When his new shadow seems intent on sticking around, Ryan starts to suspect this is no ordinary Wolf.

Alone and lonely, Ryan fears he is losing his mind.

Flashes of a figure give the impression he is being followed or, worse, hunted. Something lurks in the surrounding woods. When a stranger gives Ryan the chance at a new life, somewhere he might begin to feel safe, he may learn to trust again.īut in his mountain hideaway, Ryan feels as if he is being watched. Past regrets and confusion about his sexual orientation dog him as he deals with the loss of Thomas. Ryan’s desperate journey isn’t easy as he tries to evade capture. When Ryan believes he has nothing left to lose, escape from prison becomes the only option. Spurring him on are memories of his past, his one love, who he met in juvie, and the driving desire for freedom. While serving his sentence, an attack sets off a chain of events and forces Ryan to speed up the timeline on an insane escape plan. Most prisoners believe their punishment is unfair, but for Ryan Tarkett, it’s true. Read Camille’s review in its entirety here.Genre: Paranormal, contemporary, romance, gay/questioning, genderqueer/genderfluid, asexual, interracial, action/adventure, suspense, prisoners, prison/prison escape, grieving, graphic violence, rape attempt, PTSD, off-grid living/isolation, subsistence/hunting, winter, one-bed, soulmates, friends to lovers, second chance, mysterious wolves Add to Goodreads One is his complex connection to Tristan and the other is the ubiquitous presence of a gray wolf. There are two additional themes that crop up once 793 starts his caretaker role. Not only do both realities have brutal survival themes at their core, they are made bearable and bittersweet by 793’s relationship and memories of Thomas.

These vignettes continue after 793 meets Tristan and starts serving as caretaker for Tristan’s remote cabin.

We are first introduced to 793 a short time before he executes his escape plan, but there are a few flashbacks to his time in juvenile detention that flesh out what kind of person he is in prison and how he meets Thomas. (Note, I refer to the MC as 793 because I also love the way DeGraham uses his name as a device to mark different stages in the story, and I don’t want to spoil that effort in my review.) That said, the storytelling is anything but linear. It’s a heavy-hitting saga that focuses mostly on two parts of Prisoner 793’s life: his time behind bars and his time after he escapes. Prisoner is the first book in the Steele Pack series from author GiGi DeGraham.

Prisoner by GiGi DeGraham