In a world dominated by vampires, humans are forced to donate blood and abide by the strict rules of the vampire government. Bella has never experienced life in an all-human world and one day the only life she knows shatters to pieces when her parents are killed by a vampire. She is adopted by her parents' friends, who happen to be vampires. Her life turns upside down as she moves to an all-vampire town. Will she have the strength to go on after all that she has endured? Will one special vampire heal her wounds as she struggles to live a life amongst vampires? Edward and Bella pairing, AU, OOC

Warning: This story contains explicit adult content, language, violence, vampire marking and bloodplay.

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Bella's first assignment as a journalist is to uncover the truth about Christian Polygamy. Dr. Edward Cullen is a small town doctor who lives his life by his own sets of rules. Edward and his wives live a lifestyle that many may not understand. After Edward treats Bella he invites her into his home, where Bella learns more than what she bargained for. How will her first assignment impact the rest of her life?

Edward leaves Forks and Bella behind after the incident with Tyler's van. Now, five years later, he finally returns to his family and the Pacific Northwest. While picking up his latest Swedish automobile, he is confronted by a very familiar scent. Will Edward be able to fight the pull his singer has on him a second time? Or will he stick around long enough to find out What Drives Her?

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~ What Drives Her has been nominated by you!! ~

-Nominated in the Sunflower Awards for "Best Vampire Story".

-Nominated for a Faithful Shipper Award for "Best Alternate Universe/Canon Story"!  (Update: TKegl got the well-deserved win for her story, "Beyond Time". I highly recommend reading it, if you haven't already!)

-Nominated for a Vampie for "Best AU Story" in the Newborn Round, Winter 2011.

-Nominated for a Shimmer Essence Award for "Best Dazzled Moment", in the 2010 Snowflake Quarter.

*If you know, or hear of, any other noms for this story, please feel free to send a DM my way as I'm not terribly active in the awards and contest circuit anymore.*

An assassin sent to the land of Dagez to investigate the death of a King – not just any assassin, but an immortal who has remained alone for thousands of years and dreams of painting the palace walls in blood. Unexpectedly, his mission becomes more difficult and complicated as he discovers the one he has been searching for his entire existence. Companion piece to Ginnungagap. Recommend you read Ginnungagap first, but not required. 

After his brother dies in a car accident, Edward returns to his hometown to raise the little boy that was left behind. But raising a baby alone isn't easy, especially for a man who has spent the last few years partying and avoiding responsibilities. Can his beautiful bookworm neighbor be his saving grace? Daddyward. Lemons. Paige Edwards Sherry Neal

Bella Swan was dreading going back to her ten year high school reunion, over Valentine’s Day Weekend, for Hillsborough High School. Her time in high school in Tampa, Florida was not high on her list of pleasant experiences. She was quiet, unassuming and secretly in love with Edward Cullen. It was that unrequited love that forced her to move away to Seattle, as far from Tampa as possible. He never knew she existed. Or so she thought.

Edward was looking forward to his high school reunion because he was anxious to see the one that got away. Bella Swan was the quiet girl who never really interacted with anyone, but Edward saw that she was something special. But as ruler of the school, he had certain expectations to maintain. It was one of his biggest regrets. His life would have been easier if he had followed his heart. Now, he was a divorced father of two. His ex-wife, Tanya, who was his high school girlfriend, left him for a younger man and abandoned her children.

Will Bella be happy to see Edward or will she stay hidden amongst her classmates? Will Edward finally break the mold that was expected of him and open up his heart to the beautiful and shy Bella Swan? Will he be able to win back the one that got away?

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Edward is instantly drawn to the new girl, Bella Swan. From their first meeting he is overtaken by a desire for her body as well as her blood. After a week in Denali he returns to Forks and visits the object of his obsession. What happens in her room that night will change both of their lives forever. First chapter was written for the "In the Dark" Contest.

Edward is a self-proclaimed Dominant and P.I. with a grudge. Bella and her brother are his target for revenge. Will he adhere to his mission for revenge, or fall in love with the one woman he shouldn't and bring forth her deepest desires?

