From the author that brought you Vanity and Patience...

Coming home has always been painful for Rachel Black since the loss of her mother.  After graduating early from Washington State, she's left to face her demons and return home to LaPush. It wasn't supposed to be a permanent move — just a visit. 

What she didn’t anticipate was stumbling upon her destiny at First Beach — one that she doesn’t accept immediately. How will Paul get her to give in? You’ll just have to see…

Rated NC-17 for language and adult themes.

Bella, a budding photographer and videographer, moves to Forks after the death of her mother where she meets Edward, the most popular guy in school. Personalities and styles clash forming surprising new bonds... but do they last?

Carlisle and Esme Cullen make a point of taking in the foster kids who have nowhere to go, loving them unconditionally, and helping them find themselves again. Edward, their youngest boy, has always felt slightly out of place.

When the Cullens move their family to Seattle, Edward sees a girl who doesn't want to be seen. Something is scaring Bella, is making her hide from everyone. Almost before he realizes what's happened, he cares about nothing but knowing her.

But she needs help, and he knows it. He has to have the family that saved him, save her.

She may not survive otherwise.

Both damaged, Edward and Bella meet and the chemistry is instantaneous.  Will she still love him when she discovers that he is the criminal defense attorney that got her rapist acquitted just two days before her attack?  Can he forgive himself enough to give her justice?

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"It's amazing how someone can break your heart and yet you still love them with every last piece."

Pairing: Alice x Jasper
Warning: Angst and issues of infidelity. Written for the Driven to Desire Challenge.

"I want to talk to you about us and I prefer your husband know about this. Meet me at the top floor of the Luxor Las Vegas..."

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Two sets of quirky friends, one week in California, and one crazy game show.  Bella needs a push in the right direction.  Edward needs help in the girl department.  Their friends have plans that will change their lives forever.  What will happen when they all meet on a game show where they date in complete darkness?  What could go wrong... or right?  Hilarity and lemons ensue!  Fun times ahead!!

Newlywed Bella struggles with jealousy and as she begins her life with Edward...and his three other wives. Soon, she learns that her competition might be the comfort she never knew she needed. This is a polygamy femmeslash. Bella/Leah (and Edward/Alice/Rosalie)

A pregnant woman, her besotted husband and the scent of honeysuckle.

Jasper and Bella have missed the opportunity to date one another for three long years.  They are finally single at the same time...in Las Vegas...what will one night of spontaneity bring them?   All Human-AU, Jasper/Bella 

Rated NC-17 for Language and Lemons

April, 1912. This journey home could change Bella's entire future. She no longer wished to be the decoration on her husband's arm. One fateful voyage could lead to the happiness she always wanted, or be the end of everything.

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“Everyone has labels attached to them that they acquire over a lifetime... mother, daughter, wife, lover, friend, co-worker.  I happen to have all of those labels attached to me, plus one in particular that I’m not happy about…widow.  I have a daughter who never met her father, and parents who try to help me out but drive me crazy, along with a father-in-law who I take care of in the absence of his son.  Along with the label of “widow” came another label that I’m not happy about and it’s one I assigned to myself…crazy.  The reason I’m crazy is because every night in my dreams, I talk to my dead husband as if he was still alive.  I was perfectly content to live with those labels until someone showed up in my life that caused me to add another label to my seemingly never ending list…screwed." –Bella Black

AH/OOC.  Canon couples, eventually.  This is a story of a woman trying to deal with a devastating loss, so there will be sadness, but there will be humor and there will be love.  There’s foul language, eventual lemons, and it’s told in Bella’s POV.  It’s rated NC-17 for a reason.  It’s a love story at its heart, but it’s not an easy one.

Bella is a witness in peril. Emmett Cullen is the deputy assigned to protect her. When the witness protection program proves unsafe, Emmett has Bella pose as his brother Edward's fiancée. ExB. AU/AH.