Title: Her True Match
Series:X-Ops Book #6
Stand alone: yes, recommended in order
Author: Paige Tyler
Genre: Paranormal romance
Blurb: After a long game of cat-and-mouse

Feline shifter Dreya Clark picks the wrong penthouse to rob and ends up arrested by sexy detective Braden Hayes. But Braden isn’t the only one who’s been watching the cat burglar. Agents from the Department of Covert Operations swoop in to offer her a deal. If she wants to stay out of jail, she’ll have to work with them—and pair up with the hot cop. Great.

Danger throws this unlikely pair together

Braden isn’t thrilled about the DCO meddling in his investigation. He’s been chasing Dreya for years. Thrown together on a dangerous covert mission, fur flies and temperatures flare. But when danger closes in on them, their game of cat and mouse turns deadly-serious, and they’ll have to rely on each other to make it out alive.
Thoughts: I loved how this book started - it was just so original and interesting.  Caught my attention right away.  The way the story develops is just as interesting and the characters are so drawn to each other but on opposite sides of the fence.  I really enjoyed how everything unfolded.  Great addition to the series!
Rating: B+

Yeah, I finally read the second half of this series! It took a while, but once I read one, I had to read the others, and they all went by so fast! So intense, and so great to read! Each of these couples, they were so great to read about!

In these books, they defeat the first group of people that started creating hybrids back from the first book. There's also some reveals of who they were working for. Lots of important things, that went really well with the romances of these awesome characters! 

Each book is mostly self contained, there's the main story line, but there's still the over-arching series plot line, and Her Dark Half, yeah, it closes a lot of the series plot lines! I almost felt sorry for Dick, because he didn't think his boss was behind John being killed (or tried to be, since they failed, yeah!) but since he had been such an asshole throughout the series, well, yeah, only almost sorry! 

So there were two, ok, 3 really big game changers. One at the end of Her True Match when John is killed. Next was the big battle in Her Dark Half, with almost all the bad guys wiped off the board. And the final one, at least for now, is the end of X-Ops Exposed. From the title, you can maybe guess what happened, that shifters and hybrids are outed, as well as the X-Ops program. Yeah. These events all changed, or will change, the world, and I hope we get to see all the fall out!

I loved reading these books, and I really hope that we get more!

DNF'd at 40 percent and it wasn't because it was a bad book, it's just because the subject matter wasn't keeping me interested.

I've been wanting to read Dreya and Braden's romance since they appeared in an earlier X-Ops story, and am delighted with how this story plays out! Braden has kept his eye out for Dreya since their first meeting and when he catches her on a break and enter gig, he is torn over what to do with her. Luckily, the Department of Covert Operations has their own plans for Dreya and she becomes a trainee for them, using her feline shifter talents to become one of the good guys, with Braden hot on her heels to keep her out of trouble. There is an interesting subplot involving a mental asylum that is being used as a cover for producing shifter hybrids, with colleague Trevor going undercover to determine what's happening. Once Dreya's training is complete, she and Braden end up on a mission with Trevor and there is lots of action as things get complicated! Several previous characters from earlier X-Ops books make an appearance and while we get a complete (and sexy!) romance for Dreya and Braden, the overall series arc continues and things are left on a bit of a cliffhanger for the crew. The books are designed that you can easily jump in and read any book in the series and pick up what's happening, though you may want to start at the beginning of the series to know who all the characters are as they tend to make appearances throughout. It's a fun, sexy, exciting and action packed paranormal romance. 

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Cops and robbers take on a new theme in HER TRUE MATCH by Paige Tyler. Not only do we get a romance but the author adds in adventure and a bit of the paranormal with the shifter angle. Dreya has finally been caught stealing by Braden and she must help a secret covert department to stay out of jail. They decide that Dreya should work with detective Braden but their pairing up becomes more than just partners. Can Dreya and Braden find a middle ground and work towards their happy ever after or will they each let happiness pass them by? Love and trust go a long way, will these two be able to find a way to earn it in the other?

