There's a darkness roaming over the city of Paris, France. Audria's home. Its been coming after her now for five years and it won't stop until it gets to her. The darkness is, of course, dark while it is also mysterious. It holds many things for it has picked up everything and everyone in its path for the past centuries.
She cannot run from it. She has to stay and fight to save her beloved city. While encountering to do just that, she runs into a boy who holds mysterious features. Ones he cannot let surface. If he does, she will be in danger. And, if he cares for her at all, he cannot let that happen. However, even though he wants to keep Audria safe, Isaiah seems to have difficulties of keeping from her. He wants to know more of this elegant creature he's been sent to help ward off the darkness with. While, in time, she wants to get to know him, too, and learn the secrets he's hiding behind his mask of perfection.
With everything happening, and with more dangers to come, do they end up together as they fight off the darkness that falls over Audria's city? Or do they end up going their separate ways in order for Isaiah to keep Audria safe from whom he really is?
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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.