So, Run Free…it’s a really different take on shifters than I’ve ever read. The premise is that the British military created them as a secret “super soldier” during WW-II. After the war was over the military decides they are too powerful to leave around and is going to destroy them. That plan was overturned but strict controls were put on shifters and they lack most freedoms that humans take for granted. Also, human/shifter couples are forbidden. All of this is explained better, and in more detail, in the prologue for the book; I found it fascinating.

There are some pretty angsty parts in the beginning of the story and I was kept glued to my e-reader, only stopping because it was going to fall out of my hands if I didn’t get some sleep. 😊 I really loved everything about this story.

There’s an underground group that helps unregistered shifters and shifter/human couples. After Jax, Hugo and Dominic meet up in person they all feel the strong pull of the mating bond. Hugo and Jax have been on the run for years. Dominic is quite a bit older than they are and has a good career as a barrister. He has to decide whether to go with Jax and Hugo and leave everything, and everyone, he knows behind.

There were several places that I was on the edge of my seat waiting for something awful to happen but I won’t say more. I will say that I would love to read a follow up story about this triad and I’d also love to know more about Dominic’s friend, Alistair. I think Alistair deserves a book of his own.

I don’t know if the author plans any more books set in this world but I would love to read more of them if she does.

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As they rounded a corner, Jax collided with a muscular guy in a smart suit. The hairs on the back of Hugo’s arms stood up as a pulse of electricity swept through him. He grabbed Jax’s arm, steadying him so he didn’t fall.

“We’ve got to go,” he hissed, tugging his lover’s arm.

Jax didn’t move. He was staring at the man in the suit, breathing harshly. The shopkeeper’s yells were getting closer, yet Hugo couldn’t resist glancing at the man they’d bumped into. He found himself noticing every tiny detail in a matter of seconds. The guy was gorgeous, with dark hair that had been cut into a short, neat style and grey eyes with a dark brown ring around the pupil. His cheekbones were sharp and pronounced, and he had a couple days’ worth of stubble. He smelt of rainy days and damp moss. Hugo’s stare tracked to the man’s neck, where he saw the rice grain-sized bump of a chip beneath his skin. He was a shifter. Judging by the man’s size and the way Jax was quivering, he had to be an alpha. Hugo felt like he was being pulled towards the man, which was a dangerous sensation, considering how close the shopkeeper’s shouts sounded.

“We’ve got to go,” Hugo insisted, tugging Jax harder. They couldn’t get caught.

“Go,” the alpha said.

His voice was deep and velvety, the kind of voice you could listen to all day and not get bored of. It was a voice Hugo could happily get wrapped up in. Damn, why was he thinking that way, and why was his skin tingling in the alpha’s presence?

He shook himself.

“Run,” the man told them in a commanding growl, stepping aside so he was no longer blocking the path.

Jax pushed him forward, and suddenly, they were running again. Hugo felt a sickening wrench in his stomach, which made him falter, but he quickly found his feet again. Nothing mattered but getting as far away from the shopkeeper as possible.