
gave the readers a bear shifter named Declan. HER FIERCE WARRIOR brought
us Minka, another type of feline shifter into the mythology, one who was
man-made when a serum developed from Ivyβs DNA is forced on a person who never
asked for anything like that. Other books in the series show us coyote and fox
shifters, and some that are even more exotic (youβll have to read the books for
the details on this one!). As you can see, I tend to keep all my shifters based
on higher order mammals. Itβs just sexier, I guess. Who wants to read a book
about a hot, hunky squid shifter?
Women get to be shifters too! As you can see from the
stuff I said earlier, a lot of my books focus on female shifters. What can I
say? I love a kick-butt woman that can go toe-to-toe with her male partner. And
what woman out there hasnβt thought about sinking her teeth into a prime hunk of
sexy masculinity? Well, some of my shifter heroines get to do that!
The World Doesnβt Know: The organization that I created,
the Department of Covert Operation (DCO), is buried deep inside Homeland
Security. Almost no one knows it exists, and the fact that the DCO pairs
shifters with normal human operatives is classified out the wazoo. You can
imagine, when the human part on the team ends up finding out what their partner
really is, the sparks fly!
Shifters Arenβt Necessarily Treated Well Even in their own
Organization: Shifters have been hiding their abilities from most of
the world for all of history, knowing theyβd be labeled as freaks if people
knew. People say things behind their backs, and some in the DCO refuse to work
with them. The organization doesnβt really help matters much, considering
shifters to be nothing more than βExtremely Valuable Assetsβ or EVAs for short.
Nothing like being told youβre just another corporate βassetβ to make you feel
valued, huh? This lack of trust and respect makes it hard for most shifters to
trust their new partners. But that only makes the romances in the series that
much better when they happen!
Trusts no one, especially his
devastatingly beautiful new partner
Alina Bosch
Former CIA, newest operative on
the covert team
Hired to spy on her partner
Motto: βNever be
deceived again.β
Coyote shifter Trevor Maxwell is teamed up with CIA agent Alina Bosch to
catch a killer. But when the mission becomes much more dangerous than they
expected, theyβre going to have to ignore the attraction between them and learn
how to trust one another to come out on the other side...
Romance Paranormal |
Romance Military
[Sourcebooks Casablanca, On Sale: September 5,
2017, Mass Market Paperback / e-Book, ISBN: 9781492642404 / eISBN:
9781492642411]
Paige Tyler is a New York Times and USA Today
bestselling author of sexy, romantic fiction. She and her very own military hero
(also known as her husband) live on the beautiful Florida coast with their
adorable fur baby (also known as their dog). Paige graduated with a degree in
education, but decided to pursue her passion and write books about hunky alpha
males and the kickbutt heroines who fall in love with them.
What an exciting series! You have created a very interesting and unique type of shifter. Thanks for sharing. (Bonnie H 10:20am September 14, 2017)
I haven't read any of these books - so now I've added them to my TBR list. They sound great. (Nancy Reynolds 11:09am September 14, 2017)
These books are intriguing and captivating. (Sharon Berger 11:11am September 14, 2017)
Thanks for sharing with us today! (Colleen Conklin 9:15pm September 14, 2017)
Wow reading this and i won;t be able to sleep that is a good book. Thank you for coming and sharing this all with us. Looking forward to reading and posting reviews on sites. Ptclayton2@aol.com (Peggy Clayton 1:08am September 15, 2017)
I had to chuckle at the idea of a squid shifter. Have been enjoying your books. (G. Bisbjerg 1:17pm September 15, 2017)
Thank you for sharing with us.Your book sounds awesome I can't wait to pick up a copy . (Wanda Flanagan 12:56pm September 16, 2017)
I love Paige's imagination! (Diane Sallans 7:23pm September 17, 2017)
Badass hero shifters, two thumbs up! (Linda Knowles 8:52pm September 17, 2017)
Navy Seals and Animals Shifters makes these books, totally awesome. (Wilma Salas 7:12am September 18, 2017)
GREAT WRITER!!!! GREAT BOOKS!!!!! (Jennifer Beck 1:15pm September 18, 2017)
These sound wonderful! I'm adding them to my list! (Colleen Thomas 4:37pm September 18, 2017)
These books sound great! Shifters and strong women! (Tanja Dancy 10:02pm September 18, 2017)
thanks for the giveaway (Emily Stemp 2:29pm September 19, 2017)
Thanks for the description of a shifter. I would love to read your book. Up to now, I've never read a book with one as a character. (Anna Speed 9:49pm September 19, 2017)
Start reading HER DARK HALF at bedtime and expect a sleepless
night!
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