Bella struggled with her weight throughout her life. Her problems are enhanced by the pressures society and her family place on her. How could someone like her ever find a decent husband? Her childhood best friend might have the answer to all her problems. A fake marriage. A rise in station for Bella and with the marriage, Edward stands to gain his full inheritance. How can anyone believe that a Cullen would ever want someone like Bella? Who is the real loser here? AU. Cannon. HEA.

{CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AS AUTHOR WORKS ON THE REST OF THE ORIGIN SERIES}

Edward Masen is a normal 17-year-old boy who dreams of becoming a soldier, but when tradegy strikes his family, his entire life changes. Edward is introduced to the supernatural world he had no idea even existed, and he certainly doesn't want to live in it.

It was during the month of March in the year of 1918 that the first signs of the influenza was revealed to the public, although no one ever imagined the damages this historic event would have on the American people.
One citizen in particular faces an irrevocable change that cause a chain of e...vents to unfold through the twentieth century. The price was to give up his old life, but he would later gain more than he ever thought he would.

A Pre-Twilight Canon story about the life of Edward Cullen

Crown Prince Edward Anthony Masen Cullen is the heir to the throne in the small independent country, Gevalia. His life is all about duty, honor and pride for his country. However, he’s lonely, focused on his career. When his younger brother makes some poor choices, Edward is forced to fly to the United States to smooth out diplomatic relations and spend six months looking for a bride, with some pretty stiff stipulations by his mother, the Queen of Gevalia.

Isabella Swan is the oldest daughter and now owner of the Swan Family Bakery, Inc. 1897. She went to college to be a teacher but was forced to forego her dreams when her father was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. On a chance evening, a handsome stranger slips during a summer rain storm into her bakery and awakens something inside.

Who is he?

Where did he come from?

Why is she drawn to him?

All that is known is that Prince Charming is a real person and Bella is about to live A Modern-Day Fairy Tale. But will it end in a happily ever after?

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Bella could never figure out why she was in love with the boy who spent most of her childhood tormenting her and has done everything in her power to make sure he is out of her system, or at least that's what she keeps telling herself. Now that she's an adult, she finds that same boy asking for a second chance. With all the pain he caused, does she have the strength to give it...

I thought we would stand the test of time, but sometimes, fear and resentment can cause you to lose what you treasure the most. Inspired by the song with the same title by Westlife.

Edward Cullen is the newest stage manager on his first major tour. He's out to prove he's earned his title, as well as the respect that comes with it. Bella Swan is the only woman on the crew, and she knows better than to believe Cullen didn't sleep his way to the top in order to get the job she feels was rightfully hers. Will they be able to co-exist without killing each other?

Bella comes out of an abusive arranged marriage to James with the help of her Neighbor Edward who gives her a place to stay, she soon feels more than friendship towards him and when she finds out that him and his family live a BDSM/ Gorean lifestyle she starts to have more and more desires she didn't know she could have as she learns more about this lifestyle, But will it work and can she get over her past to embrace her feelings? find out in New Found Desires!

Running from the Devil is never easy. #AU #Human #Angst #Suspense

Summary: 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.

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Bella Cullen was about to have everything she had worked toward until she lost the two most important things in her life. Vice president of the legal department in her family's business, she tries to bury her pain in work. All of that changes the day she meets a man that has obviously suffered from a serious trauma. Edward Swan is more than shy; he's scared of everything. Bella doesn't know what happened to the endearing man, but she vows to help him and his young daughter in any way she can, starting with hiring him as her personal assistant. Little does she know they'll soon become the driving force in her life.

Sequel to Out of the Coffin. Bella's been missing for what only feels like minutes, but in reality, it's been a lot longer. Many things have changed and Bella doesn't know where she fits in. Rose seems to have gone crazy, Jake's a lovesick puppy and Esme's playing house. Plus, there's a new threat in Forks, pushing Edward and Bella together once more. Canon Couples. AU. Multiple POV 

Eternity is never a certainty even for immortals. With death knocking on our door, we’ll love like no other for as long as we’re given. Tomorrow or eternity, we’ll be together.

Edward Cullen’s life revolves around his daughter and his job but when he is around his family, he feels that he is missing out on what they have. Can Bella Swan be what he is missing?

