What we're reading in TLS this week:

It’s that time of year when Christmas is packed away and it’s not quite time for Valentine’s Day romance, but TLS has you covered for things to read! We’ve discovered some favorites, old and new, just for you. Take a peek and see what you can relate to and maybe choose something that would be completely off your radar. Leave the writers some love, in the form of a review and tell them TLS recommended them! Happy Reading!

♥ Nic & Six

A Case of You by SparrowNotes24
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11344594/2/A-Case-of-You
He's her warning. She's his sweet temptation. An addict always wants what he can't have, even if it will ruin him. "Speak of the devil and she shall appear. Who am I kidding? I'm Beelzebub." Rated M

A Servant Wife by shouldbecleaning
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12600574/1/A-Servant-Wife
It certainly wasn’t in his plans when he woke that morning but somehow, someway, Edward Masen left his farm one late spring morning to stock up on supplies with his children and came home with a new wife. Not a real wife, like the I’ll love you to the ends of time kind of wife, but a servant who was also his wife on paper, kind of half of each. Rated M

Accidentally in Love by Missus T
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7778961/1/Accidentally-in-Love
A personal ad for a fake fiancée leads to something they never expected.  Two lonely souls discover that faking it might be the best thing that  ever happened to them. Rated M

Condemned to Us (Not Such A Bad Thing) by Cruiz107
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11045363/1/Condemned-to-Us-Not-Such-A-Bad-Thing
"Don't act like it's a bad thing to fall in love with me.'Cause you might look around and find your dreams come true, with me Spent all your time and your money just to find out that my love was free." Bella's selfish decision will tie Edward to her for at least eighteen years, but some people refuse to be bound. Rated M

Crosshairs: The Whole Story by Ericastwilight
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12460923/2/Crosshairs-The-Whole-Story
In Edward's world, family meant everything. Caught in the crosshairs of loyalty, corruption, and love, Edward had a duty to fulfill. This is the whole story. Rated M

Dear Maggie by Jenny0719
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7179931/1/Dear-Maggie
A heart leads Bella back home to Forks... and to the brother of the woman who donated it. Rated M

Ex Delicto by MeteorOnAMoonlessNight
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12177956/3/Ex-Delicto
An imprisoned man who's run out of options to prove his innocence, a young attorney volunteering her time to help the wrongly convicted, and the actual criminal walking around free for ten years. The consequences of a crime are far reaching and often unseen. Rated M

Fatherhood, Formula and Other F Words by anhd1207
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12810586/1/Fatherhood-Formula-and-Other-F-Words
*REPOST* When man-whore, foul-mouthed Edward's life takes an unexpected  turn, he's left with a baby to raise. With the help of a friendly  neighbor, he learns sometimes the unexpected could be the best thing  that's ever happened. All Human  Rated M

Fighting Chance by LyricalKris
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12741608/1/Fighting-Chance
Edward and Bella are strangers with one terrible thing in common. Both  picking through the ashes in the aftermath of disease. Both in need of a  shred of hope, a fighting chance.
Rated M

Goodbye Peter Pan by Bled Dry
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

Honeymoon Suite by TwiliteAddict
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4929447/1/Honeymoon_Suite
We all wailed a collective 'ugh' at the fade to black scenes during  Edward and Bella's honeymoon. This fic is a captivating look at the  romance, emotions & imagery of Bella & Edward's honeymoon, the  struggles of the pregnancy & birth, and Edward's joy when he bonds  with Nessie while Bella goes thru the change.  Rated M

Irrevocable by Sukiethree
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12679658/1/Irrevocable
It doesn't matter when I live my life, as long as it's with you. Rated M

Masen Has Fallen by OtherRootVegetable19
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12401004/1/Masen-Has-Fallen
College Junior, Edward Masen's life has taken hit after hit, and he's  just trying to get by as best he can. When the girl he's convinced is  'the one' stumbles into his life; he's not prepared for her or the utter  disarray she brings into his life.  Rated M

Normality by xXHiddenSecretXx
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8346347/1/Normality
"I'm not normal." I don't even realise I've said the words out loud at  first. Those words that often worm their way through my mind, that have  been instilled into me from birth by Mother. His words shock me. "And  what defines normal for you?" Rated M

Secrets and Lies by BellaScotia
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9016564/1/Secrets-and-Lies
Bella once told a lie. A lie that cost her everything she ever wanted.  10 years later she returns to her hometown to an ailing father, an angry  best friend, and the man from whom she has kept a secret that threatens  to unravel her existence. Rated M

What we're reading in TLS this week:

We are snuggled in warm at TLS, enjoying some quiet time reading of lots of new and a few old favorites. We compiled a list of excellent stories we are enjoying this week and hope that you will be as enamored as we are! Check them out and leave the writers some love, in the form of a review, and be sure to tell them that TLS sent you!

