TLS Special SNEAK PEEK Feature

The Lemonade Stand has spent so many years bringing you the best the Twilight fandom has to offer, and we are very excited to have the chance to offer you even MORE. We've watched stories grow and develop from first post through COMPLETE, and now we're lucky enough to share previews of the stories that will soon be your new addiction.

This week, we are excited to feature an excerpt from the upcoming fic Perfect Match by Shouldbecleaning, author of fandom favs A Servant Wife and Descent. After reading this chapter tease, the ladies of TLS can't wait to get started with this one!

Banner by IpsitaC77

Perfect Match 

by 

shouldbecleaning

Summary: For him, she's a perfect match. Sometimes it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission.

You know how sometimes when you've finished eating something sweet you need a little something salty to counter balance? As I was finishing up some sweeter stories I needed to write a not so sweet one. A phrase, a memory, an urban legend and this story took off. You're probably going to hate this Edward, want to shake some sense into this Bella and take this Rosalie out for a drink. Set in the near past, unlike most of my stories, and based in my former hometown of Toronto, I've injected little bits of my past into this story. Thank you for reading.

oOOo

Dessert was served, but neither of them really tasted it.  Edward ordered a large brandy and sipped it slowly while watching Bella become increasingly nervous.

“Mr. Cullen … Edward?  Why am I here?  Why did you invite me to dinner?”

“That’s an intriguing question.  I thought it would be interesting getting to know you, Bella Swan, possibly amusing or edifying.  You’ve proved a rather beguiling dinner companion and I’ve learned a great deal from you.”

She waited for him to elaborate but he drank his brandy and said no more.  Bella fiddled with her napkin and wanted to cry from frustration.  She craned her neck and managed to catch the eye of the waiter.  In a very quiet voice she asked for her share of the bill.  Edward erupted into laughter.  Real, gut-busting belly laughing.  The kind he hadn’t felt since he was a boy.  Bella’s whole face flushed crimson with embarrassment.  Her dinner threatened to make a reappearance and she wanted to crawl into a hole and die.

“Thank you Miss Swan.  I haven’t laughed like that in forever.  I invited you to dinner and I will take care of the bill.  After all, I know what I pay you, you couldn’t afford the appetizer.”  He laughed again, not caring just how cruel he was being.

He stood when she did and shook the hand she bravely offered him.  Edward accepted her thanks with little grace and watched as the waiter helped her with her coat.  He kept his eyes on her as she walked from the room, her knees visibly shaking so much the hem of her cheap dress was quivering.

Bella made it to the door of the restaurant before her tears started.  She was proud of herself for that control.  She could taste blood on her tongue, knowing she had bitten her lower lip enough to rip the skin.  She didn’t notice the private detective following her home.

oOOo

Be sure to put shouldbecleaning on your alert list so you can follow along with us when she begins posting Perfect Match on May 2.

What we're reading in TLS this week:

It’s Monday and that means a fresh batch of recs from The Lemonade Stand! Dive right in with some of our older favorites or choose one of the newer ones that have been capturing our attention lately.  Either way, remember to let the author know where you saw them recommended!  Happy Reading!

♥ Nic & Six

Ahoy, Love! by Katinki

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10016775/1/Ahoy-Love

One big, white boat, one unfortunate tropical storm, a few too many bottles of booze, and two single thirty-somethings hanging out, maybe falling in love, and trying to not lose their minds amidst the endless rounds of shuffleboard and Bingo. Just a bit of fluffy summer fun to take the bite out of Old Man Winter. AH. Rated M  

As One Does by PurelyAmuse 

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11227598/1/As-One-Does

"You keep giving me excuses and lashing out at me, but you know what? Not once have you said, 'Edward, this could never work because I don't even like you.' Which means," he leans in conspiratorially, "that you do. Like me." As One Does one-shot won 5th Place Public Vote in the May to December Contest as well as a the Romeo and Planetbluefic's Judge's Choice. Now it's expanded! Rated M

Broken by Pattyrose 

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13255814/1/Broken 

Be careful what you do to the woman a good man loves, no matter who the hell you are. Because he'll protect her with his life. E&B.  Rated M

Compass by anna.who.was.mad

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11898255/1/Compass 

On the cusp of her thirtieth birthday, travel blogger Bella Swan is ready to set down roots after a decade of being on the run.When the boy she (sort of) hated in high school crosses her path, Bella quickly learns that exotic locations have nothing on home-grown love.
Rated M 

It Happened One Night by Spanglemaker9

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6944979/1/It-Happened-One-Night

Just one night, just for fun, no strings and no expectations. Simple things never stay that way. Rated M

  

It Never Goes Out by BellaDonnaCullen

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13152396/1/It-Never-Goes-Out

Seven years after Bella and Edward's long-awaited happily ever after the world has other ideas. Bella and Edward face their worst fears, but will they be able to face one another? A companion to There is a Light. B x E, AH, canon pairings Rated M

  

Maybe I’m Falling for You by Coldplaywhore 

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5343966/1/Maybe-I-m-Falling-For-You

Edward and Bella meet one cloudy May morning at their neighborhood coffee bar. Little do they know that they have actually been conversing for several months under assumed names. Collaboration between CPW and FLB11. M for language and lemony goodness.
Rated M

  

No Place Like Home by Tellingmelies

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5019485/1/No-Place-Like-Home

Edward is forced to leave his playboy life behind in Chicago and come home to Washington, but will he change his ways or risk losing everything? Rated M

  

Reality Minus Expectations by Incog Ninja

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8911907/1/Reality-Minus-Expectations

Originally posted in June 2009. AH. When it comes to Forks's social scene, event planner Bella Swan is a smash success. Her marriage, however, crashed and burned. The town's newest real estate attorney arrives in time to add some heat of his own. Rated M