As opposite as these two are Dreya and Braden make a great couple. The two work well together in and out of assignments. I loved that Dreya is a strong woman and holds her own. Braden is a good man and cop. It was nice to see him respect and admire Dreya and her skills. He accepts her as she is and does not try to change or fix her in any way. Braden follows his instincts and goes after Dreya when she is taken away by other detectives proving his gut and his protectiveness of her are right.

This is book six in this series that is still going strong. I enjoyed watching Braden and Dreya work through it all. It was nice to see them get a happy ever after. Their adventure moves along at a nice pace and there is a good amount of world building and character depth. Although this book does end with a cliff hanger I did enjoy this read. As with most series you should read previous books in this one to get the whole understanding of the world and its characters.

HER TRUE MATCH is an exciting and engaging story and I cannot wait to see where this series goes from here.

Dreyas  fingers could turn into long curved claws. She also got fangs and glowing green eyes and yowls slip out of her lips. Her hands, claws, arms, and shoulders worked in perfect harmony.Dreya had been stealing stuff since she was eighteen- right after figuring out being a freak would be considered a gift to some people. .  Dreya was climbing up an outside wall of a building. It had been two months since she had climbed more than a flight of stairs much less broken into a building and stolen anything. That had to be a record - Rory her mentor and best friend had died. She had almost died also. Rory was the man who taught her to accept her claws and fangs, how to make jewelry and how to steal it Rory had reluctantly taught her what she needed to know to be a good thief. . Rory had been murdered trying to protect Dreya, all because she had been stupid to steal from the rich ex senator Thomas Thorn. Dreya had stolen a big diamond and that strange black box from Thorn and that had changed her whole world. After torturing and killing Rory, Thomas had his goons track Dreya to her safe house where she had been hiding until she hoped things cooled off. Then a big bull of a man showed up at the last minute to save her life, then a woman showed up that Dreya instinctively trusted she’ d given the woman the diamond and the strange black box then Dreya took the woman's advice and got out of town. Dreya went to Canada where she had fake identification papers and cash. The woman had told Dreya she would find a way to divert Thorns attention away from Dreya. Dreya had thought about walking away from the business but she couldn’t completely. The crazy freaky animal inside of her seemed to need the thrill of the job to stay sane. Dreya had tried running and working out to keep the feelings at bay but that hadn’t worked.    So now Dreya was back and  on a new theft there was a cable that ran one hundred and twenty feet above the ground near the two complexes one where she was at and where she wanted to go. She would be able to bypass nearly all the building security systems as well as the guards who roamed the lower floors. Bradan was a cop as was Mick and worked robbery and watched Dreya making her way to the next job. Braden was determined to catch Dreya and have evidence as he had been trying to catch her for a long time. Braden had been working robbery for eight years. The things Dreya did shouldn’t have been Braden thought finally he caught Dreya and had it on camera   Dreya with the stolen goods. . But then came in the DOC-Department Of Covert Operations and snatched Dreya up  and Braden followed them as he felt something wasn’t right. The agents of DOC offer Dreya an opportunity to work for then instead of going to jail. Braden finds out the DCO wants Dreya for her special abilities. F she stays for five days and doesn’t want the job she can walk away. The job they are training Dreya for is to get into places others can’t During training Dreya realizes she trusts Braden so they partner Dreya with him. The DOC has been investigating the making of hybrids at a mental institution from their nemesis. Three of the DOC agents are already at the institution. Since Braden and Dreya work well together and got called to the mental institution in Maine where the hybrids were being experimented on. There was even a hybrid who had got free and was loose. Braden and Dreya had become friends and Dreya wanted to tell him about her abilities. Dreya and Braden have hot chemistry.  Also Ivy and Landon are trying to bring down the hybrid research centers. They also brought in a coyote shifter  -Trevor. Trevor gets himself committed to the mental hospital where the lab is working on the hybrids. 
I liked this book a lot. I liked the plot and the pace I loved the action and there is a lot of it as well as suspense. I like how Braden and Dreya interact with each other both as partners and romantically.  Sometimes it was hard to tell who was good and who was bad.  I hated that this ended in a cliffhanger as far as I am concerned and we all know how I feel about cliffhangers. I also loved the shifter aspect and how it was so different than other paranormal stories. This book is part of a series and I recommend you read them all in order so it will make everything come together. The ending was shocking. But I did loved the characters and the twists and turns and I recommend.

