What we are reading in TLS this week:

We have been devouring fics new and old. We uncovered some gems and found some others we missed out on during the WIP stages. Here is our current bi-weekly TLS Fic Rec list!  Please remember to let the authors know where you saw them recommended and be sure to leave them some love via pm or reviews. Enjoy!

♥ Nic & Six

Abandoned Heart by Kitchmill-rec'd by Cared Cullen/Cappricorn75
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10316778/1/Abandoned-Heart
I wanted to push him away, to tell him to just go now, because I was a battle he'd never win. Rated M

Balancoire by Gemini13me-rec'd by Midnight Cougar/Nic
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10251343/1/Balan%C3%A7oire
"Perfect balance is like a razor's edge; it can be found only in the Self." - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. Rated M

Buried by Ericastwilight-rec'd by Nic
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10317577/1/Buried
His reality was made of nightmares. She was plagued by them. Will she conquer her fears in time? Can he protect her? Rated M

Confessions After Dark by 2DrunkUnicorns-rec'd by Suebee Betafairy
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9613993/1/Confessions-After-Dark
"Everyone has something they'd like to confess…" Every Friday night, he calls. And every time he calls, I listen. A story about what happens when fantasy blends into reality – when the secrets we share are just as important as the secrets we keep. Rated M

Goodbye Peter Pan by Bled Dry-rec'd by Nic
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10212570/1/Goodbye-Peter-Pan
Prompted by a feeling, Alice leads the Cullens back to Forks, but ten years is a long time in a brief human life. Edward's wish for Bella to have a nice human life seems to have been fulfilled. Bella believes that once she loved a remarkable boy, but in the end he didn't love her. Can Edward convince her she is wrong? Rated M

Hearts Desire (Ceanothus gloriosus) by Daisyandphoebe-rec'd by Twific Crackmum
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10317585/1/Heart-s-Desire-Ceanothus-gloriosus
Bella's life, predictable and streaked with poor timing, can use a re-landscape. The decision to make some changes brings with it an old friend. The boy who had pulled up a chair, opened a sketch pad, and infiltrated her mind for four years stands, now a man, behind her screen. But inviting him in is not as simple as opening the door. Rated M

Here to Fall by GaelicShadow-rec'd by Sixdlb5
https://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 M

Hollywood by Allihavetodoisdream-rec'd by Nic
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10319066/1/Hollywood
"She's Audrey Hepburn, and he's Cary Grant. She's Marilyn, and he's James Dean. She's timeless elegance, and he's old grace. She's searching, and he's already found, already taken. She's sixteen. And he's twenty-seven. But that doesn't matter. Not to a girl in love. Nothing matters, then." Edward & Bella in the definition of a forbidden relationship. Rated M

Hot Commodity by Blueeyedcherry-rec'd by Coppertop Johnson
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7358208/1/Hot-Commodity
Edward Cullen is used to getting everything he wants. Good looking, wealthy, and charming, NYC's most reputable playboy doesn't take "no" for an answer. Then he meets Isabella Swan and all bets are off ..Except for one. Rated M

Masen Manor by Drotuno-rec'd by Everyfreakingbody!
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10108743/15/Masen-Manor
Masen Manor, home to a prestigious boarding school, Masen Academy. An immortal hiding from the world has his faith tested by a hundred-year-old fortune and a broken, silent girl. Rated M

Number One Zero by BelieveItOrIreen-rec'd by Evilnat
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9580035/1/Number-One-Zero
Divided and reunited. Add time. Subtract color. Carry the remainder, carry a torch. Factors, figures... Edward loves equations, Bella loves expression. They think they know themselves; they think they know each other. But there is always more to learn. "We are what we imagine ourselves to be. " Rated M

One Day by Rueforregret-rec'd by Dreamweaver94/LayAtHomeMom
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9147787/1/One-Day
Over a quarter of a century separates single-mother Bella Swan from her hormone-riddled adolescence. Watching her teenaged daughter navigate her way through various rites of passage, Bella can't help falling prey tonostalgia. "One Day" brims with steamy reminiscences of first love and traces one woman's mid-life attempt to reclaim it. Rated M

Shamrocks and Shenanigans by Mathisson-rec'd by Edmazing
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7965930/1/bShamrocks_b_and_Shenanigans
Bella is working for a catering and event planning company. She has just about pulled off the reception of the year when she's introduced to Edward Cullen, mafia boss. Can he show her that even bad guys can be good. Rated M

Sins of the Father by Bethaboo-rec'd by Cared Cullen
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5873987/1/Sins-of-the-Father
Bella Swan breaks free from her mother's influence and is desperate to prove her music blog speaks for her generation. Edward Cullen is an Irish punk rocker with a dark past. When they collide, nothing will ever be the same. Rated M

Stripped Desire by MrzEdCullen-rec'd by Cappricorn75
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10167679/1/Stripped-Desire
Logic and art, numbers and paint—two different worlds from each other. Life made them collide, but one dangerous request could lead to much more than what they bargained for. Rated M

The Cupcake Queen by RFM86-rec'd by Midnight Cougar
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8372739/1/The-Cupcake-Queen
They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. Will this prove true for The Cupcake Queen? Or will it be her other hidden talents that prevail? Rated M

The Greatest Gift by Les16-rec'd by Cared Cullen
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6458894/1/The-Greatest-Gift
Edward Cullen has the plane ride of his life when a mysterious flight companion changes his life in the blink of an eye. Edward will need the help of his wife, Isabella, to right the wrongs of his past before it's too late. Rated M

Unexpected by Opal Aline-rec'd by Midnight Cougar
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10147333/1/Unexpected
Unhappy with where life has taken her, Bella seeks a second chance in Hollywood. A struggling single mother, will life get the better of her or take her to unexpected places. Rated M

Volunteer 13 by Edward's Eternal-rec'd by Cared Cullen/Nic
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10304098/1/
A favour for a friend. A few minutes of her life. Kiss a stranger and see what happens. "Easy," Rose insisted. "Kiss him and walk away." Will it be that simple? Rated M

Watch Me Burn by Livie79-rec'd by Edmazing
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9628108/1/Watch-Me-Burn
There were a lot of words to describe my relationship with Bella Swan. I just never imagine that "over" would be one of them. Entry for TLS Angst Contest. Rated M