Edward Cullen is a regular guy with a regular life with a future to look forward to, who is also a huge fan of the famous singer and actress Bella Swan. Or is it more than just being a fan. All human.

Before Edward Cullen can become Don of The Cullen Family, he must do one thing first. Something he doesn't want to do but to become Don something he has wanted since he was young he will have to do it.

Bella Swan runs away from an abusive ex, and ends up seeing something she shouldn't. Edward Cullen offers her a choice what will her answer be?

Mafiaward/Bella

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Photographer Bella Swan loves everything about living in Hawaii. The beach, the surf, the warmth. Everything but the two weeks when Professional Beach Volleyball takes over. Now, she's been cast with the joy of capturing every moment with her camera. Only, a tall, auburn haired player isn't making it easy for her to stay professional. Cannon Couples. UA and MA

Edward Cullen and Bella Swan just started dating. In early March, they planned on going on a vacation together. Edward found a great deal to fly down to Brazil. Bella wasn't sure if she wanted to go with him since their relationship was so new.

Edward was quite persuasive. 

Bella said yes. 

They flew down to São Paulo to an all-inclusive couple’s resort, for six days and seven nights of tropical beauty and the promise of so much more. 

Three days after they arrived, all international travel was cancelled due to a fast-moving, highly contagious pandemic. 

What will happen with Edward and Bella while they are on their Destination Date? Will they be stronger upon their return to the states, or will their love survive? 

In the blink of an eye, your world can change. You can experience the greatest happiness … or succumb to the world’s worst pain, losing someone that had no reason to die …

Edward Cullen, a decorated fireman, after losing a woman in a deadly apartment fire, left his life and family in Seattle, trying to escape the ghost of the beautiful woman, the concert mistress of Seattle Symphony. He stayed away from Seattle, living in Boston, working as an arson investigator until his mother called him, informing him that she had cancer. Without a second thought, Edward moved home to help his family.

Dr. Isabella Swan, a renowned oncologist, specializing in women’s cancers, went through the paces of life. Her mother, an ovarian cancer survivor, was her impetus to become a doctor. However, she was closed-off and had been for many years … since the death of her twin sister, Angela, in an apartment fire. Bella focused on her job, working to forget the empty pain of losing her soul mate. Even eight years after her death, Bella was profoundly broken because of it. She never let anyone in … Until … a handsome, sexy man and a son of one of her patients … Edward Cullen …

Everything in her mind told her it was wrong, but in the blink of an eye, your world can change. You can experience the greatest happiness. Your life can come back to life, especially when you find your new soul mate … the Fire of your Soul.

I.M. Swan a best-selling author is on top of the literary world. After coming off her book tour for her latest book, she has begun her research for the next, a book on the Chicago Mafia. Spending hours in the library and courthouse, she is surprised to find out a most curious piece of information about the Don of the largest crime family. He is not the rightful heir to the family.

Aro Volturi planned and executed the complete destruction of the Cullen family. Wiping away any documentation or body of any evidence of the family from the face of the earth, or he thought so.

Edward Cullen was smuggled away with the aid of his faithful nanny, who kept him safe until it was time for him to take revenge for his family's death. Training and building a new, stronger family to take back what is rightfully his and executing the man who took his family from him.

One evening, as Edward is following one of Aro’s hitman, he witnesses him a young woman in the alley. Coming to her aid, he is mesmerized by her beauty and when he gets to know her, he is in awe of her intellect.

            Will Bella be able to survive with Edward’s help or will Aro get to her and silence her forever? E&B

Cheated on constantly, Bella Swan has given up on love and become a bit of a cynic. Working at her job one night, a stranger asks her to dance; all without knowing his name. After a passion filled night, she figures she'll never see him again until he shows up on her doorstep asking for a chance. Rated M BxE *Edited for New Content 2017*

Summary: 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. He has to find somewhere to live and get a full-time job, both things he has found in a small sleepy town. All he wants to do is keep out of everyone's way and move on with his life. Will this sleepy town of Forks, Washington let him, especially when they find out why he was in prison?

Crown Prince Edward Anthony Masen Cullen is the heir to the throne in the small independent country, Gevalia. His life is all about duty, honor and pride for his country. However, he’s lonely, focused on his career. When his younger brother makes some poor choices, Edward is forced to fly to the United States to smooth out diplomatic relations and spend six months looking for a bride, with some pretty stiff stipulations by his mother, the Queen of Gevalia.

