Undercover Wolf by Paige Tyler is riveting, suspenseful, and heart-pounding. It combines supernatural suspense, paranormal romance, and action-adventure in a thrilling novel that is the second book in the STAT: Special Threat Assessment Team series. It also takes the reader on an international journey from France to Morocco to Greece and back to France. The reader is immediately plunged into the action and drawn into the story line.

In this story, supernatural beings are known to a few, but not all humans. As with humans, some supernatural beings are criminals and the United States has put together a team of supernatural beings and humans to deal with these criminals domestically as well as internationally. Harley Grant is an alpha werewolf and a member of STAT. Her team is looking for clues to lead them to kidnappers or their captives. They’ve received intelligence that there is a human trafficking ring operating in Paris.

Meanwhile alpha werewolf Sawyer Bishop works for MI6. His team doesn’t know that he is a supernatural and they don’t trust those that are. When a MI6 case overlaps that of STAT, Harley and Sawyer end up having to work together.

Both main characters have their flaws that made them seem more real. Whether it is loneliness, afraid of not being accepted by others, or not accepting themselves for what they are, there is an undercurrent of self-growth amidst the action, suspense, and slowly developing romance.
The author does a great job of world-building. I was able to easily visualize the settings, especially Paris. There are several twists to the story and it deals with important themes of prejudices, human trafficking, murder, revenge, terrorism, trust, and much more. Since there are several recurring characters in the book, it helps to read the series in order. That way, a reader is not learning all of the secondary characters at once, but gradually over time. This story was so full of action and excitement that it kept me turning the pages to find out what was going to happen next. I was kept fully invested in the mission becoming a success. My one quibble is that the ending was wrapped up a little too quickly.

Overall, this book was fast-paced, action-oriented, and entertaining. If you enjoy action thrillers with some romance that have both strong male and female characters set in a world where supernatural beings exist, then this may be the series for you. I can’t wait to find out what is next, whether it is another series or this one.

SOURCEBOOKS Casablanca and Paige Tyler provided a complimentary digital ARC of this novel via NetGalley. This is my honest review. Opinions are mine alone and are not biased in any way. Publication date is currently set for May 25, 2021. This review was originally posted at Mystery and Suspense Magazine.

Harley and Sawyer are two wolves hiding in different ways -- Harley hiding from what being a werewolf means she's capable of & Sawyer, while accepting of his wolf, hiding it and his use of the abilities from his team. watching the two meet, work through both their attraction and personal demons/fears as they become a solid couple while juggling their team issues and defeating the bad guy makes for and enjoyable and entertaining read. The action borders a little on the overtop side (think James Bond or Mission Impossible) as they race to save the world from the evil mastermind but never quite goes to far to stop being interesting and entertaining with a little belief suspension. All in all a good follow up to the 1st book of the series. Look forward to seeing what the next installment will bring.

Undercover Wolf by Paige Tyler is the 2nd book in her STAT (Special Threat Assessment Team) series. The STAT series is sort of a spin off from Tyler’s SWAT series. The STAT team is assigned unsolvable cases, which will include supernatural creatures.

Undercover Wolf starts with a bang, as the STAT team is in a Paris nightclub investigating a trafficking ring, when they are surprised that another group, M16 is also on this same mission. We meet Harley, a member of STAT, who is a werewolf, as is some of other members of their team; she ends up helping Sawyer, one of the M16 leaders, who is also a werewolf. Both teams will agree to work together to stop the ring, made up of supernatural criminals. The STAT members notice that Sawyer is a werewolf, but the M16 team has no idea, and Sawyer is determined to keep it quiet, since he is not sure how his team would react.

Once the teams work together to investigate the ring, it becomes obvious that there is more to the trafficking ring and the kidnappings of supernatural beings. When some of their teammates on other assignments are murdered, it becomes apparent that someone in the past is out for revenge, and using supernatural people to kill, causing chaos and destruction. Sawyer recognizes the leader as someone they thought was dead, but now the enemy has become ultra-powerful, and increasing difficult to stop.

