In the dark allies of Deathfalls, people are being viciously slayed in the streets at the midnight hour. Mordecai Black, socially inept but well meaning, faces a beast on a forested route home, and worries the creature may be behind all the mayhem. Meanwhile, lively Olivia LaVite and her roaming troop of monster hunters, headed by the morally gray Madam Gale, believe a different breed of monster is to blame. As the truth in Deathfalls begins to unravel, both Mordecai and Olivia begin to have their lifelong questions finally answered. Why Mordecai can only remember the last year or so, and why his blood runs cold as ice and his heart as still as the dead. Why Olivia has an all engulfing rage inside her heart she cannot place, and why with every rise of the full moon she turns into the uncontrollable beast of her nightmares.
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.