Title: Her Dark Half
Author: Paige Tyler
Series: X-Ops #7
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Length: Novel
Available: 5th Sept
Trevor Maxwell
Coyote shifter with an attitude
Covert operator
Trusts no one, especially his devastatingly beautiful new partnerAlina Bosch
Former CIA, newest operative on the covert team
Hired to spy on her partner
Motto: “Never be deceived again.”Coyote shifter Trevor Maxwell is teamed up with CIA agent Alina Bosch to catch a killer. But when the mission becomes much more dangerous than they expected, they’re going to have to ignore the attraction between them and learn how to trust one another to come out on the other side…
Source: ARC from Sourcebooks Casablanca via NetGalley
The X-Ops return with a cracking tale of mistrust, betrayal and revenge as the DCO is in crisis. Shifters are leaving, the new agents are useless and nasty rumours abound, but Trevor refuses to leave while Thorn remains free – and former-CIA newcomer Alina was simply hoping for a nice new job without any traitors in it. Sadly, the DCO is not a happy place for either of them.
But that hardly matters because Trevor is a man on a mission. He’s focused and determined, and suspicious of his new partner – not least because he’s so attracted to her. I liked Trevor. Yes, it takes him a while to trust Alina, but all thing’s considered you can see why. I liked Alina too, in her straightforward, kickass way. She is a great partner for Trevor, in many ways, not least because she’s strong and competent enough to keep up with him, even if she isn’t a shifter. She also adapts really well to the new world she’s thrown into.
And the world is pretty messed up this time around. The shifters are scattered, in hiding or trying to survive in the new DCO, John is gone, Adam is being his usual mysteriously annoying self and Thorn has plenty of nasty new tricks up his sleeve. The action rips along at a fairly slick pace, moving from investigation to altercation with ease, and the romance fits neatly into it all.
Also: Ha! I knew it!
With another action-packed finale that leaves plenty of new questions to be answered, I really enjoyed this latest installment of the series and can’t wait for the next one.
Her Dark Half is out September 5th.
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