A story of loss and broken hearts, none were so loved as Miss Ives, she was a friend a daughter and a lover, and now she was gone forever...
Everyone involved blamed themselves for the loss to the world, and they were all grief stricken when it happened. All of them but one gathered around her grave planting and tending the lily plants, with their white arum flowers showing someone who was taken to soon.
The creature came, long after the others had left and fallen to his knees, he wept openly over her grave. Somehow still feeling her there with him, he could not believe that someone so good and kind could be gone, someone who had never judged him or turned away because of the horror of his face. He wished over and over again that just once someone up there would hear him and bring her back, even if they took him instead.
Then suddenly it hit him.........
A criminal mastermind makes a bold move against a wealthy client to put himself in a position to retire in comfort. He has no idea what he's up against when a young widow, desperate to make ends meet, sets her eyes on earning the bounty set on his head.
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Newly widowed housewife Melody Scott needs to earn some major cash, fast. When her bright and busy children learn that a priceless ruby bracelet has been stolen and a six-figure reward is being offered, they convince her to try to do what the police, museum security, and the best private investigators have failed to do. Working against them is a notorious thief who has met people from around the world, but who has never once encountered a woman like Melody Scott. When the sweet innocence of the Scott family clashes against criminal forces more dangerous than they ever imagined, Melody is all too aware that a mom's got to do what a mom's got to do to protect her family.
The Widow, Melody Scott is a 2021 Watty Award Winner!
Content Warning: This story does contain depictions of stalking behavior.