Isabella Summers is your average 17 year old; funny, outgoing, the whole shebang...until she is murdered. Isabella was murdered the night of her seventeenth birthday. Yes, she is a ghost. The funny thing is, is that nobody knows she was murdered. Everbody can still see, hear, touch, and talk to Isabella. Isabella knows she was murdered though, she saw her body. She wants to know who did it. Why? You might be wondering why does she care who killed her? Her life is still the same, right? Wrong. Isabella made a deal, when she died, with an angel. She has one year to find her murderer, or she dissappears forever. Her biggest obsticle? Evan, the boy next door, and her least favorite person on Earth. Somehow he knows her secret, now he is set on making sure she never finds her muderer, and dissappears forever.
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.