Bella Swan moves to a quaint seaside town to escape her overbearing mother and to start a new life. She thrives in the town, living her dream as an artist and gallery owner. When an entire family moves, her comfortable life is twisted around. She is drawn to one of the new doctors in town. When it comes to him, it feels like she is stuck in a riptide. A/H

Bella wants nothing more than to get through Forks without risking it all—her independence, her future, and especially her heart. But events are conspiring to draw her into a web of mystery too tempting for her to ignore. And soon, she might not have a choice at all. "This is the story that I wanted to read when I picked up 'Twilight' as a high school student," — many reviewers.

Cravings are a perfectly normal part of pregnancy, but what isn't normal is knocking on your new neighbor's door with a plate because of a delicious smell. Bella's tiny human demands Edward's cooking and it's impossible for him to say no to the gorgeous, glowing woman on his doorstep. AH Mini-Fic

A story about falling in love with your charmingly idiotic roommate.

"When everything goes wrong, that's when adventure starts."

Edward discovers every decision has consequences. But is he defined by the choices he makes? Can he resist temptation? My entry for the Twilight Tricks and Treats Contest.

Changes come in many forms—both good and bad. For Bella Swan, a failing heart puts her on the path of meeting Edward Masen. He's the man who's meant to save her life, but what happens when sparks fly when they shouldn't? AH Drabble

Edward leaves Forks & Bella behind after the incident with Tyler's van. Five years later, he finally returns to his family and the Pacific Northwest.While picking up his latest Swedish automobile,he is confronted by a very familiar scent. AU-Twilight. NEXT UPDATE- 12 June 2023

After witnessing the brutal murder of her parents, sharpshooter & former Olympian Bella Swan is forced to live under a new identity as a high school student in tiny Forks, WA. Will unexpected feelings for the wrong man be her undoing or her salvation? AH. NEXT UPDATE: 12 June 2023

The ocean gives, but it also takes away. Knowledge is the same. Because once you know, the opportunity for ignorance is over, and you can no longer outrun the truth. When a handsome stranger shows up at Bella's bookstore, she can't overlook the guarded expression in his eyes. Soon, her predictable small-town life will be unrecognizable.

She was good, honest, sweet ... alone. He wanted her happy, whole, safe ... his. Two strangers, one road trip at Christmas. A continuation of the one-shot for the Mistletoe. Thank you SunflowerFran for airbrushing my words. Stephanie Meyers owns Twilight.

Breaking Dawn from Edward's point of view.

Wrapping my arms around my knees and tucking my head I repeated the words, "You're not real. This isn't real. I'm not crazy." Set in NM. When Edward returns unexpectedly, Bella has an emotional reaction and will need more than one late night talk to fix her broken heart. Some mature themes like alcohol and drug use, Canon.

Some secrets will damage your reputation. Others will ruin your social life. But then there are secrets that will change the way the world looks at you, now and forever. What would Edward be willing to do to keep such a secret? And who will pay the price?

He stood below my window, a stranger, yet so heart-known; destined to return to me every May 8th. (Beta-ed by Sunflower Fran. SM owns Twilight.)

It's a mystery how possessions on a campsite vanish. Everyone's bewildered but Sam, a local. He knows how. He knows why. He knows a mute, young man living in the woods shouldn't be bothered. That's not what Bella witnessed, because just back there, when he said Hello, Bella was pretty sure the young man spoke to her. The mystery now is to find him.

Bella had the perfect life – amazing husband, wonderful children, great family...until one night it came crashing to an end. Struggling to care for her children and put her life back together, she wonders if she'll ever be happy again. But the hardest part just might be the confusing things she feels for Edward...her brother-in-law. AH, M, BxE

Bella stumbles upon a seemingly empty building trying to escape a storm and finds herself in a library of of old books and journals. The journals tell the story of EAMC which intrigues Bella. She reads them, learning about Edward and how they brought them together. M, AU, Cannon coupling.

Edward Cullen returns home at Christmas to face his past and to see if there is a chance for a future with the girl he left behind. Written for the Naughty or Nice Contest. Beta'ed by Mr. DB. Stephanie Meyers owns Twilight.

A retelling of Twilight in which Bella (styled as Isobel) gets to be a character rather than a plot device, and Edward manages to avoid acting like a controlling and abusive predator. I don't know that this will ever be finished, but I can't say I never work on it, either. Begin at your own risk.

Armed with some knowledge about all of the things that go bump in the night, a bag full of equipment, and three ghosts, paranormal investigator Edward Masen had seen and heard a lot since the day he died, but didn't stay dead. Nothing prepared him for her.

AH AU Edward Cullen is a celebrity bored with fame. His life is colourless and dull when he hits someone with a lot of hair, a mouth that would make a sailor blush and eyes the colour of chocolate. His life is changed forever.

Sometimes the bad things that happen in our lives put us directly in the path of the best things that will ever happen to us. ExB AH

Bella Swan is a young, kind, devoted...but very naive Kindergarten teacher. Being Positive is just the way she is. Edward Cullen is a senior partner at the top law firm in the state. Control, schedules, hard work, and planning is what he does best and it has served him well, professionally at least. These two very different people and two very different worlds are about to collide.

Bella Swan would have been content to never leave Forks again after college, but an inheritance from her grandmother changed all that. Sometimes, a little change makes all the difference.

Half of Hollywood's most famous couples are faking it. That's how Bella Swan's publicist convinces her to pretend to date troubled Hollywood bad boy Edward Cullen. And she'll do anything for her band and her music.

In an alternate universe, in which Bella's birthday party incident never happened and Edward never left, the two get married soon after the events of "Twilight". Edward agrees to change her and they plan a trip to Alaska for this. Upon returning, things go terribly wrong. Soon enough, they realize they have to leave their safe haven behind and venture into a nomadic existence.

