Meet The Poll: What We're Reading This Week in TLS

Each week we share with you what we are reading and enjoying. The following made the top of our lists last week. Please help us determine which 5 of these will be featured as fics of the week, next week, by choosing FIVE from the poll on the right!


Awake in the Infinite Cold by Quothme-rec'd by Vampshavelaws
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5440286/1/Awake-in-the-Infinite-Cold
Sometimes the fruit is forbidden for a reason. A mélange of Twilight and How to Be, with an Artward who so carefully and so softly sneaks under her skin and into her soul. Fiction M

Down Home by MrsSpaceCowboy-rec'd by Nic
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9070588/1/Down-Home
Sometimes, everything you're looking for ends up being right where you left it. *Entry for The Heart of Country Contest. 1st Place Silver Spur Award Public Vote, 2nd Place Silver Spur Award Judges Choice, 1st Place Gentlemen Wear White Award (Swooniest Fella) Public Vote and Judges Choice, 2nd Place Hay Ride Award Judges Choice.* Now expanded! Rated: Fiction M

Fortune Favours the Bold by Capricapra-rec'd by Evilnat
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8974679/1/Fortune-Favours-the-Bold
Inspired by Jane Austen's Persuasion. At 18, Bella's respected family prevent her from running away with penniless orphan Edward. Years later and their fortunes have reversed. The Swans are in dire financial straits. Edward is a wealthy music producer. Bella is an impovershed writer living with her sister, a single mother. But Edward and Bella's paths are about to cross again. Rated: Fiction M

From Geek to Chic by MrsK81-rec'd by Evilnat
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9021054/1/From-Geek-To-Chic
Convinced she was headed to permanent residency in Loserville, Bella Swan would have done anything to fit in with the popular crowd. What if she was presented with an opportunity to do just that? Would she take it happily or would she stop and think about the person she was leaving behind? Inspired by 13 going on 30. Romance, drama, humor and a little bit of everything. Rated: Fiction M

Here to Fall by GaelicShadow-rec’d by Twific Crackmum
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6856265/1/Here-to-Fall
Tyler/Allison aka Mallory Set in 2011, it's been 3 years since Allison left New Orleans and she meets Tyler in a NYC bar. Both broken, can they keep what they might have found? Rated: Fiction M

Insatiable Desires by ItzMegan73-rec'd by Allison/Six Dlbfive/Pawspeaches
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7534537/1/Insatiable-Desires
What happens when the paths of two highly intelligent hypersexuals cross? Rated: Fiction M

Love Like a Hurricane by Counselor-rec'd by Nic
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9014626/1/Love-Like-a-Hurricane
Post-Civil war, Edward and Jasper come home after a cattle-drive, greeted by his little sis, 16 year old Bella Marie. She is pressing Edward to let her be courted by the neighbor's son. Bella had always hoped she could marry Edward seeing as she is adopted, brought to their family as an infant by Edward's now deceased father. Edward allows Paul to call. That's when trouble comes. Rated: Fiction M

Not The Marrying Kind by BestScentEver-rec'd by Misty
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8720153/1/Not-The-Marrying-Kind
"Bella, I'll be honest with you. I'm not the marrying kind, and if you're looking for happily ever after you won't find it with me. Now if it's a good time you want—I'm your man." A/H Romance with a tinge of angst. Rated: Fiction M

Polaroid by RockRaven244-rec'd by Evilnat
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8871334/1/Polaroid
A glimpse, a snapshot, a frame, an image...this is how they come. Some a blur, some crystal clear; like a Polaroid. She told me not to interfere, to live life, and love my family. And I do...most of the time. Rated: Fiction M

Slapshot by Prettykittyff-rec'd by Evilnat
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9174767/1/Slapshot
He comes in for the stale coffee and the girl behind the counter. She lives for the moments he walks though her doors. Can she snag herself a star? Can he handle being caught? HOCKEYWARD EXB Rated: Fiction M

Son of a Preacher Man by LaViePastiche-rec'd by MrsSpaceCowboy
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5058174/1/Son-of-a-Preacher-Man
The wild son of a famous televangelist, Jasper likes to love ‘em and leave ‘em. Will he meet his match in Bella, who’s in love with his sister’s boyfriend Edward? And what happens when Edward finally notices her? AH, B/E. Fiction M

Stubborn Love by Vampireshavebeagles-rec'd by Nic
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8063793/1/Stubborn-Love
She'll lie and steal and cheat, and beg you from her knees. She'll make you think she means it this time, tearing a hole in you. But I still love her. I don't really care. A story from iambeagle and VampiresHaveLaws. Fiction M

The Bigger They Are by LadyExcalibur2010-rec'd by MagTwi78
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6023650/1/The-Bigger-They-Are
Confirmed bachelor and career soldier, Edward Cullen was perfectly happy with his life. Until a young punk busted his windshield. Suddenly, he finds himself drawn to a beautiful widow with a LOT of baggage- four rambunctious sons. AH/AU - COMPLETE  Rated: Fiction M

The Fresnel Effect by Boom-Boom Jones-rec'd by Evilnat/Nic
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8802143/1/The-Fresnel-Effect
She's transient. He's not. But both have something in common that will catch up to them sooner than they realize. Romance/Drama/Angst Rated: Fiction M

Wicked Angel by DevilishPleasures-rec'd by Evilnat
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5631446/1/Wicked-Angel
I am Edward Cullen and I have a deadly secret: I am a hit man. My new target: Isabella Newton. With the help of my friends, we plan the crime of the century. What the hell am I going to do when she becomes more than my target and becomes my life? Rated M