Date: 18 Sep 2020 12:36 PM Title: Chapter 8
I’m cant blame a girl for working a no win situation
well done Bella
thank you
Date: 21 Mar 2019 9:01 AM Title: Outtake One
I love your stories
Date: 04 Sep 2017 12:22 AM Title: Chapter 1
This is one of my favourite stories, I've read it so many times and will continue to.
I love your stories, wish you were still writing:)
Date: 14 Aug 2016 8:54 AM Title: Epilogue
Oh God, I feel so giddy finishinng this story!! I criged every time you would put inn your head note how not to hate the characters. Oh dear, I can never hate them. it was a different time, I understand. I understand the generation my mother belonged to and also my gradmother. A lot of the same behaviour still prevails in my country. I never judged your characters, I took them in as you wrote, and you wrote them well.
I've always been a fan of your stories. Be it Quiet Storm or this, I fall in love with the characters you write. As such an apt story title this one! I know this story will become like one of those where in passing, even if I think of 'Bold Gestures' I'll get giddy because the whole story will flash in my head. it's a good feeling!
I know for sure I will read it again. And I know I'll again feel as giddy while reading it as the first time.
Love the story!
Take Care,
Trilby.
Date: 01 Jul 2016 5:28 PM Title: Outtake One
I loved this! I can't believe I hasn't read it until now
Date: 22 Apr 2016 8:10 AM Title: Chapter 4
He is playing with fire also I feel sorry for his family
Date: 22 Apr 2016 7:45 AM Title: Chapter 3
Poor Rose not a fun first night home for her.
Date: 22 Apr 2016 3:04 AM Title: Chapter 2
Bella has had a ruff life already with being preger in that time tuff
Date: 21 Apr 2016 11:24 PM Title: Chapter 1
He is an ass and I cant wait to read more lol
Date: 03 Mar 2015 2:40 PM Title: Chapter 12
I love LOVE this story. Dickward is my favorite. What a douche. Thank you again for sending me on the emotion rollercoaster.
Date: 19 Jan 2015 10:53 PM Title: Chapter 20
Her mother is a pot stirrer!
Date: 19 Jan 2015 6:03 PM Title: Chapter 19
Bummer Edward is on the couch!
Date: 19 Jan 2015 12:20 PM Title: Chapter 16
Just tell him Bella!
Date: 19 Jan 2015 9:29 AM Title: Chapter 13
Wow rose just wouldn't stop!
Date: 19 Jan 2015 9:00 AM Title: Chapter 12
She can be just a conniving as him.
Date: 19 Jan 2015 8:18 AM Title: Chapter 11
He loves her already too!
Date: 19 Jan 2015 7:43 AM Title: Chapter 10
He is trying to think of her feelings a little....
Date: 19 Jan 2015 7:14 AM Title: Chapter 9
Calling his wife a dog. Man, Bella has a lot of softening to do!
Date: 19 Jan 2015 6:46 AM Title: Chapter 8
Bella is doing whatever it takes it def. helps that she is madly attracted to him.
Date: 19 Jan 2015 6:14 AM Title: Chapter 7
He is so unbelievably bold!
Date: 19 Jan 2015 5:45 AM Title: Chapter 6
There is nothing like having sex with a hooker & shooting her while in action. That could only happen to Emmett!
Date: 19 Jan 2015 5:27 AM Title: Chapter 5
He is already falling in love with a WHOLE lot of lust mixed in!!!
Date: 19 Jan 2015 5:13 AM Title: Chapter 4
Someone has hurt her.
Date: 19 Jan 2015 4:59 AM Title: Chapter 3
He really is a scoundrel!
Date: 19 Jan 2015 4:43 AM Title: Chapter 2
The affair is written all over them.
Date: 19 Jan 2015 4:10 AM Title: Chapter 1
This is going to be sooo juicy!
Date: 03 Sep 2014 6:07 PM Title: Epilogue
I really loved this story. I'm so glad that Rose has someone now. I hope he treats her right. I'm glad about Marie and Frannie coming around and accepting Bella and their father's relationship too. I am also glad that Edward loves little C like his own...even after little Eddie was born. Thanks very much for putting your fantastic writing out there for us to read. Really do with there was a SEQUEL though.
~Smile~
So JFK, Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe, that was a humorous addition. Boy they travel in rich and famous circles. I didn't realize that the soon to be president knew Frank and of course there were rumors about him and Marilyn but meeting up with maffia types, I had no idea. I am surprised, actually that he would do that, but I am sure you must have read it somewhere or you wouldn't have included it here.
