{"product_id":"widow-c-l-stegall-9780999460078","title":"Widow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e870 years of solitude. Seven years of waiting. One impossible choice.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e------------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrianna Van Demir has spent 870 years learning to be alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe's outlived empires. Watched the world transform from candlelight to neon. Built and abandoned more identities than she can count. And through it all, she's kept one promise: never let anyone close enough to hurt her again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe last time she broke that rule, she lost everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow she's a prosecutor in Charlotte, hiding in plain sight, dispensing justice in a courtroom while feeding from willing donors in the shadows. It's a careful life. A controlled life. A life that's kept her safe for centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen Daphne arrived-brilliant, stubborn, impossibly patient-and spent seven years waiting for Brianna to let her in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrianna should have sent her away. Should have disappeared into another identity, another city, another century of solitude. Instead, she made a different choice. A dangerous choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause something is hunting the Valensi of Charlotte. Something with weapons that can actually kill them. And when an old enemy resurfaces with obsession in his eyes and blood on his hands, Brianna will have to decide what matters more: the walls she's built to survive, or the woman who makes survival worth fighting for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWIDOW is the second book in The Valensi Chronicles-a story about grief that spans centuries, love that defies reason, and the terrifying courage it takes to let someone see you as you really are.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e C. L. Stegall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0999460072\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780999460078\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Studio Valensi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.59d","brand":"C. L. Stegall","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443219312895,"sku":"9780999460078","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_78694934-6873-48d7-85f8-d6876a645414.jpg?v=1777202652","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/widow-c-l-stegall-9780999460078","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}