What would you do if you woke up, one day, and remembered every detail of your own death?
Eleanor Gayre perfectly remembers the man who shoot her right in the head in her room, remembers the blood splashed on the wall behind her, remembers life slipping off her motionless body that untidily fell on the bed. She remembers everything, like she watched that scene as an external viewer.
And yet Eleanor wakes up after what seemed to her a thousand years and few seconds at the same time, there is no more blood on the wall and she's still clearly able to breathe. And the man who killed her is in the same house, a guest of her unsuspecting parents. Alistair Lane, an enigmatic shape that wanders in the Gayre mansion and continues to haunt her, gently, like she has always been his eternal victim to protect and then murder. Who is he? And why does he want revenge on her?
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.