Tie Me Up

Victor Moritz walks into an upscale Manhattan tie shop with his mother's emergency credit card and a lifetime of lies. At forty-two, he's perfected the art of looking successful while his life falls apart behind the scenes.

When the shop closes permanently and Victor loses his job on the same day, he's forced to face the one person he's been lying to the most—his mother. What unfolds is a raw, honest reckoning between a son who's been failing for decades and a mother who realizes she's been helping him fail.

Moving into his mother's basement apartment and taking a job as someone's assistant isn't the fresh start Victor imagined. But as he learns to stop performing and start living, he discovers something unexpected: being ordinary might be the bravest thing he's ever done.

Perfect for readers who appreciate character-driven stories about family, second chances, and the courage it takes to finally be yourself. Tie Me Up is a hopeful novella about letting go of who you think you should be and embracing who you actually are.