What follows is an action packed, non-stop, exciting thriller that held me on the edge of my seat throughout, unable to put the book down. There were so many dire situations that had the team in danger, with their lives hanging by a thread. Both Harley and Sawyer had issues with their family not knowing or accepting what they were. Harley never used her ability to bring out her wolf; will she finally use it to save Sawyer? I loved that over a short period of time, Harley and Sawyer began to have strong feelings and the chemistry between them sizzled; soon they will realize that maybe their relationship is the ‘One’, destined to each other (a werewolf legend). They were so great together, and also a great couple. I also thought the STAT team members were awesome; Caleb, Jake, Jen, Misty, Forest.

Undercover Wolf was an exciting, action packed non-stop adventure from start to finish, with great secondary characters, and a great couple. The villains were evil, violent and fully dangerous, with amazing supernatural abilities that were difficult for the team to fight against. So many times, I held my breath to see who would survive. Once again Paige Tyler gives us another fantastic story, which I cannot wait to see what she has in store of us next. I wholly suggest you read this series.

Hidden. So many of us keep parts of ourselves hidden. Alpha Harley Grant doesn't let her inner wolf out, believing its not possible, She is still a valued and trusty member of STAT and when they are overseas, finding themselves working with MI6 she is drawn to Sawyer. Sawyer who keeps his werewolf status hidden from his teammates. Book 2 in the STAT series can be read as a stand alone but I think one would appreciate all the new nasty paranormals if book 1 is read first. Paige Tyler opens a whole new realm of paranormals that are really out there, the possibilities of where we are headed are astronomical. This book has action, suspense and romance, intrigue, and paranormals that can do wonderous things, but also evil. There is treachery and the knowledge one will do almost anything to protect family. I am enthralled with this new expanded paranormal world Paige has taken us too, It is mind boggling! Thank you for the arc Sourcebooks Casablanca, Paige Tyler and NetGalley, I freely volunteer my thoughts and opinions.

Loved the second book in the STAT series. STAT and MI6 are assigned to a case that involves para-normal persons. Harley and Sawyer meet on a case in Parris - unknowingly that they have both been assigned to find the culprits that have been kidnaping persons around the world.

Harley denies her werewolf inner voice - her family reacted badly when her fangs and nails started growing (she sifted). Since that day she has never made friends with her inner wolf.

Sawyer has hidden from his MI6 colleges that he is a werewolf. He is afraid they will reject him. Their unit has been following and trying to apprehend an underground trafficking business of women / money laundering.

Sawyer and Harley meet by chance in an underground dance club in Paris. Each team of agents are exploring the different rooms in the nightclub - looking for criminal activity. What they discover is an underground smuggling / kidnapping for para-normal (vampires / persons with superpowers).

It was another winner for Paige..

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3.5 Stars

‘Undercover Wolf’ starts off with a bang and takes off from the start, plunging you straight into the action as multiple agencies and their people start crossing wires over the bad guys. There’s the race to uncover more before the insidious roots lead to a point of no return, a race from exotic locale to another exotic locale to counter human/supernatural trafficking—all the typical ingredients of a suspense movie pumped full with characters whose abilities go beyond the normal moving around within covert circles doing covert things.

As a follow-up from her SWAT series, Paige Tyler’s STAT series is a bit more amped up…and a lot more reckless fun.

Within this larger framework, there’s the pairing of Harley Grant and Sawyer Bishop, 2 alphas who are immediately drawn to each other (thanks to Tyler’s theory of a werewolf finding his/her fabled soulmate) even though both of them suppress part of their true selves in various ways for varying reasons.

Sawyer exemplifies the werewolf who has yet to come out of the closet and it’s a dynamic that is definitely new, as the fear of judgement, or introducing a supernatural element to an established circle of colleagues or friends is certainly a daunting one. Paige Tyler goes down this route just a little, but it’s thankfully more than just the teenage spiel of ‘finding yourself and your identity’, but rather, a gentle, brief look as well as the notions of monstrosity and acceptance.

Non-stop action however, laterally drives the plot and keeps the pages turning rather than the lows and highs of character-introspection, so the one-true-pairing of Harley and Sawyer comes together without much of a hitch or angst. This, at its most basic, is this series’s defining trademark, and one that can get a little fatigued after finding its nth iteration in this story, as easy to read as it might be.

