Book Review: Wolf Untamed (SWAT Book 11) by Paige Tyler

Wolf Untamed (SWAT Book 11)

by Paige Tyler
November 24, 2020
Print length: 304 pages

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The guys in the Special Wolf Alpha Team (SWAT) are hotter than ever.

SWAT werewolf Diego Martinez was on a mission to save lives when he walked into the hostage situation—he didn't expect to find a newly turned teenage werewolf and the kid's fiercely protective mother. For Bree Harlow and her son, Brandon, Diego is a godsend, and not just because he saved the day.

Bree has spent the years since her divorce trying to do her best by Brandon. But lately the boy who used to tell her everything has been keeping secrets. In the face of all the bizarre things happening at home, there's something about Diego that Bree can't resist—especially when he's able to explain Brandon's new abilities.

But the hostage incident was just the start in a wave of violence that no one can explain, and when Bree and Brandon are caught in the middle, Diego will do everything in his power to protect the family he wants as his own.

"SWAT is hot hot hot!"—Kerrelyn Sparks, New York Times bestselling author

"Paige Tyler's SWAT series hits all the right marks, blending steamy paranormal fantasy with modern-day realism."—Larissa Ione, New York Times bestselling author

Eleven books in and Paige Tyler has not lost the magic with the SWAT series! There’s a character for every reader and then some!

SWAT member Diego finally gets his own book! Diego can read hostile situations better than his teammates, and he has a knack for being able to talk down most of the dangerous people he comes across. It is what makes him essential as the team’s negotiator. And it is how he meets Bree and her teenage son.

Diego and Bree made such a good couple. I loved how grounded both characters were and how both were naturally nurturing and caring of each other and of Brandon, who happens to be a werewolf. Diego helped Brandon transition into his new life as a beta, all while he was falling for Bree and helping his SWAT team deal with an increasing number of calls for help kept the book at a brisk, intense, and interesting pace. There’s a buildup to something bigger in the plot, and I’m excited to see where this new threat takes these characters and the series.

Wolf Untamed is the first SWAT book to have the influence of the spin-off STAT series woven throughout it and it made a difference. The influence is subtle, but it’s there, and I like the fact that there could be cross overs and team-ups in either series. Without spoiling anything, I will say that the shocking discoveries made a few books back has opened up the SWAT team’s world to a whole new realm of possibilities and threats. And potential mates. It will be interesting to see if any of the remaining SWAT members get paired up with an unusual mate.

All in all, I would say that Wolf Untamed keeps longtime fans interested while getting new fans excited for what’s to come. Can the book be read as a standalone? Sure. But this series deserves to be read from the beginning and in order for maximum enjoyment.

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Rating: 4 sheep

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Paige graduated from The University of West Florida with a degree in education in 2000, but decided to pursue a full-time career as a writer in 2004. Since then, she’s written over fifty books in several genres, including paranormal, contemporary, western, sci-fi and erotica. She loves writing about strong, sexy, alpha males and the feisty, independent women who fall for them. From verbal foreplay to sexual heat, her stories of romance, adventure, suspense, passion and true love will leave you breathlessly panting for more. 

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.

When not working on her latest book, Paige enjoys reading, jogging, P90X, Yoga, Pilates, going to the beach, watching NFL football, watching movies and hanging out with her husband (not necessarily in that order!)

Book Review: Wolf Hunger (SWAT Book 7) by Paige Tyler

Wolf Hunger (SWAT Book 7)

by Paige Tyler

December 5, 2017
322 pages

Sourcebooks Casablanca

Wolf shifter and SWAT Officer Max Lowry falls hard for she-wolf Lana Mason, but things spiral out of control when wolf hunters track her down, and Max realizes Lana has no idea who—or what—she really is.

SWAT Series:

Hungry Like the Wolf (Book 1)

Wolf Trouble (Book 2)

In the Company of Wolves (Book 3)

To Love a Wolf (Book 4)

Wolf Unleashed (Book 5)

Wolf Hunt (Book 6)

Wolf Hunger (Book 7)

Get ready for another action-packed installment of Paige Tyler’s SWAT series!