Hunted and alone, Bella takes fate into her own hands when she leaps from the cliffs in La Push. When Alice watches her fall, it sets in motion in a chain of events that brings a broken family to the brink of destruction. Faced with the consequences of their choices, the Cullens return to Forks to reclaim the daughter they left behind. New Moon AU, no wolves, canon pairings.

While in Ireland for her cousins wedding day, Bella finds herself thrown into the impossible past of the Emerald Isle. It wouldn't be so bad if there weren't a set of emerald eyes she loathed so much also along for the ride.

Bella Swan and Edward Cullen, good friends for more than a decade, encounter a sudden change in their relationship when Edward becomes curious. When he asks for no complications, Bella agrees. The only thing is that it does get complicated. Part one of two - Updated 12-20

Bella, a sophomore college student, surrenders to a one night stand with the boy she's been fantasizing about for months. What was supposed to be one night, sparks something deeper than either of them imagined.

Complete. Bella is resigned to living a boring and unfulfilling life until she's old enough to graduate. But that was before fate stepped in. Looking up from her lunch tray, she sees four perfectly sculpted, pale faces - plus a bronze-haired, green eyed boy known for his gentility. He's not like the other boys in Forks. Can he help make her life a little more interesting? AU.

A lot can happen in eight days...

A love story told simply between a broken woman and an extraordinary man who helps her see the beauty in herself again.

80's Rocker, Edward Cullen, is the frontman for the enormously popular band, Cullen. He's every woman's dream; handsome, wealthy, and talented, but the elusive rocker has something to hide until an overwhelmingly gifted, doe-eyed beauty steals his heart at first sight and sound.

Bella has created a new life for herself in the five years since Edward left her. When she bumps into Carlisle in an Oregon ER, she has to make some choices about whether or not the Cullens have a place in that life, and they have to get to know the new version of the girl they left behind.

Bella returns to Washington to study for a Master's degree, fresh from her graduation at the University of Florida. In her absence, the town has been mystified by the reclusive Cullens, who are so rarely seen outside of their home in the woods. Complete. Nominated for Top 10 completed fics of August 2020 on TwiFanfictionRecs!

Professor Edward Cullen has spent his life involved with the occult and all things paranormal. After a lovely yellow-eyed brunette saves him in the woods, killing his attacker in the process, he decides that she is the perfect new subject for study. As the lines begin to blur between work and passion, Edward wonders if he should research this life or become immersed in it.

Tragedy strikes just before Bella and Jacob can welcome their baby. Still waiting for her chance at vengeance, Victoria is emboldened by Jacob's death and then thwarted by the Cullens' surprising return. E x B. Complete.

Bella is a senior at the University of Maine and decides to head into the city for the weekend with her closest friends. When the worst happens and one of them ends up in the hospital, Bella is forced to face her past.

The memories of a past life were treasured among vampires. A light in this new life that was so dark and full of despair. Though not all are so lucky as to remember the passions and joyous moments of that first life. How does one react when a figure that was long forgotten returns? Fate got it wrong the first time. This time, things would be different. They'd be sure of it.

After 5 years in jail, Edward finally has the freedom he had been longing for. He soon finds employment at Swan's Stables, a horse ranch where the owner may need him more than she ever thought.

His mouth was agape and his eyes wide; shocked as he watched the visions. Desire pulsed through him; he wanted what she saw. Warm feelings of hope and love blossomed from that desire. A new take on the original Twilight story. Told from different POVs, written in a unique disjointed semi-one shot style, Canon and Fluff.

Ten years after Edward left in New Moon. Everyone has continued with their own lives. What happens when they see each other again? What have they been up to all this time?

REPOST: When Edward Cullen is hired to work on heartbroken writer Isabella Swan's property, will he end up fixing a lot more than just her house? ExB HEA.

A "25 weekdays of Christmas" drabble gift to my readers! Well-endowed Edward and broken-hearted Bella. AH. HEA.

Make a wish on a falling star, and your dreams can come true. If only it could be that easy. Years after they left, the Cullens are back. What Bella's heart wants conflicts with her self-preservation and other bumps in her life. Can she trust that he would never leave again? For my 50th fic, a new spin on New Moon. Vampward.

He's given up on his future. She's barely getting started on hers. The Jackson Bay Series - book one.

As this saint burns, so will burn my soul should I betray the oath of Omertà. I enter alive and will have to leave dead.

They could never be more than the few nights they spent together.

After a snowstorm hits the town, Bella prepares to spend Christmas alone. What she isn't prepared for is the beautiful stranger that the storm brings to her door. DRABBLE. LEMONS

Edward spent most of his life trying to be invisible until he got to college. All alone, 3000 miles from home, there's only one person he wishes would see him. His Library Girl, just a few tables away. AH/Rated M/Canon couples

When Edward and Bella offer to stay after class and clean up, they find themselves a little preoccupied. Who knew desks were so comfortable?

After Edward moves to Forks, Washington, he's angry at the world. A dare places him in Bella Swan's path, and what transpires that summer is beyond comprehension for the seventeen-year-old.

At eighteen Edward was sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit. It's now six years later, and he has been released four years early. His bail conditions have been set. Home, job, therapy ... Will the small town he is moving to accept him, even after they learn why he was in prison? AH

Honor, duty and gentility were the guiding principles of a southern gentleman. So, there was only one thing to do when Edward discovered the truth of something that happened long ago, something he was honor-bound to repair if it took him the rest of his life.

It's been ten years and the Cullen clan is struggling to remain a family. When they finally start to come back together, a call from Bella will change everything. Bella's daughter is sick and needs help. Can a miracle happen or will everything fall apart again? Normal pairings. Takes place ten years after New Moon.

It's Bella's first day at Forks High, and well... let's hope she can get through it in one piece. **Twilight Bothered Contest Winner** One-shot, COMPLETE!

I'm pretty sure I regret this already. It was either enter the contest or print this story out and set it on fire. I'm still not sure I made the right choice…

30,000 feet in the air and 17 hours for a trip to Barcelona and I got unlucky enough to be stuck with the one person I loath the most, Edward Cullen. A hijack would have been better.

