Native Girl Rites

Mari Gray has always embraced her mixed heritage - garnering her strength from her African-American grandfather and her healing hands from her Native American grandmother. She hopes to draw upon both as she follows in her Jewish American father's professional footsteps as the town's abortion doctor. And with one year of college left, Mari is well on her way. But when a wealthy classmate violates her in the worst possible way, Mari must take matters into her own hands - calling on the powerful and omniscient Mother Moonshun, an ancient Native American deity whose domain it is to protect and preserve the health of women. But will it be enough?

Amy Slogan moved to Lafayette, North Carolina in hopes of starting over. A single mother trying to escape poverty, Amy finds herself struggling to survive. But when she meets the leaders of Life-Long, a religious extremist group, they convince her to join them on their path to an abortion free America.

Soon, Amy is embroiled in an innocent plan spun out of control. And before it's all over, Mari, the patients, the doctors, and the religious extremists will all see their lives changed forever. The passion each person feels about their beliefs inevitably and explosively clash within the confines of a conservative military town. Will a town in turmoil ever heal from this tragedy?

In her debut novel, Indigo Cox expertly weaves a suspenseful tale of opposing perspectives - from the women seeking care, the doctors providing care, and the religious extremists who want to end all abortions.