Edroar the Angry Lion frightens all the girls and boys at Cullen Publishing with his loud roar. Will his new massage therapist Bella Swan run away like all the rest, or can she tame this savage beast?  AH/AU   OOC

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War has ripped the world apart. Bella is living in one of the few cities left. Life is cruel, food is scarce, and a few people hold all the power, but all is not as it seems.

Bella Swan's life changed the day she found her husband in bed with another woman.  A chance meeting at the gym changes her life forever. This is the journey of how Bella ugly duckling became a Swan. AH

First few chapters need beta'd but later chapters are beta'd, still working on the beginning. 

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Summary: Emmett Cullen messes up and has to repeat his senior year of high school. What will happen when he starts bringing home Bella, and how will his father Edward react? Things get intense when Edward starts to think of Bella in more ways than just his son's girlfriend.

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SUMMARY:  Little Lucy Swan is turning five and her birthday wish is to sing with hot country star Edward Cullen. When her momma wins tickets to see him in concert, will little Lucy's birthday wish come true?

Bella is 17 and tired of being the 'good girl'. Senior year calls for change. She finds it in the arms of 25 yr old Edward. Consequences for her choices cause a ripple effect that even she could never have been prepared for.

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Mafia man Edward, has closed his heart off to everyone outside his family. He gets injured, and is helped by a young woman who seems to not like him. He then meets a young girl that tugs at his heart and he soon finds himself wanting to be something else so he can be worthy of them both.

Bella life was everything she had dreamed it to be, a successful writer, a fiancé and everything is going the way she wants it. Until one unfaithful night changed it all. Can changing ones life plan work out the way you really want it. Is doing Artificial Insemination and creating a life going to make her truly happy?

Edward had seen enough tragedy, not only in the loss of his parents but now with his brother and his brother’s wife. If anything else happens, would Edward truly be standing? He might be a successful heart surgeon, but even then can he heal the hearts of two three year-olds?When Bella and Edward’s paths cross will it make them or break them!

A love that does not care that they are not supposed to be together ... a love that transcends all social boundaries. Can a love like that create the magic needed to survive the harshness of reality? All Human. Canon Couples. Rated for adult themes.

Homeless Bella meets Edward just after being rescued from an assault. Mob boss Edward meets Bella just after being told he's out of time...he has to find a wife. Can they help each other? AH

In a world dominated by vampires, humans are forced to abide by the strict rules of the vampire government. Bella has never experienced life in an all-human world and one day the only life she knows shatters to pieces when she is kidnapped and sold to a vampire. She is unfortunately the object of the most ruthless, out of control, vampire‘s affection. Her life turns upside down as she moves to an all-vampire town. Will she have the strength to go on after all that she has endured her personal hell? Will the one special vampire heal her wounds as she struggles to live a life amongst vampires or will she become the victim of their most sinister instincts? Edward and Bella pairing, AU, OOC

Warning: This story contains explicit adult content, language, violence, vampire marking and blood play, Extreme Dark-ward, and murder.

Alternate version of the original story, Living Amongst Vampires. By IBELONGTOAVAMPIRE.

L.A.H, is co-written by Thaigher Lillie

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Bella is coming from a bad marriage, and memories that haunt her. After recieving her Master's degree in Psychology, she begins to embrace her submissive nature. When she mets Edward she is drawn to his Dominating character. Can Edward help her to get over the pain from her past, and find peace at his feet.

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Summary: Edward’s grandfather’s business has been closed because of his investment partner died and his daughter, who he calls the viper, wants more than just money to reopen. The viper makes life hard for the Cullens when Edward refuses her ‘offer.’ When an angry Edward meets another poor little rich girl that needs some tutoring, will she be the one to teach him a thing or two?

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SUMMARY: Edward, fresh out of veterinary school moves to the small town his grandfather was from, after his sudden death. There he inherits his veterinary clinic and ranch. He finds himself intrigued by the young Isabella who tries to runaway with her brother several times. What will Edward do when he finds a journal his grandfather kept and realizes that his own grandfather was trying to help her and her brother get away?

Bella learns the hard way that not all men are like her Ken doll. After meeting the wrong man, she runs to the safety of her father. After settling in a new school and new apartment, she meets Alice. With her help, as well as that of her friends and brother, Bella starts putting together the fragments of her life. Will her abuser find her? Will Bella ever be ready to love again?

