Purrfectly Mated: A Maverick Pride Tale 1: A Paranormal Romance Novel featuring a Tiger Shifter and his curvy human fated mate .

C.D. Gorri

Apr 2026 · The Maverick Pride Tales Audiobooks Book 1 · C.D. Gorri · Narrated by Elle Sonali

About this audiobook

Welcome to Maverick Point, where you will find tales featuring paranormal romance with growly Shifters and their curvy fated mates!

In order to lead his pride, tiger shifter Hunter must tame his clawing inner beast by finding his fated mate. When a stranded Elissa makes her way to Hunter, he knows she’s the one. The problem? She has no idea shifters exist!

He’s the leader of his Pride. She’s a normal with no idea Shifters exist.

Calling a Magical Matchmaking Service isn’t exactly ideal, but Hunter Maverick is desperate to find his mate. If he doesn’t have control of the eight-hundred-pound Tiger living inside him, he can’t run the Pride. The best way to manage his beast is to claim a female as his own, but no one in his Pride calls to him. Only his fated mate will do.

There’s just one problem. He has no idea who she is.

Elissa Phoenix has hit rock bottom. When she’s cajoled into accepting a blind date, she finds herself in one lousy situation after another. Bad manners and lewd suggestions leave Elissa no choice but to leave on her own.

Stranded in the rain on the side of the road, Elissa is startled when an elderly stranger in a limo offers her a ride. She knows she should run, but her gut says get in. With no other prospects, what does she have to lose?

Uncle Uzzi has found the purrfect mate for the big bad Tiger of Maverick Point, New Jersey wandering on the side of the road, but it’s up to the growly Neta to win her heart.

Can Hunter convince Elissa she’s his purrfect mate?

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Ratings and reviews

Elle Sonali does a wonderful job bringing C. D. Gorri’s fabul.ous paranormal tale to life in the audiobook. I can’t wait to listen to more from the author and the narrator. I highly recommend this book. This was a feel good book about a curvy woman and a tall tiger shifter. Elissa and Hunter are fated mates. There's instant attraction as soon as the matchmaker introduce them. Of course there one person that's never happy and is jealous to make problems for the happy couple, but they face that together as mated pairs should. I liked the humor in this story as well as the instant hot love between the characters. I enjoyed that Elissa didn't fight her fate like other stories I have read, but excepted it with open arms.

When Hunter, a tiger shifter calls on Uncle Uzzi to help him find his mate he never knew that Uncle Uzzi would pick up Elissa on the side of the road rain. He knows she is his fated mate but can he convince her as he has to capture her heart. Loved this pnr romance and the narration is great. Elle Sonali is one of my favorite narrators and she keeps you enthralled in the story. Loved it.