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Penname: ruthh [ Contact]
Real name: Ruth Escalera
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Member Since: September 26, 2010
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Summary:  
San Francisco lawyer, Bella Swan, struggles to cope with the loss of her long-term boyfriend, Riley. Lonely and grief-stricken, she loses herself in a string of one-night stands, convinced she'll never find love again. Museum curator, Edward Cullen, may be the man to change Bella's mind. Could he be her second chance for love?
Categories: AU-Human Characters: Bella, Edward
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 37 Completed: No
Word count: 173034
[Report This] Published: August 02, 2012 Updated: May 10, 2013
Summary: 
Oct 2009: Nominee, Best AU AH, The Moonlight Awards
Winter 2010: Nominee, Best 'Under The Radar' Fic, The Faithful Shipper Awards
November 2010: Nominee, Best Angst, Best Lemon, Most Original Storyline (Rare Gem division), Rare Gem Awards
Bella Swan attends group therapy to placate her worried father, remaining mute about the events that led to her suicide attempt. Mesmerized by the sullen, silent stranger who enters five minutes late each session, she is shocked into action the day he finally speaks up, her pierced tongue forming words aloud for once...
Edward Cullen obliges his father and sees his colleague, Dr. Jones, for individual and group therapy after his near-demise - the physical one, that is. For Edward knows that inside, he's already dead, destroyed by the painful memories he commemorates with tattoos like mile markers...
Two damaged souls who speak the same language come together by chance. But can the damaged save each other in the wake of revelations to come?
This story's first chapter began as a finalist for the Tattward/Inkella one-shot contest, and is rated NC-17 for language, lemons and disturbing themes/imagery including suicide attempts, substance abuse, self-harm and scenes of violence. It deals heavily with issues of mental illness and healing; please read with care.
Canon pairings, AU-AH, somewhat OOC.
Categories: AU-Human Characters: Alice, Angela, Bella, Ben, Bree, Carlisle, Charlie, Edward, Emmett, Heidi, Jacob, James, Jasper, Jessica, Lauren, Leah, Mike, Other Character, Paul, Quil, Rosalie, Sam, Seth, Tanya
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 44 Completed: Yes
Word count: 223921
[Report This] Published: September 21, 2009 Updated: February 26, 2012
Summary: 
*Banner by time_lights over at Livejournal*
When Bella goes to live with her father in Forks, things go much better than she expected. At least until a slick parking lot, a careening van, a broken arm, and her weird lab partner from biology get in the way...
Categories: AU-Human Characters: Alice, Angela, Bella, Carlisle, Charlie, Edward, Emmett, Esme, Jacob, Jasper, Jessica, Mike, Renee, Rosalie
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 24 Completed: No
Word count: 112401
[Report This] Published: January 23, 2009 Updated: December 17, 2011
Summary: 
When her marriage falls apart, Bella returns home to Texas. With the help of her father and friends, can she find herself and hope again?
Categories: AU-Human Characters: Alice, Aro, Bella, Carmen, Charlie, Edward, Emmett, Jacob, Jasper, Rosalie, Tanya
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 18 Completed: No
Word count: 73817
[Report This] Published: August 23, 2010 Updated: December 14, 2011
Summary: Isabella is a handmaid to Princess Jessica, Daughter of King Aro. When a knight from a neighboring kingdom wins his choice of bride, Sir Edward bypasses the princess and claims the handmaid instead. Isabella suddenly finds herself married to a man she does not know, and is tossed into the middle of political plots and scheming nobles. Her life is further turned upside down when she is unable to give her husband the one thing he must have.
"This is the hour of Forks' revenge. Volterra will fall to us for Aro's actions against your Queen, and no one – no one – who fights for Volterra will survive. We will not stop until every wall, every tower, every single structure in all of Volterra has been razed."
Categories: AU-Human Characters: Bella, Edward
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 39 Completed: Yes
Word count: 229617
[Report This] Published: December 06, 2010 Updated: December 02, 2011
Summary: Living amongst the rolling vineyards and lush landscape has been Bella’s dream. So why is she so plagued when a certain mystery man-about-town eludes her? Rated M. B/E. AH. 
Categories: AU-Human Characters: Bella, Edward
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 29 Completed: Yes
Word count: 110161
[Report This] Published: April 07, 2011 Updated: November 21, 2011
Summary: 
Everyone at school knows the infamous, rebellious Bella Swan, even straight-laced Edward. But who is she really, apart from the rumors? Edward finds himself stumbling down a dark path trying to understand her. But in the end, will it be worth it?
ALL EPOV, OOC, Dark themes, Crude Language
Categories: AU-Human Characters: Bella, Edward
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 33 Completed: Yes
Word count: 194783
[Report This] Published: April 16, 2010 Updated: October 11, 2011
Summary: ON HIATUS. [sorry guys :-(]
Bella (22) longs for love and acceptance, yet her fear of rejection keeps her guarded and single. Her craving to feel needed is fulfilled by working as a live-in nanny to Rosalie, who's a single mom to four-year old Henry.
