Bella takes a vacation to Hilton Head Island in South Carolina to meet Alice's new boyfriend, Jasper. Rosalie and Emmett come along, too, just in case Bella didn't feel like enough of a fifth wheel. With Jasper's roommate out of town, Bella has his nice big bed all to herself. Until Edward comes home in the middle of the night...

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Bella Swan has spent a lifetime putting everyone else's needs before her own. Could a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger begin to change all of that?

Warning: Some dark scenes and subject matter at times, will try to post warnings on each necessary chapter.

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Just two weeks before her best friend's wedding Bella gets dumped by boyfriend James when she refuses to give him what he wants. The next night she discovers he's made a bet with gorgeous pal Edward Cullen that he can't bed her. She brilliantly decides to string Edward along for a few weeks...and subsequently land herself a hot date for the wedding. Things soon get very interesting...

Seeking to escape a dangerous memory from her past, Bella moves to Forks her junior year with every intention of getting a fresh start.  With a little self-assurance and a whole lot of attitude, she shakes things up at Forks High without even intending to.  When a mysterious new student turns her world upside down, will Bella have the strength to resist him, or is she destined to repeat her old mistakes?  Will he be able to save her when the past catches up with her?

Rated NC-17 for criminally hot cars, graphic sex, and language...