Her Perfect Mate (X-Ops, Bk. 1)

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Paige Tyler brings you high-octane paranormal romantic suspense like you've never seen! Hold on tight—the X-Ops series takes you on a wild shifter ride.

I thought I was ready for anything…

As a Special Forces Captain, it takes a lot to rattle me. So I was up for the challenge when I got the call to leave an op in Afghanistan and head stateside. I've heard plenty of stories about "special assignments" and secret divisions, but I wasn't expecting to be called on a mission for a department I'd never even heard of. I don't need to be convinced to take down the bad guys, but my new partner looks like she couldn't hurt a fly. What were they thinking pairing me up with a woman like her? Sure, Ivy Halliwell is beautiful, and sexy…and crazy smart and fierce…and, what was I saying again…?

But he's never met anyone like me…

I've been working with hotheaded military guys for years and there's nothing Landon Donovan can think or say that I haven't heard—and ignored—a hundred times before. He thinks I'm a kitten who needs to be protected? Think again. I'm a female operative and a feline shifter, and that's a combination you can't beat. Landon's just another partner who'll hold me back if I let him, so he can just stay out of my way. But he's definitely sexy, and he's awfully cute when he thinks he has to protect me… Maybe I wouldn't mind seeing whether he can make me purr…