What happens when a deferentially low townie becomes the boyfriend of the daughter of a celebrity couple, unaware that she isn't as much of a snob as he makes her out to be?
Inspired by Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto series, Henry Fraser is an ordinary guy who lives in an apartment building in New York and is the boyfriend and protector of Grace Bonelli, the daughter of Ortensio Bonelli and Wanda Whitaker.
Henry struggles to pay off his rent and his life somehow became both more promising and more threatening.
After helping Grace Bonelli, whom he didn't know was the daughter of a famous celeb couple in the film industry, Ortensio Bonelli and Wanda Whitaker. Ortensio and Wanda saw Henry as a prime example of the kind of boyfriend and husband they want for Grace, so they both decide to thank Henry by offering him 1'000$ in exchange that he'd date, marry, and take care of their daughter, Grace Bonelli, the girl that he helped.
However, he soon discovers that Ortensio and Wanda are being shrouded in the affairs of rival celebrities and gangsters of New York, but he began to understand something more significant.
Grace was unhappy. She didn't want any of this, she just wanted to live a normal life, with a normal boyfriend who will become her future husband and raise lovely children in a normal family, in a normal home. She was tired of being seen as an object for the sons of other celebrities or gangs. She just desired to live a normal life where she isn't swathed in the perils of the crime world of New York.
Henry understood her misery, and will happily do anything to get her out of this and help her be reborn into a normal life and give her what she wishes for the most. Even if it means he has to kill anyone in order to help her achieve those desires.
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.