Occasionally I'll post little ficlets on Tumblr. I've decided to just collect them all in one place rather than posting them as individual one-shots. Collectively rated M, but not all deserve the M rating.

Complete. Human Edward from 1918 steps through time and finds himself in Forks. Hardships test his willpower as he meets vegetarian vampires, bloodsucking leeches, irritable wolf shapeshifters, and most terrifyingly, Mike Newton. Will he find a way back to his own time, or will he discover that modern day life has its own benefits? AU. EPOV.

The most important conversations in life are felt, not heard. Be sure to listen with your heart. AH/OOC

The lines of friendship should never be crossed…or should they? That is the dilemma currently consuming Bella after a conversation she never expected with Edward.

Small town Bella Swan happens upon something unusual in a remote cabin in the woods. Suddenly, her life is forever changed as she is propelled into the chaotic world of the rich and powerful Cullen family of Boston.

Montana, 1000 feet above the Missouri River, was the last photo shoot before my vacation. The Cullen family, expanding the brand of their high-end whiskey, hired me to photograph their harvest. They chose an unknown male model to add sex to the campaign, and I knew working with an amateur would be a challenge. I never knew their seductive country boy would have me begging for more.

Stars are made, not born. Know your competition. Win at all costs...and try not to lose yourself in the spotlight. irregular posting. no promises.

Edward and Bella are BFFs...but could they ever be more.

"Ten inches and a missed opportunity," Alice mourned. "Never again. I'm never going to agree to date someone I meet at work. It's a disaster."

The "tip of the spear" - in the military, they are the front line; the initial attack that draws first blood. As a CACO in the United States Marine Corps, Capt. Masen delivers that leading blow, too. He's often faced with handling the collateral damage this life can bring. He's accepted that love & commitment aren't for him…until she opens the door.

"One hit will make you change your mind."

Some people leave their mark on your memories. You can't escape what they meant to you and you can't re-write the past—it's indelible. But the future isn't set in stone. It's yours to write. A story about forks in the road of life and a past with a future. AH/AU/E & B

Alt Twilight story begins November of New Moon Charlie POV/Bella POV. After a series of discoveries, Charlie actively seeks to help Bella get past her depression. After opening up to Charlie, Bella devises a plan of her own regarding Edward. Lots of details from books, movie, and Midnight Sun! AU

Bella Swan has been slowly destroying herself since Edward left her, but its all about to change when she goes too far and overdoses, ending up as Carlisle's patient in the ER... WILL NOT BE FINISHED/BEING REWRITTEN

Two people. Two houses. One field. Sometimes anger is so much better than sorrow.

One summer between high school and college changed Edward's ideas about his life's plans. Could he really build a life with a much older woman two thousand miles away? My entry for the TFN Forbidden Fruit Contest. Winner of 9 contest awards! *4x Award Winner*

There, standing at attention in the middle of the platform, was an absolutely perfect representation of a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer in full red dress uniform. A man dedicated to upholding the law, selfless and humble can be quite attractive. However, this man was sheer beauty before he donned the official mantle.

When video of the worst day of Bella's life goes viral, her pain and humiliation become fodder for an endless supply of memes and gifs. Internet fame brings her nothing but heartache until Edward Cullen, her celebrity crush, arranges to meet her. Is it a prank, or is Bad Day Bella's life about to turn around for the better? (Angst, twists, possible triggers - PM me if concerned.)

Heroes come in all shapes and sizes.

Captain Edward Cullen was serving his country. He had a plan - lead his team of Green Beret soldiers on this mission to stop a terrorist, finish his tour, and decide what was next: leave the Army or sign up for more. The new doctor on base wasn't part of the plan. Romance wasn't anywhere on his radar, but she may just steal his heart. Expansion of one-shot: Christmas Magic.

When a Chippendales dancer and a reclusive painter find themselves on opposite sides of the easel, will they both find the courage to step out from behind the oil? A sexy, Emmett/Edward story. Rated M for adult themes.

"Tell me what you are."

Heartbroken and barely hanging on, all Bella could see when she looked in the mirror was rejection, loneliness, and memories of all she had lost.

Earthquakes so rarely occur in the Pacific Northwest that the phenomenon causes the members of the Quileute tribe to investigate. They never would have expected to find her. She is stubborn, wild, and fiercely independent, and she willfully goes against everything they try to teach her. Especially when it comes to staying away from vampires. * Winner 1st Place TFN Best Leech Fic

It's the hottest book of the season, every kid wants it. When two people who often clash at work go head-to-head for the last one on the shelf, who will come up the winner? A holiday fic written from a Pay it Forward prompt and for my Secret Santa last year, thank you again. Now complete.

Alice Brandon, the village of Forkton's resident midwife and herbalist, would like nothing more than to ease the suffering of Jasper Whitlock's young son, Peter. But the Masen estate manager, a proud if fallen gentleman, is as prejudiced against her illegitimacy as he is her "witchy" profession. (Predominantly Alice and Jasper with some Edward and Bella.)

COMPLETE! Fed up with her family's mourning since leaving Bella behind, Rosalie returns to Forks to prove that the stupid human is just fine without them. But what she finds is not what she expected. And that will not do. **A canon-based, drabblish AU New Moon fic.

Dr. Isabella Swan is exhausted. After weeks in Africa helping to treat victims of the Ebola Virus, she just wants to go home. When she arrives stateside, her welcoming committee is a squad of military police, sent to escort her to a federally mandated 21 day quarantine. She has no idea how those 21 days will completely change her life. B/E AU/AH

There is absolutely nothing improper about the Vicar of Forkton's spinster daughter nursing the badly wounded Viscount Masen back to health. Isabella is far too sensible to develop feelings for a man of Lord Masen's wealth and position . . . a man who is determined to break the curse that has plagued his family for generations by letting his bloodline die out.

"Jesus," Edward muttered. "Is it so hard to believe I'd want to go on a date with Swan?" A spur-of-the-moment bet will put Bella in a compromising position with the boy next door. They've been best friends since forever, so having his hand down her pants won't change anything... Right?

