What we're reading this week:

Let’s jump start your Monday with some Lemonade! Get cozy and dig in to these delicious choices. Be sure to let the author know where you saw their story featured and leave them some love. Enjoy! 

♥ Six

Adult Swim by StarryBlueEyes

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14127422/1/Adult-Swim
In this heat wave, Bella can’t stand the temptation to take a dip. Especially when Edward Cullen is the lifeguard on duty. AH, AU, Canon Couples. Rated M

Bad Habits by DazzlinSparkle05
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13930136/1/Bad-Habits
They say every pure intention ends when the good times start. Bella knew Edward’s intentions were anything put pure when they started whatever this was. AH, AU FWard. Rated M

Diary of an Ugly Girl by Anton M
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6469320/1/Diary-of-an-Ugly-Girl
Follow Bella as she grows from a bullied little girl into a sassy young woman. After all, it's not about what you're looking at, it's about what you see. An unorthodox story about best friends and their journey. Rated M

Ferns by EvieBaby
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13837709/1/Ferns
Edward is dismayed to discover that prior to her transformation, Bella’s active imagination had been brimming with all kinds of fantasies starring her vampire boyfriend. And now that she can lower her shield and send him her thoughts, those images are in his head too. (Lemons, angst, and fluff. EPOV companion fic to Springtime Dreams.) Rated M

Freddie by Saritadreaming
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14128280/1/Freddie
1. Be professional at work. 2. Keep the secret. 3. Don’t get attached. 4. Meet only at the loft. 5. Absolutely no sleepovers. Those are the rules I must follow if I want to continue y affair with Dr. Masen, but it’s becoming impossible to handle rules three and five. Edward Masen is my heroin. Do I even want a cure? Nursella/Doctorward FIRST PLACE VOTER’S PICK BODICE RIPPERS Rated M

Listen With Your Heart by A.L. Rules
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13273386/1/Listen-With-Your-Heart
The most important conversations in life are felt, not heard. Be sure to listen with your heart. Rated M

Orlay by mortissues
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13653339/1/Orlay
Is fate immutable? Or can she stretch, like taffy, to keep you in her clutches? This is Twilight. All the right people. In all the right places. Just not at the right time. When Edward is a little late, or Bella is a little early . . . Rated M 

Pretend for Me by samviolawrites
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14066714/3/Pretend-for-Me
They've been connected since they were four years old, each other's constant companion and protector throughout foster homes. Years later, Edward has turned into everything he swore he wouldn't become. Bella can't reconcile the man he is now with the wild-haired boy, so she runs off into the night. Can they find their way back together without pretending? Rated M

The Reprisal Game by NightBloomingPeony
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14125793/1/The-Reprisal-Game
Ignorance is bliss, they say. Edward and Bella are best friends, but when they discover that their partners have been cheating on them with each other all along, they know they cannot go back to the bliss of not knowing better. With forgiveness out of the question, a reprisal is in order. But their deeply unorthodox, deeply sinful revenge might just set them on a path to get more. Rated M

Two Side of the Same Coin by Swanderful 
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13823863/1/Two-Sides-of-the-Same-Coin
After the tragic death of his wife, Edward is struggling to move forward with his life. When something unexpected happens, he must face ghosts of the past to untangle a mystery. What will life be like when the dust settles? AH Rated M

What we're reading in TLS this week:

Here’s the latest round of TLS approved recs just for you!  As always, be sure and leave the authors some love in the form of a review and let them know where they were recommended! Happy Reading!

♥ Six

Days Like This by softragoo

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6220974/1/Days-Like-This
Bella and her newborn adjust to their life together but it seems everywhere they go, they encounter the same man with the captivating eyes and sexy smile. Edward's life lacks something he desires. Has he been handed a challenge or a reward? All human Rated M

Fils à Papa by PearlyFox
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14101714/1/Fils-à-Papa
Old money, young heart. He’s deeply lost, until he needs to step up and take control.

Rated M

Going Down in Flames by addict-writer
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14067013/1/Going-Down-in-Flames
Bella dreams of a burning love, like the passion her nightly vigilante evokes in her. But all she has are dying embers with someone she loathes. She fights for her city’s justice every night, but will she become part of the corrupt system if she ties the know with the infamous Edward Cullen? And why does Edward suddenly feel familiar? Inspired by Batman but it’s not a crossover. Rated M

Journey to Find the One by skittlesmomma27
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11006602/1/Journey-to-Find-the-One
Follow Edward and Bella as they prepare to become parents while also seeing how they became to be. The journey is not always sunshine and roses but throughout it all Edward and Bella are each others rock. Despite the first chapter this IS an EdwardxBella love story. Rated M

