AU-Human.  Manwhore Edward bets Emmett that he can remain abstinent for 40 days and nights - or lose his beloved Volvo. He's convinced it'll be a piece of cake. Of course, that was before sex kitten Bella moved to Forks, and set her sights solely on the delectable Edward Cullen.  NC-17 for extreme profanity, and ridiculously smutty sexy time.

You know those fics where Edward doesn't come back and Bella forgets about him and five seconds later she's in bed with Jacob and none of it makes any damn sense?
Yeah, this isn't one of them.

This story picks up from the moment in New Moon when Jacob has driven Bella home after the cliff diving incident, right before he catches the scent of Alice. Only in this telling, Alice wasn't looking, so there's no sudden appearance at Bella's house, no Rosalie calling Edward and sending him on a suicidal mission to Volterra, and no reason for Bella to do anything but believe that Edward didn't love her anymore. This is simply a story of what might have happened if everyone stayed mostly in character and Edward's return was delayed. Yes, delayed. Because we all know that he was "this close" to coming back on his own anyhow.
So what would have happened if Bella had tried to move on with her life?  Would she have found happiness with Jacob?  And would Edward be too late?

* First in a series of stories

~I thought of Jacob’s warm arms wrapped around me, his infectious laughter, and his ability to keep me from falling to pieces again… The pain choking my heart relaxed and I could breathe.~

~“More than anything,” I whispered, not caring what I'd just agreed to. When it came to Bella, it didn't matter what the question was. I just wanted.~

Winner of:

Best Author, Most Romantic, Favorite Jacob, Most Suspenseful, & Best WIP in the Wolfpack Awards | Best Non-Canon Pairing (Incomplete) and Best WIP in the Moonlight Awards | Best During the Series in the Razzle Dazzle Awards | The Storyteller Award in the Shimmer Awards | Best JacobxBella in the Silent Tear Awards  

Edward is married and devoutly Catholic, but what happens when he meets the love of his life two years later? Will he follow his heart or will he honor his past commitments and stay true to his faith? AU/AH, B/E/T, A/J, R/E

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A pregnancy changes everything in an instant. Bella went from being a Godmother to a mother and ended up raising her best friends daughter after she died from giving birth. With her families support, she makes it through obstacles until she meets a gorgeous guy at a rare night out. Something in his past could tear her world apart, will it end up that way or will love conquer all?

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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What happens when your past collides with your present and changes your future forever? Come read The Ties That Bind.

A life-changing event drives teenage Bella from her home in Arizona to live with her father in Forks. Will she be ostracized for the choices that she has made, or will she find the love & acceptance that she craves for her and her new baby?

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Bella is in a car crash that kills her mother and Phil, leaving her with many physical and emotional injuries. Bella is completely devastated by the accident and is no longer the woman she used to be. She returns to Washington to be closer to her father and best friends, trying to find a way to put her life back together.  

Edward has had a "thing" for Bella for ten years, but he never acted on it, and no one ever knew about his feelings for her. He's done a decent job of building a good life, but Bella's return makes him question and re-think everything he thought he knew.

Once these two meet again, he's going to do all he can to finally get his girl, but life and circumstances will make it difficult for him - and Bella will be the biggest challenge of all.  

Story is AU-Human. 

Bella is trapped in a loveless marriage with Edward Cullen - a man she hardly knows. When his father dies, Edward uproots them from their life in New York City and moves into his father's now-empty house in the heart of Colorado. Amidst the desolate, beautiful landscape Bella begins to realize that perhaps there is more to her cold, apathetic husband  than she thought.