What we're reading in TLS this week:

Here's our latest reading recommendations. These authors have captured what seems like every moment of our attention this week!  Check them out if you haven't already, and leave them some love.  Happy Reading!

♥ Nic & Six

A Light in the Darkness by JenRar-rec'd by Twific Crackmum/Drotuno
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10108747/8/A-Light-in-the-Darkness
On one of history's darkest days, Edward finds his other half. Bella wakes to find that her guardian angel may just be a figment of her imagination. A journey of two lost souls as they find the light when darkness surrounds them. Rated M

Badlands by Planetblue-rec'd by Everymothersbrother
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10011982/1/Badlands
Moonlight drives and sharpened knives. This is the story of us. Rated M

Catch My Breath by Tanglingshadows-rec'd by Nic
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8227043/1/Catch-My-Breath
Once upon a time, a quirky woman barreled into a soft-spoken man's life and turned it upside down. Not that he complained about it. Rated M

Catwoman by Counselor-rec'd by TGBMcCray
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7538374/1/Catwoman
Life is boring but good. He buys the house across the street. Too many cats spoil his backyard. McCarty tells him they belong to the cat woman. He's a little thrown when he meets her. But he won't back down. And neither will she. Rated M

Dancing on a Tightrope by Angie947-rec'd by Capricorn75
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9332364/1/Dancing-on-a-Tightrope
This is what happens when superstar Edward Cullen finds out he has a 15 year-old rebellious daughter. Musicianward. ExB Rated M

He Came Along by Hopesparkles-rec'd by Cappricorn75
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9894117/1/He-Came-Along
This was going to be a fresh start; a new beginning, in a far off place. But what happened that night, on a dark road near Maxwell changed everything for Bella. Rated M

Looking Back by RachelFish-rec'd by Alliz/Nic
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7774430/1/Looking-Back
She knew when she met him she wouldn't be able to deny him anything. Is that how she ended up pregnant at 16 and left to handle it alone? Bella raises her daughter with the help of her family... but what about the person who matters most? Rated M

No Ordinary Proposal by Twilover76-rec'd by TgbMcCray
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8092082/1/No-Ordinary-Proposal
Bella wants to escape her small-town life and live her dreams in New York. What happens when a man almost twice her age makes her an offer she can't refuse? AH Rated M

Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear by TheFicChick-rec'd by Nic/Alliz
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10223423/1/
"It's the first time I realize that for all of the significance boy-Edward holds in my past, man-Edward is a stranger to me. The thought is at once liberating and heartbreaking, and I don't know what to do with it: how do you forgive someone who no longer exists? How do you hold a man accountable for a boy's carelessness?" Rated M

Onscreen Chemistry by Winterhorses-rec'd by Evilnat/Nic
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9928550/1/Onscreen-Chemistry
Bella, America's young sweetheart on screen, is starring in her first R-rated film. Her co-star is Edward Cullen, Hollywood's reputed playboy, and he won't give her the time of day. Will they fizzle onscreen as Bella attempts to turn up the heat in her first erotic scene, or can she cause a reaction powerful enough to burn through his arrogant, impassive facade? Rated M

Spin & Sway by Pattyrose-rec'd by Sixdlb5/Nic
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9984328/1/Spin-Sway
Sometimes, no matter how strong you are, life deals you blows that are too heavy to carry on your own. Sometimes, no matter how fragile you feel, you're the only one who can help bear the load of another. Sometimes when strong and fragile collide, the world spins and sways. Rated M

The Best Mistake Of All by MrsK81-rec'd by Nic
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9816957/1/The-Best-Mistake-Of-All
Living the perfect life with no cares or responsibilities suited Bella just fine, but her family had other ideas and all of a sudden everything was changing... and not necessarily in a good way. One last night out, one quick escape through a bathroom window, one assumption about her new boss plus so many other things proved to be one mistake after another or so it seemed. Rated M

The Betty Chronicles by Emily Bowden-rec'd by Edmazing
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6007971/1/The-Betty-Chronicles
There is an exclusive group known as the Cullens who only allow the most seductive of women into their circle. But their training is not what she thought it would be. Rated MA for lemons & adult content. Cannon couples...eventually... Rated M

The Lost by Mamasutra-rec'd by Billi Beavis Cullen
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10128242/1/The-Lost
Bella Swan was not normal. She had been born with the gift of seeing the dead, but to her it was a curse. She had sworn off her abilities as she returned to her hometown to live out her final year of high school in an attempt at being normal, but nothing is normal when you are the one hope at redemption for the spirit of a lost boy. Rated M

The Love Boat by Twilly-rec'd by Evilnat
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8083461/1/The-Love-Boat
Love, exciting and new. Come Aboard. We're expecting you. Love, life's sweetest reward. Let it flow, it floats back to you. Best friends, a childhood crush, a free cruise, and a ship full of swingers. Rated M

The Procrustean Bed by Gemini13me-rec'd by Midnight Cougar
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6991264/1/The-Procrustean-Bed
A Procrustean Bed- a standard or set of conditions, determined arbitrarily, to which everyone is forced to conform. But the question is... are there really any rules when it comes to the affairs of the heart? Rated M

The Tutor by ItzMegan73-rec'd by Capricorn75
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5003930/1/The-Tutor
New student Bella Swan needs to break out of her shy exterior and her guidance counselor has the answer: tutoring. And Bella is too new to know she shouldn’t want to tutor Edward Cullen. Rated M

Tommy by HelloElla-rec'd by Cappricorn75
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9871665/1/Tommy
They were just kids, growing up much too fast. When life felt like a deep & freezing ocean in which they drowned in, they saved each other every single time up until she disappeared the night of their high school graduation. Now, older & convinced she is still alive, Edward returns home in hopes of finding traces that will lead him back to Tommy, the tomboy girl who saved his life. Rated M

We All Gotta Die Sometime by Crackedfic-rec'd by Katinki
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10190303/1/
You don't like him? Good. Stay away. It'll save him the trouble of smacking you around. Touch the girl? He'll burn down the whole town just to watch you die. AH Rated M

You Belong to Me by Emmamama88-rec'd by Cappricorn75
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10051748/1/You-Belong-to-Me
Army Sergeant Edward Colonna returns home after six years overseas, only to find the love of his life in one, Isabella Swan. Can their love survive the test of time when he is sent away again? (Set during the Korean War era; late 1940's to early 1950's). Rated M