Isabella Swan is the oldest daughter and now owner of the Swan Family Bakery, Inc. 1897. She went to college to be a teacher but was forced to forego her dreams when her father was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. On a chance evening, a handsome stranger slips during a summer rain storm into her bakery and awakens something inside.

Who is he?

Where did he come from?

Why is she drawn to him?

All that is known is that Prince Charming is a real person and Bella is about to live A Modern-Day Fairy Tale. But will it end in a happily ever after?

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Summary: Blood has been spilled on both sides and the only way to ensure loyalty is also through blood.

Edward/Bella; Mafia; HEA

A group of college students with clashing personalities win an all-expense paid weeklong vacation at a luxury resort in the Caribbean, thinking it will be spent on the beach in glorious sunshine. However, after landing it becomes very apparent that all is not as it should when the students find themselves alone on the island with only their pilot and one guide. Or are they..?

2nd Place in Favorite Undiscovered Gem category of Twific Fandom Awards 2017

Bella love her lavish life, but it doesn't all come easy. Not every Swan is pure.

Join Bella and the usual characters as they go about the life that comes with being part of one of the biggest crime families in the United States. 

Prince Edward travels abroad to find adventure, experiences but more importantly himself. Agreeing to be father to Bella's baby is the only the beginning. He thought his biggest challenge would be to get the royal court to believe he is the biological father. It takes a baby to show Edward the man he truly is; the man he could be. In honor of my DS community.

Edward leaves Forks and Bella behind after the incident with Tyler's van. Now, 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. Will Edward be able to fight the pull his singer has on him a second time? Or will he stick around long enough to find out What Drives Her?

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~ What Drives Her has been nominated by you!! ~

-Nominated in the Sunflower Awards for "Best Vampire Story".

-Nominated for a Faithful Shipper Award for "Best Alternate Universe/Canon Story"!  (Update: TKegl got the well-deserved win for her story, "Beyond Time". I highly recommend reading it, if you haven't already!)

-Nominated for a Vampie for "Best AU Story" in the Newborn Round, Winter 2011.

-Nominated for a Shimmer Essence Award for "Best Dazzled Moment", in the 2010 Snowflake Quarter.

*If you know, or hear of, any other noms for this story, please feel free to send a DM my way as I'm not terribly active in the awards and contest circuit anymore.*

Shy, reserved Edward has a little too much Jack Daniels after finding his fiancée cheating on him. Waking up the next morning in a strange woman’s bed, he fights the pull he feels for her. Will he realize they're fated for each other, or will he only focus on their differences?

***So that you know up front, this story has been pulled after the first chapter. It still makes a lemony-filled one shot if you want to read it as-is. If you're interested in the published version, you can find me in the Amazon store under my real name, Lara Norman.***

Isabella Black lost her husband in the cruelest way possible. He wasted

away and was ravaged by the evil, silent killer, cancer. Five months after his initial diagnosis, he died, leaving Bella with their two young children, John, seven and Grace, five. A year after his death, Bella packs up her home in Phoenix and drives back to Forks, Washington to be closer to her family. Will she finally find a way to pick up the pieces with the help of her family, friends and a green-eyed cop?

Isabella Swan is the only daughter of Charlie Swan, the leader of the Swan Mafia Family. While out with her father, they are attacked by a rival family, The Wolf Pack and her father was critically injured. The family doctor was unavailable, and Bella is scrambling for a replacement. She called the person she’d least expect to help her.

Dr. Edward Cullen is working as an emergency room physician when he got a phone call from the girl he’d secretly loved all throughout college, but she kept him in the friend-zone, save for one drunken night. After that, she disappeared, and he hadn’t heard from her. Until this fateful night … And he found her much changed, hardened, scarred and angry.

Charlie Swan’s life hangs in the balance, and the only person who can save him is Bella’s former friend and one-time lover. Will Edward be able to save Charlie and stay away from the girl, who is now a woman and far more beautiful, despite the scarred and hardened exterior?

After ditching her groom at the altar, Bella needs to get as far away from Willow City, TX as possible. The second she meets a hot rodeo star while hitchhiking, Bella knew her life would never be the same. Edward's hot, cocky, and successful and could be just what Bella needs. Rated M for Lemons and Language. Curvy Bella and Cowboyward.

Charlie owes the mob an obscene amount of money and  it’s time to pay up. The problem is, he doesn't have the money. So in a last bid to save his own neck, he offers them his daughter. Dark Romance.