The guys are back in Dallas and trying to cope with the new information about werewolf hunters that they gained in New Orleans. At an awards ceremony of a few of their own, Max Lowry meets Lana Mason and knows she’s the fated One for him. She also happens to be a werewolf but before Max can settle in and do his own happy dance, he finds out that Lana doesn’t know she’s a werewolf AND she’s the daughter of the deputy chief in charge of the police department’s specialized Tactical Division aka the guy in charge of the SWAT team. So instead of making things easy it actually makes things worse but Max isn’t one to give up and so he and Lana start dating like normal humans. Until the threat of the werewolf hunters reaches Dallas and Max has no choice but to give Lana a crash course on what she is. She doesn’t handle it well of course and the timing couldn’t be worse as the SWAT team is being spread thin with so many werewolves coming to them for protection.

I always enjoy each couple in the SWAT series but Max and Lana are definitely one of my favorites. Max has always seemed like a happy-go-lucky guy until you find out (or remember if you’re a long time fan) that Tyler’s werewolves don’t become werewolves until they’ve experienced a traumatic event. Max’s “event” is one that can hit home for victims of domestic violence because Max is a victim. As big, strong, and good as he is, his past shows a time when he wasn’t. It makes him relatable and an almost perfect hero. He’s funny, charming, and has a protective streak a mile wide.

Lana surprised me too. First of all, she didn’t have a clue that she was a werewolf so that made things a bit interesting. She was so spunky and sassy too! And confident! Lana didn’t let anyone, even her dad cast her into the role of the powerless, placating female while he played the bossy, overprotective father. She was an adult and let him know it.

Paige Tyler delivered more this time around and it made Wolf Trouble a better story for it. There’s more action, more suspense, more romance, and of course more hunky SWAT guys because this book, while a standalone romance needs Max’s fellow alpha wolves to really make the secondary plot work. The book packs a real punch as the impending clash with the vicious and violent werewolf hunters takes a big step forward and hits the SWAT guys close to home. Before this conflict, these wolves were virtually unbeatable and invulnerable to anything but the women (and men) they end up falling for but these hunters aren’t messing around and they’ve come prepared. At one point Wolf Trouble had me biting my nails because Max and his pack were NOT prepared for the attacks against them and it was a close call! That’s good writing folks and I can’t wait to see how the SWAT guys and ladies fight back.

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Sheep Rating: 4 ½

Adria Reyes

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Paige graduated from The University of West Florida with a degree in education in 2000, but decided to pursue a full-time career as a writer in 2004. Since then, she’s written over fifty books in several genres, including paranormal, contemporary, western, sci-fi and erotica. She loves writing about strong, sexy, alpha males and the feisty, independent women who fall for them. From verbal foreplay to sexual heat, her stories of romance, adventure, suspense, passion and true love will leave you breathlessly panting for more. 

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.

When not working on her latest book, Paige enjoys reading, jogging, P90X, Yoga, Pilates, going to the beach, watching NFL football, watching movies and hanging out with her husband (not necessarily in that order!)

Book Review: Bullet Riddled: The First S.W.A.T. Officer Inside Columbine...and Beyond by Grant M. Whitus, Thom Vines

Bullet Riddled: The First S.W.A.T. Officer Inside Columbine...and Beyond

by Grant M. Whitus, Thom Vines

September 1st 2016

Paperback, 249 pages

by Waldorf Publishing

Grant Whitus joined the Colorado SWAT in 1992. His 17 year career was one of constant headlines. Among leading countless drug raids and hostage situations, he was on the front lines of the Columbine Massacre, the Platte County Tragedy, the Albert Petrosky shooting, and the Granby tank rampage.

