What we're reading in TLS this week:

There’s plenty to love about this week’s TLS rec list! We’re excited about this collection of fics and hope you will enjoy them as much as we are. Jump in, find some new favorites, then let the writers know the girls at TLS sent you! Enjoy!

♥ Nic & Six

A Stable Ever After by Iadorepugs
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5704522/1/A-Stable-Ever-After
Edward & Bella are engaged, but that's  just the start. Bella has a talent for dressage that Edward wants to  develop. Lives combined & love declared, how will they handle what  life throws at them? Rated M

Abbracciare Il Cantante by AKABrattyVamp
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12389830/1/Abbracciare-Il-Cantante
I am re-posting the first fanfic I ever wrote. It is not edited, or  unchanged at all. Way back in the day, I wondered what would have  happened if Edward left Forks when Bella arrived. SM provided awesome  characters and inspiration. All of the what-ifs were mine. The mistakes  are mine, too. Rated M

First of the Month by Iambeagle
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7314774/1/First-of-the-Month
Edward leases out his late aunt's house for extra cash. 'Property Management for Dummies' should've prepared him for this. Rated M

Follow The Sun by MissWinkles
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8522710/1/Follow-The-Sun
Sometimes you have to stop thinking with your head and listen to your heart, follow which way the wind blows and dream with abandon. Because tomorrow is a brand new day, and who knows what it will bring. Rated M

Girl Code by LayAtHomeMom
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10486974/1/Girl-Code
Friends are forever, boys are whatever - unless it's Edward Cullen. Then the gloves come off.  Rated M

I Never Knew by Nerac
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6465577/1/I-Never-Knew
After a phone call from a stranger turns her life upside down, Isabella Dwyer realizes that the people you trust the most sometimes tell the biggest lies. Can she convince a man in uniform to help her discover the things she never knew? Rated M

Inappropriate Touching by jenjiveg
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9435491/1/Inappropriate-Touching
While OCD Edward works on his mental health issues, he meets a girl…who  has problems of her own…not the least of which is chronic clumsiness. Rated M

Love Hurts by MapleStyle
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11347807/1/Love-Hurts
I met Edward Cullen on my first day at my new high school. From that  moment on we were practically joined at the hip. We dated for the rest  of Junior year and all of Senior. Though we didn't take that ultimate  step in our relationship, we were very much in love… or so I thought. Rated M

Old School by bornonhalloween
https://www.fanfiction.net/12286291/1
He’s old school, and I think I like it! 2nd Place Judges’ and Public Votes, P.S. I LOVE YOU CONTEST. Rated M

The Cullen Legacy by pattyrose
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9069478/1/The-Cullen-Legacy
Legacy - A gift; sometimes unknowingly bestowed. Bella met Edward in a  London pub, never imagining where each would be 7 years later: he a  Congressman fueled by ever-growing political ambition, she the woman  with an explosive secret that can end all his dreams. But Bella might  soon find that revenge isn't all it's cracked up to be, and that Edward  may harbor his own dark secrets. Rated M

The Last One by ericastwilight
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12290095/1/The-Last-One
It's the hottest book of the season, every kid wants it. When two people who often clash at work go head-to-head for the last one on the shelf, who will come up the winner? Rated M

The Tutor by ItzMegan73
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

Thicker than Water by Twistedcoincidence
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5716765/1/Thicker-than-Water
Sisters have a special bond, stronger than friendship, more sacred than a significant other. Bella has always been the perfect big sister, then again, her sister has never possessed something so appealing. Rated M

Tides of Fate by SparklingTwilight
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5031275/1/Tides-of-Fate
After four years in a bad relationship, and two years of depressed  seclusion, Alice and Rosalie drag best friend Bella on a tropical  vacation designed by fate. Rated M

Unsteady by 2carm2carm2
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12143266/1/Unsteady
One night, successful businesswoman, Bella, stumbles upon Edward stitching up his bloodied face in the office. Edward is unfriendly and rude and people at Cullen Consulting Inc don't trust him. Soon, Bella becomes obsessed with figuring out what he is hiding from them all and when she finds out, she gets drawn into a world of danger, in which one wrong move will lead to death. Rated M

What we're reading in TLS this week:

This week we have compiled a list of favorites that have demanded our attention and hope they will grab yours too! There are some new favorites and old, but give them a go and see what adventure awaits you. Please be sure to leave the writer some love in the form of a review. Writers want to know you are out there, listening and responding. Let them know TLS sent you!

