Wolf Unleashed
SWAT, #5
Author:
Paige Tyler
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.
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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?
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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?
Captain Sharon Raydor from Major Crimes.
This one may seem like an unusual choice, when
compared to the others, but Sharon Raydor’s character is extremely unique. As a
Captain in the LAPD, she has to function in a male-dominated career field, but
she’s able to do it without trying to be a guy. She doesn’t shout or cuss,
she’s not overtly physical, and she still has a soft side that allows her be
compassionate. But even more impressive to me, she allows herself to have a
relationship with a fellow cop. In a situation where others might worry about
appearances, she’s confident enough in her abilities to accept that she can be
a tough cop, and still have a personal life that is completely separate from
the job.
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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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