Bella has recently lost her husband of 10 years to a tragic accident. Follow her through the pain of loss and in trying to build a new life for her and her three children. Edward comes back into her life after losing each other in high school...will they be able to build a friendship (or anything else) when Bella is so hurt? Can they rekindle their high school romance?

**This story deals with the aftermath of death as well as drugs and adult situations. Rated for future lemons as well.**

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Holly McNamera is twenty-three years old, and finally ready to begin her life. She and her brother, Josh, grew up and spent their childhood in the small town of Forks, WA. When Holly was just thirteen, their mother was killed in a horrific car accident and fate put the siblings on two very different paths.

Josh went off to college later that same year and never looked back. Holly stayed behind to take care of her self-abusive father for the next ten years of her life, until he put himself into an early grave.

All alone, and on her own, Holly is restless for change. She journeys to Seattle to find Josh and settle the rift that has been between them for more than a decade. She stumbles into the refined world of the Cullens, where Josh is a partner at Cullen McNamera, the most prestigious law firm in Seattle. The icy reception she receives from her brother is hard on Holly, but her budding relationship with Edward has her throwing caution to the wind. When the firm puts away three of the biggest white-collar criminals in the city's history, Holly will soon find that her very presence in a world she does not belong to, may be her, and her new found family's, undoing.

A new guest at Bella's hotel turns out to be a ghost from her past. He doesn't seem to remember what happened between them, while she is being plagued by bad memories. Edward feels a deep connection to that beautiful, angry girl, but she seems to shy away from any male attention. WARNING: underage drinking, drug use, assault, dark themes. MA, OOC, ExB, AH

“Bella, I’m going to give you some privacy. I won’t go far, but I won’t listen either. I know you don’t want an audience, no matter which way you decide to go.”

Three years after his mysterious disappearance, Edward’s final words to Bella still haunt her every waking moment. For her parents, Bella tries to put the past behind her and start a new life but one phone call shatters her fragile new world. Bella must then choose between her new life and the potential heartache of her past.

All canon pairings. NO CHARACTER DEATH. This is an Edward and Bella story.

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Esme Cullen's matchmaking leads to her son Edward dating fledging wedding photographer, Bella Swan. Falling for each other is effortless and soon Bella's career begins to take off. However, not everyone is quite so thrilled about Bella's happiness and success. A continuation of The Wedding Photographer, which was originally a one-shot.

Bella is Alice's adoptive mother. Edward is her science teacher. What happens when Edward notices something strange about Alice's doodling and calls Bella into a meeting to discuss it? Rated for future chapters and language.

Twenty-two year old Princess Bella Swan thinks she knows what she wants out of life, a handsome prince to sweep her off her feet and rescue her from a life of service. When quiet, intuitive, pianist Edward Cullen is invited to Court though, Bella's world is a thrown a curve ball. Love may come easy, but life in Court, modern though it maybe, is never easy. Surrounded by scheming lords and power hungry men, Bella and Edward may be doomed to the same fate as every other star-crossed lover in history. As Bella learns more about herself she's pulled between choices far greater than simple lovers, because in her hands rests the fate of an entire kingdom.

Divorced Bella meets widowed Edward one afternoon in a Laundromat, and an instant attraction results. When you meet your soulmate after your spouse dies, do you allow yourself fall in love again?

They agreed it was only supposed to be physical outside of work. It should have been easy, right? E/B, AH

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Bella needed to start fresh and get away from the memories that had haunted her for a year. What were the chances, in second chances?

Edward left Bella four years ago; two years ago, he dealt with Victoria and has been moping around ever since. He is a mere shadow of his former self, and the Cullens are at a loss for how to fix him, since he won’t go back to Bella. Bella’s life is a paradox; she both fell apart and flourished after Edward left her. She is estranged from Charlie and Jacob, is lead singer of an all-girl rock band called Hamartia (literary term meaning fatal flaw), and is living in Brooklyn, NY. She is now all about sex, drugs, alcohol, and Rock n’ Roll.  Along with her new lifestyle came a new outlook and personality; she has a quick temper and sharp tongue and finally puts herself first. Long gone is the selfless, long-suffering Bella that Edward left behind. What happens when Alice has had enough and brings all the Cullen “Kids” to one of Bella shows? Will the “old Bella” ever come back? Will she and Edward reunite? Can he accept who she is now and what she has done? Does she want to be changed, if everything works out? Will he be willing to do it? Read and find out. 

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Bella Swan changed her life and ideals for a guy . . . who then dumped her in the middle of a mall. Even if she's happier now and her life is back on track, she still needs to realize that the past is the past.

Enter Edward Cullen, devastatingly handsome and hopelessly in love with Bella after knowing her for only a short time. Can he prove to Bella that she's not the type who should be loved and left? Can he help her get over her past and put her self doubts behind her?

 Rated M for later chapters.