Kim Brown lives a very complicated life. Chet and Martha Brown designed "Candyland" for Kim their six year old daughter who never had no one in her life but her dolls. One special doll, Kandi became world. She would talk to Kandi, take Kandi for walks. Kandi was not only a doll, but Kim's best friend. Then one night at the tender age of eight, Shadowman enter Kim's Candyland changing her life forever. That was the night Kim and Kandi became one. Kim Brown suffers from Dissociative Identity Disorder. Kim has multiple personalities. Kandi is the dominate one and the psychopath.
Kyle Cunningham, 50, never met a young female he didn't like. This theory destroyed two marriages, almost sending him to the bottle. This did take him too the bed of a on loan prostitute only known to Kyle as Babygirl. His last wife, Carmen, marked Kyle with a love Kyle would never forget. Now cross Kim and Kyle and a bad memory plus Kandi and you have a start of something.
Doug Roberts, 24, is the boyfriend who was abused by his dad, raised by his grandmother, who is on the outside. Doug is a disturbed kid haunted by his father who is telling him to kill his girlfriend because she is a whore like his mother. Soon all three will come together in a twisted little game where only one might survive. The problem is who is the real face.
There will be another face in the crowd and only one will know that face.
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.