Tyler’s ever-expanding werewolf universe now includes a host of other creatures of supernatural abilities and I’m quite chuffed about reading about this widening and intriguing network of to-quite human beings (vampires are the stinky, dead-eyed ones here, nothing like the seductive bleached-whiteness and ethereal beauty found in the Twilight series).

It’s messy, bewildering at times and a little too convoluted too, but coming out of it, I guess what I’m really hoping to see going forward from here is for Tyler to move past the pairings of werewolf with human/another werewolf and to bend the more established lines she’d been going at for a while.

Really cute book! Ok so the start of the book was a little over the top, but true love is true love, right? I've always loved the supernatural concept of mates and this book was no exception. I think the series would benefit from a little more explanation into the world of the werewolf--their origins, the different kinds of wolves, are there different clans, etc. Overall, I really enjoyed it and have started reading the entire series!
I received this ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I love all of Paige Tyler's werewolf books because they are so much more than a typical paranormal. The creative way she describes each characters' origin story and how they stumble upon their, "One," keeps me coming back for more. Harley and Sawyer have tons of chemistry and of course they are brave enough to save the world. Another winner from Tyler.

This is an awesome read! I fell into the story and the world melted away. Nothing got done all day until I finished it. The range of paranormal beings made my head spin. Excellent world building. Caleb was a hoot adding a light note in heavy situations.

Alpha werewolf Harley Grant never uses her wolfy gifts, so they are not as strong as they could be. She works with an organization that knows what she is, and with others like her. When a trafficking ring they are working to stop is found in Paris they find they're not the only ones chasing them.

Sawyer Bishop has hidden his Alpha werewolf abilities from the team he works with. When they find themselves on the same mission as the American team, it becomes harder to hide what he is.

This is an action packed paranormal romance that hardly gives you time to draw breath. The missions they will face cost many lives but not as many as they will save. One team learns there is much more in their world than they ever knew. How they handle that knowlage is the key to success or failure.

Very exciting reading.

I received an advanced reader's copy of Undercover Wolf by Paige Tyler from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Since I have read books by Paige Tyler previously, I was hopeful that this novel would be as enjoyable as the others. Happily, it was!

The story was a quick, easy read and the characters were well-written. The plot moved quickly and there was steady action as it progressed. I quite liked the dynamic between our main characters, werewolves Harley Grant and Sawyer Bishop, from the moment they met until the end. The dialogue between them was entertaining and their chemistry was readily apparent.

Overall, I thought this novel was fun and I look forward to the next in the series.

Undercover Wolf is the second book in the Special Threat Assessment Team (STAT) series by Paige Tyler. It delves deeper into the mythos created in the SWAT world. While some of the favorite characters from the SWAT team do make cameos in this series, the focus is on illuminating a new world and mythos and focusing on the character development of the lead characters, alpha werewolf Sawyer Bishop and the deadly alpha werewolf Harley Grant.




This book introduces the female STAT agent Harley Grant, an alpha werewolf who is part of a secret unit that tracks down and stops supernatural creatures. On a case in Paris, where her team follows the clues to a supernatural trafficking ring which leads them to team up with MI6.



Alpha werewolf and MI6 Officer Sawyer Bishop is a highly powerful lycanthrope who is an integral part of the MI6 unit. However, his team does not yet know of his true nature. His team goes to Paris to put the bad guys under bars and protect the world from threats old and new. He will do whatever it takes to take down the creatures poised to destroy the world as we know it.



Together, Sawyer and Harley along with their teams must work to build trust and track down the forces bent on destroying the world as we know it. What they find is something out of their wildest nightmares. This book does justice to its name and is truly spellbinding. Paige Tyler’s expansion of her supernatural mythos has given ‘Undercover Wolf’ more nuance and depth while melding humor with paranormal suspense. Her characters have such depth that you just can't help rooting for them.



Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC

Harley works for the US covert Special Threat Assessment Team and Sawyer with MI6. They are on a joint mission to find a fiend auctioning off Supernaturals. The pace of the hunt is exciting and interesting. Harley and Sawyer are engaging. This is part of a series and it is fun to be able to see former main characters in action. Although part of the series it can easily be read as a standalone. I would recommend this book to my patrons.

