Her Perfect Mate by Paige Tyler – a Review

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Description:
When Special Forces Captain Landon Donovan is picked for an assignment with the Department of Covert Affairs, he’s stunned to find his new partner is a beautiful woman who looks like she couldn’t hurt a fly, much less take down a terrorist.

Ivy Halliwell isn’t your average covert op. Her feline DNA means she can literally bring out the claws when things get dicey. She isn’t thrilled to be paired with yet another military grunt, but Landon is different. He doesn’t think she’s a freak and he’s smokin’ hot.

Soon they find themselves facing a threat even greater than anyone imagines…and an animal magnetism impossible to ignore.

Review:

Her Perfect Mate by Paige Tyler is the first book in her new X-Ops series.  I have not read any of Tyler’s work, but after reading this book. I have to check out her other books.  Her Perfect Mate was a fantastic romance suspense story that hooked me in right away, and left me totally impressed by Paige Tyler’s writing.  I loved this book, which had everything; a fabulous suspenseful story, a couple to die for, different type of shifters, Special Ops hunks, excitement, super secondary characters, bad villains and wild crazy ride to the finish. 

We meet our heroine, Ivy Halliwell, on a covert operations mission with her partner.  From the start you can tell Ivy and her partner do not get along.  The mission goes badly, as the partner went on his own and got himself killed. 

Next we meet our hero, Landon Donovan, who is a captain of a special forces operation. Landon is forced to abort an operation, and is sent back home to Washington, not understanding why.  He finds himself in a secret underground compound, which belongs to a high level secret US government agency, DCO (Department of Covert Operations).   Landon meets Ivy, who is a beautiful young woman, who he is surprised to learn is his new partner.  Landon will soon find out that she is as much as an equal or even better at some things then he is.   Ivy isn’t thrilled that she is paired with a Special Forces officer, whom she has not has success with.  Why?  Ivy is a Feline Shifter, and the men she partnered with did not respect her ability.  But Landon is different.  At first he doesn’t know what Ivy is, but begins to learn that she is very good at what she does.  Both begin difficult training for future missions as partners, and soon they find themselves feeling more than respect for each other….the sparks fly off the wall. But it is dangerous for them to become involved, as DCO rules forbid romantic relationships between partners.

At this point, the story becomes so exciting, I could not put it down.  Not only did I love both Ivy, and her cat like moves; but Landon was so swoonworthy.  He was a gorgeous hunk, an awesome soldier, a truly sweetheart of a guy.  He to her surprise, was on her side from the start, and didn’t care that she was a shifter.  This was a beautiful, sweet romance.  But the crux of the story escalates with the second half of the book filled with action, danger, suspense, life threatening situations, not to mention the thrilling ride to the climatic ending.

Not to give any spoilers, but the dangerous mission that Ivy and Landon are sent on, involves missing scientists being kidnapped to help the villains build an unknown weapon of destruction. Landon and Ivy find themselves in the heat of the action, with on one to help them.  When things go wrong, Landon will have to bring some of his awesome friends to help him.  I want to know more about these wonderful Special Ops solders from Landon’s team, as well as few of the nice DCO people.  Paige Tyler has built a great story, with fantastic characters.  I cannot wait to continue this series.  If you like suspense, excitement, nonstop action, adventure and a super great couple; you need to read Her Perfect Mate.

Reviewed by Barb

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