  

Show and Don't Tell by Brits23

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4951259/1/

Bella meets Edward when he picks up his nephew from her Pre-K Class, and sparks fly. Are there some complications that even the strongest of hearts can't overcome? Can they resist the one thing they can't have--each other? Rated M

    

The Pact by kyla713

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13127042/9/The-Pact

The lines of friendship should never be crossed…or should they? That is the dilemma currently consuming Bella after a conversation she never expected with Edward. Rated M

The Problematic Nature of Soulmates by LyricalKris 

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13153064/1/The-Problematic-Nature-of-Soulmates 

So soulmates exist. And they're identifiable—some more easily than others. Was that really such a good thing? Two troubled souls meet and fall. If they aren't soulmates, aren't they only asking for trouble? Rated M

  

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Nolebucgrl

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13048444/1/To-All-the-Boys-I-ve-Loved-Before

Based on the Netflix movie of the same name. Bella Swan's quiet life gets turned upside down when love letters to her crushes end up in the wrong hands. Rated M

  

To Destroy by Walkingwithgiants

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7493279/1/To-Destroy

In the words of Abe Lincoln, "The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend." Bella works for a man that makes her teeth grind. "My boss is an asshole," she cried.
Rated M

  

You are here by bicyclesarecool

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10783211/1/you-are-here

A cross country road trip with Edward Cullen? Not exactly at the top of Bella's to do list, but she's out of options and he's got a working truck. Can they put the past aside and make it through the week? Rated M

What we're reading in TLS this week:

Happy Monday from the ladies of The Lemonade Stand! We have a lot of great writing for your reading pleasure this week and are happy to share it with you. Take a peek at the following list and find something that suits your interests. You may even find a few you haven’t read before. Please leave the writers a review and let them know where you saw their story recommended. Enjoy!

♥ Nic & Six

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

Cowboys and Angels by JamesRamsey
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8613285/1/Cowboys-and-Angels
It's not a hobby, it's a way of life. Life in the Rodeo is a circus and sometimes it feels a bit like a soap opera. Jasper knows his friend needs to be distracted after the death of his father, riding the rodeo will be just the thing he needs. When Alice's long lost best-friend returns from the north with problems of her own, will the two of them be just what the other needs? AH/AU Rated M

Dark Paradise by allihavetodoisdream
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10594891/1/Dark-Paradise
She lives in a make-believe world of open roads and endless freedom to escape an addiction-riddled mother and a grabby older man with sick intentions. Adrift in a place of uncaring hearts, she makes her getaway. She finds a ratty old motel, late night smokes, a new life, and a boy with a past as clouded as her own. A boy with a dark gentleness too beautiful to ignore. Rated M

I Just Came to Say to Goodbye by SoulsOnFire
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13116029/1/
Edward Masen has been gone for years but the consequences of his choices will continue to haunt him. The ex Army soldier is a NYC firefighter looking to start over. All human. Rated M for everything amazing. - a Fireheart story Rated M

Il Profumo del Mio Paradiso by Vagabonda
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13159859/1/
Ambitious and arrogant, Father Edward Masen cuts a deal with the Devil. A Twilight/The Thorn Birds mashup. Rated M

Lover Of The Light by Vampbirch
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11245905/1/Lover-Of-The-Light
"There's this new girl in town. I call her Brightside. Emmett likes her, but he says she smells like trees. I think she smells good, like lavender... anyway, I think she's going to have my baby." A story about a boy who made a mistake. Or two. Rated M

Of Kith and Kin by Chicklette
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6148438/1/Of-Kith-and-Kin
"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love, and be loved in return." -Nat King Cole. This story is about that. 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

The Haunting of Bella Swan by Ericastwilight
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11549142/1/The-Haunting-of-Bella-Swan
Edward Masen had seen and heard a lot things since the day he died, but didn't stay dead. Nothing prepared him for her. Rated M

The List by JeskaWood
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13204015/1/The-List
Bella's a strong independent woman but where has her life really taken her? She's got a job, but no real life to speak of. No lover, no kids, nothing...Feeling lost and alone on her 30th birthday she drunkenly writes a list of things she's never done before but has always wanted to. Maybe life really does begin at thirty? Rated M for adult content.Originally posted under Jayeliwood. Rated M

The Veil by belladonnacullen 
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7784269/1/The-Veil
You always have the choice between life and death... until you don't. There is poetry at the beginning and end of our journey, but it's what you make of the interim that counts. Rated M

This Girl’s Life by staceleo
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10652651/1/This-Girl-s-Life
Flannels, candy necklaces, Nirvana and a desire for independence for a girl on the cusp of adulthood. He was the mystery that drew her in and the possibility of happiness or sorrow depending on his whims. Inspired by My So-Called Life. Rated M

This is Jeopardy! by olivejuice26
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11836285/1/This-is-Jeopardy
He was slated to be the next Ken Jennings, already holding the record for second most won games in Jeopardy! history. But after she gets the call to be a contestant, Bella has one goal in mind: to end the reign of Edward Cullen. Continuation of entry for Control. Possess. Seduce. Contest. Winner of "SecretKeeper's Choice" and "Story We Want More Of" Awards. Rated M

Unplugged by Write Sisters
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12360658/1/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

What’s Left of Me by anhd1207
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12860390/1/What-s-Left-of-Me
For 15 years Edward Cullen believed his wife and child died in a car accident on a snowy night. They said she couldn't have survived—that she'd been swept into the river. He was forced to live a life without her, to function and be the man she would have wanted. But now, a young girl proves everything he thought was a lie and he's faced with a truth he may not be prepared for. Rated M