Speaking for the first time, Whitus gives the unvarnished truth of those, and many other, major SWAT operations. Now retired, he opens up about his time behind the shield. Bullet Riddled is the full unabridged disclosure of what happened during his storied career; including the brutal morning of the Columbine Massacre. More than just a retelling, Bullet Riddled is an in-depth look at the day-to-day of SWAT and focuses on the men and women who inherit so much pain to keep us safe.

Nowhere is this more apparent than in the aftermath of the Columbine tragedy. The following days saw major changes within SWAT: Men cracked, leaders folded and the entire country demanded changes. But these changes, like all reforms, met with stiff resistance from the old guard. Friendships turned into rivals and the infrastructure of SWAT began to unravel. As resignations piled up, Grant rebuilt the entire team from hand-selected recruits. He finally had his elite team, one that would face new demons and disorders.

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Let me preference this by saying I am one of those "stupid liberals" that Mr. Whitus hates so much. This poorly written memoir of a former S.W.A.T team member is riddled not with bullets but with cliché right-wing propaganda. The author clearly shows his lacking vocabulary with every other word being f***, sh**, goddamnit, etc. Within the first few chapters you realize how unstable this guy is, seriously, he’s borderline scary. He talks about wanting to "kill them all" when confronting criminals (because this country totally doesn’t have trial by jury). Whitus rants frequently about how stupid liberals are, and how they all hate cops and blah, blah, blah, Fox News watching, testosterone filled, egotistic jerk.

Here’s a piece of gold (talking about cop hating liberals): “Yet afterward, they go back to hating us and all we stand for, for taking care of business they’d never have had the balls to tackle themselves… hypocrites.”

Side note: Mr. Whitus I am one of these bleeding heart liberals you hate so much. I am part of the movement that demands a higher standard for police officers, but I love the men and women in blue who risk their lives every day. My industry works closely with these people and I have the highest respect for them. I take offense to this statement and let me assure you should someone threaten me, my friends or my family that I surely have the "balls’ to ‘take care of business."

Seriously, this guy is a jerk. He uses his involvement in the Columbine shooting to brag on himself. He clearly sees himself as a god like hero (and he is a hero, as are all the men and women who put their lives on the line to protect us) but that doesn’t excuse his thinly veiled racism and prejudices.

I would also expect someone in his position to use a little bit more respect when describing crime scenes, victims, and the dead.

Perhaps his political views would have been bearable had his writing been better, but it’s not. The book is written like a drunk man rambling at the bar. The biggest problem I have is the highly graphic photographs of the killers (including the Columbine killers). As someone who works with the dead, I am against showing the bodies of the deceased (especially in violent deaths) no matter how evil they are. His use of these photos is clearly to shock the reader (see how tough he is yet?) but it’s just disrespectful to the families.

He also brags about assaulting a suspect in handcuffs (beyond illegal) and how he has an insatiable urge to kill the ‘evil’. I suggest Mr. Whitus stop writing and focus on his deep seeded issues.

If you’re a Fox News watching, liberal hating, fellow who likes to read at a fifth grade level, then maybe this book for you. If you’re not, save yourself the time. He barely talks about Columbine anyways.

1.5 Sheep

RenS

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Sergeant Grant Whitus is a 26-year veteran of a Colorado sheriff’s office. He served 17 years on SWAT, the last seven as the Team Leader.

Grant was the Lead SWAT Team member during the Columbine High School shooting. He gave aid to the teacher who was shot and then was the first to enter the library and locate the shooters. Listen to the true and accurate account of what occurred at Columbine from the person who was actually there. Grant was also the Team Leader during the Bulldozer Incident in Granby, CO. Additionally, he was the Team Leader who devised and executed the explosive tactical plan for the Hostage Rescue at Platte Canyon High School in September 2006, the only one of its kind. Most recently, Grant was the Team Leader during an Officer Rescue where over thirty rounds were fired. The officer was rescued without injury while the suspect was shot by S.W.A.T.

