Title: Wolf
Unleashed
Author: Paige Tyler
Series: SWAT, #5
ISBN: 9781492625988
Pubdate: December 6, 2016
Genre: Paranormal Romance
SHE
BRINGS OUT THE WOLF IN HIM
Lacey
Barton can’t deny her crazy attraction to Alex Trevino, but that doesn’t mean
she has time for the gorgeous SWAT officer. She’s hell-bent on discovering
who’s behind the brutal dogfights sending countless mauled animals to her
veterinarian office. The trail leads Lacey to a ring of vicious drug dealers
and suddenly she’s in way over her head—right smack in the middle of a SWAT
stakeout.
With
Lacey in danger, Alex’s wolf side is unleashed. But when she witnesses Alex
shift, she’s even more terrified… Now it’s up to Alex to crack the case—and
earn back Lacey’s trust and, ultimately, her heart.
Paige Tyler is a New York Times and
USA Today bestselling author of sexy, romantic fiction. Paige writes books
about hunky alpha males and the kick-butt heroines they fall in love with. She
lives with her very own military hero (a.k.a. her husband) and their adorable
dog on the beautiful Florida coast.
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In Wolf Unleashed, the fifth installment in Paige
Tyler’s sexy and suspenseful SWAT series, Lacey, the heroine, is determined to
uncover the perpetrator behind the brutal dogfights that are sending countless
dogs into her vet practice. She fearlessly dives into the case even though it’s
extremely dangerous!
We asked Paige Tyler about her favorite fearless female protagonists
from pop culture. So, who are her
favorites?
Nancy
Drew.
Nancy Drew led the way when I was a kid, showing everybody that she was just as
smart and clever as those Hardy Boys! She trusted her instincts and would jump
into any situation where she thought something suspicious was going on. Nancy
Drew taught me to be fearless when it comes to going after what you believe in.
Excerpt
from Wolf Unleashed
Dr. Barton
was bent over rummaging through a bottom drawer of the built-ins on the far
wall. Even though Alex did his best not to stare, it was impossible not
to notice that she had an incredibly spectacular ass. He’d always been a
leg man, but one look at her derrière and he suddenly decided he’d been missing
out.
Then she
stood up, turned around, and flipped her long, wavy blond hair over her
shoulder, and he realized that the rest of her was equally stunning. While
her baggy white lab coat hid a lot, he could still tell that she had an
athletic build and some really nice curves. It was her face that made his heart
beat faster, though. She had the most captivating pair of blue eyes he’d
ever seen and full red lips just begging to be kissed. From this moment
forward, whenever he pictured an angel, he would think of the beautiful
Dr. Barton.
Alex smiled,
and when she smiled back, he heard her heart thudding a little quicker. But
then she looked down at Tuffie, and her entire expression
changed. Hurrying over, she dropped down to one knee beside Tuffie, gently
examining her ears and face.
She gave Alex
an angry glare. “Please tell me you arrested the people who put this beautiful
girl in a dogfighting ring. Even better—tell me you shot them.”
If Alex had
thought her heart was beating fast before, it was nothing compared to the way
it was thumping now. Clearly, Dr. Barton was very passionate
about protecting dogs. In his book, that made her even more beautiful than
she already was.
“I wish I
could, but unfortunately, we never found the people who did it,” Alex said. “We
rescued Tuffie when her owner was killed. He died trying to protect
her from a psychopath armed with a rifle.”
Dr. Barton’s
gaze went back to Tuffie, her expression turning from anger to sadness as she
ran her fingers down the fresh scars along the dog’s chest and side.
“Looks like she got shot anyway.”
“Yeah. It’s a
miracle she lived long enough for my teammate and me to get her here in time
for Doc Jones to save her. Thank God for sirens. I think we ran every red
light in town.”
The
veterinarian straightened, gracing him with another dazzling grin, and Alex
felt his knees go a little loose. Damn, what a smile.
“I knew there
was something I liked about you the second you walked in.”
Alex felt his
face flush. “It wasn’t a big deal. I’m a cop. Saving people—and dogs—comes with
the job description.” He cringed the moment the words left his mouth. Had
he really just said something that lame?
Thankfully,
the beautiful Dr. Barton didn’t seem to notice the cheesy line. Or if she had,
she was too polite to laugh at him.
“And is
bringing Tuffie to her appointments also in your job description?” she asked,
her eyes twinkling.
Was her heart
beating even faster than before? Unless it was his own heart pounding in his
ears. That was a definite possibility. Because it seemed like he had a
real thing for Dr. Barton.
He smiled.
“It is if the rest of the SWAT team and I adopted her and gave her a new home.”
Alex knew it
was a shameless grab to get further into the doctor’s good graces, but he
couldn’t seem to stop himself.
“Not only did
you save her life, but you adopted her too? I think Tuffie hit the lottery with
you, Officer…?”
“Trevino,” he
said, filling in the blank and offering his hand. “But please, call me Alex.”
She took his
hand and gave it a shake. “Nice to meet you, Alex. I’m Lacey Barton.”
Her hand was
small in comparison to his, her skin soft and warm, and Alex found himself
holding on a bit longer than was customary. Lacey didn’t seem to mind. In
fact, she appeared just as reluctant to let go as he did.
She pushed
her hair behind her ear and cleared her throat. “I guess we ought to get on
with Tuffie’s checkup. So you can get back to saving the world and everything.”
“Yeah, of
course.”
Reaching
down, Alex gently picked up Tuffie and set her on the stainless steel exam
table.
“Nice muscle
tone,” Lacey murmured.
Alex felt the
compliment go right to his head. “Thanks.”
“Actually, I
was talking about Tuffie,” Lacey said as she tenderly ran her hands over the
dog’s shoulders.
“Oh.”
She looked up
at him from beneath her lashes. “But yours is pretty good too.”
Alex
chuckled. Damn, this woman was good. He had her by a foot in height and more
than a hundred pounds in weight, yet she was playing him like a
fiddle, and he didn’t mind one bit. He couldn’t remember ever having such
an immediate and intense reaction to any woman he’d ever met. Suddenly, he
wanted to know everything there was to know about her—and then some.
Lacey was
more than accommodating, telling him about how she’d recently gotten a job here
after working several years at a place on the west side of Dallas closer
to Arlington.
“I loved it
there, but this place is closer to my apartment,” she told him as she continued
to examine Tuffie. “I’ve cut my commute time by about an hour and a half
each way, so it’s like getting a whole extra day off to do stuff I want to do
instead of sitting in traffic.”
“And what do
you like to do with all this extra time?” he asked.
Lacey leaned
over to read something in Tuffie’s medical records. Alex tensed, worried she’d
found something wrong, but after a moment, she merely nodded to herself,
then went back to checking Tuffie. “I do a lot of volunteer work at one of the
nearby animal shelters,” she said. “I’m also on call to help out both
Animal Services and the DPD Animal Cruelty Squad when they run into
injured dogs.”
Whoa. A woman
who spent her days taking care of dogs for a living, then did it during her
spare time for free? That was definitely a woman Alex could appreciate.
“It’s pretty
amazing that you give so much of your time to animal causes,” he said. “Getting
called out at all hours of the day and night must be tough on
your boyfriend, though.”
Lacey urged
Tuffie over on her back, pressing carefully along one of the long scars that
ran all the way from the base of her rib cage to the middle of her
cute pink tummy.
“I don’t have
a boyfriend right now,” she said, the corners of her mouth turning up. “My life
is a little too busy for that at the moment.”
Bingo! Alex
had already noticed she wasn’t wearing a ring. Now he knew she wasn’t seeing
anyone. Could this get any better?