Edward moves into a multi-family flat. He sees Bella the first day.

** COMPLETE ** New neighbor Edward really gets Bella's heart pumping, but what nightmarish secrets is he hiding? Will he ever let her in? Daddyward. ** #1 in Top Ten Completed Fics for Jan 2018 on TwiFanfictionRecs **

"I'm not normal." I don't even realise I've said the words out loud at first. Those words that often worm their way through my mind, that have been instilled into me from birth by Mother. His words shock me. "And what defines normal for you?"

bella, emily and claire are happy in their shared house with the spare room they've turned into a girls' sanctuary, but when there's a change in finances they need a new housemate. at first there's a "no boys" rule, but the only applicant is male. he's also entirely unsuitable. unfortunately, they're desperate. enter edward cullen, annoying since the day he knocked on the door.

When Bella left years ago, she never had a chance to say good-bye to her friends. When she returns, she's shocked to see that the 'group' was no longer intact. Will she be the one to get them back together, or will something else prevent it from happening.

As a photojournalist, Edward studies human emotion, but his own feelings are closely guarded. Bella hides nothing, her feelings as free and open as her heart. Frame by frame, Edward feels himself being pulled closer. But is he ready to step out from behind the camera and into life? **Collaboration piece with NEWTWILIGHTFAN**

Unhappy with her monotonous and seemingly aimless life, 24 year-old Bella Swan sends a wish up into the universe for more. It answers, leading her back to Forks, for a chance to fulfil the destiny always planned for her. But will the reluctant, handsome and butterscotch-eyed Dr Edward Cullen let her? AU.

Bella had spent the last 26 years waiting for her life to begin. And now, in this tiny French village, she saw her life staring back at her through the eyes of a stranger.

Everyone has secrets, and everyone has wishes. We hope that the latter come true, and secrets...well, we tend to hope they're never unearthed. When Bella's son discovers a time capsule in the woods, her graduating class is going to need a lot more than hope. Same applies to her high school teacher, Edward Cullen.

The first time Bella felt alive wasn't when the needle touched her skin. It was when she saw him. AH

"I feel her before I see her, the hairs on the back of my neck stand up in attention. When I shut my locker, she's parting the crowd like the red sea. Bella Swan is looking right at me, a smirk poised on her dark lips and something fierce in her dark eyes. There's something about her, something otherworldly. A storm is coming and I feel like i'm about to be caught in it." EPOV AU

He was her best friend's brother. Kind, successful, funny, always there for both of them, and sixteen years their senior. It wasn't that Bella didn't notice that he was also sexy as sin. It was just that she didn't see him that way... Until she did.

Light flooded the dark space and I scuttled back from it until I hit wall. Then, her small form blocked the doorway, and knelt down before me. She stroked my head. "Hey, honey, it will all work out, like I told you. It's nothing to be upset about, I promise."

The last thing you expect to see in a cupcake supply shop is a very large man in a pink, frilly apron. Then again, Emmett McCarty wasn't ever what anyone expected, least of all his boss, Bella.

The wake of a tragedy—a school shooting—has far reaching consequences. Edward was living his life as though he had to make up for the four people who died in front of his eyes. Bella's life had been blown apart before it really started. Two strangers who happened to come back to the scene of the crime on the same day.

A month after losing his wife, Edward Masen was taking it one day at a time, trying to simply survive the torrent of grief. Surrounded by memories of their life together and messages she left, he was already questioning his sanity when his phone lit up in the middle of the night... with her picture and number. EPOV/OOC/AU

A summer fling. A surprise pregnancy. A high school sweetheart back home. Life is complicated. Years later, can two co-parents keep old feelings out of the equation when circumstances force them under the same roof? Will they want to? A birthday fic for Twilly. AH. Daddyward

Bella is like that boy from that movie. She sees dead people. So she moves to Forks, Washington. Because in a small town, there can't be as many ghosts wanting her attention, right? Right.

The downside of high school: cafeteria food sucks, and sometimes, you're cast as the weirdo. On the bright side, sometimes Edward Cullen is your best friend. Even if it is a secret.

She walked in, with her attitude and a polka dot umbrella. Whatever else I expected this miserable, rainy night, it definitely wasn't this.

Everyone knows about the dangers of the Internet, the liars and the creepers. But friendship can spark there and so can love. Edward and Bella met and fell despite the distance, but though his feelings were true, not everything he said was. A collab with myonlyheroin.

Poor Bloody Infantryman Eddie Masen can only be soothed by Base Hospital Nurse Isobel Swan. Canadianward and Scottishella, Flanders, 1915. O/S from the Age of Edward Contest, 2015. Now a multi-chapter fic that will post weekly. This story contains references to assault and horrors of war.

A small New England town, a house shrouded in mystery and a young man who is come from away.

With thousands of potential mates at your fingertips, finding a connection is just a swipe away. Sometimes you have to left swipe a lot of Mr. Wrongs to swipe Mr. Right.

NM AU—It has been two years since I left her behind. Two years to the exact date. My chest rises and falls in fast succession as her heart beat thundered against my ears. She's here, I'm here and dark anxiousness sets in. Will this be our final undoing?

My name is Isabella Swan and today, I signed a contract that would put me in the steel tight clutches of a man I didn't know, for four years. A girl's gotta pay for college somehow, right? AH. Come meet 'Sugar Daddy' Edward. **Chapters 1-18 are being edited and are subject to small changes.**

He's old school, and I think I like it! 2nd Place Judges' and Public Votes, P.S. I LOVE YOU CONTEST.

FBI Agent Abbie Mills buys a historic home and discovers she is getting more than she expected. Ichabbie AU.

This was going to be a fresh start; a new beginning, in a far off place. But what happened that night, on a dark road near Maxwell changed everything for Bella.

"I like her, Emmett. And I like the idea of her."