Fage Part 2

The summer of 2005 was the summer that changed Bella Swan's life forever. Sent to Ohio by her mother to attend a school for debutante girls not quite up to par, she meets Edward Masen, an apprentice. But is that really all he is? AH

To Edward Masen, Bella Swan was nothing more than his daughter's best friend. That all changed when they both applied for the same weekly writing course. She didn't appear to be the young girl who had played with his daughter since her family moved in next door. What will Edward do when he realizes that he's developing a very forbidden attraction for a woman twenty-five years his junior

Edward Cullen believed that his new assignment was a waste of time until he meets a woman who intrigues him like no other. Bella Swan's talents hold no bounds, yet she heading towards an impossible battle. Thrust into a world where friends and enemies are difficult to discern, they must work together to solve this case before the pattern shifts and everything is lost. 

In the blink of an eye, your world can change. You can experience the greatest happiness … or succumb to the world’s worst pain, losing someone that had no reason to die …

Edward Cullen, a decorated fireman, after losing a woman in a deadly apartment fire, left his life and family in Seattle, trying to escape the ghost of the beautiful woman, the concert mistress of Seattle Symphony. He stayed away from Seattle, living in Boston, working as an arson investigator until his mother called him, informing him that she had cancer. Without a second thought, Edward moved home to help his family.

Dr. Isabella Swan, a renowned oncologist, specializing in women’s cancers, went through the paces of life. Her mother, an ovarian cancer survivor, was her impetus to become a doctor. However, she was closed-off and had been for many years … since the death of her twin sister, Angela, in an apartment fire. Bella focused on her job, working to forget the empty pain of losing her soul mate. Even eight years after her death, Bella was profoundly broken because of it. She never let anyone in … Until … a handsome, sexy man and a son of one of her patients … Edward Cullen …

Everything in her mind told her it was wrong, but in the blink of an eye, your world can change. You can experience the greatest happiness. Your life can come back to life, especially when you find your new soul mate … the Fire of your Soul.

Britain, 10th century:

Bella is captured by Vikings and brought with them to their homeland where her new fate awaits. Will she ever find happiness being a slave? Will it matter that she is given to Edvard, the chief of the village, to be his new bed thrall? On temporary hiatus.

"Performing was always my strong suit. I could act my way out of almost anything. But I could never act my way out of this." Bella Swan is a woman who's afraid of being vulnerable. On a summer visit to her godparents house she confronts her demons while noticing some of the skeletons in the family's closet. Home is where the heart is in this story. All canon characters. E/B

Bella has everything. Perfect husband, perfect kids, perfect life. Until one day, her world changes, and the perfection she thought she had is shattered. Will she be able to pull her life together and survive on her own? AU, AH, Rated M for eventual lemon

Sometimes, love can happen from consuming the gingerbread made by a hopeful maiden, but when the time is right, love can grow even without the help of gingerbread. However a little gingerbread never hurts, right?

Meet Edward Cullen, aka The Great Eight. He's the Captain of the Washington Capitals. He's one of the highest paid hockey players in the NHL but he's a little lonely. He fell in love once and thought she was the one. Until she broke his heart and walked away. Since then he's concentrated on getting his franchise a Stanley Cup.

Then Bella happens. She's quiet, intelligent, funny and beautiful. She knows nothing about hockey, and could care less that Edward is famous. She invites him into her apartment for a dinner, and eventually that blossoms into a relationship. She has goals of her own. International travel, keeping her family members safe, and excelling at her job as a research librarian.

She's independent and doesn't like to be controlled. He's a superstar who likes to spoil the women he falls in love with.

This story is rate R for adult themes and graphic language.

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Going on horrible dates was something that Bella always did well at. Nothing made her happier then to see the back of a man as he fled to get away from her. She was having so much fun until she ended up on a date with the most chauvinistic man in New York. How could one date have gone so wrong? Now her little tricks maybe the reason she is forced to stay with a man she loathes.    

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Set in an Alternate Universe, Bella and Beau are twins of the mind. They both move to Ithaca to go to college and start their lives together, even as they look for that third person who will fulfill their every need and desire. 

Depressed over thinking she’ll be fired before the holidays, Bella decides to get drunk at the company party. Woken the next morning by Rose texting her to look at Facebook posts from the night before, she realizes exactly how drunk she got—and it’s bad. She and Santa were very naughty, but the worst comes when Bella realizes exactly who was playing Santa. Suddenly, Bella’s last day takes on new meaning as she struggles to resist temptation.

As a teenager, Bella makes a promise to stay away from her best friend's brother. Will that promise still be kept when they meet again almost a decade later? Contest Entry in TwiFandomNews's Song Prompt Contest, inspired by the song Snow White by Dennis Lloyd.

