Description

For years, Claire Holloway has told everyone she is fine.

Her marriage is intact. Her home is maintained. Dinner is made even when no one arrives to eat it. From the outside, Claire’s life appears stable. Inside, she is lonely, invisible, and relying more heavily on alcohol to survive each day.

When drinking becomes dependence, the life she worked so hard to preserve begins to collapse. Recovery is not a single decision or a clean path forward. It brings withdrawal, treatment, relapse, grief, and the painful recognition that sobriety cannot restore the woman Claire used to be.

Then she meets Daniel Maddox.

Daniel understands the cost of addiction because he has paid it himself. Their connection offers Claire the possibility of love without pretense, but neither of them can rescue the other. Before Claire can build a future with anyone, she must discover who she is when she is no longer drinking, hiding, or arranging her life around everyone else’s needs.

F.I.N.E. is an emotionally grounded contemporary novel about addiction, recovery, marriage, identity, and finding love after survival. It is for readers who want a second-chance story that understands what it cost to get there.

Content note: This novel depicts alcohol addiction, withdrawal, treatment, relapse, and the effects of addiction on family relationships.