If James Bond was a Werewolf and if James Bond and he fell in love with a equally kick up and taking names female James Bond Werewolf. Undercover wolf is a fast pace adrenalin pumping, alpha male romance. It has everything evil laree, evil henchmen that never seem to die, sexy scenes and happy ending. If readers enjoy supernatural romance, sexy scenes, beautiful, tall people with guns and bombs? Undercover Wolf is you dream comes true.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the advance copy of Paige Tyler Undercover Wolf.

Paige Tyler's books have sort of become a comfort read for me because they are generally really good, action-packed, but not at all leaving aside the romance element, as they are, after all, romance novels. Undercover Wolf, however, is a bit of a disappointment. I thought it a bit boring, mostly because I didn't really care for the plot and the romance didn't really feel like the point of the book. The main characters barely even had enough time to talk, in my opinion. I wanted more romance between them, not another meeting between the teams to figure out how to beat the bad guy. As a result, both main characters are a somewhat one-dimensional.
One more thing: as a reader of Ms. Tyler's novels, I've naturally read her SWATT series, which I adore and where the particulars of her werewolves' lore are explained. That ends up being kind of a problem, as I, as a reader, kind of know more about the characters than they know about themselves and I don't like that. It would be worse had I been a new reader as the particulars of "The One" for Tyler's werewolves are never really explained in this book, for example.
2 and a half stars,

Undercover Wolf (ebook) by Paige Tyler STAT book two

Alpha werewolf Harley Grant (STAT) and Alpha werewolf Sawyer Bishop (MI6) This is their story .. They are both on a mission and their missions cross and the two teams start working together. This book has violence, deceit, pure evil, lots of supernatural beings, team members, angst, plenty of action and steam getting us to their HEA and leaving us wanting a book three.

Reasons I enjoyed this book:
Wonderful characters Tear-jerker Twisted Unpredictable Easy-to-read Steamy Great world building Romantic Entertaining Scary Funny Happily Ever After Haunting Page-turner Action-packed Tragic

Two people on the same team could cost other people their lives if they don't open up to others and themselves what they really are. A storm is brewing and they all, human and not have to come together and trust each other to beat the enemy.

In this this book investigative agencies work together to find villains selling supernaturals at an action. Readers of this series will find this intriguing, as MI6 joins forces with a STAT team. Most of the MI6 team was in the dark about supernaturals and this is an awakening. Prejudices and preconceived beliefs must be addressed. Of course, there is romance and friendships that enhance all of this series.

Through NetGalley, I received a free copy of UNDERCOVER WOLF (STAT paranormal romance series book 2) by Paige Tyler in exchange for an honest review. Harley Grant only ever wanted to be normal, so she never put any real effort into developing her alpha werewolf talents; instead, she actively suppressed all of her supernatural traits; as a result, her knowledge of werewolves and her abilities are stunted. Harley and the rest of the STAT team are currently investigating a kidnapping ring involving supernatural criminals and possibly supernatural victims. When an anonymous tip leads the team to a night club, they run into an MI-6 team investigating the same series of kidnappings. Though the team leader Sawyer Bishop is also an alpha werewolf, the rest of the team are completely mundane and seemingly ignorant of the supernatural world. The powers that be create a temporary joint taskforce merging the STAT and MI-6 teams, which requires the MI-6 team to be introduced to the true paranormal scope of the task ahead. Throughout the investigation, Harley and Bishop find themselves crazily attracted to each other. They must figure out whether their temporary team-up should become something more permanent or whether they should succumb to the forces prying them apart.

I liked this book and usually enjoy the writings of the author. I recommend this book to fans of paranormal romance featuring intrigue, kidnapping, criminals, and international investigations.

Harley is a member of STAT and been a werewolf for eight years. She’s not close to her wolf and while the team she’s on are supernatural, Harley’s won’t come out. The team is in Paris looking for a human trafficking ring when they run into another team there. Sawyer is with MI6 and his fellow team members don’t know he’s a werewolf. So the two teams join up to take down the trafficking ring. With Harley and Sawyer being thrown together and trying to ignore the heat between them. Harley finds out that Sawyer could be The One, but they have to wait until after the mission to really sit down and talk. Can they stop a madman intent on destroying them and hundreds of thousands of people?

So very good. Non stop action. Werewolves and other supernatural characters. Evil men. And characters I fell in love with.

* Voluntarily read and reviewed this for NetGalley *