Bella moves back to Forks after an unexpected event with her daughter Leah, Leah has not spoken  word since the event. When Leah befriends a green eyed little boy next door, Bella so realises that his father may be the key to Leah's illness.

This story is about how the strength that family  love can create and how two families joining can overcome anything life throughs at them.

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Bella is 17 and tired of being the 'good girl'. Senior year calls for change. She finds it in the arms of 25 yr old Edward. Consequences for her choices cause a ripple effect that even she could never have been prepared for.

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“Swan! I wanted that file ten minutes ago, on my desk, it’s outside my door, are you blind?!” “No Cullen, I cannot see your office, because yes, I AM blind and I don’t want to walk in and listen to you with Tanya Denali!”

Bella’s hopes, dreams, life and future were violently ripped away. She finally finds the strength to do what it takes to save her sanity but at what price? Can the man hired to help her remain professional long enough to save her life?

Warning:  This story contains violence, abuse and death. If you are sensitive to those issues, this isn’t the story for you.

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He's a cocky and arrogant dare devil. Bella's mind knows she should stay away from him. To bad her body doesn't agree. 

Bella finds herself in dire financial need and takes drastic action -- she offers her virginity up for auction.  Will this desperate plan to save her college education actually turn out to be a second chance at love? 

This story was  made possible by the generous contribution of CandraJade to the Support Stacie Auction and is based on her fabulous prompt.

**If you are not old enough to purchase Adult Material, you are not old enough to read this story.  Rated for content and sex in later chapters.**

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COMPLETE: Bella returns to Forks to start her life over. Edward's a widower raising twin daughters. When Bella starts to work for him,the two develop a close bond that may be ruined by their secrets.

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When Edward & Bella's son, Nathan, goes missing it turns their lives upside down. This is the journey they take to find him, in the process realizing everything isn't always as it seems. Canon couples, E&B Eventually, NO Cheating

Bella Swan wants nothing more than to prepare for her future.

When Edward Cullen moves to town he quickly realizes that he wants nothing more than Bella Swan.

Will her painful past and his recent mistakes keep Bella from seeing the man Edward truly is?  Can she let Edward in?  Can the two form that lasting bond that can never be broken?  Or will the heartaches and tragedies tear them apart for good?

Rated NC-17 for some strong language and eventual mature content.

AH/AU, OOC Bella is a famous actress and Edward is a host of a late night talk show. What do they whisper to each other when they greet each other on stage?

Edward Masen, Hollywood heartthrob, meets Bella Swan, shy college student, and the romantic sparks fly. Can they both overcome traumatic pasts and trust issues to be together?  All-Human

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I wasn't like the women in those movies.  You know, the ones you catch on the Lifetime network when you're channel surfing over a pint of ice cream at two in the morning?  Everything was perfect.  My grades were good, my college was paid for, and the future of my dreams was set.  Until it wasn't.

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She once lived the life of luxury with her husband, James, but then he became abusive. With the help of an unlikely friend, she escapes James' abuse, becomes Bella Swan, and starts fresh in a new town. She meets a handsome young man named Edward who will help her heal, but will she ever fully get over the abuse she suffered? 

When James gets wind that his wife isn't dead, what lengths will he go to take back what he feels is his?

Rated for future sexy times, some scenes of violence, abuse, and cursing.

(loosely based on Sleeping with the Enemy, but with large differences, and a Twilight twist)

Bella falls pregnant by a womanizing Edward and he wants nothing to do with her or the baby. At least he doesn't think he does, but actions speak louder than words. A story about the beauty and pain of love.

Single mom, Bella, and single dad, Edward, meet as their boys start school. Their boys become fast friends but will Edward and Bella? Or will they become more than friends? AH&NC-17 for language and possible lemons.

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Edward Cullen is desperate to move out of his apartment with Alice and lands in the only campus housing available, a co-ed apartment with Bella Swan. Both have feelings for the other but are unable to voice them and find themselves in separate relationships. As the friendship grows in spite of deeper feelings trouble brews and Edward finds himself being pushed to his limits while Bella deals with some of her issues. So what can you do when you love your friend...read to find out! Be warned that this story deals with the subject rape and abuse.

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FBI psychologist Bella Swan is being stalked by one of criminals she helped put behind bars. When she is forced to leave her home town to lay low for a while, she meets the most gorgeous man she has ever seen. Is he really who he says he is, or is he working for the stalker?