For months, Bella has been secretly infatuated with Rosalie's ex-husband, Edward (29), but he barely acknowledges Bella during their brief encounters. That is, until one night when she bumps into him at a club.
However, he doesn't recognize her at all.
Afraid for her job, she tells him her name is Marie. He acceptes her pseudonym, and feeling safe with anonymity, Bella reveals her wild side.
She makes the most of the night, but what happens when he tries to find the mysterous Marie?
When Mr. Cullen gets to know Bella, will he still want Marie?
How will that one incredible night shake their worlds?
AH/OOC/MA
*Rated for language, adult situations and sexual content from early chapters.
Categories: AU-Human Characters: Edward
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 21 Completed: No
Word count: 129626
[Report This] Published: May 01, 2010 Updated: September 30, 2011
Summary: Edward's family hire Bella Swan to break the heartbreaker's heart in hopes to have him see the error of his womanizing ways. Bella realizes that they have a little too much in common and is having a little too much fun with this subject. EXB Lots of lemons later.
banner done by achelle131
Categories: AU-Human Characters: Alice, Bella, Edward, Emmett, Jasper, Rosalie
Challenges: Series: Always Human , SMUT - Best of the Best - Edward and Bella
Chapters: 43 Completed: Yes
Word count: 322353
[Report This] Published: October 21, 2008 Updated: September 13, 2011
Summary: 
Edward Cullen & Bella Swan are co editor-in-chiefs of Entertainment Magazine 'BE'. They're Best friends & Co-Workers but is that enough? Edward's in the midst of a divorce and Bella's longtime boyfriend Jake's career is taking off. Come join in the fun.
Banner made by: RainerNight
Categories: AU-Human Characters: Bella, Edward
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 12 Completed: No
Word count: 41359
[Report This] Published: March 14, 2010 Updated: August 26, 2011
Summary:
Bella transfers to the University of Washington and lives in a dorm with the Twilight usuals. The incredibly beautiful guy with the coppery-bronze hair is such a jerk when their lives first collide, but they cannot ignore the fact that they are drawn to each other. However, Bella has a boyfriend back home and Edward doesn't plan to get involved. A terrible experience has made him reluctant to form any attachments. But sometimes you find what you didn't even know you were looking for.
A little angst and lots of romance. Humor with a nosy Emmett, Rose, Jasper and Alice. Add a potential stalker. Top it all off with undeniable sexual tension and eventually some very hot sexy-times. BPOV and EPOV
Drooltastic banner by the lovely ZEE_21.
Categories: AU-Human Characters: Alice, Bella, Edward, Emmett, Jasper, Rosalie
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 73 Completed: Yes
Word count: 511466
[Report This] Published: March 07, 2010 Updated: July 10, 2011
Summary: Edward Cullen was a loner, an outcast. He clearly hated everybody, including himself. He was not a nice person. So, why was I so drawn to him? And why did I get the crazy feeling he felt the same way?
WARNING: This story will deal with the aftermath of child abuse and rape. If that bothers you too much, I strongly recommend that you don’t read.
Thanks to steffyxxface for the lovely banner!
Categories: AU-Human Characters: Bella, Edward
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 115 Completed: Yes
Word count: 365612
[Report This] Published: November 13, 2009 Updated: July 06, 2011
Summary: Successful fashion writer, Bella Swan leads a life of promiscuity, taking from men only what she can't get elsewhere. Will the new editor, Edward Cullen, be able to save her from her lonely life? Or will her past become too much to bear, leaving him in the dust?
Thanks so much to Readergoof for the fabulous banners!! Love them!
Categories: AU-Human Characters: Edward
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 22 Completed: No
Word count: 62634
[Report This] Published: April 08, 2010 Updated: June 14, 2011
Summary: 
Bella is a successful airline pilot with a handsome boyfriend. Things aren’t always as great as they appear. A mysterious stranger and a flight that goes awry changes everything. Will she live to reclaim her once stable life or will she lose everything in the process?
Eventual canon pairings.
Categories: AU-Human Characters: Bella, Carlisle, Edward, Emmett
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 37 Completed: No
Word count: 138138
[Report This] Published: October 03, 2009 Updated: June 08, 2011
Summary: 
Bella Swan had big dreams. You know what they say, the bigger they are the harder they fall. When her life takes a sad turn she is forced to do whatever she can just to keep her head above water. Edward Cullen's life is perfect. Well, almost. Perhaps these two can help each other out in an unorthodox way.
Categories: AU Characters: Bella
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 54 Completed: No
Word count: 326924
[Report This] Published: July 07, 2009 Updated: May 24, 2011
Summary: Two strangers, two computers.... one night.
Lonely ER doc Edward Cullen goes online one night to relieve some tension, never expecting to find what was awaiting him. AH/possibly some OOC. Rated NC-17 for a reason.
Banner by tby789
Banner by Lindsi loolabell
Categories: AU-Human Characters: Bella, Edward
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 24 Completed: Yes
Word count: 132766
[Report This] Published: August 24, 2009 Updated: May 08, 2011
Summary: 
Bella goes home for Christmas and finds a homeless man in her bed.
