Summary:  In a heartbeat, Edward's life changed. What was supposed to be the joyful, life-changing experience, the birth of their daughter, turned into a nightmare. The love of his life, lifeless on the delivery table, as he held his daughter in his arms. The gift of organ donation was always his wife's desire. Bella was in the critical care unit at John Hopkins, praying for a heart transplant. What happens when years later Edward moves back home to Baltimore and enrolls his daughter in a dance class? Will the beauty in pink tights capture his heart? But what happens when he learns her secret?

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.

Meet Edward Cullen, aka The Great Eight. He's the Captain of the Washington Capitals. He's one of the highest paid hockey players in the NHL but he's a little lonely. He fell in love once and thought she was the one. Until she broke his heart and walked away. Since then he's concentrated on getting his franchise a Stanley Cup.

Then Bella happens. She's quiet, intelligent, funny and beautiful. She knows nothing about hockey, and could care less that Edward is famous. She invites him into her apartment for a dinner, and eventually that blossoms into a relationship. She has goals of her own. International travel, keeping her family members safe, and excelling at her job as a research librarian.

She's independent and doesn't like to be controlled. He's a superstar who likes to spoil the women he falls in love with.

This story is rate R for adult themes and graphic language.

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Bella has everything. Perfect husband, perfect kids, perfect life. Until one day, her world changes, and the perfection she thought she had is shattered. Will she be able to pull her life together and survive on her own? AU, AH, Rated M for eventual lemon

Edward moves back to Seattle after working under his father’s shadow for five years. Wanting to make a name for himself, he uses his mother’s surname to establish himself. What happens when his father, and a friend call in a favor, and need him to first help a struggling restaurant. Will he want to when the owner let it fall to pieces while she vacationed and what other secrets will unfold along the way?

Edward Cullen, son to Carlisle Cullen the mafia Boss of New York and New Jersey has been off to college in Boston. Hiding under his alias Anthony Masen, he has led a normal existence except for the ever-present security guard. Going out to his favorite club, to find someone to scratch his itch, however, he finds someone unlike anyone else.

Bella Swan, daughter of Pentecostal Preacher Charlie Swan, defines her father’s wishes and goes to school in Boston. In his eyes, she has already shamed her family. One night her roommates talk her into putting away the books and going out with them. The moment he asked her to dance, she knew her life would forever be changed.

Will they find love in the end or will blood be spilled?