What we're reading in TLS this week:

Can you believe we are halfway through the year already?! It’s sweet summertime and we have a compilation of some old and new favorites to quench your thirst. Dive right in with us and pick a favorite. Be sure to let the writer know where you saw them recommended, when you leave them some love in the form of a review. Enjoy!

♥ Nic & Six

A New Light by MaybeInTheFuture
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12002417/1/A-New-Light
It's been ten years and the Cullen clan is struggling to remain a  family. When they finally start to come back together, a call from Bella  will change everything. Bella's daughter is sick and needs help. Can a  miracle happen or will everything fall apart again? Normal pairings.  Takes place ten years after New Moon. Rated M

Alaska by Anton M
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10600868/1/Alaska
For two years, Bella's had a cotton candy romance going on with her taciturn best friend. In her head. So after catching bits and pieces of Edward's unusual upbringing, Bella pays a visit to Alaska. Rated M

Facade by MeteorOnAMoonlessNight
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12943887/1/FA%C3%87ADE
FBI agent Edward Masen goes undercover to take down the Cullen mafia.  Meeting Bella Swan, the former boss's daughter now forced to earn her  keep by stripping in the club owned by the new Family, was never in his  plans. He feels the need to save her, but he can't even save himself.  He's about to find out that nothing is as it seems. My entry for the  Secrets and Lies contest. Rated M

Gravity Series 1: Blood & Glory by drotuno
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6755101/1/Gravity-Series-1-Blood-Glory
The definition of a mercenary is a soldier for hire. His crew are  trained fighting machines. Hers are smart PIs. What happens when they  need each other to survive? Canon couples. Rated M

I Dare You by araeo
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12600643/1/I-Dare-You
He's the guy she's always wanted. She's the girl he shouldn't want. Bro  code says you don't go for your friends' ex-girlfriends. It also says  you don't go for their sisters. What happens when you breach the bro code?  Rated M

Island Nights by compass54
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11370259/1/Island-Nights
I would always remember him as a dangerously beautiful  twenty-two-year-old, a sensual and affectionate lover who could put a  gun to a man's head and pull the trigger. Why I couldn't forget him was  no mystery. I was still in love with him. Rated M

It Begins Like This by Iambeagle
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7895489/1/It-Begins-Like-This
A story about long-distance love. It begins with 'Then' and ends with 'Now'.
Rated: Fiction M

Just This Side of Crazy by deviant bamboo
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11508650/1/Just-This-Side-of-Crazy
I deal in crazy all day long, but meeting her made me question my own sanity. Maybe she was certifiably insane, but I believed her. So what did that make me? Rated M

Skyjacked by Sukithree
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12815303/1/Skyjacked
When the unthinkable happens on the way to visit her brother, Bella finds herself in terrible danger. More than just the elements are against her and the others as they fight for survival on a deserted island. She finds not only safety in Edward, but also her soulmate. Will that be enough if they aren't rescued in time? Will danger continue to follow them? 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.  Rated M

The Wrong Number by IpsitaC77
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12508583/1/The-Wrong-Number
Sometimes, even a wrong step can ultimately lead you to the right path.  Will a couple of mistaken digits be that step for them? — A simple tale  of common people and their ordinary lives. Rated M

This Is Who I Am by PattyRose
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5980177/1/This-Is-Who-I-Am
Edward Cullen, successful business exec/playboy/all around bad boy.  Bella Swan, divorced mom/graphic artist/unwilling to trust her heart to  the likes of someone like Edward again. Will she give him a chance? Does  he even deserve one? AH, AU ExB 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

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

Where I Belong by bnpwrites
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12219270/2/Where-I-Belong
Bella Swan never expected superstar Edward Cullen to wander into Walgreen's and she never expected him to change her life. Rated M