While doing fifteen years for Drug and Gun trafficking a drug lord content with his existence gets a letter from a plain jain book worm not so content with hers. They start as pen pals while he does time, but when Fast Eddie Cullen is released on a technicality. He has two goals, return his empire to what it was, and have Bella by his side. A/H Cannon Lemons Language

Bella is an exotic dancer, and she loves her job. Edward is a millionaire with a savior complex who needs to rescue Bella. She doesn’t want to be rescued, but she does want Edward for the things he does to her body. When she discovers his issues run deeper than she ever thought, will she accept him for what he can offer, or will she walk away? Drabble. Olderward.

Bella is a single mom of two boys trying to make ends meet. Edward is a successful business man. Can he help her? Will she let him?

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Summary: After her parents are murdered, Bella and her brothers flee to the protection of their Godfather. When Bella discovers information that puts her life at risk, her only choice is to marry a man that she hates. Edward is a hard man, one that wants nothing to do with his reluctant bride. Can this pair ever learn to love each other...before their enemies destroy them? AH E/B

Isabella's parents were murdered. Her sister betrayed her and her marriage is on the rocks. Things couldn't get any worse, right? Bratella Mobward - PART TWO - The Ties That Bind

After his brother dies in a car accident, Edward returns to his hometown to raise the little boy that was left behind. But raising a baby alone isn't easy, especially for a man who has spent the last few years partying and avoiding responsibilities. Can his beautiful bookworm neighbor be his saving grace? Daddyward. Lemons. Paige Edwards Sherry Neal

Summary: Bella is deaf and due to her disability she is unable to do the one thing she's always wanted to do, follow in her father's footsteps and be a firefighter. Overcoming the hatefulness of several people, she works in the firehouse, but can she be the saving grace in a scary emergency situation? 

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Summary: Bella Swan has lived a sheltered life, and chooses to go to college as far from home as her strict parents will allow. She runs into Edward Cullen, a gorgeous law student. They become friends and one night cross the line of friendship in a way that will alter the life of both of them more than anyone can ever believe. When DNA doesn't tell the same story Bella tells, how will her young life be altered?
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Bella has her life planned out. Her business is sucssesful and she is surrounded by people she cares about, so why is she so lonely. Fate changes her life but will she follow the righ path.

Edward Masen is the most popular escort working for Esme Platt. He’s the best at what he does and no woman ever goes unsatisfied. He’s smooth, sexy, dangerous and in control. In many ways. His employer holds him to this job due to the debt he needs to repay her. He’s a slave to the job in more ways than one. He lives in the best apartments, dresses in the nicest clothes and drives the best cars. All of it, though, can disappear in a moment’s notice all because Esme knows Edward’s secret. 

Isabella Swan is an heiress to the Swan fortune. Her father, Charlie Swan, owns a string of high end hotels and resorts all over the world. Bella, as her friends call her, is also going through a nasty divorce from her husband, Riley. He cheated on Bella with the limo driver, the gardener, the pool boy and Bella’s assistant, Maggie. She’s bitter and angry, hating all men and abhorring her soon-to-be ex-husband. 

Charlie is having a grand opening for his newest hotel in Seattle, Swan Towers. Bella is expected there, with a date for the lavish party. Rose, Bella’s best friend, suggested that she use a male escort, handing her Esme Platt’s card. Bella calls and asks for the best. Edward arrives, all suave and debonair, but detached and cold. However, the attraction between the two is palpable. 

Will they succumb to their attraction? Will Edward pull Bella down the dark path in his need for control? Or will Bella be his light? Or is all of this a ploy for Buying Love?

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Newly divorced Bella goes to Vegas for a work conference. On the advice of friends she lets her hair down and goes out for a night on the town. When she comes back from Vegas, she finds out that what happens in Vegas, doesn't always stay there.

Edward and Bella met in High School. After graduation they lost contact and went on with their life. Years later they meet again. Both have a lot of secrets.

They’re both unhappy and when they bump in to each other, they start to realize that there is more than just friendship. A/H OC ExB

Everyone in town views Bella as the perfect teenager. She never gets into trouble and always seems to do the right thing. What happens when she starts falling for the towns visually challenged recluse? How will her strict parents react?

A ruthless criminal detached from all emotions brought to Las Vegas on a job. A young woman trying to move on after escaping an abusive relationship.

One drunken night brings them together. Can they survive in a world filled with lies and deception? Mobward/Mafia.