Master thief Dreya Clark has landed in a mess she may not be able to get out of.  Instead of dealing with her usual sexy detective she is thrust into a world that might just get her killed.  But if she wants to remain “free” she must use her talents as an agent for the Department of Covert Operations.

Detective Braden Hayes has been chasing Dreya’s tail for a while now and he isn’t going to let her slip through his fingers.  He’s not about to let two goons he doesn’t trust take her from him.  What Braden doesn’t realize is Dreya’s a feline shifter and his world is about to get much bigger and scarier.  Braden soon finds himself a member of the DCO and partnered with Dreya.  Will the former enemies find a way to work together before the danger lurking in the shadows finds them?

Her True Match can be read as a standalone but I recommend reading the series in order for maximum enjoyment.

Dreya and Braden first appear in Her Rogue Alpha.  I completely fell in love with them both while reading that story.  It’s impossible not to fall for spunky thief Dreya as she steals something precious from the evil Thomas Thorn or the tenacious Detective Hayes as he hunts her down.

The conspiracies grow as Author Paige Tyler takes us back into the X-Ops world with Her True Match.

Tyler continues to give her readers impressive characters to love and root for.  Dreya and Braden are the first couple that has been pulled into the DCO.  In previous books one of the characters is usually already affiliated with the DCO.  I enjoyed this fresh change in dynamics.  Both characters were forced to learn everything about each other and their new world together.  I love how Dreya and Braden support each other as they maneuver their new world.

Tyler gives us another strong story featuring intense action and compelling characters…oh and she brings the sizzle as always.  Ms. Tyler is lucky I love Dreya and Braden so much that I’m willing to forgive her for the OMG cliffhanger at the end!  It’s a doozy folks you’ve been forewarned.

If you love exceptional paranormal romance then Tyler’s Her True Match is for you.

This story marks a huge turning point in a series that has had its up and downs for me, but overall the Swiss just gets better, and Dreya’s story is one that will obviously be leading the way for a new direction for the DCO. Up to this point the series has generally been about one or the other of the main characters =, who is already a DCO operative, joining forces with a new member in order to form the perfect team.  Each of these couples has their own little quirks of course, but I did not see this direction coming until it was already too late.  Dreya and Braden have been circling one another for a long time, apparently their special form of foreplay, but when the shit hit the fan they were thrown together into a world that niether of them truly understood.  Braden had no idea just what Dreya was, though to be fair she didn’t know everything herself, but the draw between them has always been undeniable.  I enjoyed seeing them interacting both before and after they became teammates.  Ultimately it comes down to whether they made a good team, and I can honestly say they turned out to be truly meant to be.  I enjoyed getting to know Braden, who is obviously the kind of white Knight that never has trouble finding someone in need of rescue and certainly never turns their back when they find someone in need.  It was hilarious seeing him reacting to Dreyfus special skills and the side of her that he never imagined existed, but in the end it is the woman that draws his heart in and hooks him for life. Dreya on the other hand was a vulnerable woman that has had to harden her heart when it comes to most people simply because she was so different and didn’t know how to share her secret.  She has led an interesting life for sure, but even though you might think it a problem, her past shenanigans helped her immensely in her new job with the DCO.  I loved the way this story wrapped up a few of the previous stories in the series and even though there was a lot of sadness, the ending was well-written and certainly attention grabbing.   I am Dying to find out what happens next and see where Paige takes us on the journey of these amazing shifters. Combining romantic suspense and paranormal romances in the best of ways, the X-Ops series by Paige Tyler is certainly a favorite of mine and with all the world building and changes that have happened already in such a short time, I can see this series remaining in my TBR pile for many many years to come.  With passion, heart, action and a true flair, these characters leap to life of the pages and remind readers that just because you’ve never experienced something doesn’t mean it should be discounted or denied—after all just a couple decades ago it was considered science fiction to imagine traveling through space of living there for long periods of time. Open minds can lead us to the most amazing of experiences and discoveries!

