Macy is a confident, self-assured, and outspoken young woman. For 18 years, she has lived with her strict and overly protective religious parents. As she enters college, she is finding a new sense of freedom, new love, new peers, and new desires. Her child's father is one of the most famous rappers of their generation. Although he has given her a huge sum of money, she still is independent and focused on creating her own path in life by trying to become a lawyer while modeling on the side. Along her path, Macy is laced with a drug while smoking weed at the biggest annual rap bash of the year. This puts her in a coma for several months leaving her unresponsive and her child motherless. Her family sets out to find who did this to her.
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.