Chicago, 2001. Seventeen-year-old Heather is pregnant, terrified, and utterly alone. In a desperate, secret decision, she gives her baby up for adoption—a choice that tears her apart and leaves her drowning in guilt and grief.
Determined to escape the pain, Heather plummets into a brutal world of addiction, exploitation, and violence. Her life unravels into a chaotic blur of raves, drug binges, smuggling runs, and a relentless cycle of self-destruction. As the darkness deepens, death becomes an all-too-familiar presence.
When her world collapses, Heather is faced with a stark choice: keep falling deeper into the shadows or fight for the impossible - to claw her way out and reclaim her body, her identity, and her power.
Perfect for readers of gritty women’s fiction, inspirational coming-of-age stories, and novels about addiction recovery, MOXY explores themes of trauma, resilience, and the search for self-worth in a contemporary fiction setting.
"MOXY is a blistering portrait of the art of resilience. You’ll feel it in your teeth.”