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noun. An heir apparent is a person who is first in line of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting, except by a change in the rules of succession. E/B. OOC.    

Edward was 19.  Bella was 13.  They were next door neighbors.  Charlie was the chief of police.  Carlisle was a doctor at the local hospital. 

Edward’s little sister Alice was also 13 and Bella’s best friend. 

While home from college for the summer, Edward spent time with his little sister and her best friend so their parents could all go out for dinner.

Over the next several years, Edward and Bella became good friends, until the summer she turned 16 when she transformed before his eyes.

AH, ExB, Mostly EPOV, sort of coming-of-age, hopefully a little poignant, with a splash of angst until Bella's at least seventeen.  Mature for language, eventual lemons and a very spunky Bella.

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Best friends at 5, in love at 15, ready to marry at 17. Edward and Bella were destined for forever. In 1918, tragedy fell upon the couple, ripping them apart. A very different Edward and Bella meet again years later and this time…eternity can be theirs.

This is an AU fic, loosely following the book with my own personal flair.

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Edward is a professional assassin for Aro. He's ordered to kill Charlie, Renee and Bella Swan, but he can't. He won't. Now his new target . . . is Aro. All he has to do is make it out alive.  E/B, C/E, J/A, Em/R - All EPOV - AH - OOC - language, violence, a few lemons.

New attitude. New job. New friend with benefits. What started out as casual takes on a whole new meaning when things twist and turn and sink into the abyss of reality. One big mistake changes everything.

Sequel to Taking Chances. Finding the family they didn't realize they needed, they thought they had everything. Now Bella and Edward, along with Alex and Anthony, are in for the wildest adventure yet. AH & NC-17 for language and other things. Canon coupling.

Edward left Bella in New Moon to keep her safe. Not all monsters are immortal, and fate usually gets its way, no matter how hard you fight it.

The Few. The Proud. The Strong. Returning Marine Edward Masino has spent the first years of his adult life embodying that motto. But as he moves back to the Brooklyn neighborhood where he grew up, he is introduced to a whole new code of ethics. He quickly learns that some rules cry out to be bent, but there are others that, if broken, will get him killed.

*Drama. Humor. Romance. Hurt. Friendship. Crime, you name it. It's listed Drama/Romance, but there are many facets. EVENTUAL Canon Couples (Rome wasn't built in a day) Edward/Bella.

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Bella Swan works as a nurse at Cook County Hospital in the ER. She's older and desperate for love. It's hindered by her shy personality and plump body. Her father, whom she lives with, teases her relentlessly for being fat and single.

Edward Cullen, thirty-three, is hired as a doctor in the ER. He's getting over a divorce. He moved to Chicago to be closer to his family: sister, Rosalie, and brother, Jasper. Rosalie is younger than Edward by ten years and is struggling with an eating disorder brought on by a heinous rape of her ex-boyfriend. Jasper, twenty-seven, is finishing up his doctorate in history.

Bella is charmed by this new doctor in the ER. He's kind and thinks about his patients and maintains a friendly rapport with the nurses and orderlies. Edward is intrigued by the sad nurse who does her job efficiently but doesn't have a sparkle in her eyes.

Will she allow Dr. Cullen into her life or will she let her insecurities get in the way of her happiness. Perhaps, Dr. Feelgood can write her a prescription. A prescription for love...

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Their voices once sang in harmony, but a misunderstanding pulled them apart. Can two broken hearts be healed and sing a new song? AH M for future lemons. E/B A/J Em/R

Twenty-two-year-old Bella Swan works for Edward Cullen, the thirty-nine-year-old Vice President at Providence Medical Center in Portland.  After years of fighting their attraction to each other, a quick tryst in the break room leads to a thrilling but complicated relationship.  Trying not to get caught by the prying eyes of their entire workplace, they’re forced to hide their relationship and deal with his ex-wife and his sixteen-year-old daughter.

In 1843, Queen Victoria reined alongside etiquette and protocol. Everything was judged from who you were to what you owned and how much status you had.

