When Nina Chance’s late shift at the cafe ends in a terrifying encounter on a dark street, the last thing she expects is to be rescued by a cool-voiced stranger who feels like déjà vu with dimples. Brayden Winters is steady where her life feels shaky, gentle where her past still aches, and familiar in a way she can’t explain.
Their walk home—meant to be a moment of safety—becomes something electric. For the first time in years, Nina lets herself feel seen. But just as quickly, that hope shatters: Brayden has a girlfriend.
Nina tells herself to forget him. She’s been the other woman before, and she refuses to play that role again. Yet Brayden keeps reaching out—kind, respectful, and drawn to her in ways he’s trying hard not to name. And when Nina discovers he works at the same horse ranch where she once found comfort as a teenager, their lives begin to overlap in ways neither of them can ignore.
But the biggest blow comes when she learns who Brayden’s girlfriend is: Jordy, her estranged cousin and former best friend. The girl who once felt like a sister, and now feels like a reminder of everything Nina has lost.
As Nina’s carefully contained world cracks open—family wounds resurfacing, trauma demanding to be faced, and Brayden becoming impossible to forget—she’s forced to choose: retreat into the loneliness that’s always felt safer, or step into a life that finally wants her back.
Savior Complex is a steamy, emotional small-town romance about healing, impossible choices, and the magnetic pull of a love that arrives too soon and too late. It’s the third standalone novel in the Sunset Bay series—emotion-rich, full-circle love stories with plenty of heat and a guaranteed happily ever after.