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Love comes to you when you least expect it. But can your love survive an unexpected event?  

E & B . Not intended for readers under the age of 18. Mature content is involved. This story is written by DLIR, just for fun. SM own all Twilight. Edward. Bella. etc .

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Bella Swan had led a very ordinary life.  She'd married her college boyfriend only to be betrayed when he left her for another girl.  After the death of her father, she pulled out a map and threw a dart.  The implications of that one simple act would surprise her beyond her belief.  She found a home...she found a job...could she find love again after surviving a cheating husband?  Only time will tell.  What secrets will the beautiful stranger she meets have and how will she deal with them? 

AH/OOC.  Canon pairings, with twists.  NC-17 for dirty language, a smattering of BDSM, and the usual lemony goodness.  If you wouldn't read it with your mother standing over your shoulder, you shouldn't be reading it at all!

Bella and Edward have grown up practically hating each other. Friends and family will force them closer than ever before. Will they try to fight it, or give in? AH/AU OCC. Canon pairing. Rated M for future Lemons.

Takes place after Edward leaves in NM.

 Follow Bella as life takes her through twists and turns that eventually lead her back to a strangley different Edward. Can true love overcome all lifes jagged twists and sharp turns?

Bella struggles to survive on her own after Edward leaves her. A chance encounter with Jasper will alter life for both of them. BxJ. Rated NC-17 for language, adult situations, and eventual lemons.

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Bella pretends to be a coma patient's fiancee just to be able to keep seeing him. What happens when he wakes up from coma? What will she do when his brother begins to suspect she's lying? AH, AU, OOC, Cannon, E/B

For the past eight years, Emmett, Bella, and Edward have been siblings thanks to the marriage of Edward's father to Em and Bella's mom.  Edward and Bella are best friends, but as their world expands to include the world of college, so does the relationship between Bella and Edward.  Will their family survive when Bella realizes she has more than brotherly love for her other brother?

Bella Swan runs a public relations firm. She reconnects with her college room mate Alice who has also through the years tried, without success, to push her two favorite people into a dating relationship. Little does Bella know that soon fate will intervene. Bella is soon to find out that "relative humidity" has a whole new meaning.

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Bella Swan is a 28 year old woman who is a narcotics detective for the Seattle Police Department. Bella is assigned to go undercover as a high school student to bring down a massive drug ring fronted by the elusive Drug Lord Aro Volturi. Bella soon finds herself falling for her English teacher Edward Masen...

Edward Masen is instantly attracted to this new student, but can't pursue a relationship with a young girl.

 Will these two keep things in perspective or will their ethics be damned?

Based loosely on 21 Jumpstreet and Never Been Kissed

Edward Cullen was in a marriage that was doomed from the start. Having been overseas when his wife left him, he's now coming home to Washington newly single and ready to reclaim his life.

Bella Swan was married right out of college only to find out that he was a cheater, a liar and an abuser. After escaping the marriage, she's moved back to Washington to the safety of family and new friends.

Will sparks fly when she moves across the hall from a mysteriously handsome and newly single neighbor?

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Edward Masen was brought up in a world where responsibility to your family and class was everything. Tired of the endless pursuits of women he becomes more and more jaded. That is until, he meets his match…..

Taking place at the 1956 US Open, 20 year-old amateur golfer Isabella Swan becomes the first women to ever compete at a professional golf event.  With local caddie Edward Cullen at her side as she makes her attempt at history, she will grow more in the span of this weekend then she has in her entire life as she plays against the best players in the world, battling gender roles and the boys club that is this “gentlemen’s game.”  Will she be able to pull out an against the odds victory, or will the prize she wins be even more valuable.

What are the chances of meeting your soulmate? What if you meet them at the age of 4? Edward and Bella have known each other since kindergarten. A fateful late night call opens their eyes to potentials they never thought of. AU, B/E, A/J, R/Em. Lemons.

Life in a maternity unit is full of ups and downs!  

Bella Swan, an experienced midwife at Forks Hospital meets the new obstetrician, Edward Cullen and the attraction is instant.

As their hands touched, she gasped softly as she felt the shock of electricity that seemed to pass through their skin.  Dropping his hand abruptly, her brown eyes wide in surprise, Bella stepped back.  Without volition, Bella felt her face flame with another cursed blush.  Damn, she was 26 years old.  When was she going to stop blushing like a schoolgirl?