Grant is a certified Explosive Breacher and a Colorado POST Certified Instructor for the Law Enforcement Training Academy. He teaches Officer Survival, Building Searches, Rapid and Immediate Deployment (RAID), Single Officer Response (Lone Wolf), SWAT, Responding to In-Progress Calls, Law Enforcement Driving, Precision Immobilization Technique, Building Searches, Close Combat Techniques, Traffic Stops, and Civil Law for the Patrol Officer, as well as many other disciplines.

Grant attended Arapahoe and Red Rocks Community Colleges.

He has received 16 Medals, including five Medals for Valor, and is the most decorated employee at the sheriff’s office. In 2002, Grant and his SWAT Team were honored as “Police Officer of the Year”

Grant has been featured on: FOX NEWS, ABC News Denver, CNN, CBS News, ABC New York, FOX Business, ABC News Radio, Dr. Drew Pinsky, FOX and Friends, Al Sharpton/Politics Nation, MSNBC, The Lip TV, Law Enforcement Today, MSNBC Morning Joe, iHeart Radio, NPR, NBC Affiliates, CBS Affiliates, ABC Affiliates, FOX Affiliates, Al Jazeera TV, Examiner.com and The National Review, to list a few

Book Review: To Love a Wolf (SWAT: Special Wolf Alpha Team #4) by Paige Tyler

To Love a Wolf (SWAT: Special Wolf Alpha Team #4)
by Paige Tyler

June 7th 2016
Paperback, 352 pages
Sourcebooks Casablanca
"SWAT is hot hot HOT!"-Kerrelyn Sparks, New York Times bestselling author

HE'S FOUND THE ONE...

SWAT officer Landry Cooper is certain Everly Danu is The One. The problem is, she has no idea what Cooper really is. And as much as he wants to trust her, he's not sure he can share his deepest secret...

When Everly's family discovers Cooper's a werewolf, her brothers will do anything to keep them apart-they'll kill him if they have to. Everly is falling hard for the ridiculously handsome SWAT officer, and she's not about to let her brothers tell her who she can love... Until Cooper's secret is exposed and she discovers the man she thought she knew is a monster in disguise.

BUT CAN HE KEEP HER?

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When SWAT officer Landry Cooper meets Everly Danu, he’s certain she’s The One, only she doesn’t know that he and his team are werewolves but Everly’s brothers do and they’ll do whatever it takes to keep Landry away from Everly. But when Everly eventually does find out Landry’s secret it brings back painful memories from her past and forces her to make a choice.

I enjoy this series so much in part because the paranormal aspects don’t overwhelm the rest of the story and it flows smoothly from one scene to the next. Even the action sequences were smooth because there wasn’t a lot of paranormal type fighting going on. Landry and the rest of the SWAT team are wolf shifters with enhanced senses and that was it because the main focus of To Love a Wolf was always Landry and Everly’s story.

Speaking of Landry and Everly…

I just LOVED these two. I think they just might be neck in neck with the couple from book 2, Xander and Khaki for the #1 spot on my “Favorite Couples” list. All the SWAT guys are dreamy and total alphas (The attractive kind, not the ugly controlling kind) but Landry was the go-to guy when they had problems. He was the voice of reason, the giver of advice, and the most loyal of friends. I loved his calm, compassionate nature because it went so well with his alpha side and balanced him out as a character.

Everly was such a good match for Landry. She was tough when she needed to be because...hello, she was raised by her father and three brothers after her mother died so she kind of had to be tough or get run over by all the males in her life. I loved how assertive she could be when it came to what she wanted, but at the same time she loved her brothers and her father so her relationship with Landry put her in a tough situation. You gotta love a character that is torn between her family and her man, yet stands her ground. I loved her and Landry as a couple because they alternated between tender and sweet and hot and sexy. It was overall a great combination to me. Friendship and love make for two great foundations for a relationship and these two had it in spades.