Abbie and Ichabod decide to spend Christmas away from Sleepy Hollow. Trope-y fluff and smut for the 2016 Ichabbie Holidays Tumblr event. Fairly anon compliant up to the Episode We Do Not Discuss.

I would always remember him as a dangerously beautiful twenty-two-year-old, a sensual and affectionate lover who could put a gun to a man's head and pull the trigger. Why I couldn't forget him was no mystery. I was still in love with him.

He's just an employee. She's all buttoned-down, fiance in the bag. He's just charming Edward, the third-wheel with his cheap bottles of wine. So what is Jacob all upset about? He's not her obsession. He's a bit of a distraction, but she's not a two-timer. She's his boss. That's all. And she's so tired of defending it. Especially to herself.

She's intelligent, classy, powerful, and easy on the eyes to boot. He's ... well, he's qualified for something, all right. And apparently he was on Ellen last week! What happens when the two face off for most prestigious position in the world? Anything can happen in a heated campaign, and knowing us, IT WILL! **3HP Crackfic Drabbles are BACK!**

Six year old Isabella Swan wakes up in a hospital after a coma and suffers from memory loss. No one knows what happened to her, including the Cullens who found her in the woods. With no one else to turn to the Cullens decide to adopt her. Awkward moments and hilarity as Bella grows up.

A survivor of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, Isabella is brought from a foundling home to work and come of age at Camerons' Place Plantation. Now, she is on her way to Cullens' Point Plantation to help with their Harvest Ball and to perhaps witness the weaving of her fate. Written for the Tricks and Treats Contest. beta'd by PixieKat7 with my thanks. SM owns Twilight.

A stressed-out grad student hiding from the world finds a mountain man of few words and quiet strength. Still waters do run deep. E/B, Rated M

The winter of 1869 recorded a low temperature that would last for more than one hundred and fifty years. The only thing colder ever recorded was Isabella Cullen's marriage bed. Entry for the Caveat Emptor: Maybe An HEA? contest. Trigger warning. Now expanded from original contest entry.

Facing the challenges of raising a child with behavioral issues is hard enough without the judgmental interference of strangers. This is what happens when someone doesn't judge, simply offering compassion, understanding and support. My contribution for the Fandom for Mental Health Awareness.

Edward adopts Jennifer and decides to move back home for a new start and family support. He soon after meets his sister's friend Bella who lives by the beat of her own drum. Even though the whole town seems to dislike her, Alice swears she is a great friend. So many questions to be answered so read and found out!

Bella's 24. She's got a career she loves, close family & friends, and a little girl she loves more than anything. She doesn't need anything more, but sometimes she sure wants it, and when Edward shows up he'll either upset the balance or make everything sweeter. A WitFit.

In 1911 Quebec, can a young French girl's head and heart be turned by a fleet-footed Scotsman? Entry for The Twilight Diversity Contest.

American stage actress Isabella Swan only came to London to film a movie and forget about the past. Until she meets a certain, green-eyed, young acting student...

Beauty and the Beast Ichabbie AU fairy tale.

** COMPLETE ** Bella knows she isn't what her best friend Edward is looking for in a partner. But could a handful of fateful invitations turn everything she thinks she knows inside out? ** A continuation of the one-shot that won First Place Judges Score in the Friends to Lovers Contest ** #7 in Top Ten Completed Fics for Aug 2014 on TwiFanfictionRecs **

Edward is a US Senator who suddenly finds himself in need of his speech writer's care. Bella is there to nurse him back to health and the more time they spend together the more the sparks fly. This is a ONE SHOT. Politicianward, AU, M for Lemon.. God Bless America ;-)

Post episode 3x12 "Sins of the Father". A little Tumblr-inspired one-shot.

Bella Swan is a time traveler, drifting between the past and present. Can the Cullens help her find the cure before time runs out?

When Bella's subject drops out of her experiment with less than two months left before her thesis is due, she panics. In walks Edward Cullen, best friend and fellow med student. Staying clinical may prove difficult when things get personal. Rated M ExB

** COMPLETE ** He catches my eye from the first moment I see him, the way he oozes sex. I have no idea what I'm going to do with him when I get him home. Sometimes cougar fantasies don't turn out the way you expect. ** MEET THE MATE CONTEST ENTRY ** #3 in Top Ten Completed Fics for Jan 2016 on TwiFanfictionRecs **

When a car accident kills her father on her first day back in Forks, Bella finds herself alone in the town she never wanted to come to with only a kind doctor and his strange family to look out for her.

Edward Cullen is a concert pianist at the top of his career. He's also a 105 year old vampire. Isabella Swan is the anti-socialite who wins a private concert with him in her home. AU, but canon pairings and characters otherwise. Rated M for strong language and adult situations.

An encounter late one night leads to some truths and realizations. Two-part fic.

Something is different about Edward, something that started in Italy, and he can't seem to get it under control. Canon, New Moon, AU, Edward POV, Rated M. For JenRar for her birthday

Complete. For two years, Bella's had a cotton candy romance going on with her taciturn best friend. In her head. So after catching bits and pieces of Edward's unusual upbringing, Bella pays a visit to Alaska. Slow burn, AH

There's one thing on my grown-up Christmas list, and while it includes a number of specifics in varying degrees of dirtiness, it really all boils to the one thing I've wanted for a year and a half: a do-gooder with unruly hair and a Mister Rogers sweater, and a lifetime of nights that would land me squarely on the naughty list.

"He talks to me sometimes. I mean, it's usually sort of one-sided, but… every once in a while, he'll make eye contact with me, and I feel like I've won the lottery or something." A boy most people overlook. A girl who sees just how amazing he is. All human. High School. Dedicated to lellabeth.

A tale about an unlikely first encounter, a sweet puppy named Reese, and new beginnings. E/B, rated T for a bit of sadness.

They'd known each other once. He'd been her English teacher in high school, and the husband of her aunt. Eight years later, Bella just wants to make sure he's happy, and so she crashes the Christmas party she knows he attends in Seattle every year. She really should go, but...baby, it's cold outside.