♥ Nic & Six

Begin Again by pattyrose
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11972117/1/Begin-Again
Bella's life philosophies mirror her bakery-business philosophies: 1)  you can't save a burned batch, and 2) there's no turning back once a  batch is finished. It's the same when life gets real: marriage,  children...widowhood all relegate memories of first love to weekly,  monthly, yearly, and then…to occasionally. Unless...unless you're  willing to begin that batch all over again.  Rated M

Come As You Are by tiffanyanne3
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11189591/1/Come-as-You-Are
"It's just a piece of plain notebook paper, college ruled, folded into a  neat square, but it's so much more than that. You're right. I was  oblivious to your existence. But then you sent me this letter." It's  1996 in Seattle, and Edward cares about blending in, not fitting in.  Until Bella takes the time to really see him.  Rated M

Emerald City by Sprinkle of Fanfic
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12022662/1/Emerald-City
She felt like she was drowning in Emerald City. Rated M

Hello, Goodbye by FallingInLoveInDecember
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12351843/1/Hello-Goodbye
A victim on youth and adult situations. Tragedy that refused to heal struck and Bella ran from Edward and their upcoming marriage. Five years later she returns when Carlisle Cullen leaves her a portion of his ranch in his will only to be confronted with all the ghosts she left behind- including an angry, cold, and unforgiving Edward. Rated M

High and Dry by bellaofthebarre
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12766455/1/High-and-Dry
"I am a troubled little sweetheart, dipping my nose in powdered sugar  poison when Daddy isn't looking. He is Green, so green - all smoke and  ash, my fire and flame. His love is warm chocolate chip cookies and ice  cream cones melting on cobblestone streets." A girl, lost; a boy,  desperate to keep her. Nothing is what it seems in the lives of  California's shiny, happy teens. Rated M

Irrevocable Trust by Shellyduran
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9558463/1/Irrevocable-Trust
The Cullen children are adult trust fund babies; dependent on company CFO Bella Swan to keep them in the lifestyle to which they are accustomed. Prodigal son Edward returns to claim his rightful place as the next CEO just as the Cullens' world is set to crumble. Can he trust Bella? Rated M

Kick the Tires and Light the Fires by Gasaway Alley
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4926372/1/
Edward Cullen, vampire race-car driver with one hell of a past, present,  and future, meets Isabella Swan, human race-car driver with very little  common sense who is plagued by a few supernatural secrets of her own. Rated M

Ladder to the Sun by Rosybud
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5479529/1/
How can you die when you've never really lived? That's the problem  Bella Swan faces when she's told she only has a year to live. Can she  make up for a lonely, unhappy life in the short time she has left... and  maybe find love too? Rated: M

Rising Dream, Fallen Star by MrsShortHand
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6313185/1/Rising-Dream-Fallen-Star
He was the lead singer of The Volturi. I was a new musician with everything to prove. We were Hollywood's It couple. Until he ruined everything. Can our love be saved if he can't save himself? A story about love, lemons, lies, and learning to forgive. AH Rated M

Run, Hide, Revenge by maxigrumpling
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12729969/1/
A dying woman. A compulsion to intervene. A pair on the run from a  family who would interfere. Who shot her and why? How can he help her  find out, resolve it and remain true to his nature and the expectations  of his family? Edward and Bella OOC. Lemons. Jake lovers need go no  further. Compete. Rated M

Through The Snow by myonlyheroin
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12771758/1/Through-The-Snow
A new addition brings a whole new learning experience to the family, but  Edward, Bella, Toby and Buster wouldn't trade it for anything.  Sometimes the hardest things in life, are the best gifts. A sequel to as  leaves fall. Epov.  Rated M

Time Lapse by PurpleC305
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12767086/1/TIME-LAPSE
As a photojournalist, Edward studies human emotion, but his own feelings  are closely guarded. Bella hides nothing, her feelings as free and open  as her heart. Frame by frame, Edward feels himself being pulled closer.  But is he ready to step out from behind the camera and into life?  Rated M

Unplugged by Write Sisters
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12360658/3/Unplugged
Masen, rock star, had it all—until he didn't. Now, he's trying to rebuild his life, retrace his steps and, hopefully, do it all again, only right this time. Bella Swan had her heart broken, her confidence dashed, and her trust in love destroyed by Edward Cullen. It's taken her years to get over his betrayal, and now, having finally gotten her life together, he's back. Rated M

Until You by olivejuice26
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12649377/1/Until-You
At the start of her senior year in a new school, Bella is assigned a  project with a partner who has a harrowing tale to tell. She soon learns  that the kind boy she's working with hides a broken spirit behind a  smile that convinces everyone but her. With him, she will discover how  to love through adversity; with her, he will uncover a passion to live  and love without bounds. Rated M