High-octane and adrenaline pumping, the sixth book in Paige Tyler's X-Ops Series runs true to form. The story of feline shifter Dreya Clark and handsome cop Braden Hayes, readers find them in hot pursuit of bad guys and not surprisingly each other.

I can't say much more because if I do, there will be spoilers. The synopsis from the back of the book already gives you an idea. Just remember, Dreya and Braden can also burn the sheets so might have to be discreet if you bring this book to the poolside or the beach.

Her True Match is Rated M for Mature due to sexual content and violence.

Paige Tyler has a way of drawing me in; I look forward to more titles in this series.

Her True Match is the sixth book in the X-Ops series by Paige Tyler. I do not recommend starting the series here, it is too dependent on the previous stories in character building and in the larger story arch with is getting very interesting, but is complex.

Feline shifter Dreya Clark picks the wrong penthouse to rob and ends up arrested by sexy detective Braden Hayes. But Braden isn’t the only one who’s been watching the cat burglar. Agents from the Department of Covert Operations swoop in to offer her a deal. If she wants to stay out of jail, she’ll have to work with them—and pair up with the hot cop. Braden isn’t thrilled about the DCO meddling in his investigation. He’s been chasing Dreya for years. Thrown together on a dangerous covert mission, fur flies and temperatures flare. But when danger closes in on them, their game of cat and mouse turns deadly-serious, and they’ll have to rely on each other to make it out alive.

Her True Match is a fast and fun romance. Like many series, this runs into the pitfall of being dependent on previous books in the series in order to fully understand the characters, and the complexity of the organization and mythos of shifters in this particular author's world. However, that being said, fans of the series have been waiting to see of what awaited Braden and Dreya, we knew they would be back. The story also involves many favorites from previous books and ties together some threads that had been dangling for a bit. The larger story arch about the hybrids, and who is loyal to who, blows up in this one- and if you were not already fully engaged in the story keeping track of who was who would be  useless. I did enjoy the story, although I felt like it was a little too easy for Braden and Dreya- although in the next few books I think we'll see much more about the dangers to everyone in the series- not just the couple of the moment.

Her True Match is a good addition to this series. I felt like the romance portion was a little too easy, almost like it was filler to get the larger story arch moving to where it needed to go. However, I think this will be a must read for fans of the series, because it was a game changer.

Her True Match is the sixth volume in the X-Ops series featuring the DCO, a secret branch of the American secret services employing human able to partially shift into animal thanks to a genetic mutation. Here we follow Dreya, with feline DNA, high-level thief, who’s saved from prison by a job offer from the DCO, and Braden, the cop who arrested her and seems determined to make sure her career change is a success.

Firstly I prefer warning you that if the couple story is finished at the end of the novel, it would be difficult to follow the secondary plots without having read the previous volumes, in spite of some reminders given by the author through the story.
Secondly in this series we follow almost every time in parallel the couple of the first volume during their investigation of the series’ red herring, which is why we have less time with the couple of the current volume, and that could bother some readers.

This being said Dreya is a high-level thief who’s also a luxury jewelry designer. She steals to satisfy the adrenaline junky side of her animal part. She’s thrilled to discover she’s not the only one able to have claws and fangs, but she has trouble imagining herself working in a team.
Braden is a cop who always works by the book since the death of his first partner, a hothead, at the beginning of his career. When Dreya slips through his fingers thanks to the DCO he decides on the spur of the moment to follow her. I thought he took really well his discovery of Dreya’s abilities.
Both are afraid to bare themselves in front of the world, to change, but they share an almost immediate trust in the other that will allow them to support each other as they learn what working for the DCO will mean for them. They also have a fast attraction against which they won’t really struggle, and their couple seems obvious really quickly. By the by they won’t take a long time admitting their nascent feelings.