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Isabella Swan, an up and coming graphic artist, lived in the heart of the Gold Coast in Chicago. She was comfortable in her brownstone, left to her by her grandmother.

Edward Cullen, a lieutenant in the Chicago Fire Department and the head of the rescue squad in Department Eighteen. He risks his life on a daily basis, putting out fires and saving strangers from burning buildings and mangled vehicles.

She was an innocent…someone caught in the cross hairs of their obsession with fire.

He was a hero…a man desperate to save the woman who was in danger from a serial arsonist. 

Little did they know, this monster was going to be the catalyst to start their fire, their fire of passion. 

They were Caught in the Flames

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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

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Bella meets Edward and sparks fly. She thinks he's a charming businessman, but he's not. He's in the Mafia. How will she handle it when she finds out? Will an innocent girl like her be able to survive in his world? Darkward / Mobward / Possessiveward

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Edward & Bella may have had some difficulties in the beginning of their relationship but as they move forward, they will find that it will take even more work to stay together. In order to make her future work with Edward, Bella has to search out her past. It just may take this journey for Edward and Bella to learn the true definition of love. Continuation of Lottery of Life.

Seattle pharmacist Bella Swan thinks her chance at a fairy tale love story is over when her parents push her towards an arranged marriage. For Doctor Edward Cullen, love was never in the radar. Will the arrangement mean a love-less marriage? Or will love find them along the way? AH, OOC, Canon Couples. Rated mainly for language but may contain adult situations in later chapters.

Best friends since she was ten and he was twelve.  She had a hard home life, his family love and accepted her as their own.  She accepted him and his family for who they were, mafia royalty.  As they grow up, she becomes a dancer, and he gets groomed to take over for his father.  Follow Edward and Bella as they fall in love and take on the world together.  Violence and Lemony goodness.

Homeless Bella meets Edward just after being rescued from an assault. Mob boss Edward meets Bella just after being told he's out of time...he has to find a wife. Can they help each other? AH

A story by popular French author Drinou. Bella is a shy and clumsy girl employed by Edward, an authoritarian and abusive boss. Between games of seduction and indifference, a passionate relationship develops. 

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When Bella was three, she was found abandonned outside of a hospital in LA. She was placed with Carlisle, Esme, and their twin boys, Emmett and Jasper. What happens when they move to Forks? NC-17&AH Cannon pairing.

One time, no matter how hot or sexy was not enough. We both knew it. So he made me an offer I couldn't refuse. For the next year my body would belong to Edward R Cullen; the billionaire, the genius, the sex addict and the married man.  How did I get here and why don't I want to leave? 

Bella and Edward were the very best of friends in High School but when Prom came their lives changed. Now nine years later they both struggle with the mistakes from their past that has separated them. Can they find one another and save their friendship? They need to forgive themselves before they can forgive each other. Rated M for adult themes including abuse.

She thought he was everything; He thought she hung the moon. Now, Bella and Edward face their toughest challenge in a race against time. Will love be enough? AH & NC-17 Cannon Pairings.

Spending summer vacation traveling with the St. Louis Cardinals isn’t every teen girls idea of fun.  What happens when the teen daughter of the team doc falls for one of the players?  Can they find love or will life get in the way?  AH/Cannon and Non-Cannon Pairings/Rated NC-17

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The Few. The Proud. The Strong. Returning Marine Edward Masino has spent the first years of his adult life embodying that motto. But as he moves back to the Brooklyn neighborhood where he grew up, he is introduced to a whole new code of ethics. He quickly learns that some rules cry out to be bent, but there are others that, if broken, will get him killed.

*Drama. Humor. Romance. Hurt. Friendship. Crime, you name it. It's listed Drama/Romance, but there are many facets. EVENTUAL Canon Couples (Rome wasn't built in a day) Edward/Bella.

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Izzy's a successful woman in her own right. She's also a Hollywood heiress whose life gets flipped upside down as a result of an unfortunate event. Tired of the paparazzi, she flees from the limelight in search of who she is on her own. Sometimes you have to leave the world of make believe behind to find a snowmobiling prince you never knew you needed.

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When seventeen-year-old Bella is kidnapped while out with Alice Cullen—she taken as a prize to be awarded the winner of an underground fighting tournament.  Will Alice’s adopted brother be the unlikely hero to save the day?  All Human/Rated M

A cocky QB runs into a snarky band geek. What happens when they collide on and off the field?