Bella doesn't let people in easily. When she does, she commits absolutely - to family, to friends, to love. With a blossoming career and a fiance she adores, there isn't much more she expects out of life. Then, a crushing revelation derails her dreams and fractures her sense of self. Gluing the pieces back together isn't easy when you can't find them all.

Red Eyed Edward Contest 2 award winner! Edward Masen, and aid worker in Bangladesh, is abducted into a nightmare. Can anyone save him?

Bella is anxious to finally meet the object of her desire: handsome, wealthy, enigmatic Edward Cullen. After almost three years of talking and teasing via e-mail, text and phone calls, is she truly ready for something real?

** COMPLETE ** When Edward Cullen is released from prison, 18-year-old Bella becomes fascinated by her new next door neighbor. But is this strong young woman strong enough to handle his past? ** MAY TO DECEMBER ROMANCE CONTEST ENTRY ** #2 in Top Ten Completed Fics for Sep 2015 on TwiFanfictionRecs ** #7 in Top Ten Completed Fics for ALL of 2015 on TwiFanfictionRecs **

Our story opens with a frightened seventeen-year-old girl on the run- battered, starved, exhausted and nine months pregnant. How this is going to turn out is anyone's guess. Life never does know how to play fair.

My cousin said I'd find a guy on FarmersOnly dot com, but I'm not looking for A guy, I'm looking for THE guy. The guy who gets my sarcasm, who loves bad pick up lines, who can't say no to ice cream, and who won't make me a featured story on Dateline. Are you man enough to be the cowboy of my dreams? AH, T, B&E, MeetTheMateContest entry

On a dreary Monday morning, he plowed right in to her life. Will she see him for who he is and let him in? ExB, AH

I've made mistakes. I have regrets, so many regrets. The biggest one being leaving her, losing her. But I will find her, even if I have to climb through Hell to do so. ExB Vamp NM AU Epov

A dead one comes onto Quileute land to retrieve what is his. New Moon AU, oneshot. Not part of the UE Series.

"It's just a piece of plain notebook paper, college ruled, folded into a neat square, but it's so much more than that. You're right. I was oblivious to your existence. But then you sent me this letter." It's 1996 in Seattle, and Edward cares about blending in, not fitting in. Until Bella takes the time to really see him. BxE, all-human. Rated M for the usual reasons.

Juggling two jobs and a full-time schedule of classes, college student Bella didn't have time to figure out just how sexy she could be. Her boss, Edward knew. She was going to figure it out sometime-why not with him? A woman in full possession of her wiles is a force to be reckoned with.

Isabella Swan thought she was invisible at school. At least she had been since the accident with Tyler's van. But now someone is leaving notes in her locker, signed Your Secret Admirer.

When Edward's son died, he took Edward's heart and soul with him. Even a decade of mourning didn't seem good enough. But then, Edward met college student Bella who thrived despite her own tragedy. Can Edward's cold, dead heart beat again?

When Isabella Swan moves away from sunny Phoenix to small-town Forks she's met with the oddest group of people she's ever met. The Cullens are both beautiful and utterly mad, excluding the youngest, Edward, who pales in comparison to his eccentric adopted siblings. Bella quickly finds herself obsessed with the sickly boy and his brilliant mind. But what are the Cullens hiding?

Opens in 1934. Tonio is oldest of nine, farmboy. Sobe is the new lawman's daughter. She shows up at Tonio's school. What seems inevitable quickly becomes impossible.

When Bella turned 15 in the Fall of 2007, her life changed forever. Never did she expect to fall for her 25 year old teacher. And Edward certainly didn't expect to fall back.

Sometimes the bad things that happen in our lives put us directly in the path of the best things that will ever happen to us. ExB AH Outtakes for the story, Come Back Tomorrow, written from EPOV.

Starts out in summer of 1963. Sweet little ten year old Catholic school girl Bella Christine meets 11 year old smoker with armpit hair who really does live on the wrong side of the tracks Easy. She and Alice May are mystery solvers in their spare time, and Easy (E. C.) and his brother Jap (Jasper) will keep these two little ladies on their sleuthing toes. Warning: Might get hairy.

1936, Edward and Jasper work as loggers. They work hard and play harder. Bella and Jacob come to the camp to open the school. Problem is the unmarried men have a great time running off the teachers. When Edward sees Bella a roar starts to build inside. She's everything he can't stand. And he's pretty despicable. Trouble.

Edward is fresh out of the big house and Bella is his new boss.

If I was going to write another story it would be something like this...Charlie sheriff, Bella home from Chicago after getting fired, Edward across the street, Charlie's deputy, divorced father of son Juney. She's always had a thing for him, but he's so darn loyal to Charlie and now he's got a girlfriend. He thinks Bella is still a kid. He always pinches the wrong set of cheeks.

1872 brothers Edward and Jasper return from the war to rebuild the farm. Edward has a son, eighteen. The three bachelors work sun up and down. Edward visits Forks twice a year for supplies and to scratch an itch with a woman there. When he finds her sick he makes a snap decision to take her home. He has no idea who she really is. And how lonely they are at home. Trouble.

No one has lived next door since the murder that happened there in 1997. One day Bella looks out her window and a compellingly handsome man is moving in. Bella doesn't date. But Mom is a serial dater. When Mom gets a load of Edward he becomes the focus of all her attention. (Pulled and Published Mar. 1, 2015 on Amazon as Me and Mom Fall for Spencer by Diane Munier.)

Unconnected one-shots of Abbie and Crane doing things in between saving the world.

The long, frustrating road from partners to lovers.

Bella, one week into a housesitting job, has an unexpected, late night visitor. Written using WitFits. Short. Drama and romance, of course, but also...

Edward Cullen's summer job working the Island Queen from Cape Cod to Martha's Vineyard with his fraternity brothers would have been perfect—if not for his tendency toward seasickness and the beautiful passenger shrouded in mystery. Can he work up the courage to say hello before he loses her forever? E/B, all human, rated T for sweet innocence.