Their connection and relationship felt very real to me and later after I finished the book I read in the author’s acknowledgements that Landry and Everly were fashioned after the author’s husband and herself respectively. I thought this was pretty neat and seriously, Landry and Everly were a really great couple and I fell in love with their story, so yay for the real life inspiration. *cue sighs and swoons*

Of course, you can’t have a SWAT book without having the other members of the team make appearances and it was great to see Xander, Khaki, Becker, Jayna, and all the rest of the extended family again. I just loved the camaraderie among them and the good natured teasing that came with the territory. There’s always humor to be found in those scenes and To Love a Wolf had plenty of moments like that.

Paige Tyler is one of those authors that just rocks when it comes to a sexy, action packed paranormal romance. I get so excited when one of her SWAT books is about to be released because I just know it’s going to be fun. To Love a Wolf is a must have for fans of both paranormal romance and romantic suspense because it excels at both. I’m already excited for the next book in the series!


Review: Wolf Trouble (SWAT, #2)
Review: In the Company of Wolves (SWAT, #3)

Rating: 4 Sheep

Adria Reyes

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Paige graduated from The University of West Florida with a degree in education in 2000, but decided to pursue a full-time career as a writer in 2004. Since then, she’s written over fifty books in several genres, including paranormal, contemporary, western, sci-fi and erotica. She loves writing about strong, sexy, alpha males and the feisty, independent women who fall for them. From verbal foreplay to sexual heat, her stories of romance, adventure, suspense, passion and true love will leave you breathlessly panting for more. 

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.

When not working on her latest book, Paige enjoys reading, jogging, P90X, Yoga, Pilates, going to the beach, watching NFL football, watching movies and hanging out with her husband (not necessarily in that order!)

Book Review: In the Company of Wolves Series: SWAT, #3 by Paige Tyler

In the Company of Wolves Series: SWAT, #3
by Paige Tyler
December 1st, 2015
288 pages
Sourcebooks Casablanca
ISBN: 9781492608530
He opened his mouth to order her to drop the MP5 she had aimed at him, but nothing would come out. It was like she’d robbed him of the ability to speak. Shooting her wasn’t an option, though. And the idea of arresting her didn’t make him feel any better.

There's a new gang of criminals in town who are organized and ruthless in the extreme. When Eric Becker, along with the rest of the Dallas SWAT team, ends up in the middle of a shootout, he immediately senses werewolves-a lot of them. Turns out, the new bad guys are a pack of wolf shifters.

In a spray of gunfire, Becker comes face-to-face with the most gorgeous woman he's ever seen. Becker does the logical thing. He hides her and leaves the scene with the rest of his team.
Jayna Winston has no idea why that SWAT guy helped her, but she's glad he did. Ever since she and her pack mates got mixed up with those Eastern European mobsters, everything had pretty much fallen apart.

So what's a street-savvy thief like Jayna going to do with a hot alpha-male wolf who's a police officer?

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A new gang of criminals gives the Dallas SWAT team a run for their money when it’s discovered they’re actually a pack of wolf shifters! The discovery comes right in the middle of a shootout with the criminals and while SWAT member Eric Becker is staring into the most beautiful woman he’s ever seen. Too bad she’s with the bad guys or is she? Becker does the first thing that comes to mind and hides her from his team, allowing her to escape. Jayna Winston’s confusion over the SWAT member’s assistance doesn’t have long to set in before she’s back with her pack and the problems they’ve acquired since they became involved with mobsters. It isn’t long before Becker finds his mystery woman and gets mixed up in all sorts of trouble.

So not gonna lie, my eyes glaze over when I think of how many male wolf shifters there are on the Dallas SWAT team. Sixteen. Yup, sixteen sexy, raw, alpha wolf stud muffins. Let’s all let that sink in for a few moments…

Okay, moment over because it’s Eric Becker’s turn to find The One. That one mate destined for that one wolf and it seems like Jayna is it for him but there are a nest of obstacles for these two lovebirds, mainly that they seem to be on opposite sides of the law. But Becker is nothing if not tenacious.