Can a small farm girl from Lord Cullen's estate bring life and happiness back to his son? Will Master Edward see her for what she is as a person, or who she is by birth? And what does Lady Cullen have up her sleeve?

Edward Cullen, a hot-shot and hard-to-hire attorney, is looking for a nanny to watch his niece and nephew, from whom he just gained custody. If they are not driven crazy by the two little devils, they are trying to get in his ‘sexy pants’ and Edward is tired of it. Here comes Isabella Swan, his assistant’s sister, proclaimed tomboy and not able to keep a job for more than 24 hours. By some kind of circumstances, Edward comes to think she is a lesbian,therefore, in his eyes the perfect profile for a nanny. After all, she loves women, or does she?

Edward Cullen is an A-list actor with horrific taste in clothing. Bella Swan is his long-suffering stylist who wants to strangle him one minute and kiss him the next. When Edward crashes her date, Bella has to choose between dressing her client and undressing the man she loves. 2nd Place Public Winner for the Happily Ever After Twific Contest!

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After a betrayal leaves Edward reeling, he decides to change the course of his life. Starting over can be a daunting task. Will he let a certain brown eyed beauty help him find what he's looking for?

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After unexpectedly being given an antique desk and finding a letter written by Edward to his cousin over nine decades earlier in a hidden compartment, Bella, on a whim, decides to respond and starts them on a journey neither could have ever imagined. 

Perhaps there are some things we aren't meant to understand, just accept....

This story will eventually contain character death.

When eight year old Rebecca Cullen is given a gold coin from the mall Santa, to make a wish on, what will she wish for and will that wish come true in time for Christmas morning? Will Edward realize that what he's been searching for is already there? Will Bella give up waiting for Edward to see her and move on? Olderward/AH/Rated M

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"Where would you go if you are trying to start a new life but you had nowhere to go and no one to care?  Bella Swan has been alone for most of her life, she is young and she is scared, but now she has another life to protect.  She is heading for a new country - a new life and then she ends up in HOPE SPRINGS.  Her life intertwines with all the eccentric characters in this little piece of heaven in Vermont and just like that - she will never be the same.  She meets the Sherriff, the truck driver, the semi-retired doctor, the lawyer, the farmer, and the new best friends, but it is the new young doctor in town that turns her life upside down.  Is he as stuck up as he seems or does he have a wild side?  Is Bella as tough and as jaded as she seems?  Will she run, or will she allow the people in this town to teach her to hope, to dream, and to love?"

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The job market is bad, and recent college grad Bella's dreams of being a teacher are crumbling away. Edward is a single father and doctor, struggling to raise his seven year old daughter by himself. Fate intervenes, changing them both forever. Drabble fic. Alternating POV's.

A cocky QB runs into a snarky band geek. What happens when they collide on and off the field?

He's a cocky and arrogant dare devil. Bella's mind knows she should stay away from him. To bad her body doesn't agree. 

Bella Swan never considered online dating. After all, she was only twenty-one. But after too many glasses of wine, her best friend convinces her otherwise. AH. Olderward.

Twilight AU. After a horrific car accident leaves Bella in a catatonic state, she's transferred to Forks Hospital under the care of Carlisle. What happens when Edward is faced with the lifeless girl in the bed and an undeniable pull begins? Can he bring her back from the hold her mind has on her, or will she be forever lost to the abyss? E&B, AU, Canon pairings.

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Edward is head of the Cullen Family and has loved Bella from afar.When her fiance is caught cheating with his, can he get her to unlock her heart to him, or will the families enemy's keep them apart. AH/M for language and lemons. Canon couples.

He's a cop. She's a student. A missed connection during a traumatic time leaves them both longing, until fate brings them back together again. Romance, humor, slight drama. Canon couples. OOC. AU. This is my version of Copward, and this is a working summary.

I took an antique in for appraisal, only to find a much rarer treasure.  I met Bella Swan on Antiques Roadshow, and PBS would never want for funds again. Canon Couples, Vamps/Humans.

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From a redneck bar in Georgia to the bright lights of Los Angeles and New York. They were nobodies, but together they became America's Sweethearts. Will fame and temptation destroy them? Or will their love go the distance?