Spy Victoria Alexander has only two rules:
1. Complete the mission.
2. Never fall in love.
But enter Lukas Taylor, an internationally-renowned hacker working for her team on the most important mission of their lives: a mission to quite literally save the world by infiltrating a normal high school. Tall, dark, handsome, and mysterious - with cold steel eyes that guard his own secret - Victoria just may have met her match. She might just be falling in love.
But not if Hudson Grey, boisterous, fiercely protective, long time best friend and weapons expert, has any say in it. He wants her, and he will do anything to get her.
Victoria can only keep her secret if she follows her two rules. But two hot, intelligent, and determined boys might just make her break them, and break her too.
And in the end, she might be one who truly needs saving.
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.