Nathan

She's a human who doesn't believe in love at first sight.  He's a gorilla who knew she was his soulmate the moment she knocked over an entire display of wind chimes.

Seven years ago, gorilla shifter Nathan was exiled for refusing an arranged mating.  He's made peace with his past and built a life at Amazing Adventures Safari Park.

Wrenley was ready to resign herself to being single forever, until she's swept off her feet by a guy who makes her heart go pitter-pat.  But no matter how her heart wants her to go all-in with him, she's certain he's keeping something from her.

When his brother shows up asking him to come home and Nathan refuses, a female gorilla delivers a warning that chills his blood: with war on the horizon, his former people are out of options, and shifters with nothing to lose will do anything.  Wrenley doesn't know shifters exist, but she's about to find out the hard way.  And when she's taken by a gorilla determined to remove the obstacle standing in the way of a peaceful resolution, Nathan's carefully constructed gentleness cracks open and he'll burn the world down to save his precious mate.

Fated mates.  Secret identity.  Golden retriever hero.  Exiled shifter.  Found family.