Wolf Trouble (SWAT: Special Wolf Alpha Team, #2)

by Paige Tyler

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...

• ISBN10: 1492608505
• ISBN13: 9781492608509
• Publish Date: 4 August 2015
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Sourcebooks Casablanca
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Pages: 352
• Language: English

Reviews

[FranJessca @ A Book Lovin' Mama's Blog]

I’ve had Wolf Trouble by Paige Tyler on my TBR list since 2015. I can’t believe I never read it in 2015, but that was the year my job took off, and I didn’t have much time to read anymore. Boo! I’ve decided though I’m going back through my TBR and catching up on reading/reviewing books. It’s time to shorten my TBR. Ha! My list will never shrink with all these great books authors write, especially Paige Tyler.

Female Protagonist: Khaki Blake is one kick-butt character, and she’s not your ordinary police officer. She’s a werewolf. She’s one character that I adored in this book because she’s confident, brave, and determined to be on an all-male SWAT team. 

Male Protagonist: Xander Riggs is the Senior Corporal of his Squad on the SWAT team. He is one character that kicks butt too. He’s a jerk initially, especially to Khaki, but then turns into a love-sick werewolf. 

Storyline: The storyline for this book was page turner for me. Here it is the female protagonist, Khaki Blake is recruited into an all male SWAT team thanks to Gage the Alpha leader of the pack and SWAT team. Gage breaks it to her that she’s a werewolf. She had no idea what she was, but she knew she was special compared to other police officers she worked with at her old job. She’s not a character you try to mess with because she can handle herself, especially after dealing with a jerk of an ex-boyfriend who made her life heck after she broke up with him. He literally put her in danger too many times since they were both police officers at the same police headquarters. He won’t matter anymore after she moves to Dallas. Now she has to deal with her new Squad Leader and team that are all men and turn into werewolves. Xander though makes it difficult for her, but that’s because he’s confused on his reaction to her. He has no idea that Khaki is his fated mate until later on in the story. Enough, of telling the story though. Be prepared when you read this book because the SWAT team is dealing with some tough situations and the ending will leave you in shock on what happens.

Steaminess: There’s quite a bit of steam between Xander and Khaki when they do hook-up. They can’t seem to stay off of each other.

Standalone or Series: It’s part of a series, but can be read as a standalone.

HEA: Yes.

Trope: Fated Mates.

Would I recommend this book? Wolf Trouble brings me back to my love of the Paranormal Romance genre and werewolves. I would recommend this book to PNR and UF readers out there. If you enjoy books with werewolves that work in SWAT and are all sexy and alpha, this book/series is for you. I give this book 4.5 stars and can’t wait to catch up on this series. I can’t believe it took me this long to read the second book in this series. I love Paige Tyler’s books.

[Melanie]

My review and an extended sample of the audiobook are posted at Hotlistens.com.

This is the second book in Paige Tyler’s SWAT series. I love the idea of a SWAT that is built entirely of werewolves. In the first book, Tyler only gave a few pieces of werewolf lore. This was something I wanted more of in the first book, Hungry Like the Wolf. I was hoping for more information. Her werewolves are different from many that I’ve read. They are turned during a traumatic event, such as a shootout when you’re in the police force or maybe in the military and injured at war. One thing we didn’t know if book one, did female werewolves exist. This is quickly answered in Wolf Trouble.

Khaki works for a police department in Washington state. She also had previously dated another member of the force. After a bad breakup, she found herself looking into some bad situations without any backup. Her ex convinces other cops not to help her out. She almost gets killed on night and suddenly she starts to notice differences in herself.

Dallas SWAT commander Gage Dixon is given crap for the fact that he doesn’t have any women on his team. He is told that he must add a woman to the team. He agrees, but only if it is one entirely of his choosing. He has been keep his eye on Khaki for a while and planning on offering her a spot, the timeline just has to get moved up a bit. This is the only way he is able to keep his werewolf team and keep the upper brass happy with adding a woman onto the team.

Khaki is put into Xander’s unit. There is definitely something between the two. However, with Khaki’s past luck with dating a co-worker and Xander also being her boss, it makes things very awkward. They both fight the attraction. Xander is also a lot harder on Khaki than he would be on someone else because of how much he is fighting the attraction.

One thing I loved seeing tackled in this story was the idea of forcing a woman onto a team just to meet some sorta quota. Khaki is told that she is filling this need for a woman on the team, which really makes her feel like she doesn’t deserve to be there. With the way Xander was acting, that only makes things worse. Gage was quick to point out that he was planning on asking her and that this just moved the timetable. I don’t think any woman (or even a minority, though I can’t speak for them), wants to know that they got the job because they were filling a quotient. Women want to know that they were the best fit for the job and were just given an equal opportunity to get that job.

Narration
Once again, Abby Craden did a great job with the narration. I love her different voices for the characters. She has great pacing and tone. I do recommend her as a narrator. I’m currently listening to two series with her as the narrator and really enjoy both of them.

I like to thank Tantor Audio for providing me with a copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.