title: Essential Beginnings: Surviving Ashes, Book One
author:  Kennedy Layne 
description: <b>Praise for the Red Starr Series:</b> <br> "Beautiful and eloquent, while still steaming off the page. Kennedy Layne is a winner." <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Carrie Ann Ryan<br><br> <b>Praise for the CSA Case Files Series:</b> <br> "Kennedy Layne's <i>Captured Innocence</i> is a deliciously scorching suspense topped off with one sinfully sexy Dom." <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author Cherise Sinclair
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  # The Forgotten Widow
  
  
  The Widow Taker  
  Book One
  
  
  KENNEDY LAYNE
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **THE FORGOTTEN WIDOW**
  
  
  Copyright © 2020 by Kennedy Layne
  
  
  Kindle Edition
  
  
  Cover Designer: Sweet ’N Spicy Designs
  
  
  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED: The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this
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  by the FBI and is punishable by up to 5 years in federal prison and a fine of
  $250,000.
  
  
  All characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any resemblance to
  actual persons living or dead is strictly coincidental.
  
  
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  ## Dedication
  
  
  Jeffrey—To second chances.
  
  
  Cole—I’m beyond proud of the man you have become.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Table of Contents
  
  
  [Title Page](part0000.html#i1)
  
  
  [Copyright Page](part0001.html#i2)
  
  
  [Dedication](part0002.html#i3)
  
  
  [About the Book](part0004.html#i4)
  
  
  [_Chapter One_](part0005.html#i5)
  
  
  [_Chapter Two_](part0006.html#