Once Upon Another Time by drotuno
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14122611/1/Once-Upon-Another-Time
We’d promised each other in blood and ink to return if the threat ever came back to Forks. My breath caught at the sight inside that box. I reached in and picked up the ornate brass key with a note: “Keep it safe. Keep it hidden. It’s started again.” AU/ExB Rated M

Rejected Imprint by Coconspirators
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7062512/1/Rejected-Imprint
Edward and Bella embark on their journey to Forever and Bella realizes her want to hang on to Jacob is hurting Edward. She wises up and cuts Jacob loose. Rated M

Stupid Little Game by Powered by 23 Kicks 
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14119273/1/Stupid-Little-Game
In high school, Edward ruled and Bella suffered the consequences. Years later, they meet again as different people. Still hurt and pretending she's not, Bella is confused by the pull she feels for the man she once knew as a bully, and begins a game of angry indifference to keep him at arm's length. But does she want to win or lose? Rated M

The Cleaner by katinki
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13984293/1/The-Cleaner
Some people work in offices. Some people teach. Some heal. Others paint and make music. I do none of that. I'm the person you call when you have a problem you don't know how to deal with. Or when you don't have the stomach for it. I take out the trash. And I'm damn good at it. Call me The Cleaner. AH. Rated M

The Masks We Wear by Saritadreaming
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10758721/1/The-Masks-We-Wear
Leading a double life is never easy. Bella straddles two very different worlds and finds herself torn between two very different men. One man is suave and confident, the other awkward and sweet. Is destiny a matter of chance or choice? AH 1st Place Public Vote 9tie), 2nd Place Judges’ Choice Wonkyward Contest. Rated M

Weather The Storm by LyricalKris
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14121986/1/Weather-The-Storm
A terrible, frightening storm seemed fitting to mark the end of his marriage to the love of his life. As the sky turns black and thunder crashes, Edward and Bella weather one last storm together. Rated M

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.

Today we are featuring the amazing drotuno, author of fandom favorites like the Gravity Series, Man Behind the Mask, and Masen Manor. She has graciously agreed to share a sneak of her upcoming new fic, Once Upon Another Time. She's promised this one is something different and we can't wait to see where she takes us!

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Once Upon Another Time

by 

Drotuno

Summary: We’d promised each other in blood and ink to return if the threat ever came back to Forks. My breath caught at the sight inside that box. I reached in and picked up the ornate brass key with a note: “Keep it safe. Keep it hidden. It’s started again.” AU/ExB 

~oOxOo~

EDWARD

I thumbed through my journal, pondering the point of it all. Was I writing to me? Was I documenting something no one would believe? Or was I simply sinking into memories just to keep it all close?

Shaking my head, I sat back in my desk chair and stared out into the city. Seattle at night almost seemed peaceful. It wasn’t, but it looked that way from thirteen stories up.

There was a time where my life wasn’t surrounded by buildings and glass. It was surrounded by trees and rain, immersed in friendships so deep that we were practically family. Blood didn’t mean shit when you had friends who would die for you. In fact, sometimes, blood wasn’t worth knowing. I also remembered a time when night was far from fucking peaceful.

A knock tapped lightly on my home office door, snapping me out of memories I either needed to get down on paper – or at least a computer document file – or forget completely.

“Come in,” I answered, smiling at my assistant.

“You’ve got mail, Edward,” Garrett said, holding up a stack of envelopes and a magazine or two. But the interesting thing was a small box on top. I didn’t remember ordering anything lately.

Garrett was a good guy, young, using his time with me to learn. He wanted to be in publishing, maybe editing, not to mention write screenplays – Kevin Smith was his hero, where Stephen King had always been mine. He was a sophomore at UW, and working as my assistant was earning him experience. I had a feeling I wouldn’t have him much longer. He’d truly outgrow getting my mail, managing my schedule, and answering calls soon enough. He was too talented for that.

And really, I could do those things for myself, but the English Lit professor at UW was a friend, so he would send me his newest and brightest for experience. Marcus had done the same thing with me when I’d entered his classroom, and now I was published, with two books on the bestsellers list. 

I held my hand out. “Thanks, Garrett,” I said with a smile, taking the stack from him. “If you want, you can cut out early. How’s Katie?”

“Stunning,” he answered immediately, nodding a little. “Yup, she makes me feel dumb as a fucking rock.”

Laughing, I nodded. “Yeah, a pretty girl can do that to a guy.”

Suddenly, memories of dark-brown hair and even darker brown eyes flooded me. First kisses and secret smiles, laughter and adventure, tears and moving away – it all came with the thought of her. She was a girl I’d loved my whole life, it seemed.

“You hear from her lately, Ed?” Garrett asked sadly.

“Not in a long time,” I muttered, frowning down at the pile of mail. “Too long.”

I tossed coupons and insurance ads into the garbage, set bills and bank statements aside for later, and studied an envelope and the small box.

“Does she know?” he asked, pointing toward my bookshelf. 

