Every day, Amaria wakes up to the same routine, until her brother randomly disappeared. Nothing was ever the same, her mother retreated to work, her father became an alcoholic, her brother and sister distanced themselves, retreating into their own worlds, pretending as if Javiar had never existed. The family once full of laughter is now full of silence. Everyone tried to forget but for some reason Amaria couldn't, she constantly had nightmares of her little brother. Despite all of her family pretending to move on, she couldn't. One morning, months after his disappearance, one day on her walk to school, she notices a pair of sneakers dangling from a power line; the same sneakers Javiar had been wearing the day he went missing. But when she gets the shoes down from the power line she finds what she never expected, his feet. With this gruesome discovery, Amaria's worst fears have come true. Javiar is dead, but how, why, and when? Desperate for answers, she ask for help from her friends to figure out what happened. But as they dig deeper, they uncover strange coincidences, creepy areas, and a string of unsettling clues that point to something far more scary than they imagined.
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.