Date: 03 Sep 2014 5:40 PM Title: Chapter 20
What a beautiful ending to your story. Loved it. Loved the whole story, even when Edward was less than the man I wanted him to be.
When I was reading this I thought I had read somewhere that THERE WILL BE A SEQUEL. I have checked everywhere on the Fic Shelf and on Fanfiction and here and there is NO SEQUEL. Shit!
Date: 03 Sep 2014 6:29 AM Title: Chapter 19
I love the humor thrown in, in places. I'm glad Charlie wasn't behind Aro trying to kill Edward. I'm also glad the two young girls seem to be getting along well with Edward and Bella. I hope everything goes well with Frannie too, although I rather doubt it.
Date: 03 Sep 2014 5:13 AM Title: Chapter 18
That was a sweet chapter. I really can't imagine his parents being ok with him hooking up with Bella before being married to each other first and also so soon after Aro's death making it even worse. Oh well. I guess they are engaged now. I think Edward needs to buy her a ring and they need to get married ASAP. They can tell her parents about the baby and the marriage. They can get married again, for everyone else, in the spring.
Date: 03 Sep 2014 3:36 AM Title: Chapter 17
Wow! Just wow.
Date: 03 Sep 2014 1:07 AM Title: Chapter 16
Edward is actually being really nice. Miscommunication between them would usually bother me, but in this case I think it is wise they are taking it slow. So did Bella's dad tell Aro to kill Edward? Does Carlo know that the story about a drive-by is just that, a story? Does he think that Aro got killed trying to kill Edward and the story was just a cover-up?
Date: 02 Sep 2014 10:21 PM Title: Chapter 15
Unexpected ending to Aro, not that I mind one bit. I stopped liking him when he cheated on Bella. I stopped liking him more when he talked about ordering Bella around and taking her back to Italy. Bella's parents blame Bella for this and she will blame Edward.
Date: 02 Sep 2014 9:48 PM Title: Chapter 14
Poor Bella, drawn to him inspite of her efforts not to be. She's carrying his child too...obviously. I mean the sickness masks it a bit, but she threw up before she caught whatever her son had. It wasn't nervousness about being with Aro that made her sick. I can't believe Edward is giving her her space.
Date: 02 Sep 2014 8:42 PM Title: Chapter 13
That was pretty terrible. I hate that he hurt her and then hurt her all over again. And again. And again.
Date: 02 Sep 2014 7:24 PM Title: Chapter 12
That went well...between Edward and Bella I mean. I was afraid he would hurt her with her rejecting him, embarrassing him like that, but he didn't. Maybe he cares more than we (Bella and I) thought.
Date: 02 Sep 2014 6:28 PM Title: Chapter 10
Very sad that Bella's mother's love does not seem unconditional. I wonder how long Marie will continue to adore him? Who knows...maybe she will blame her mother for her father leaving them. Frannie will know he lied to her face about Bella soon. Rose will know too. Yes...he is a jerk. He could be worse, I know, but still a jerk. I wonder how long the honeymoon period will last between Bella and Edward?
Date: 02 Sep 2014 6:05 AM Title: Chapter 9
Why do guys look exactly the same, hair, clothes, face look great after having sex. The girl on the other hand looks like...
I like that he helped her get dressed and that he told her that he doesn't really think of her as a slut. If I were here I wouldn't like being called that either. I wouldn't like being called his Goomah either. His girlfriend, well I guess that would have to do, although really that's not any better in their era. Oh boy. Rose is about to get her heart broken again when she finds out about this.
Date: 02 Sep 2014 5:23 AM Title: Chapter 8
I am team Bella. Not that I have forgotten about Franny or Marie or Rose, because I haven't. I just know there is nothing that can be done for them. So I will put them out of my mind. I hate that he is betraying Rose and his children, but there is nothing I can do about it. So, I am team Bella. Not team Edward. I just hope she gets everything she wants like an apartment, a job, her son and that her little sister still loves her and comes to visit her after it is all said and done. Sounds like a lonely life to me. I feel sorry for her. I'm glad that her parents fought so hard for her. I feel sick about what Renee said to her in this chapter. Thank you for not allowing the gang rape to happen. I think that would have been the deal breaker for me. I guess everyone has their limits and that is mine.
Date: 02 Sep 2014 4:31 AM Title: Chapter 7
If I were Bella, seeing how Edward treated my father, so disrespectfully, infront of me, infront of my mother and the neighbors and kissing me and touching me far too intimitely infront of my parents and the neighborhood, I would spit in Edward's face.
Date: 02 Sep 2014 3:06 AM Title: Chapter 6
Edward was actually nice to Rose in this chapter, you know as nice as a cheating, lying, gangster who doesn't give a shit about Tanya dying infront of him can be. I don't understand what happened there; did Emmett mean to kill the Russian Tanya, or did his gun just go off accidently?