♥ Nic & Six

Baby Whisperer by compass54

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11041772/1/Baby-Whisperer

She manipulated me so easily. Twenty-one, beautiful and curious is a  perilous mix. Olderward. Jazz music. He's a successful classical pianist  who doesn't believe in marriage. She's still in college. They meet at  his manager's wedding and he doesn't stand a chance.  Rated M

Bird Girl by TheQueenWriter 

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8263129/1/Bird-Girl

The small town girl who doesn't care about his celebrity status. Can Edward change Bella's mind? Rated M

Blood Lines by windchymes

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5085822/1/Blood-Lines

With just weeks to go before the wedding, Edward reveals a secret from  his human life which leaves Bella shocked and wondering just how well  she knows the man she is about to marry.  Rated M

Boxing Out by MeilleurCafe

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7534919/1/Boxing-Out

Bella is a little lost while trying to make a new life in the Big Apple.  Edward is a Manhattan police officer who knows it to the core. They  meet at court. Will this new romance be a slam dunk? Rated M

Faithfully by LailaB

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5879485/1/Faithfully

Edward, the lead singer of Eclipse, has always considered himself fulfilled. He has never desired an emotional connection with anyone outside his band or family, until he meets a much younger Bella on European summer tour. Will love prevail? 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. Rated M

Indelible by bannerday

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10334017/1/Indelible

Some experiences, some people, stick with you forever, leaving their  mark on your memories. You can't escape what they meant to you and you  can't re-write the past. It's indelible. But the future isn't set in  stone…it's yours to write. A story about forks in the road of life and a  past with a future. Rated M

Little Happy Mess by Honeybeemeadows 

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12880637/1/Little-Happy-Mess

Don’t Think. Just say yes. Rated M

Never Said I Didn’t by purelyamuse

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9344781/1/Never-Said-I-Didn-t

Edward is finally ready to play ball, but is Bella? Is it too late? The  bases are loaded. He's just waiting for Bella to give him the signal to  run.  Rated M

Oblivious by LyricalKris

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11041103/1/Oblivious

Juggling two jobs and a full-time schedule of classes, college student  Bella didn't have time to figure out just how sexy she could be. Her  boss, Edward knew. She was going to figure it out sometime-why not with  him? A woman in full possession of her wiles is a force to be reckoned  with. Rated M

Sea Salt by SparrowNotes24 

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10638075/1/Sea-Salt

Describe yourself in  three words. That's how I found myself beside the ocean, with sea salt  tangled hair, sun kissed by a boy who showed me the answers. The boy in  the shadows. The boy in the shade. Rated M

The Best Mistake of All by MrsK81 

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 bitter, the sweet by Rochelle Allison 

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10226411/1/the-bitter-the-sweet

Bella's 24. She's got a career she loves, close family & friends,  and a little girl she loves more than anything. She doesn't need  anything more, but sometimes she sure wants it, and when Edward shows up  he'll either upset the balance or make everything sweeter.  Rated M

You Came Too Early by Elliania

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8065162/1/You-Came-Too-Early

Edward and Bella married too young and for all the wrong reasons, so no  one acted surprised when their marriage crumbled down. Two kids and five  years later, events force them to live under the same roof for a while.  Will they realize what they lost?  Rated M

You’re My Best Friend by assilem33

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12583465/1/You-re-My-Best-Friend

"He looks me up and down kind of slowly, and I can feel my face flush,  but I ignore the feeling because Edward is my best friend, and he's  married. He's not supposed to look at me like that. I'm not supposed to  like it." Rated M