What we're reading this week in TLS:

We are kicking off your reading year with new fics from some of our favorite fandom authors and a few other fics that have hit our “drop everything” radar.  There's something here for everyone! We hope you will let the authors know where you saw their story recommended when you leave them some love. Enjoy!

♥ Six Dlbfive  

A Garment of Brightness by miaokuancha

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5541231/1/A-Garment-of-Brightness

Moving to Forks, spending the last eighteen months of her childhood with a father she barely knew ... it seemed like a good idea at the time. A Twilight mosaic, freely drawn from book and movie, wanders into AU as the story unfolds. Rated M for some intense, disturbing images. PM me if you have questions. Rated M

A Whole New Light by bbeth

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14294857/1/A-Whole-New-Light

What happens when you begin to see someone you've known most of your life in a whole new light? AH AU Canon Rated M

Bake Off by anhanninen

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14316021/1/Bake-Off

Each year the small town of Ashbury, West Virginia hosts an annual bake off. Police Chief Bella Swan dominates the pie category, but her dream is sweeping all four awards. Edward Cullen threatens that and to make matters worse, he's always there to get on her nerves. Will he steal her gold ribbons or will she come out triumphant? AH Rated M

Bewitched by 2BrownEyes

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14296889/1/Bewitched

The Cullen family are one the longest running and most powerful mafia families in the world. Their secret-they are not human. The current boss, Edward Cullen, had everything under control until his mate enters his life, refusing to be ignored or controlled. Isabella is not from their world, and her arrival unleashes foes that have lurked in the shadows, waiting to bring the Cullen. Rated M

Christmas Dreaming by compass54

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14057965/1/Christmas-Dreaming

It's not a date from any book or calendar, nor flying reindeer or Santa Claus. Whether it's a winter dreamland glowing in Northern Lights or an ancient red desert under a sky full of stars—we hold the real magic of Christmas in our hearts. Rated M

Culwoode Hall by ssomethingvague

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14292396/1/Culwoode-Hall

When Bella Swan applies for a position as a governess on a remote estate in the Olympic Peninsula, she's quickly entangled in a mystery that she's desperate to unravel. But learning the truth about her enigmatic employer will put her in greater danger than she's ever imagined. A Jane Eyre-inspired Gothic romance set in the Twilight universe in the 1930s. ExB AU. Rated M

Hiding (the Christmas Criminal) by Anton M

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14308430/1/Hiding-the-Christmas-Criminal

When Bella's parents decide to go on a cruise for Christmas, her best friend Rose offers for her to stay at their cabin in Idaho for the holiday. It's a beautiful plan until her colleague shows up. Short story. AH, BPOV, olderward, lemon(s) Rated M

Is This The Worst Time To Kiss You? - Full Story by MujerN

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14313185/1/Is-This-The-Worst-Time-To-Kiss-You-Full-Story

 WeLoveMobward contest winner 2017 - The town calls him "Berserky" who likes to wander into convenience stores, rip into beef jerky, and gnaw on the sticks. Touch him, you'll feel the consequences. Since his father's death, he hasn't been the same. I would know. I'm the only one with a good view inside his windows. Edward Cullen Jr. is my neighbor, and I remember I loved him once. Rated M

Origins: Living in my Future by MarieCarro

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13548400/1/Origins-Living-in-my-Future

Mary Alice Brandon had always been different. She seemed to know things that had yet to happen, and the people in town avoided her at all costs. But the cries of "Witch" or whispers of "Changeling" wasn't her biggest concern. Someone much closer to her than the townsfolk couldn't accept her differences, and it put her in life-threatening danger. AlicexJasper Canon Rated M

Oz by drotuno

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14302540/1/Oz

It's 2043. The world didn't end with a bang. It didn't end with flooding or earthquakes or meteors. It ended when walls were built between those who had everything and those who had nothing, banning the hungry, desperate, and sick to the Outer Zone. We called it Oz. AU/AH ExB Rated M

The Wedding Picture by themoonwriters

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14295625/1/The-Wedding-Picture

This was supposed to be one of the happiest days of my life… Rated M

Trice by fanficsR4nerds

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14313475/1/Trice

Since she was a child, Bella's life has been governed by Time's three rules. As a time traveler, she gets to see and do extraordinary things, but it all comes with a price. Shortly after arriving in Victorian London, a fateful accident brings Bella into the glittering world of nobility, and she must quickly decide if this fishbowl of a life is something she wants to fight to keep. Rated M