Being the new kid is hard. Being the new gay kid is even harder, especially in a town full of secrets.
After being bullied in Miami once Trevor was outed to his high school, his mom, Miami Police Captain Wendy Davenport, moves them to East Shore, a little beach town a few hundred miles up the coast of Florida. New town, new school, new friends. A fresh start.
But, East Shore is still grappling with the only crime to plague the small beach town in recent memory, the murder of a teenage girl, a case that appears will never be solved. Trevor quickly makes friend with the fast-talking, quick-witted Kara, and develops a crush on Chase, apparently the only other gay guy around for miles. His mom Wendy, once a woman in charge, now finds herself assigned to the most menial tasks at a police department smaller in number than the people she used to supervise. As Wendy get more familiar with East Shore and its police department, she soon suspects that there is more to the story of the murdered teenager than has been told to the public.
As if Trevor already struggled to stay below the radar at East Shore High, he is assigned to the desk where Emma Meyer sat, the girl who was murdered just months earlier.
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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.