The people of this town can never keep their windows and doors clean for more than a week. They call it a week's time before they have to scrub them again. It's a week you have, at the most. And after that, the graffiti covers up the wood and glass. It's like a living thing - spreading its tentacles all over the city in a spray of red, blue and yellow.
Several people have tried to unmask this graffiti artist who just can't stop - this person who paints over doors and windows by moonlight and disappears with the first rays of dawn - this person who takes so much time to cover up the town in swirls of sprayed color like they want to hide a blemish only they can see.
And Shira, another 21 year old, tries the impossible. She tries to track down the graffiti artist - not to unmask her to the public, but to look for something familiar in her eyes. Because in her graffiti, she feels something calling - like a part of her she never noticed before, a part of her she starts missing so much now, because she'd never had it at all, in the first place.
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.