Spotlight & Giveaway: Wolf Instinct by Paige Tyler

Today it is my pleasure to Welcome author Paige Tyler to HJ!

Hi Paige and welcome to HJ! We’re so excited to chat with you about your new release, Wolf Instinct!

Please summarize the book for the readers here:

SWAT werewolf Zane Kendrick is determined to find the man who attacked his pack. That search takes him to Los Angeles, where he meets beautiful, fearless FBI agent Alyssa Carson. His inner wolf tells him that she’s The One, but can he trust her?
 

Please share the opening lines of this book:

“This isn’t music,” Zane said to fellow werewolves and SWAT teammates Rachel Bennett and Diego Martinez, practically shouting to be heard over the throbbing beat coming out of the club they were heading toward. The sign above the entrance read Attitude in big, bold, splashy letters. “I’m not sure what the hell it is, but it’s definitely not music.”

Please share a few Fun facts about this book…

• While there’s a lot of action and thrills in this story, no werewolves were actually harmed in the making of this book. Although several of the stunt werewolves who were hired as body doubles for the star characters did come away with multiple cuts and bruises.
• You’ll meet another alpha werewolf in this story named Jake Huang, who isn’t part of the SWAT Pack. He and the other members of his small pack were originally intended to be side characters, but something amazing happened and Jake ended being something much more than a side character. He’s leading his pack into a spin-off sister series titled Special Threat Assessment Team (STAT). The first book in that series releases Spring 2020.
• The werewolves of the Dallas PD SWAT team have spent the past few years fighting every conceivable bad guy—crime bosses, foreign mafias, other werewolves, gangs, drug dealers, corrupt politicians, and werewolf hunters. But in WOLF INSTING, they run up against something they truly never expected to see—a collection of killers who may more than a match for the Pack!

If your book was optioned for a movie, what scene would you use for the audition of the main characters and why?

This scene takes place in a late-night diner as Zane and Alyssa verbally spar with each other, each trying to learn what the other is up to without giving anything away themselves. The difficult part? The unmistakable chemistry between the two of them that keeps getting in the way. Here’s a short snippet so you can get a taste…