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Edward Cullen moves to Seattle when he takes a position as a trauma doctor in the local ER.  But fate has plans.  In walks Bella Swan, the woman literally of his dreams.  It's love at first sight, and after a whirlwind romance, Edward leaves his life and his love behind to travel around the world and help his parents give medical attention to those in need.  But he comes back to something completely unexpected, changing his life and his future forever....

WARNING:  This story has some adult language and will have some explicit sexual content.  Hence the NC-17 rating...

Bella Swan hasn't seen her boys, Emmett, Jasper, and Edward Cullen, in over thirteen years. Just when they find each other again, an outside threat nearly tears them apart. B/E, A/J,R/EM. NC-17 for lemons and language.

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Edward Cullen, enigmatic, flirtatious, and career focused, 30 year old General surgeon, moves from NYC to the sleepy town of Port Jervis, which is a small town in upstate NY, to join his father's practice, after residency. Bella Swan, shy and independent, 23 year old surgical technologist, has lived in Port Jervis all her life. Same stuff different day, is her usual mantra. How will the arrival of the new Doctor in town change things?

This is a Edward/Bella story, which is all human, with canon couples. The story, which is centered around a hospital, is not your typical medical based drama. It takes place in the operating room, where two people from two different sides of the surgical spectrum meet. There is not only romance and drama. There will be Angst and a crap load of humor too. Plus this is rated M for language and future lemons. Please enjoy! FYI this is my first Fanfic and is not Beta'd. So I apologize a head of time for any grammatical errors that there may be. The first few chapters are short, but hold on tight, for they do get longer. This story might just surprise you. I love it and hope you all do too.  Please leave a review. Let me know what you all think.

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Turning to Edward, I felt a magnetic pull. His eyes alone wrenching me forward. Stopping myself, a foot away from him, he lightly touched the bruises that adourned my jaw and kissed my forehead, I then closed the distance, latching my arms around him. He embraced me and I buried my head into his chest. Holding me tightly to him, I had finally found the comfort that I have craved since last night.

This was when I just knew, I had fallen in love with Edward Cullen.

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The story begins six months after Edward left Bella in the forest, but unfortunately things have taken a darker turn than our beloved SM wrote. This is the tale of how Edward and Bella eventually find their way back to each other, although it is a difficult road traveled. There will not be any reference to the events in Eclipse or BD.

Rating: NC-17 is for lemons sometime down the road!

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Bella and Edward are happily engaged with their whole lives ahead of them. What happens when a tragedy strikes that will change them forever? AU, all human.

Taking place in 17th century Europe, Princess Isabella, only daughter of King Charles I of Spain, faces her fate as her arranged marriage to Prince Edward, future King of England, approaches.  The Prince is known for his indiscriminate cavorting with the ladies of his land, leading the Princess to fear that she will suffer the same fate as her mother and many other queens before and since, to be trapped in a loveless marriage to an unfaithful husband.  Will Princess Isabella ever find happiness while bound to the fate of her birth? AH/OC/Eventual Lemons

Warning: This will be an NC17 story for later chapters.

Was every smile I gave him a lie?

Was every look a lie?

My name is Bella Swan and I have a secret. For 25 years I have been in love with my best friend.

When Edward returns home he also has a secret that will change their lives, "guys, I'm getting married!"

Bella Swan is starting a new job with the FBI. Not only does she have to prove to the boys that she belongs but she has to face the demons from her past before they find her. NC-17 for language and lemons B/E, R/Em, A/J, Es/C

World War II Navy Pilot Edward meets shy wallflower Bella at a USO dance and starts to fall in love immediately.  Two weeks and a wedding later, they face separation as Edward ships off to the Eastern Front.  How will Bella handle life back in the states while Edward fights for their country abroad?  Will the letters they exchange be enough to help them get through the painful separation?

Rated NC-17 for the lemony exchanges in the first few chapters and perhaps later on in the story.

Bella tries to keep her distance from Edward, thinking that she can't be hurt if he is never more than a pretty face. Too bad she doesn't let Edward in on her plan.

Returning to her hometown after college, Bella is thrilled to be reunited with her friends Alice and Jordan. What she doesn’t expect is the undeniable attraction that she feels for Jordan’s husband Edward. When lines blur, friendships are tested. ExB, All Human, Rated M for language, adult situations and lemons!

Edward is the star quarterback, Bella is the coach's daughter.  Falling in love can be bittersweet, but what happens when tragedy tears them apart and fate throws them back together years later?