Her Fierce Warrior by Paige Tyler
Series: X-Ops #4
Published by Sourcebooks Casablanca
Published on: March 1, 2016
Genres: Paranormal Romance
Pages: 352
Format: eBook
Source: Library
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The woman tensed. As anger and fear ricocheted across her face, her eyes changed from red to green to brown in a dizzying display like nothing he'd ever seen.
Every instinct in Angelo's body screamed at him to lunge for his weapon. Instead he set his feet for impact, blocking her slashing claws. Unbelievably, after a few moments of struggling, she went still, all the fight gone...
Minka isn't sure she should trust the sexy Special Forces soldier who found her. Subjected to horrors, on the run from scientists set on locking her in a cage, Minka is terrified of the monster she's becoming...and somehow, Angelo is the only one who can calm the beast inside her and make her feel safe.
But can she trust the way he makes her feel when she's not even sure she can trust herself?
Praise for Paige Tyler's X-Ops series:
"This series gets better and better."-RT Book Reviews, 4 Ā½ Stars
"Wow, just wow!"-Fresh Fiction
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In this series, we’ve been following the members of the DCO (Department of Covert Operations), a secret organization within Department Homeland Security. This organization takes a human and pairs them with a EVA, extremely valuable asset or shifter. However, some people within the organization would like to see it shut down. They feel that the shifters are dangerous and shouldn’t be trusted.
This is the first book in the series that the neither member of the couple is a member of DCO. This story revolves around Angelo, who is a member of the military team that our first hero original ran. Angelo is part of a special ops team that is currently stationed in Tajikistan. He stumbles upon a group of men attempting to rape a woman. Angelo, being not a douche, follows with every intention to stop the rape. Only to learn that she can take care of herself. Since he knows what she is, he calls the only people he knows that can help her, Landon, his old boss who is now with DCO.
Minka has been working with the US military in Tajikistan when she was captured and her life changed. She has been experimented on and tortured until she finally escaped. These people who tested her have turned her into a monster. She has no idea what is going on and has been stumbling through towns trying to hide. She’s been in the same clothes for a really long time and eating out of dumpsters. That is until a man shows up. He seems to calm the beast inside her.
This is another great installment in the X-Ops series. Angelo is a character that has been a really fun secondary character. I love that he finally gets his own story. Angelo has his reasons for not wanting a wife/girlfriend. Buy when Minka shows up in his life, he can’t help but be protective of her. Minka is a new character that we meet for the first time in this book, but she is a very solid character. She has had a lot to live through, but has made her way through life anyway.
This series is a really fun. It is full of suspense. I loved watching as the team search out and try to solve who is running the lab that created Minka. She’s a hybrid, which is a created shifter, not one who was born like most of the agents in DCO. There is also the fact that their is someone in DCO who isn’t on the side of the team. The romance is also high as we watch Minka and Angelo come together. There is an insta-love aspect to the story, but the pair do take a while to come together completely.
Even though there are many paranormal romances that can be read out of order. This is not one that I would recommend with that. Each story builds on the previous, so I would read these books in order. With this book, I would recommend you read the prequel, Her Secret Agent, before reading this one. It is free and quick read. Thanks to Sophia at Delighted Reader for the heads up. I’m really excited for the next book, Her Rogue Alpha.
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I’m Melanie and I live in Ohio. I have two horses and a dog. I’m an animal lover, avid book reader and audiobook listener. I like to live vicariously through fictional characters. I enjoy reading and listening to mostly fictional books in the paranormal genre, including Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance and Horror. My favorite paranormal creatures are shifters, doesn’t matter the flavor.
This book sounds so exciting! Definitely on the TBR. The best books are those that bring the action and romance together really well.
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This has been a really fun series. I already have the next book to read while I’m on vacation next week. š
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I need to try the next book in this series. Lots of blogger friends have enjoyed the books and they do sound fun. I had trouble with book one, but those can be hit or miss. Thank’s for the review!
I agree, book ones are tough sometimes. I think the world just keeps getting better and the characters are great too.
Melanie recently posted…Audiobook Review: Forest of Ruin by Kelley Armstrong (@mlsimmons, @KelleyArmstrong)
I really need to try this series as I am enjoying her other series SWAT. š Great review!
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I actually like this one a little bit better than SWAT. I think because the world is so different. The shifters are different. I like the pairings of human and shifter. Also, the organization is really interesting.
Melanie recently posted…Audiobook Review: Forest of Ruin by Kelley Armstrong (@mlsimmons, @KelleyArmstrong)
I really need to start reading this series. This book sounds great.
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I’ve really enjoyed this shifter world.
