What we're reading in TLS this week:

Thank goodness for sunny days, better temperatures and more daylight to read! We’ve got a host of good reading for you in this week’s Rec list and we can’t wait for you to choose your favorites. There are so many fantastic stories to be told and we are humbled by the talent we have among us. Be sure to let the writers know where you saw them recommended and leave them some love, in the form of a review!

♥ Nic & Six

Burning Saints by LayAtHomeMom
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12547589/1/Burning-Saints
As this saint burns, so will burn my soul should I betray the oath of Omertà. I enter alive and will have to leave dead. Rated M

Dogfight by Shouldbecleaning
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13236962/5/Dogfight
Handsome is as handsome does. 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

Holding On and Letting Go by Jenny0719
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8382216/1/Holding-On-and-Letting-Go
Masen Valley, SC. Population: 10,789. It was a tiny dot on a map; an escape of sorts for Bella Swan. But when circumstances bring a certain member of Masen Valley's founding family back to town, she finds that the past isn't as easy to leave behind as she thought it would be... Or let go. 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

Lord of Disasters by MissLiss15
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13185426/1/Lord-of-Disasters
"It's just one drink." "I can stop anytime." "I'm just having fun." These were just a handful of excuses that he gave everyone around him. What will happen when the excuses run out, and his life walks out the door? Rated M

Man Behind the Mask by drotuno
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11066141/1/Man-Behind-the-Mask
What you see isn't always what you get. By all appearances, Masen lives the life of sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll. He's living the dream that has turned into a nightmare because his life - and his reputation - is not his own. There must be more to life than tour buses, groupies, paparazzi, and slimy record producers. Rated M

Milkshake Girl by Gigileexo
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13128804/1/Milkshake-Girl
She is secret strawberry milkshakes and sugar-sweet smiles. He is sin and corruption and thirteen years too old. Rated M

More Than Anyone by MujerN
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12231798/1/More-than-Anyone
He's my older sister's good friend. He is rugged, warm, and cool in his tweed pea coat. His sneakers worn like he'd walked through a lifetime and just got back. All he did was walk through the door every morning. He knows things but not about me. I am shredded with love. Rated M

Nothing Gold Ever Stays by xXTailoredDreamsXx
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13000283/2/Nothing-Gold-Ever-Stays
"The choices we make when we're young, decide who we will be when we're old, Bella. One right choice can change everything. One wrong choice can take everything away." When you meet your soulmate at the age of one, it pretty much maps out your entire existence, whether you want it to or not ... regardless of our choices, or any of the consequences, those choices might bring. Rated M

Perdition by MeteorOnAMoonlessNight
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12363612/1/Perdition
If your life was all you had to give your beloved, how could you not give it? I had to do it to save him. Rated M

Troika by Mortissues
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9332530/1/Troika
Waking up, not matter how long it takes, should be a wonderful thing. Powerful and liberating. Like emerging from the chrysalis. I should have known it wouldn't be like that for me . Rated M

Unplanned Perfection by Littlecat358
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6229263/1/
Bella and Alice were best friends, which made Bella the only girl off limits to Alice's brother Edward. When a party the summer after graduation gets out of control, Bella's world is turned upside down. "He doesn't know. I don't want him to." Twilight - Rated: M

Until we taste the same by Lillian Broderick
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11814363/1/Until-we-taste-the-same
Blood has been spilled on both sides and the only way to ensure loyalty is also through blood. 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

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What we're reading in TLS this week:

Days are getting a little more bright, with sunshine is lasting a little longer and we all have to make time in our day for down time. We have a list that will aid in wanting that to happen! Here are 15 stories by writers that have grabbed our attention and kept it. Dive in with TLS and let the writer know where you saw them recommended. Pay it forward in the form of a review.  Enjoy!

♥ Nic & Six

1,500 Acres by MeteorOnAMoonlessNight
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12921753/1/1-500-Acres
One summer between high school and college changed Edward's ideas about  his life's plans. Could he really build a life with a much older woman  two thousand miles away? Rated M

Alphabet Weekends by the-glory-days
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4918784/1/Alphabet-Weekends
Bored with their dismal love lives, best friends Edward and Bella come up with the idea of exploring the world of sex using the alphabet for the next twenty-six weekends. What happens when things go from two friends having fun to something serious? Rated M

A Few Tables Away by drotuno
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11436441/1/A-Few-Tables-Away
Edward spent most of his life trying to be invisible until he got to college. All alone, 3000 miles from home, there's only one person he wishes would see him. His Library Girl, just a few tables away. Rated M

A World Away by wandb
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5645432/1/A-World-Away
Bella thinks military men are arrogant womanizers. That is, until she  meets Edward, a hot and unpredictable Navy SEAL who quickly deploys for  six months. Will he change her mind or leave her brokenhearted? Rated M

Constable Masen of the RCMP by shouldbecleaning
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13055019/1/Constable-Masen-of-the-RCMP
There, standing at attention in the middle of the platform, was an  absolutely perfect representation of a Royal Canadian Mounted Police  officer in full red dress uniform. A man dedicated to upholding the law,  selfless and humble can be quite attractive. However, this man was  sheer beauty before he donned the official mantle. Rated M

Constant Bearing, Decreasing Range by beegurl13
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8090459/1/Constant-Bearing-Decreasing-Range
Two consenting adults. One wants more. What happens when the other doesn't, and never will? Is there such thing as true love in the real world? And will they see what's coming before it's too late?  Rated M

Dirty Little Secrets by Brits23
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5685388/1/Dirty-Little-Secrets
Bella's new life in Miami is fueled by one anthem: No Regrets. A steamy  late night rendezvous with a cocky playboy is just what she needed, but  an encounter with a blond doctor leaves her aching for more.  Rated M

Emergency Room Encounter by Pandora’s Box is Heavy
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13218250/1/Emergency-Room-Encounter
A night spent in the ER with an injured football player across the hall.  Their chemistry is instant and it all begins with a raccoon/cat. 175  "chapter" drabble. 5 updates a day.  Rated M

Pieces of Time by JeskaWood
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13194426/1/Pieces-of-Time
Sequel to the story Blind. Edward and Bella's lives have drastically  changed over the past year. School, love, sight. Everything moves so  fast and together they struggle to hold on to these precious little  pieces of time they have created for themselves. Originally posted under  Jayeliwood. Updated daily. Rated M for mature content. HEA.  Rated M

Slammed by MrsSpaceCowboy
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13218510/1/Slammed
1988. High school, poofed bangs, and slam books. It's funny how much damage one little spiral notebook can do.  Rated M

Stasis by Sunshine1220
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13052289/1/Stasis
Separated by time and space, lost loves find their way back to each  other. They thought their journey was over, but it had only begun.  Rated M

Stay by Crimsonmarie
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4756566/1/Stay
As an actor, Edward Cullen is surrounded by people that he couldn't really care less about. What happens when he buys a house in the middle of nowhere and meets his new neighbors? Rated M

The Shift by RachelFish
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11188972/1/The-Shift
The start of Bella's senior year finds her at a new school missing old friends. Grades and graduation are her only priorities...until she meets Mase. 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

Uprising by pattyrose
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12688033/1/Uprising
1775: Revolution is in the air. American Patriot, Edward Cullen knows this. He plots, plans, and eagerly prepares for the colonies' unified uprising. But, when he meets the lovely Miss Swan, British Loyalist, it's the uprising within his heart which sets them down a dangerous path. *2nd Place Judges' Vote Winner in the 2017 Age of Edward Contest - Now extended to a full story.* Rated M