Date: 01 Sep 2014 6:57 PM Title: Chapter 5
Oh boy. So the uncle who took him in at the age of twelve is the guy he just had killed. I guess Edward's emotions are shut off, like he said, he doesn't feel anything...well except lust...for Bella. Why do I have a feeling all this is about to change? Well most of it.
Date: 01 Sep 2014 7:20 AM Title: Chapter 4
Poor Rosalie, but I can't help it, I'm drawn to Edward and Bella being smitten with each other as long as they treat each other right. And this was a sweet chapter, excellently played, my dear.
Date: 01 Sep 2014 6:59 AM Title: Chapter 3
So Rose was able to forgive his indiscretions and staying out all night that easilly? I don't think it was just because of the money, it was more how she sees herself, a woman's dependent status, her role in his life, and I guess how she was raised, the times, the neighborhood, etc., all contributing to her putting up with his crap. They're catholic too, and she has two children to raise, so there is no getting out.
I feel sorry for Bella too, and Franny, what's going to happen to their friendship when Edward starts treating Bella like a whore. I hope he doesn't decide to get rid of Rosalie the same way he plans to get rid of his uncles, when he decides he wants Bella around more often. Oh boy...Edward, Edward, Edward.
Date: 01 Sep 2014 6:46 AM Title: Chapter 1
I know this story is going to be good, but I have a feeling I am not going to like this Edward very much...at least not for a long, long while. Rose really seems to love him, and he doesn't seem to give a shit about her. Bastard.
Date: 01 Sep 2014 6:44 AM Title: Chapter 2
Well I guess I see where this is headed with Edward and Bella, as if it weren't obvious from the moment he layed eyes on her. I know he's not a good guy, but still it sucks that he treats his wife like she means nothing to him...like the hired help.
Date: 25 Jun 2014 5:22 AM Title: Outtake One
Love the story and all your writings. You are such a great writer.
Thank you! :o)
Date: 16 Jun 2014 9:59 PM Title: Chapter 10
I've been following your work for a while. You always had amazing writing talent. An utterly amazing ability to write comedy and struggle in accessable ways. Although I loved the Storm series I got a feeling you sold out a lot of your own plot choices to appease popular opinion. This story...wow...it's my 5th time reading it. You stayed true and wrote a slice of life so fantastically engaging. Seriously. I work in publishing for Edinburgh University Press and was an intern a bloomsbury. You have more talent than any of the stuff we saw in concept at Blooms. Stick to your own instincts. They serve you well. Bloody brilliant story.
Date: 24 Apr 2014 6:36 AM Title: Epilogue
Lexi you did it again. This was a great story. You know how to write them. :-). Sorry for lack of reviews I just dug right in until I was done. Even took it with me to the dentist office while I waited. Thank you for your talent and sharing it. XOXO
Date: 28 Feb 2014 10:09 PM Title: Chapter 11
miserable bastard
Date: 27 Feb 2014 9:45 AM Title: Epilogue
Such a fantastic story! This was such an interesting and complex Edward. Way to go sticking to your plan and not succumbing to be pressure from some reviewers. It felt more true to life for the times and made your characters that much more interesting. left it I would love to read more of the Medici family and where they might go next. Im hoping there's a Sequel in your mind?!!
You are such an amazing writer. I really love all of your stories. They are so well thought-out, yet natural in your prose. It's -12 degrees here, and impossible to to out, but your story captivated me from the first chapter, and I read straight through.
Thank you!
Amy
ps. I'm posting this review on FF too, as I'm not sure if you receive them on TWCS (although I love their site and appreciate you posting there!).
Date: 12 Dec 2013 4:42 AM Title: Outtake One
I loved this story! I literally read it straight for two days. You're amazing! (:
Date: 16 Oct 2013 4:02 AM Title: Chapter 1
I love this story! Just as much as the rest you wrote :) You write great mob stories.. Thanks alot for sharing, you're a great writer.
Date: 08 Oct 2013 10:19 PM Title: Outtake One
Can't blame B for being upset a little.
Date: 03 Oct 2013 5:16 PM Title: Chapter 11
I could hear a little more about the night Edward's drinking and the two hookers went wrong....just sayin
Date: 01 Oct 2013 3:16 PM Title: Outtake One
lloved it, im glad ur writing outtakes. cant wait to read more.