Edward "The Boss" Cullen and his wife, Bella, survived hell and back. They are looking toward the future, which included a new path for the Cullen Consortium and impending parenthood. Edward and Bella are very excited for their new roles in their lives as Mommy and Daddy. 

In the wings, there's a new enemy waiting. A man determined to bring down the Consortium and specifically, Edward Cullen. He was going to stop at nothing to put "The Boss" behind bars for the rest of his life. He partners with an unlikely ally, a woman who wants what she deserved. What she is owed, by her only family. 

Will Edward, Bella and the family be able to move past this latest threat? One thing is for certain, they are Married to the Mob: Fighting for Freedom. 

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When Edward is forced into participating in this years office Secret Santa, will the grinchy CEO discover the true meaning of Christmas. Edward/Bella

Renesmee is only five years old in calendar years, but she’s growing up fast.  In every other way, she is a typical teenager.  Her beloved babysitter is about to take on a new role. 

Summary: Bella Swan has lived a very secluded life. After her father's death, she decides to make a change. With a map, dart, and life insurance money to fuel the trip, she is off on an adventure. On this trip with her, we will see things through her eyes, and maybe find a new friend or two as well. AH. No heavy drama planned, but may change as the characters grow and talk to me.

Law student Edward Cullen's only dream was to get into Harvard with the best of the best. But dreams change, or do they simply just grow with time. Inspired by the song "Then" by Brad Paisley. AH/AU

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This story is set ten years after the Cullens left in New Moon, and deals with the idea of what might have happened had Bella remained, ultimately, broken. In this story, she never heard Edward's voice and therefore never sought out a hit of adrenaline, never sought out Jake. One-shot. Rated M for safety. Halloween Special

Summary: Antique or Ikea, Beautiful inside or out, maim or kill, he had decisions to make today that would change his life.

Bella and Edward are going through a ough patch in their marriage.  He is working too much as a lawyer at his uncle's law firm and Bella doesn't trust his assistant.  It only took a moment for everything to rip at the seams, but are things as they appear?  After a tragic accident will Bella and Edward find what they lost?  Rated M for adult language.

Competitive shooter Bella Swan had an Olympic gold medal and dreams of another before witnessing the brutal murder of both her parents.  Now living under a new identity as a high school student in tiny Forks, Washington, she must learn to cope with  the loss of both her family and her future.  When she meets the local math teacher and her older "foster-brother", Edward Cullen, things are complicated by an instant and unexpected attraction.

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FBI agent Edward Masen goes undercover to take down the Cullen mafia. Meeting Bella Swan, the former boss’s daughter now forced to earn her keep by stripping in the club owned by the new Family, was never in his plans. He feels the need to save her, but he can’t even save himself. He’s about to find out that nothing is as it seems.

Shy, reserved Edward has a little too much Jack Daniels after finding his fiancée cheating on him. Waking up the next morning in a strange woman’s bed, he fights the pull he feels for her. Will he realize they're fated for each other, or will he only focus on their differences?

***So that you know up front, this story has been pulled after the first chapter. It still makes a lemony-filled one shot if you want to read it as-is. If you're interested in the published version, you can find me in the Amazon store under my real name, Lara Norman.***

An acrostic based on the words The Official Illustrated Guide

An acrostic poem about the words Life and Death

This story is rated NC-17 for a reason, including swearing, violence and in later chapter, lemons.

A vampire walks into a bar - sounds like a bad joke right? Wrong - it's the beginning of my story. Inspired by True Blood. Banner by javajunkie247.

Unholy Acres is the place to be. Worshiping the Dark Lord is the life for me. Victims from far and wide get more than an amusement park ride. 

When an amazing opportunity finally comes up to have everything they want, will they take it? Can they remain professional for the sake of success? Celebrating never felt so good.

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What is life wasn't over after death?  For Bella it seemed like her life was just beginning, it wasn't what I planned, but she'll make it perfect. With a lot of Death and forbidden love, what's not to love about this new life? What's a girl to do when death handed her lemons? Make lemonade of course!  Just Call Me Death.... and Death loves Jimmy Choo's!

Bella's been lusting after Mr. Cullen for a while, so she's decided to have him. Will he give in to the temptation?

On her 17th Birthday, Alice is given a special gift to help her find her one true love. This O/S was part of a Collaboration from 2010 "Countdown to April Fool's Day".

You never know where you might find that person who is everything you need or desire.  E/B.  HEA

Two vampire lovers try and have it all...What happens when they ignore the mating pull for too long?

Bella wants to hurt the one who hurt her, but deceit is deceptive. CheatersContest Entry

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