What we're reading in TLS this week:

It is time to kick off your reading year with our first rec list post of 2022! There are lots of new fics that have hit our “drop everything” radar that we want to share with you.  We hope you enjoy them as much as we have. Be sure to let the authors know where you saw their story recommended when you leave them some New Year's Love.  Enjoy! 

♥ Six Dlbfive

A Soft Place to Land by Sunshine1220
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14018843/1/A-Soft-Place-to-Land
When Bella’s life takes a nosedive, a cocky flyboy makes it his mission to give her a soft place to land. Rated M

Beauty and the Priest by CLWN
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14019032/1/Beauty-and-the-Priest
Sequel to The Princess and the E. All good fairytales have a happy ending, and the Cullens have been enjoying theirs. But someone from the past is out for revenge, and when they set their plan in motion, E might just need his Princess to save him once again. Rated M

Between Love and Hate by iambeagle
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13999516/1/Between-Love-and-Hate
I unconditionally and irrevocably love to hate Edward Cullen. Rated M

Colliding Hearts by creaatingmadness
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14013952/1/Colliding-Hearts
It was supposed to be once. It was supposed to mean nothing. A couples experiment to spice things up goes awry when two people with inexplicable chemistry cross paths. Giving in to temptation is wrong, but why does it feel so right? Rated M

Consecrated by Mrs.ClarkKent4
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13994070/1/Consecrated
Edward had been waiting seventeen years for the girl in Alice's vision. What he finds is no ordinary human girl. She has a heartbeat, and blood, but she's... different. And she knows she's different. Isabel just never knew how much until she comes across the strange family when she moves back to her home town of Forks. slight OOC and slight Bella background change EXB. Rated M

Give and Take by Hopesparkles
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13570113/10/Give-and-Take
What's left to take when everything and everyone you've loved is already gone? Rated M

Gravitational Collapse by addict-writer
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13998349/1/Gravitational-Collapse
Gravitational collapse is the tendency of matter to move toward a common center of gravity. When Edward and Bella's paths cross again, their worlds crash despite their reticence. This story is based on One Look, which was part of the Song to Story contest in September.

Rated M

Hollywood Drive by aushapasha
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14001035/1/Hollywood-Drive
After the death of her former best friend, Bella Swan returns to LA to reminisce and relive some of her teenage dreams. A chance reconnection will prove that fate is funny and sometimes dreams really do come true. Rated M

In N Out by assilem33
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13995995/1/In-N-Out
I should stop her. I need to stop her, but she's already pulling my zipper down and it'd be fucking rude to stop her from doing her job. Rated M

InstaPals: (the Actor and) the Painter by CullenCherries
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13996250/1/InstaPals-the-Actor-and-the-Painter
Bella, a full figured painter and baker, is surprised when a random travel photo account starts interacting with all her instagram posts. She's more shocked when their DMs turn steamy. What's she going to do when he turns out to be sexy A-list actor Edward Cullen? Rated M

Just Friends by Pandora’s Box is Heavy
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13999489/1/Just-Friends
Wanting to keep their relationship a secret from meddling family, Bella and Edward make a promise they won't reveal they are dating. Heading home for the holidays just got a little more complicated. Rated M

Until You by RMacaroni
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13998323/1/Until-You
I haven't really taken interest in another man since my divorce. It's been two years but I've been busy. I'm a single parent. I don't have time to notice other men. Or I didn't. Not until you. Rated M