“I’m guessing Christine is FBI, too?” Zane asked as he perused the menu at the quaint, old-fashioned diner where they stopped for dinner an hour later. “As well as being one hell of a good friend?”
“What makes you think she’s a fed?”
Alyssa made a show of scanning the menu, even though she already knew what she was going to order. She’d known the moment Zane had suggested going to a diner to grab a bite to eat. What could she say? French fries were her jam.
Of course, she was also keeping her eyes fixed on the menu so she wouldn’t be caught staring at the man across the booth from her. Now that she had him under some better lighting, it was obvious he was seriously droolworthy. Then there was that accent. She felt an incredible urge to strip naked, lie back on the table, and let him talk her to orgasm. She was sure she’d read something in Cosmo about that being possible.
The hunky cop with the British accent glanced over the top of his menu at her, making her peek up to see a knowing expression on his face. Yeah, he knew the effect he had on her.
“You sent Christine a text in the middle of the night asking her to meet you in a dark parking lot behind an old warehouse. When she shows up, she calmly helps us transfer two unconscious girls to her car after you tell her they’ve been drugged and need to be taken to a hospital ASAP. Then she leaves without asking a single question,” he pointed out. “A person that unshakable is either law enforcement or a criminal. Since you’re a fed, I’m assuming it’s not the latter. That makes her FBI. And one hell of a friend for not asking for details.”
Alyssa set her down menu, giving up on the whole ruse of looking like she’d been reading it. Besides, who was she trying to impress? “I’m guessing you must be a detective. Since you’re so clever and all.”
“I’m not a detective. I’m SWAT. The clever part is due purely to my British DNA.” He smirked, making her want to do seriously naughty things to his lips. Or have him do seriously naughty things to her with those lips. She wasn’t sure which. “What, you never heard of Sherlock Holmes? Being clever is in my blood.”
She shook her head, trying to shake loose her attraction to his witty charm. Damn, this man was dangerous. “I could care less how clever you think you are. I’m just trying to figure out what an LA SWAT cop was doing in a nightclub following a group of men who spend their nights kidnapping girls for fun.”
“Who said I’m an LA SWAT cop?”
“You’re not?”
“No,” he said. “I’m from Dallas.”
Okay, that made even less sense. She opened her mouth to ask Zane what the hell he was talking about, but the waitress chose that inopportune moment to show up to take their order. Actually, there were two waitresses. Apparently, they really wanted to get the order right. Or more likely, both women had a thing for British accents. She supposed she couldn’t blame them.
As Alyssa ordered a Diet Coke and a plate of seasoned fries, she was shocked Amy, the redheaded waitress with the notepad, could take her eyes off Zane long enough to write it down. Zane ordered steak and eggs, pancakes, bacon, sausage, toast, and a plate of fries, because those sounded “bloody good.”
“I love a man who likes to eat,” the older of the two women said with a smile. African American with curly hair piled atop her head and a warm smile, her name tag read Edna. She asked Zane to repeat his order, to make sure they’d gotten it right. Alyssa didn’t necessarily mind. Even words as simple as eggs and bacon sounded sexy when he said them.
Then he made the evening complete by asking if they had Earl Grey tea. Because…British!
“Normally I’d ask about the insane amount of food you ordered, but I’m more interested in why a Dallas SWAT cop is in LA saving damsels in distress,” Alyssa said after the waitresses left.
Zane flashed her a grin. “Maybe I’m on vacation and saw something that looked a little suspicious, so I decided to help.”
The look he gave her was so angelic that for a moment she found herself wanting to believe him. Then she remembered the way he’d growled and thrown those Neanderthals around in the alley behind the club and reminded herself, while Zane might be attractive, he certainly wasn’t an angel. He might not even be human.
“By the way, I probably should have mentioned I saw the man and woman with you,” she said. “The ones you were talking to over that expensive-looking commo rig under your shirt. Are they Dallas SWAT, too?”
The smile never left his face, but those chocolate-brown eyes sharpened, becoming appraising. “Is it normal to run FBI operations without backup? What about hiding everything that happened from your fellow agents? Is that standard, too?”
She returned the smile that wasn’t really a smile. “Is this how we’re going to do this? I ask a question. You ask a question. I ask another one. But neither one of us answers. If so, I’m not sure why we’re here, other than to get something to eat.”
He lifted a brow. “Anything wrong with a man and woman having dinner with each other?”
“Oh, you mean like a date?” Alyssa laughed. “Well, crap. If I’d known this was a date, I would have worn something nicer. Maybe even done my hair.”
Zane chuckled, his eyes taking in the long, blond hair she had pulled back in a ponytail and the dark-blue blouse she wore. Her hairstyle was all about practicality because she never knew when she was going to have to chase after a bad guy—or smash one in the side of the head with the butt of her weapon. Her blouse was standard work issue. It wasn’t like she’d brought fancy clothes with her. In fact, she never packed anything dressy when she was working cases…which was pretty much all the time. Hoping to blend into the club, she’d left the top two buttons undone to flash a little skin and show off the white gold necklace she had on. That bit of skin suddenly seemed to attract Zane’s attention and his gaze became almost predatory.
“You look good just the way you are,” he said softly.
The compliment made her heart suddenly start beating faster. WTF? If she had any sense in her noodle, she’d be out of the booth and running for the door. But she stayed right where she was.

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What do you want people to take away from reading this book?

I want readers to fall in love with the hot, hunky, and heroic werewolves of my Special Wolf Alpha Team (SWAT) and believe that everyone, no matter how complicated their lives might be, deserve to find The One for them. It also wouldn’t hurt if everyone who reads WOLF INSTINCT becomes addicted to the series and goes back to pick up any of the previous books that they might have missed as well as all future books in the series!

What are you currently working on? What other releases do you have planned?

WOLF REBEL, the next book in my SWAT: Special Wolf Alpha Team Series releases Nov 26th. This story features an alpha female SWAT werewolf heroine and a hunky former Navy SEAL hero, so I’m super excited about it!
I’m currently working on the first book in the new STAT: Special Threat Assessment Team (aka Supernatural Threat Assessment Team), which is that spin-off from the SWAT: Special Werewolf Alpha Team Series I mentioned before. Think Mission Impossible with werewolves and you get the idea!
 
 

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Book Info:

He’s a wolf shifter.
She hunts monsters.
How can she be The One for him?

SWAT werewolf Zane Kendrick will do whatever it takes to take down the man who attacked his pack. His search takes him to Los Angeles, but when he meets Alyssa, the smart, sexy agent who comes to his aid, he’s immediately interested in pursuing more than just the next lead. All his wolf instincts tell him that she’s The One.

FBI agent Alyssa Carson has investigated some weird stuff lately, and finding missing people drained of their blood definitely falls into that category. When following a clue leads her to Zane, she agrees to work with him and his team. She’s attracted to the gorgeous Brit, but she doesn’t have time for anything but finding answers.

When Zane and Alyssa discover the sinister truth, it’ll take everything they have to make it out of this mission with their lives—and hearts—intact.

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Meet the Author:

Paige Tyler is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of sexy, romantic fiction. Paige writes books about hunky alpha males and the kick-butt heroines they fall in love with. She lives with her very own military hero (a.k.a. her husband) and their adorable dog on the beautiful Florida coast. Visit www.paigetylertheauthor.com
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