This will be a mini semi-crack fic.
Categories: AU-Human Characters: Edward
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 3 Completed: No
Word count: 25805
[Report This] Published: January 15, 2011 Updated: May 07, 2011
Summary: Separated after a bad breakup, high school sweethearts Bella and Edward have a chance encounter after fourteen years apart. Both jump at this second chance. Can love be rebuilt from the ruins of their lives?
AU/AH O/S Collab between TwilightMomofTwo and ConfettiRainfall and is now being extended into a multi-chapter story.
Categories: Twilight, AU-Human Characters: Alice, Bella, Carlisle, Edward, Emmett, Esme, James, Jasper, Other Character, Rosalie, Seth
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 7 Completed: No
Word count: 53548
[Report This] Published: August 28, 2010 Updated: May 07, 2011
Summary:
After fifteen years of marriage, Bella and Jacob are going their separate ways – Jacob into the arms of another woman. Everything is changing, and Bella isn’t sure how to move on with her life. When she meets Edward Cullen, sparks fly, but can she take a chance? Or will her insecurities keep her from pursuing what she really wants?
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Categories: AU-Human Characters: None
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 39 Completed: Yes
Word count: 201872
[Report This] Published: January 25, 2010 Updated: April 17, 2011
Summary: Rising Star Edward Cullen is trapped in a fauxmance he's ready to end. While filming a movie, he's drawn to a pair of very distracting brown eyes. Within the trials of a new relationship, they discover themselves and each other. AH canon pairings lemons
Categories: AU-Human Characters: Bella, Edward
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 34 Completed: Yes
Word count: 183926
[Report This] Published: June 01, 2010 Updated: March 28, 2011
Summary: Bella owns a small bar in town and is fairly happy with her life so far. But it all changes when he walks into her bar, looking lost and confused. He could be everything she has ever wanted and needed but is he who he says he is? Can she trust him? What happens when he leaves? Can a relationship exist in the world he lives in?
Thanks to HeatherDawn for the SUPER awesome banner!
Thanks to PTB for their awesome beta-services (HEAR & Sweetishbubble).
NC-17 rating for eventual lemons.
Categories: AU-Human Characters: Alice, Angela, Aro, Bella, Carlisle, Charlie, Edward, Emmett, Esme, Jacob, Jessica, Marcus, Renee, Rosalie, Seth, Tanya
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 23 Completed: No
Word count: 172643
[Report This] Published: September 06, 2009 Updated: March 02, 2011
Summary: Bella has always steered clear of men in certain life threatening professions. When she promises Alice she'll give them a chance, she fears her worst nightmares will come true. Then she meets the man she thinks she is destined to be with forever, and doesn't worry about her fear again. But when things in paradise change, can she maintain true to her promise to Alice, or will she run again?
*WARNING* This story contains graphic themes, including emotional abuse, physical abuse, rape, and infidelity in the first few chapters. If these themes bother you, please continue to the next story.
not canon couples at beginning of story, but will be as the story progresses.
THANKS TO READERGOOF FOR THE AWESOME BANNER!!!!!
Categories: AU-Human Characters: Alice, Angela, Bella, Billy, Carlisle, Edward, Emmett, Esme, Jacob, James, Jasper, Laurent, Renee, Rosalie, Tanya, Victoria
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 23 Completed: Yes
Word count: 75588
[Report This] Published: August 13, 2009 Updated: February 13, 2011
Summary: Edward Cullen is looking for inspiration to write THE American novel. Bella Swan is looking for inspiration, any inspiration, to pull her from her doldrums existence. But what they find in each other, neither of them could have expected.
Story rating is for profanity, lemons and adult situations
banner made by kstewfangirl
Categories: AU-Human Characters: Bella, Edward
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 25 Completed: No
Word count: 96336
[Report This] Published: June 14, 2010 Updated: January 16, 2011
Summary:
It has been four years since Edward left Bella in New Moon. There were no werewolves and Jacob was never more than Bella's friend. Bella has just graduated from college when Edward accidently crosses her path and finds himself being drawn back into Bella's life. But Bella is not the same teenager he knew. She is a grown woman with a very grown up lifestyle. This tells the story of how Edward, realizing he can't live without the love of his existence, and with the help of all of the Cullens, endeavors to win her back. There are some laughs along the way. The story is EPOV and rated NC-17 for sexual language and content.
Thank you Monamour for the lovely banner:
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Categories: New Moon, AU Characters: Edward
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 47 Completed: Yes
Word count: 115917
[Report This] Published: June 12, 2010 Updated: January 15, 2011
Summary: Bella's a determined professional, her career takes priority in her life. With no time to date she decides to get herself a B.O.B. When it leaves her less than'satisfied' she returns to the store & meets a sexy manager who offers to show her the bunny way
Categories: AU-Human Characters: Bella, Edward
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 7 Completed: No
Word count: 20223
[Report This] Published: July 25, 2010 Updated: January 14, 2011
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