Vancouver Waves by OtherRootVegetable19
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12741123/1/Vancouver-Waves
At school, Edward Cullen and Bella Swan exist in entirely different  social circles. One chance encounter allows them to see themselves in a  new light, however, they agree to keep their budding friendship under  wraps. With each harboring their own secrets, the question remains:  which one will fall first?  Rated M

What we're reading in TLS this week:

Happy New Year from TLS! We hope you had a happy holiday season and it was filled with all your favorite things. We are bringing you some of our favorite stories and we hope they will become your favorites too! Check the selection out and please let the writers know where you saw them recommended. Make their day by leaving them love, in the form of a review. Enjoy ~

♥ Nic & Six

After Christmas by pattyrose
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12775480/1/
The day after Christmas, when the magic of the season still lingers, two  people meet. But how many 'after-Christmas' days will they need to get  things right? Rated M

Dank by Nadiakay
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9949005/1/Dank
She wants a thrill and she finds it in the bad boy from the dangerous  side of the tracks. Watch them both intertwine themselves into worlds  they never even belonged in. Learning the best lesson there is. We're  all different but yet the same. Rated M

Gravity Series 5: Heaven & Earth by drotuno
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12697311/1/Gravity-Series-5-Heaven-Earth
Gravity Investigations, busy as always, takes a protection detail that results in more than just a paycheck. Edward and Bella, separated by 70 floors of Twi Tech Tower, must fight to stop what could be an act of war. 5th in the Gravity Series. Canon Couples, AH. Rated M

I Love You, I Know by LyricalKris
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12555499/9/I-Love-You-I-Know
Bella's boyfriend of nine years dumped her at the Happiest Place on  Earth wearing one half of a couple's themed t-shirt. Somehow, on one of  the worst days of her life, she wound up sitting next to a man wearing  the other half of her shirt, also wandering Disneyland alone and  partnerless. It was a sign. Of what, neither of them knew. Rated M

If This, Then by Bled Dry
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11239974/1/If-This-Then
If you have chemistry, you only need one other thing: timing. But timing is a bitch. Rated M

Is This The Worst Time To Kiss You by MujerN 
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12704575/1/Is-This-The-Worst-Time-To-Kiss-You
The town calls him "Berserky" who likes to wander into convenience  stores, rip into beef jerky and gnaw on the sticks. Touch him, you'll  feel the consequences. Since his father's death, he hasn't been the  same. I would know. I'm the only one with a good view inside his  windows. Edward 'Berserky' Cullen Jr. is my neighbor and I remember I  loved him once. Rated M

It’s Time: Bella’s Story by Honeymoon Edward
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12456660/4/It-s-Time-Bella-s-Story
Unbeknownst to her, Isabella Swan's fate was sealed when she was 13 years old. Six years have passed and Edward Cullen has determined that it's time to make himself known.
Rated M

Kaleidoscope by myotherlife
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12392293/1/Kaleidoscope
Edward Cullen believed that his new assignment was a waste of time until  he meets a woman who intrigues him like no other. Bella Swan's talents  hold no bounds, yet she heading towards an impossible battle. Thrust  into a world where friends and enemies are difficult to discern, they  must work together to solve this case before the pattern shifts and  everything is lost. Rated M

Kush by LayAtHomeMom
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11990800/1/Kush
"One hit will make you change your mind." Rated M

MVP by AKABrattyVamp
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12084328/1/MVP
"Baseball is 90% mental, and the other half is physical." -Yogi Berra. Rated M

Saudade by Violet Bliss
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12326133/1/Saudade
Unhappy with her monotonous and seemingly aimless life, 24 year-old  Bella Swan sends a wish up into the universe for more. It answers,  leading her back to Forks, for a chance to fulfil the destiny always  planned for her. But will the reluctant, handsome and butterscotch-eyed  Dr Edward Cullen let her? Rated M

The Letter by ericastwilight
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12768722/1/The-Letter
The story all started with a missorted letter, but will it have a happy ending? A holiday present for all my readers. Rated M

The Monster in Me by Edward’s Eternal
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11837170/1/The-Monster-in-Me
She arrived unexpectedly. I lusted after her body and blood. She would be mine. All of her. The monster in me demanded it. Contest entry for the Control. Possess. Seduce. Contest. Rated M

The Slowest Burn by TypoKween
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7076900/1/The-Slowest-Burn
"I don't even realize that the air has gotten hazy. Or that it smells like skunk, or that amidst the clouds of smoke, leaning against the wall is Edward Cullen." Rated M

Useless Things by bicyclesarecool
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12749515/1/Useless-Things
"The useless days will add up to something...these things are your  becoming." No one said that growing up was easy, but for struggling  musician Bella, it seems damn near impossible. Luckily, with her  friends, her music, and the hot barista across the street, she might not  completely screw up her entire life. Rated M