Sally Compton Scott is the blushing bride of husband Tyler. You first meet the blissfully happy couple early in their marriage completely besotted with one another. Sally is living her dream of a house in the suburbs with a man she’s totally devoted to, and pictures filling their home with children to love. Tyler’s costly divorce from his cold-hearted wife, prevents him from spending quality time with his son and daughter. Sally, hoping to ease the kids pain of rarely being allowed to see their father, quickly steps in and surrounds them with love.
Sally’s world is suddenly upended by the early, accidental death, of her husband while vacationing in Antarctica. Upon returning home she is blindsided upon learning that Tyler hadn’t been totally honest with her. Instead, he had been living a lie.
In Book 2, Of Widowhood and Murder
, Sally has begun to rebuild her life living in a Manhattan hi-rise and pursuing a career as an accountant to small business clients. At the end of each day, she pours a glass or two of wine and sinks back into the isolation of widowhood. She rarely calls her mother, or best friend, now married to Ryan, her brother-in-law. She is simply too exhausted.
When she becomes enmeshed in the murder investigation of a young reporter, Sally is forced to set aside her grief, and with her natural curiosity begins to help the detective develop new leads in the case. As the investigation intensifies, Sally confronts her own life and this awakening has her questioning her self-imposed solitude and what she wants for the future.
In Book 3, Crime, Commitment & Consequences, Sally emerges from her grief rejoining her warm and loving extended family… including her mother, her brother-in-law and his children, along with her best friend, Ryan’s new wife.
All the while, as Sally is dealing with her own problems, the criminals who murdered the young reporter are awaiting trial. When Sally’s friend and neighbor, the aunt of the murdered reporter asks for her help, Sally offers to assist her in trying to find out what her niece had been working on, that made her the target of murder.
The trial over, life returning to normal, and Sally, setting aside the ghosts of her past, reaches out and fully embraces her future… including the blossoming of a new romantic relationship.
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