Date: 01 Oct 2013 1:28 PM Title: Outtake One
How heartbreaking. I'm going to have to go back & reread the ending to console my bruised heart.
thanks for writing;-)
Date: 01 Oct 2013 8:40 AM Title: Outtake One
loved this. Poor Bella
Date: 01 Oct 2013 7:57 AM Title: Chapter 11
Misguided edward treating her like a whore hurts and kills spirits too
Date: 01 Oct 2013 7:43 AM Title: Outtake One
My heart breaks for bella each time...loving someone and them not loving u (roses case) can break your spirit but so can being used and treated like a whore (bellas case) i hate that he hits rose, i wonder if he would ever hit bella?
Date: 01 Oct 2013 4:43 AM Title: Outtake One
I can say I absolutely depise Roe, even if she was his wife.
I felt bad for Bella after Edward basically told her she was just his whore, and she was at that time. No wonder she changed toward him.
Loved the outtake. I'd like to see more, if you're up for it.
Sherry
Date: 30 Sep 2013 3:45 AM Title: Epilogue
Great story! I loved it. Thanks for sharing!
Date: 25 Sep 2013 8:19 PM Title: Chapter 8
sad chapter, I could kill renee
Date: 25 Sep 2013 7:49 PM Title: Chapter 5
Wow under the boardwalk - out having some fun - under the boardwalk !! Love it, got that song in my head
Date: 25 Sep 2013 7:39 PM Title: Chapter 4
Loved it so much !!!!!
Date: 25 Sep 2013 3:51 AM Title: Epilogue
If i was rosalie id already posioned edwards food lol
Date: 23 Sep 2013 10:24 PM Title: Chapter 20
Loved this story!!! But, I love all your stories! Keep them coming!!! You need to publish Quite Storm!! I've read those stories twice!
Date: 23 Sep 2013 12:37 AM Title: Epilogue
Thanks for the story
Date: 23 Sep 2013 12:27 AM Title: Chapter 20
Sweet in his own way!
Date: 22 Sep 2013 11:52 PM Title: Chapter 18
They are happy but when they get back....I am worried
Date: 22 Sep 2013 11:06 PM Title: Chapter 16
Her parents are terrible!
Date: 22 Sep 2013 10:53 PM Title: Chapter 14
He kinda deserves it. She is making a big mistake
Date: 22 Sep 2013 10:41 PM Title: Chapter 19
As the story progresses, I really like the AN's, the first paragraph here, and throughout the story your incuding more historic information. It enriches the story. I also seem to have more a feel for what motivates the characters particularly Bella and the feeling behind their actions. I still don't agree with your early premiss of it's a man's world justifies E's actions. In fact when E had his ephiphany of feeling for Bella, I had trouble buying it. It was almost as if he went from a robot walking over everyone to a man with a heart? Maybe his heart was institutionalized in the can?
Author's Response:
I'm sorry. I thought I did a great job of weaving things together. There's a bigger readership on FFnet, so about 100 or so other people thought I did a fantastic job with the time period. They felt they were there. Still, I don't understand your problems regarding this story. Back in those days, it WAS a man's world, sweetheart. The laws, everything was designed that way. I feel I've explained enough in my authors note. And I'm confused as to why you'd continue reading a story you disliked/did not understand. But thanks for reading and leaving your thoughts, even if I still don't understand your point.
Date: 22 Sep 2013 10:17 PM Title: Chapter 13
Wow! Didn't see all that happening
Date: 22 Sep 2013 9:53 PM Title: Chapter 12
Poor Bella I feel for her...
Date: 22 Sep 2013 9:34 PM Title: Chapter 11
You are an ass Ed! A complete ass! You are hurting her more then you ever know
Date: 22 Sep 2013 9:17 PM Title: Chapter 10
Where is it going to go?
Date: 22 Sep 2013 8:40 PM Title: Chapter 9
Still don't like him...but I guess we aren't suppose to
Date: 22 Sep 2013 7:16 PM Title: Chapter 6
Yeah Ed is very unlikable
Date: 22 Sep 2013 6:52 PM Title: Chapter 2
Well Bella...is something else
Date: 22 Sep 2013 6:46 PM Title: Chapter 1
Hummm...not sure what I think...
Date: 22 Sep 2013 3:16 AM Title: Chapter 8
OMG!!!!!! This certainly should be very good and hot. I will let you know. THANKS FOR THE AWESOME WRITING. Sher
Date: 22 Sep 2013 1:13 AM Title: Epilogue
I've really enjoyed reading this story. The epi was great, so glad that they still love each other immensely. Thks for sharing, Debbie
Date: 22 Sep 2013 12:54 AM Title: Chapter 20
Aww, the notes were sweet, especially coming from a guy who didn't show any emotion or weaknesses. I hope he got away with the robbery and they don't have to do another one.