He’s also completely different from his leader Gage Dixon and second in command, Xander Briggs. Becker is more laid back and dare I say gentler than Gage and Xander when it came to dealing with outsiders. He’s funny and when he was paired up with his best friend and fellow SWAT member Landry Cooper, too darn adorable. Becker was a thinker and a pretty patient guy when it comes to Jayna.

Jayna is a survivor, a scrappy little thing who has hidden strength and perseverance. While she wasn’t as tough or confident as Khaki (Who is my absolute favorite so far), Jayna has a few tricks up her sleeve and more than one secret in her life. I liked her loyalty to her small pack within the pack and her dedication to doing what was right. By the end of In the Company of Wolves she really found her strength and her voice.

In the Company of Wolves has a slower pace than its predecessors that was most notable when it came to Becker and Jayna’s relationship. It took awhile for it to go from a mutual attraction to an actual relationship with smooching and even longer before any clothes came off. It’s not a complaint just an observation, and it worked for these two because Jayna was skittish and had more pressing concerns than a big sexy alpha following her around.

Paige Tyler’s SWAT world was drastically expanded in this book to include more than just alpha males and I love that readers get to learn about these new developments along with the guys and gals of the SWAT team. It doesn’t make the world that Tyler created seem overwhelming with too much too soon. Little by little does wonders. Sixteen shape shifting stud muffins are overwhelming enough as it is, in a really good way.

What really made In the Company of Wolves feel like a fleshed out story were the supporting cast. They were more than just Becker’s team mates, though I really do adore Cooper who seems to always end up in the middle of his team mates’ love lives. Jayna comes with interesting pack members who ended up stealing my heart. My favorite though was Tuffie, the rescued pit bull mix from the previous book who only has a handful of scenes but manages to steal those scenes from whoever is there with her.

Becker and Jayna’s story is all their own but it still manages to feel like part of a larger plot so while it can be read as a standalone, I would suggest reading the series in order because each book has been ah-mazing so far and each of the sexy shifters is worth getting to know.

Review: Wolf Trouble (SWAT, #2)

Sheep Rating: 4 sheep

Adria

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Paige graduated from The University of West Florida with a degree in education in 2000, but decided to pursue a full-time career as a writer in 2004. Since then, she’s written over fifty books in several genres, including paranormal, contemporary, western, sci-fi and erotica. She loves writing about strong, sexy, alpha males and the feisty, independent women who fall for them. From verbal foreplay to sexual heat, her stories of romance, adventure, suspense, passion and true love will leave you breathlessly panting for more. 

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.

When not working on her latest book, Paige enjoys reading, jogging, P90X, Yoga, Pilates, going to the beach, watching NFL football, watching movies and hanging out with her husband (not necessarily in that order!)

Book Review: Wolf Rising (SWAT Book 8) by Paige Tyler

Wolf Rising (SWAT Book 8)

by Paige Tyler 

October 30, 2018
384 pages

Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
"Intense action, sizzling romance, and bold writing... Paige Tyler has a new fan in me!"―LARISSA IONE, New York Times Bestselling Author, for Wolf Hunger

Just when he's found The One...he might lose her.

SWAT Officer Jayden Brooks doesn't believe there's a soul mate out there for him―The One. But when he saves high school teacher Selena Rosa from a hostage situation, he knows he's in big trouble. Her scent is irresistible.

Selena finds the big cop irresistible, too. In fact, the buttoned-up teacher gets a little carried away―during a steamy make-out session, she bites him. Turns out, the traumatizing events at the school triggered her werewolf gene. Fangs and claws are appearing and her aggression is out of control. The change is happening, and Selena doesn't understand.

It's going to take everything Brooks has to pull her back from the edge...and ultimately win her heart.