Melanie recently posted…Audiobook Review: Forest of Ruin by Kelley Armstrong (@mlsimmons, @KelleyArmstrong)
I’m always amazed when someone is fully committed to reading a series that has quite a number of books. It’s been a while for me in this genre, anyway. I like that the character is a hybrid – makes for a great twist in this type of PNR/UF.
Great review, Mel!
I like the hybrid aspects as well. It is hard to come up with new ideas in the shifter world, and the author did a great job with this one.
Melanie recently posted…Audiobook Review: Forest of Ruin by Kelley Armstrong (@mlsimmons, @KelleyArmstrong)
thats awesome that you are enjoying this series so much. I believe I own book 1. I really need to read more paranormal romance, this one is like a paranormal suspense romance which looks like a lot of fun. Now I am curious about Angelo and Minka.
I read a ton of PNR. It is my top genre with Urban Fantasy. I have a real thing with shifters. š
Melanie recently posted…Audiobook Review: Forest of Ruin by Kelley Armstrong (@mlsimmons, @KelleyArmstrong)
I like that there is so much suspense to the series. It sounds fun! Great review!
I love PNR with a good suspense thrown in. So much more interesting that way, IMO.
Melanie recently posted…Audiobook Review: Forest of Ruin by Kelley Armstrong (@mlsimmons, @KelleyArmstrong)
I need to try her books one day
This series is my favorite by her. She also has a SWAT series. Shifters that are part of the Dallas SWAT team. I really like it too. I know she has other stuff, but that is all that I’ve tried.
Melanie recently posted…Audiobook Review: Forest of Ruin by Kelley Armstrong (@mlsimmons, @KelleyArmstrong)
I enjoyed this little jaunt with an all new couple who came into the DCO fold and watching them figure things out. Minka is great.
Oh hey, thanks for the shout out, lady. Happy to point you toward a good freebie. š
No problem. I’m really glad that you pointed out to read the novella. I think it did add to to the story a bit. I don’t know that I would’ve read it if you hadn’t mentioned it.
Melanie recently posted…Audiobook Review: Forest of Ruin by Kelley Armstrong (@mlsimmons, @KelleyArmstrong)
Yet another series on my TBR. I’ll be glad when I’m done with school reading so I can work on my TBR and get to this series.
I’m surprised you haven’t tried this series. It is right up your alley. Have you tried her SWAT series? It’s available on audio with Abby Craden narrating.
Melanie recently posted…Audiobook Review: Forest of Ruin by Kelley Armstrong (@mlsimmons, @KelleyArmstrong)
I’m happy this was another great installment in this series, Melanie. I like the fact that it was a slight departure in the format with the characters not being DCO. I’m hoping to read book 1 in this series this month. I’m looking forward to it! š
I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.
Melanie recently posted…Audiobook Review: Forest of Ruin by Kelley Armstrong (@mlsimmons, @KelleyArmstrong)
I do try to read PNR with UF elements in it in order. However, it is good to know that if I have a chance I can read it that way as well. I’ve been wanting to try these and do have them on my wishlist. Adding this one as well.
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It has been a fun series. I like PNR that has a strong overall story arc, more like UF.
Melanie recently posted…Audiobook Review: Forest of Ruin by Kelley Armstrong (@mlsimmons, @KelleyArmstrong)
Thanks so much for the great review! š
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Paige
Thanks. I’ve really enjoyed this series.
Melanie recently posted…Audiobook Review: Forest of Ruin by Kelley Armstrong (@mlsimmons, @KelleyArmstrong)
I seriously have to read this series. I love PNR with military mixed in, they’re one of my favorite genre and one of my favorite tropes.
I like military books, as a general rule too. I love when PNR has that as part of the story.
Melanie recently posted…Audiobook Review: Forest of Ruin by Kelley Armstrong (@mlsimmons, @KelleyArmstrong)
I’m kind of in the mood for a new series, Melanie, and I think X ops might be the exact thing I’m craving right now š Thanks for the suggestion!
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I hope you enjoy it as much as I have. It has been really fun for me.
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This is a new to me author, but I think I’d like this X-Ops series! Got to love a great suspense filled read!
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I’ve really been enjoying this series and she also has a SWAT series that is a SWAT team made up of werewolves. She has other series, but I haven’t read them.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Oria’s Gambit by Jeffe Kennedy (@mlsimmons, @jeffekennedy)
The series has been fantastic so far and I look forward for more thrill
Thank you so much! So glad you’re enjoying it! š
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Paige
I’m really looking forward to more in this series too.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Oria’s Gambit by Jeffe Kennedy (@mlsimmons, @jeffekennedy)
Yay! Thanks so much, Melanie! š
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Paige