Snorting, I shook my head. “Does she know she’s the basis for my life’s work?” I clarified, and when he nodded, I smiled sadly. “No, probably not. I don’t even know if she reads my shit.”

He cracked a smile. “Fair enough.”

Garrett’s first day was question after question concerning my book series. He wanted to know why I wrote supernatural thrillers and how I got my ideas. He wanted to know the basis for my work, including all the key players. But specifically, he wanted to know who the gorgeous and brilliant brunette was, if she was real. 

She was very real. 

And I told him a few stories, using real-life relationships as a teaching method for the future writer. What he loved even more were stories about my friends growing up, which was probably why my journal was calling to me.

I picked up the box, turning it over, and my eyebrows shot up at the return address.

Forks.

“I wonder…” I mumbled, using a letter opener to cut the tape. 

My breath caught at the sight inside that box. It was something I hadn’t seen for ten years. A glance at the calendar made me shake my head. Not quite ten years.

I reached inside and picked the ornate brass key up out of the bed of wadded-up brown paper. It was heavy, tarnished a little, but the sight of the cross made my brow break out into a sweat. 

With a shaky hand, I reached in to pick up the folded note inside the box.

Keep it safe. Keep it hidden. It’s started again. – J 

“Oh, fuck,” I whispered, crumpling the note in my hand.

Without realizing it, I rubbed my fingers across the ink on my chest over my heart. Ink that just happened to match the fucking key in my hand. 

“You okay, boss?” Garrett asked. “Dude, you just went white as a sheet.”

Swallowing nervously, I nodded. I set the key down on the top of my desk and reached for the plain white envelope. It, too, was postmarked from Forks. I ripped it open, pulling out a few clipped articles from a newspaper.

Four Campers Attacked by Bear in Olympic National Forest, No Survivors

Local Man Goes Missing, Feared Animal Attack

Forks Sheriff, Charlie Swan, Dead at 51

My ears started to ring, my vision went a little dark, and deep down, I was fucking angry. But what was overriding all of that was pure fear.

~oOxOo~

Remember to put drotuno on alert so you don't miss out! Once Upon Another Time begins posting Sunday, August 14.

What we're reading in TLS this week:

Let’s ease into Monday with a fresh batch of recs from The Lemonade Stand! There’s something for everyone with this list. Be sure to let the author know where you saw them recommended when you leave a review! Enjoy!

♥ Six

Denver Paranormal Society by ericastwilight

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6437814/1/Denver-Paranormal-Society
Sequel to She Speaks Fear and Truth. Follow Edward and Bella’s paranormal investigation team, as they work frightening cases. With Bella’s abilities will it only bring the team to more harm? Their relationship is put to the ultimate test. Rated M

How to Impress Charlie Swan by Honeymoon Edward
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14105397/1/How-to-Impress-Charlie-Swan
Edward Cullen is faced with the challenge of meeting his girlfriend's father. What could possibly go wrong? 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

Make Me Believe by bellasunderstudy1
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5219849/1/Make-Me-Believe
A marriage that was a mistake, a broken heart and a carefully constructed lie. When Edward comes back into Bella’s life can he make her believe that he never stopped loving her? Canon couples, E/B Rated M

Matters of the Heart by anhanninen
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14110370/1/Matters-of-the-Heart
Changes come in many forms—both good and bad. For Bella Swan, a failing heart puts her on the path of meeting Edward Masen. He's the man who's meant to save her life, but what happens when sparks fly when they shouldn't? AH Drabble Rated M

Nemico Del Mio Nemico by cullenlvr83
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14113128/1/Nemico-Del-Mio-Nemico
Bella's life implodes one fateful night, leaving her with nothing more than the directive to go to New York and find Edward Cullen. A trip across the country spins her life in an unexpected direction, opening her eyes to the hidden world of the Italian mafia. When things aren't always as they seem, it can be difficult to separate friend from foe. Rated M

Smokescreen by Ninkita
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13396148/1/Smokescreen
He had his reasons, and she had her secrets. It was a simple business deal…until it wasn’t. Rated M

 
Teddy and Izzy by louanne61
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14085831/1/Teddy-and-Izzy
Teddy and Izzy were best friends till they weren't. Choices and circumstances define who we are. But can we come back from hurting the ones we love? Can a bond we had be strengthened again? Rated M

The Mafioso by Dyverse
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14094740/1/Mafioso
It was a gift and a curse to be loved by The Mafioso. I knew that better than anyone. Rated M

Unspoken by Lilly Jill
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13958451/1/Unspoken
The truth often lies in words unspoken. For Bella Swan and Edward Cullen, both misunderstood in their small town of Forks, Washington, falling for each other amidst the silence is all they’ve ever known. Through life’s twists and turns, they learn that connections can be both born and broken in what is left unsaid. Rated M