SWAT Series:

Hungry Like the Wolf (Book 1)

Wolf Trouble (Book 2)

In the Company of Wolves (Book 3)

To Love a Wolf (Book 4)

Wolf Unleashed (Book 5)

Wolf Hunt (Book 6)

Wolf Hunger (Book 7)

Wolf Rising (Book 8)

Readers are hungry for Paige Tyler's SWAT series:

"I don't think I will ever get enough of Paige Tyler's Special Wolf Alpha Team."―Night Owl Reviews Top Pick, 5 Stars

"I love the SWAT series, I love Paige Tyler, and now multiply this tenfold!"―Fresh Fiction

"The chemistry is scorching hot."―RT Book Reviews

Most series would have lost my interest by now but not the SWAT series by Paige Tyler! She’s back with an all new book in the super hot, super intense series about a group of alpha werewolves working as a SWAT unit in Dallas. The series has expanded since the first book and now includes beta wolves, omega wolves, and more. I couldn’t be more thrilled with the direction this series is heading.

Taking the lead this time is werewolf Jayden Brooks, a character longtime fans (like me) are familiar with. He essentially rescues teacher Selena Rosa from a hostage situation involving one of her former students when he realizes she’s The One. Basically, it means she’s the one fated to be his lifetime love and partner. But of course, things get complicated real fast because that hostage situation just triggered Selena’s werewolf gene and she’s going through the change. Worse, she’s showing signs of becoming an omega wolf, the most out of control and violent breed Brooks has come across.

Wolf Rising takes on a more urgent tone than its predecessors because the werewolf hunters introduced a few books back are getting more and more aggressive in their quest to eradicate Brooks and his fellow wolves. There’s a lot of tension present throughout the whole story and the hunters serve as a conflict that is going to take not just all of the SWAT team, but all the allies they’ve managed to make along the way. It’s a two steps forward, three steps back kind of game that has me coming back to this series as eager as I was when I picked up the first book a few years ago.

As bad as the hunters are, they don’t take away the spotlight from Brooks and Selena. Their romance is complicated but it’s a solid one, and yes it is a case of near instantaneous love for them, but because Wolf Rising is a paranormal romantic suspense it works really well. Brooks is total boyfriend material and Selena is a tough as nails woman more than capable of learning to control her aggressive wolf side which was a conflict all its own. In this book, readers learn more about the omega wolves that up until now were thought to be irredeemable and dangerous. I really love how Tyler has managed to keep the series fresh by weaving more strands into a world she’s already established without overcomplicating things or confusing readers. She doesn’t overdo it when she’s rehashing previous events to catch new readers up, and she makes sure that longtime readers get fresh, new material.

One of the constant things I really enjoy about Wolf Rising and the books before it is the relationship and work dynamic between the SWAT team. They’re not a group of wolves following an alpha, they’re ALL alpha wolves. They just don’t have the controlling d-bag tendencies that seem to be popular in other sub-genres of romance. These wolves are big, bad, and dangerous but they also have the ability to crack readers up with their sometimes childish teasing of each other. Brooks gets teased by his fellow alphas but he knows that they are the ones he can count on to watch his back. After they’ve made fun of him of course. I love those guys. Every single one of them.

Overall, Wolf Rising is a stand out addition to the SWAT series with the edge-of-your-seat suspense, red-hot romance, and a cast of werewolves that you can’t help but fall in love with. I can’t wait for the next book.

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Sheep Rating: 4 ½ Sheep

Adria Reyes

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Paige graduated from The University of West Florida with a degree in education in 2000, but decided to pursue a full-time career as a writer in 2004. Since then, she’s written over fifty books in several genres, including paranormal, contemporary, western, sci-fi and erotica. She loves writing about strong, sexy, alpha males and the feisty, independent women who fall for them. From verbal foreplay to sexual heat, her stories of romance, adventure, suspense, passion and true love will leave you breathlessly panting for more. 

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.

When not working on her latest book, Paige enjoys reading, jogging, P90X, Yoga, Pilates, going to the beach, watching NFL football, watching movies and hanging out with her husband (not necessarily in that order!)

Book Review: Wolf Hunt (SWAT Book 6) by Paige Tyler

Wolf Hunt (SWAT Book 6)

by Paige Tyler

June 6, 2017

352 pages

A STORM IS BREWING...

