Is it selfish when the people you love can't love you back? Despite giving them flowers, gifts, or even chocolates to let them know that your love is sincere, nothing happens. It wasn't the best, yet there's one thing you could do for them to love you back-risky and deadly.
As someone like Freya Soliene De Guzman, it is not selfish. Everyone has the right to choose who they love or not. She always follows what her heart says. She is kind to everyone, and that leads to someone misinterpreting her actions-that she wishes she wasn't kind at all. In just one accident, she wishes she wasn't the one who bumped into him, wishing she wasn't kind to him at all, wishing that she could turn back the time when everything was okay. Meeting was a mistake.
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.