Saving Saul by Louise Lennox

Saving Saul: A Tale of Fate and Forgiveness

Tessa Baptiste is used to rejection—it’s the life of a struggling actress. But when she agrees to join Love, Unmasked, the hit dating show where connections are built sight unseen, she’s shocked to find herself falling for someone. Behind the wall is Saul Mensah, a charismatic voice that makes her feel seen, heard, and adored in ways she never imagined.

Saul, a former rugby star turned rising culinary icon, isn’t on the show to find a soulmate. His new restaurant needs publicity, and his Ghanaian grandmother insists he needs a wife. He never expected Tessa—a witty, vulnerable woman who breaks down his carefully constructed walls. Against all odds, he finds himself believing in something he thought was a fantasy: love.

Their connection feels destined—until reveal day, when Saul vanishes, leaving Tessa humiliated and heartbroken with nothing but a cryptic note: He’s free.You’re better off without me.

Back home in New Orleans, Tessa tries to move on, but dreams and visions of Saul haunt her. Her family’s ties to the city’s magical history warn her that their connection may be more than it seems. Meanwhile, Saul struggles to protect Tessa from the dangerous secret that forced him to leave, knowing the truth could destroy everything…including her.

But, No matter how much he runs, one truth remains—she’s his

When he reappears in her life, desperate for a second chance and with a confession that rocks her world, Tessa must decide if she can start a new life with the man who broke her heart.

Can love survive betrayal, danger, and the mysterious pull of fate?

Saving Saul is steamy second chance novel that mentions domestic violence which some readers may find triggering. Saving Saul was formally a novella titled Hot Hex on a Platter in the anthology Once Upon a Halloween Night. It has been revised with new themes, a revamped plot, and a word count that has more than quadrupled in size.