Drazik Core, a grief-stricken 28-year-old who posts videos of his paintings on social media for a living, finds himself lonely and depressed. When the idea of suicide becomes a little too comfortable in his mind, he schedules a meeting with a therapist.
Calista Laughty (Cali) is a 41-year-old successful small business owner who prides herself on her professionalism and independence. But when she feels herself falling for a client, she could risk losing her business. So they decide to take a spontaneous—and secret—trip to France to test their compatibility.
Afraid of falling in love and fearing losing control separates them even more than their age, but could she be worth the risk? Could he be worth the wait? Find out in this vivid and heartbreaking adventure of finding love, working through past trauma, and learning to accept a constantly changing life.
An artist passionate about loving people, songwriting, storytelling, and inspiring a better world.
Grief changes a person.
I lost my beautiful mom to colon cancer in 2022. She fought an almost decade-long battle with it, which was nearly half of my life. I watched her fight with a fierceness that could rival a lion. Her strength carried her for ten wonderful years, which my entire family and I were tremendously blessed with.
When she passed away, though, everything changed for me. I realized life was not guaranteed. I began to see how I had been exchanging my time for a steady income and a safe career. However, when I looked back at how my mom lived, I saw how she was most alive and fulfilled when helping others. When she sacrificed her wants and desires and supported someone else, she would beam brighter than the sun. It was apparent her job wasn’t what filled her with purpose. It was participating in the heart of God – Abba, which is goodness, kindness, selflessness, and love.
At the end of 2022, I decided to learn from how my mom lived and pursue what filled me with purpose: writing. I write stories and compose songs that bring my novels to life and, on a grand scale, move people, share my heart, and relate to others.
So, this is me—a man who seeks simplicity in life so that he can live extravagantly, not in material things but spiritually. I sincerely hope you’ll take the time to read one of my novels or listen to my music. I believe they best reveal who I am.
-Britian
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First I want to thank Britian Bell, Candor Publishing Group and NetGalley for providing me with this book so I can bring you this book.
WOW!!! Britian Bell is a creative genius for creating this powerful outside the box story She Saved Me. This is a book that will tug hard on your heart strings and pull them in so many directions it's not funny. But heads up you may want some tissues on hand (I admit I teared up). This is a fast paced totally addicting keep you on your toes type book. Once I started the book I could not keep my eyes off of it.
I appreciated that Britian openly addressed the trigger warnings in his book before starting his story. Very few do let their readers know and I think that is important. So, thank you Britian. In She Saved Me this story contains attempted suicide, moderate abrasive language, and terminal illness.
Britian dedicates this novel to anyone who is struggling with loneliness.
Never had I heard of Britian Bell until NetGalley introduced me to him and his writing. I loved the description of the book and the cover design by Edgel Barrientos drew me in. It seemed unique and different from the other stories out there and that is one thing that drew me to it. I also liked the age gap and wondered how the save me part played into it. I am extremely glad that I took a chance on Britian because I ended up falling in love with the storyline, the characters, and now I am a huge fan of the author himself. I would love to read more of his work and hear his music.
I absolutely loved that Drazik had a passion for painting and made videos of himself painting. The long hair was a nice feature he had as well. I could see why Cali, Emily and the other ladies were smitten with him.
Britian thought of the coolest names for his characters in the book. I had never ever heard of the name Drazik or Pneuma before.
I absolutely loved Drazik and Cali’s story! Loved how they met, how it was kind of taboo so to speak, and to see their relationship blossom! It was one of the sweetest and uniquest love stories around. It put a smile on my face and love in my heart.
She Saved Me had so many layers and so many storylines. Just when I thought the book was ending Britian did a 180 and flipped the switch and left me speechless!!! Never did I see that coming and I literally started ugly crying and yelling at my Kindle! Yes!! I was truly invested in these characters at this point!
Britian addresses multiple life lessons and so many important topics in this book.
They always say write what you know or what you are passionate about. The character lost his Mom and his best friend to colon cancer. He is mourning her loss. Britian sadly knew all too well about that pain as his Mom went through the same. My heart breaks for both of them as I just lost my Dad a year ago and he was my best friend. Many of the scenes were emotionally hard to read.
Britian you can tell he is passionate about his characters you can tell he writes from his heart and it shows. She Saved Me is beautifully well written that everyone will be talking about. This book deserves more than 5 stars!!! It is a must read for 2026!!
