Lion shifter Elliott Harkness is in Ireland for the dream vacation of a lifetime—and helping the Shamrock Safari Wildlife Park do some fundraising! After all, it's not often that a shifter gets to display his animal form in public, and being the 'lion on loan' means Elliott can show off while doing some good for the underfunded park.

Aoife Gallagher loves her education and outreach job at the Safari Park, but there's something weird going on. Bringing new animals into a zoo isn't a fly-by-night operation, but as long as she's worked here, there's been a magnificent menagerie of exotic animals who seem to drop by for a week and then disappear. And the new lion is in a completely unsafe enclosure! And is also . . . the hottest guy she's ever seen?

The instant connection Aoife and Elliott feel would be wonderful under any other circumstances—but today Aoife has to convince a rude investor that the wildlife park’s mission to protect endangered species is worth their money, while also dealing with an ill-mannered child and the revelation that the park she's loved for so long is a refuge for shifters as well as an ordinary wildlife park. It's all too much—except Elliott is there to be Aoife's 'mane man,' and his steady support help Aoife get through a day that goes wrong from the start—and right at the end, in all the very best ways.