AU, Abbie and Crane are college professors whose paths keep crossing.

"He wonders if his feelings towards her are coincidental or by design, but quickly decides that this, like every other aspect in which their lives are entwined, must be by design." Collection of short, non-linear Ichabod/Abbie stories.

Songfic based on Louis Armstrong's song of the same name. One-shot.

COMPLETE - Canon retelling of Breaking Dawn Book I from Edward's POV. What was really on his mind during the wedding and honeymoon? I originally wrote this about 5 years ago. Why did I take so long to post it here? Beats the heck out of me.

Bella makes a decision she believes is for the best, but it seems the universe doesn't agree.

A suggestion for a change of description from one of my reviewers: "A divergence in the Cullen family history makes an early intervention into Bella's life necessary both for the happiness of the Cullen clan and Bella's wellbeing."

Living with three guys was never going to be without drama. Jasper and Emmett were easy, but Edward was a little harder to enjoy. Bella guessed he was hiding a secret behind that abrasive exterior, but then again, so was she. A collab with EveryDayBella.

He looks like summer. He looks like freedom. He looks like the best kind of bad idea.

The Oregon Trail. Over 2,000 miles of unforgiving wilderness stretches between Bella and a new life. Edward knew from experience the trail was no place for young love, but then, his heart was known to be foolish.

When Jacob doesn't stop at a kiss on that day at the beach, there is only one place where Bella feels safe again. One of my followers, Olga Q, translated this story in Russian! To read it, go to: twilightrussia (dot) ru (slash) forum (slash) 156-15470-1

Another set of one-shots, similar to "I Will Breathe a Mountain". Unrelated, random, some AU. All Ichabbie.

After a traumatic upbringing, Edward is left on his own to care for his younger sister. When his sister starts sixth grade, Bella enters their lives and changes everything. Doing what he can to keep distance between himself and Bella, he discovers it's easier said than done. Will Bella become just another one of his many sexual conquests or be exactly what he and Lanie both need?

Masen Manor, home to a prestigious boarding school, Masen Academy. An immortal hiding from the world has his faith tested by a hundred-year-old fortune and a broken, silent girl. AU…E/B…Slightly OOC…Rated M

"Bella, I'm not perfect." "I've loved perfect before, and he broke me anyway." (A "Twilight"/"Remember Me" crossover.)

COMPLETE! After hearing Edward's reasons for leaving, Bella sets out to prove beyond a reasonable doubt their relationship is worth saving. Will the Cullen High Court rule in love's favor? A unique, canon-based AU New Moon fic. **NOTE: This story is TOTALLY UNRELATED to "Serenity's Prayer," my other AU New Moon fic.**

"It's the first time I realize that for all of the significance boy-Edward holds in my past, man-Edward is a stranger to me. The thought is at once liberating and heartbreaking, and I don't know what to do with it: how do you forgive someone who no longer exists? How do you hold a man accountable for a boy's carelessness?"

During a lull in their war against the Four Horsemen, Ichabod and Abbie take the time to get to know each other. Series of scenes that may turn into an actual story. Mind the M rating.

Some things you never forget, they just hurt too much to remember.

My take on the sin for the SALIGIA compilation: "Seven sinful one shots from seven of the Twilight fandom's most sinful."

Eleven separate one-shots inspired by poems used as lyrics for a set of songs by American composer William Bolcom. Convoluted enough description? AU, Ichabbie. Ratings vary by story.

Never having belonged to her parents' pretentious world, Bella assumes a fake identity and sets off to spend her last summer before college doing something meaningful. Her adventure begins with a helping hand from a handsome stranger.

"As the days blurred by, his presence stirring up something inside of me, I couldn't decide who had affected me more. The storm. Or him." A story of finding passion when you least expect it. A collab from Sparrownotes24 and VampiresHaveLaws. 1st Place Public Vote, 1st Place Judges' Vote, and Judges' Pick in The Blue Watch Contest.

"I chuckle because I may talk a big Pearl Jam game, but I was raised on the Beatles, and she is straight up massacring that song. If it were anyone else I'd be heading for the opposite end of the house, but it's Bella, and really I just want to be near wherever she is." (EPOV; written for the 2013 Fandom for Leukemia and Lymphoma Society fundraiser.)

A Chicago lawyer is sent on a business trip to San Francisco - a trip which leads to the crumbling of his life and the loss of his past. In a twist of fate, Bella Swan helps Edward Cullen emerge from the rubble and forge a new life. But can a past be truly left behind? Can the heart remember what the mind cannot? AH BxE. Epilogue Posted.

Cleanliness is next to godliness, but not even the boss's daughter can stay unsoiled forever. The hot mechanic is gritty and gruff and avoiding her like the plague, so naturally he's all she wants. But would she be better off keeping her distance? Angsty ExB told in BPOV.

"She reached for him and he reached for her, and they gripped one another in order to stay alive."

An apathetic actor. A young girl coming into her own. He was always larger than life to her. She was always just a child on the edge of his horizon. For both, love was a silly game other people played, until it wasn't.

Bella and Edward each led safe little lives in the towns where they grew up, and neither of them knew that starting college would throw it all upside down. Meeting one another was proving to be the best and worst thing that happened to either of them...

Bella is the daughter of the vice president of the United States. Edward is a new member of her Secret Service detail. Will they be able to fight their attraction, or will her eighteenth birthday mean a green light? AH/Rated M for adult situations.

Sometimes the past catches up with you.

Bella is struggling through a midlife crisis alone when she discovers a young homeless man on the beach. Edward is on the run from a past he cannot face when he meets a damsel in distress. Can these two save each other?

Edward and Bella meet at a summer barbeque. A story about - what else - falling for someone, hard. Once a WitFit.

"I just…these could be the last three minutes, you know? Like, the last three minutes before…things are different."