On the plot side we have again the investigation about the businessman financing researches about creating of man/animal hybrids, and once again the DCO teams deal with a secret lab and a mad scientist, this time in a more advanced stage of his experimentations. I still had the feeling this general plot didn’t really progress, I can’t wait to know more.

But the final dramatic turn of events, with the supposed death of a regular and very important secondary character, left me shaken. The novel ends with the bad guys appearing to seize power and the couples of the six volumes forced to go on the run. I really hope the dead won’t “stay dead” and that this whole business won’t need several volumes to be solved because I would be frustrated.

After a long game of cat-and-mouse

Feline shifter Dreya Clark picks the wrong penthouse to rob and ends up arrested by sexy detective Braden Hayes. But Braden isn’t the only one who’s been watching the cat burglar. Agents from the Department of Covert Operations swoop in to offer her a deal. If she wants to stay out of jail, she’ll have to work with them—and pair up with the hot cop. Great.

Danger throws this unlikely pair together

Braden isn’t thrilled about the DCO meddling in his investigation. He’s been chasing Dreya for years. Thrown together on a dangerous covert mission, fur flies and temperatures flare. But when danger closes in on them, their game of cat and mouse turns deadly-serious, and they’ll have to rely on each other to make it out alive.

We meet Dreya, the master theif, in a previous book. She's quite impressive - able to get into just about anywhere using a mix of her incredible intelligence and her shifter abilities. But she may have taken a mis-step and landed herself in jail. Braden, a police detective, has been tracking her and finally catches to her.

This one seemed to have a lot of downtime. When the DCO sweeps in and offers to keep Dreya out of jail, she goes into some intensive training and testing. While I thought it was interesting to see their set-up and recruiting/training methonds - it never seemed to end. I wanted more in the mission and with Dreya and Braden out in the field. The time they did spend in the field, seemed a little forced and overdone.

I did get to see some of my favorite characters from series, and I do feel like the series storyline was moved forward - but just a bit. I've gotten used to some seriously action-packed stories and this one just let down my expectation a little in that regard. I highly recommend reading this series in order. While each book has a stand-along romance, there is a lot going on in the X-Ops world that really builds from one book to the next.

*I voluntarily read a review copy of this book*

Wow, I didn’t see that coming.  This was an amazing read that left me in shock.

This is the sixth book in the X-Ops Series and one that left me speechless.  I loved everything about this book.  I also love how Ms. Tyler is able to have a couple of storylines going at the same time and how it just falls together at the very end.  The characters were well written and they were captivating.  As far as the chemistry between Dreya and Braden all I can say is they were hot together.  They were able to complete each other and he was able to actually read her.  It seemed like he knew her inside out and he anticipated her moves.  Now as far as Dreya I loved that she was able to change for the better.  I really thought that she would mess up and be a thief again but she really did surprise me.  She was able to put that in the past and move forward.  

I can’t wait for the next book in this series.  I need to find out what happens to all the agents from DCO and how they are going to overcome what happened.  I’m really hoping that everything is fine and someone knew what was going to happen and they took precautions.

Received ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an Honest Review

After Her Rogue Alpha, I wasn’t sure what to expect in the next X-Ops novel.  This review has been tough to write.  I wasn’t sure how to articulate my feelings on it.  Though I eagerly wanted to see the story of Dreya Clark, I was a bit disappointed with Her True Match.

I’m completely torn about this novel.  On the one hand I felt it was a bit lackluster.  The romantic journey of Dreya and Braden reminded me too much of Ivy and Landon.  Though there are distinct differences in plot points, the essence of it was too familiar.  The premise of the cop falling for the thief was alluring, and I did enjoy that part of their story.  However, though I am no expert in police procedures, there were moments that completely suspended my disbelief.  Some of Braden’s actions did not seem realistic.  Nor was his almost gilded invitation to not only keep an eye on Dreya but be her partner.  The latitudes taken were too much for me and the world lost me.  I was also taken a back that no one warned him about Dick.  Really?  No one warned him not to trust him?  At the very least I would have thought his cop-spider-senses would have clued him in that Dick was off.