Remy Boudreaux is back in his hometown, New Orleans. He's there with three of his fellow Dallas SWAT officers for a week of training with the NOLA PD. On the eve of a tropical storm, Remy and his buddies prowl the French Quarter. One tantalizing scent captures Remy's senses, forcing him to follow until he is face to face with Triana Bellamy—his beautiful high school crush.

After reconnecting, Remy and Triana are close—very. Remy struggles to keep things casual. Ever since his partner—and first love—was killed on the job, he's kept women at a distance.

But when a mysterious wolf pendant ropes them both into danger, Remy's protective instincts kick in. He may have to reveal his true self...and hope Triana accepts him.

SWAT (Special Wolf Alpha Team) Series 

Hungry Like the Wolf (Book 1)

Wolf Trouble (Book 2)

In the Company of Wolves (Book 3)

To Love a Wolf (Book 4)

Wolf Unleashed (Book 5)

Wolf Hunt (Book 6)

Wolf Hunt takes a few of the Dallas SWAT members to New Orleans to help the NOLA P.D. with training. For Remy Boudreaux though it’s a homecoming, especially when he picks up on an irresistible scent that leads him straight to his old friend and high school crush Triana Bellamy. Even though things between them quickly heat up, Remy is determined to keep things casual but when Triana’s life is put in danger because of a mysterious pendant, Remy sticks closer to keep her safe.

Paige Tyler has fast become THE author I go to when I want a bit of the paranormal to go with a steamy romance, she’s got a team of hunky alpha werewolves that not only work together as a pack but they bring out the funny in each other. It’s like a testosterone filled comedy sometimes and I always look forward to those scenes as much as I do the romance.

Remy just might give Xander a run for his money as my favorite SWAT male (Khaki will forever hold the title as my favorite female cause she’s female, awesome and an alpha!). Remy’s a smooth talking charmer with a healthy dose of wariness when it comes to love because his first love was killed on the job. There was just something so effortlessly seductive about him. I’m telling you, Xander had better watch out!

Triana on the other hand had no idea that Remy was a werewolf. She was just happy to see him again and a little surprised at the intense attraction between them. I enjoyed Triana because she wasn’t some silly girl with mush for brains. She loved her hometown but she also knew that she had to know how to defend herself in any way she could. She was a smart, sassy, fun, and had her own kind of charm that came from being confident in her own abilities.

Wolf Hunt had a lot of the same wit and brisk pace that I’ve come to love about the SWAT series but it was also a little different too. For starters, with everything going on in Wolf Hunt Remy and Triana’s romance kind of takes a back seat which normally would bother me except there is so much excitement and new developments going on that it didn’t take away from my overall enjoyment of the story. Then there’s the fact that the story takes place in New Orleans instead of Dallas which exposes the Remy and the three team members that go with him to a new environment. And finally there was more than just the typical drug runners and thieves that Remy and his fellow SWAT members had to deal with: A group of people who know of the existence of werewolves and are hunting them down. As tough as the SWAT guys are, they don’t seem too prepared for a group that may know more about them than they do. It will be interesting to see in what direction Tyler takes the series with this new threat. I know I’m excited to see what will happen, so long as there’s always a member of the SWAT team around I know it will be good. I just love the idea of an all alpha group of werewolves who can work together and live like a family.

Sheep Rating: 4 ½ Shifter Sheep

Adria Reyes

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Paige graduated from The University of West Florida with a degree in education in 2000, but decided to pursue a full-time career as a writer in 2004. Since then, she’s written over fifty books in several genres, including paranormal, contemporary, western, sci-fi and erotica. She loves writing about strong, sexy, alpha males and the feisty, independent women who fall for them. From verbal foreplay to sexual heat, her stories of romance, adventure, suspense, passion and true love will leave you breathlessly panting for more. 

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.

When not working on her latest book, Paige enjoys reading, jogging, P90X, Yoga, Pilates, going to the beach, watching NFL football, watching movies and hanging out with her husband (not necessarily in that order!)