As the President of the United States, Edward Cullen finds it difficult to meet women. So his brother secretly employs the services of an escort agency to help fulfill certain presidential needs. OOC AU

"We're going to be teaching high schoolers how not to get each other knocked up or infected with gonorrhea. It's hardly a romantic evening for two."

Twilight AU. A horrific car accident leaves Bella in a catatonic state. She's transferred to Forks Hospital. What happens when Edward is faced with the lifeless girl in the bed and an undeniable pull begins? Can he bring her back from her minds abyss?

All he thinks about is her, and what he sees when he's with her; the lines, colouring her special, he sees the fast paced stutter of her flowing beauty and he smells her, wants to taste her. She thinks college is awkward, like a test before the actual stuff happens. She doesn't know what he is. She just thinks he's a boy, as awkward as her. Vamps - AU - E/B.

High school relationships are always more complicated than they should be. Usually, those complications are made up of the drama that is teenage life. Sometimes... it's really complicated. Edward and Bella were already there before the surprise of their young lives threw them into a life they weren't remotely prepared for.

Edward is Off Limits, but when he tempts her again and again, how much can a hot-blooded, middle-aged woman take? Bella knows better than to lust after her son's best friend, but he's so damn perfect and the consequences seem miles away. All human, all BPOV.

Like most women, I always found Speedos to be equal parts hilarious and horrifying. That all changed the day I saw Edward Cullen wearing one.

When he found out he was a father to baby daughter, Edward had to grow up too fast. With a baby involved, nothing is ever as simple as what he wants. But after he met Bella, it always seemed like happiness was so close, and yet so far. Written for FAGE4

Edward left 6 months ago, trying to escape the the brown-eyed girl with tantalizing blood. What he doesn't know is that the Fates have another plan for him and the one whose life is twisted with his. AU Vamp, Rated M. Set 6 mo. after E&B's first meeting.

Writing to offer a bit of home to a soldier overseas, she discovers words can bind a friendship. Lonely in war torn Europe, he finds hope in letters from a stranger. What happens when the war is over?

"From very early on, I worried that the biggest thing in my youngest son's life would be the girl he could never escape. I thought it would be horrible for his story to be so ensnared with someone else's, such a tangled ball of yarn that it couldn't be unknotted. Bright, colorful, beautiful to be sure, but so hopelessly snarled in and around itself that it would never be freed."

Bella Swan is a naive fifteen year old, set to spend another kiss-less summer alone. Edward is new to town, and doesn't know a soul. Watch an unlikely friendship blossom over the simple task of painting a house. But for these two, nothing is simple.

Numbers are often invisible obstacles. For Edward, a significant age difference between him and Bella dictates the confines of their relationship. Can Bella teach him that sometimes a number is just a number?

What happens when a scholarship athlete and an English major from opposite coasts meet in a freshman writing seminar? Will they be drawn together or forced apart by their weekly discoveries of themselves and each other? All human college coeds!

Edward has spent all of his thirty-two years trying to be the man his grandfather raised him to be. When he wakes up married to a young, scared, pregnant stranger, this is one mistake he won't leave in Vegas.

Two people who never should have met get stuck together for a few days. Wheels will turn, sparks will fly.

Freshly graduated from Cosmetology School, Bella takes a job in a health club beauty salon called Mystique. First days on the job can be so boring…until that perfect head of hair walks in! All drabble, All human

COMPLETE. Edward is a bitter, angry man, a man suffering the sins of his past. An emotional & physical recluse, he pushes everyone away. That is, until Bella, a mysterious woman with her own demons, moves in and forces him to face himself. AH.

In the post Civil War South, there are consequences for a Northern man who falls for a Southern Belle. A story of a friendship ripped apart by war, and rebuilding your life after near total devastation.

COMPLETE. For seven decades, he has worn the collar of faith and service. Wandering the earth alone, he's searched for redemption and for the soul he can never possess. Until now - when a young woman enters his world and shatters everything he ever believed. AU.

A collection of outtakes from 'A May to December Romance'. Edward's POV. AH.

When a bust goes wrong, FBI Agent Edward Cullen is faced with a terrible choice. No one knows of his secret affair with comatose victim Bella Swan, nor that the child she carries is his. How can he do the right thing when he doesn't know what that is?

Edward made a decision after that second biology lesson. Two years later that decision is challenged.

He gave me art and words and passion and life, but all I wanted was him.

He's a brilliant, sensual, tactile artist with a huge personality and love for life...at least, he used to be. She's a shrewd historian, content to observe from a distance...until now. At Newcoven College in Clearwater, OH, no secret is safe. All Human.

After the Cullens leave Forks, a twist of fate lands Bella in Chicago in 1918. She thinks it's a second chance to build a life with Edward, but when she finds him, he's not quite what she expected. Can Bella create the future she's hoping for?

An alternate ending to Beyond Time, written for Fandoms Fight the Floods.

Having Alice throw me at her brother was really nothing new. It might be weird, but it wasn't exactly unwelcome. But this time, it was kind of uncomfortable, considering the absence of the family meant they were all in league.UE Series prologue.

New Moon AU. Edward did more than just leave Bella in the woods five years ago. Time goes on as Bella struggles to make a new life without him. What happens when they are accidentally reunited? What was the real lie that Edward told? What will Bella do?

In a make-shift chapel, in a city registry office, Bella Swan is about to make a promise. Or is she?

They've been friends since the day he thought her to be an angel. Years later, he returns to where his heart always laid,in the hands of the local cherry farmer's daughter,Bella. Still as beautiful as she was at nine,he hopes to win her heart again.

An unexpected discovery and Bella realises Edward lied when he left her. She is determined to find him, but as she searches she finds there is more to Edward Cullen than she ever realised.

With just weeks to go before the wedding, Edward reveals a secret from his human life which leaves Bella shocked and wondering just how well she knows the man she is about to marry. This is very much an Edward and Bella love story. S Meyer owns all.

AU. One-shot. A more tasteful attempt at smut-if there is such a thing-exploring how Bella and Edward might have actually spent their wedding night. Breaking Dawn is not necessary to this story.