There are a few plot lines running in this novel as seems to be the case later in the series.  I was surprised at how quickly Dreya took to training, especially working with a seasoned cop like Braden.  It felt like the story “jumped the shark” when, after an incredibly short time, they were sent on missions.  I understand being short-handed, but the work they do is really not for amateurs. This was especially apparent when they send out basically two rookies without the oversight of a veteran.  I found the continuing hunt for the crooked members of the DCO’s oversight committee, as well as the tracking down of the rogue scientists, fascinating. Yet, the cliffhanger event at the end was a complete surprise. Though I don’t believe all is as it seems, this would be my only reason for reading the next novel.

As much as I loved the premise of this series at the beginning, the last two novels have disappointed me for different reasons.  I did like Dreya and Braden and felt satisfied that they found their happily-ever-after.  But their romance felt lackluster to me, even with the thief/cop romance, reminding me too much of a previous series couple.  The plot of the rogue scientists and corrupt political committee members truly hits a climactic moment in this novel and though I want to see if my perceptions are correct, I’m not sure it will be enough to have me read the next novel.  The lack of some realism cracked the foundation of the mythology of this series for me.

My Rating:  C, Finished It – Liked some, didn’t like some

Dreya is a shifter and a thief. Braden is a cop who's been after Dreya for years. He finally catches her and arrests her but two Feds show up and remove her from his custody.
Danica and Clayne are two agents for DCO and take her to their compound. They have come to recruit her, she has five days to decide. She can join them or she can walk away and her arrest will be erased. Braden was worried so he followed her and they offer to let him stay and be her partner. They train together and when he finds out she not quite human, he's not disgusted, like she thought he would be , he's amazed. They become more than partners, they become lovers.

Also going on is Ivy and Landon checking out a psychiatric hospital that is making hybrids and experimenting on them. So they send in another agent undercover to find the shifter and hybrids. Trevor is hilarious and hope he has a book soon.

Sexy, edge of your seat action, funny, and sad. Totally shocked by the end! Bravo Paige. Bravo.

Her True Match
X-OPS - Book 6


By Paige Tyler
Sourcebooks Casablanca - March 2017
Paranormal Romance


Her True Match is the sixth full length novel in Paige Tyler's X-OPS series. I highly recommend reading these books in order, starting with the prequel to the series, Her Secret Agent. 
Braden Hayes finally had her. Or at least the evidence he needed against Dreya Clark that, well, he wasn't quite sure what he had. There was no question that Dreya was a thief. But he finally had concrete proof showing Dreya in the act, of doing things that simply were not possible. She was in his grasp, when she slipped from his fingers once again. 
Dreya didn't know what to make of this group of people who had taken her from Braden. But Braden didn't leave her on her own, no, like always, Braden had followed her, and she wasn't unhappy to see him. This group, the so-called Department of Covert Operations was giving her a chance at a new future. She was learning more about herself and her abilities, but she was also learning what a perfect partner Braden would be for her in the field. 
And in her life... And for once, in her life but not chasing her to arrest her. Rather in her life as her partner in all ways. 
Her True Match brings our familiar cat-burglar and local officer together in a novel full of action, suspense, intrigue, and romance. Watching Dreya go through training was fascinating, but Braden's reactions and responses were entertaining and endearing. I couldn't accept Dreya's reasons for being a thief, which made it hard for me to relate to her, but I adored Braden, and did enjoy their romance. There was also the continuing mystery and some fascinating new characters. Although the romance is complete, there is a major cliffhanger relating to the overriding story arc. 



Kathy Andrico - KathysReviewCorner.com

DNF @ 50%  Nothing wrong with the book, it's just not keeping my interest to be frank.