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Author has written 2 stories for Twilight. I was born in Louisiana, raised in Texas and am now an Oklahoman by marriage. My wonderful husband and I are raising our three beautiful daughters and three dogs. I balance my time writing, being a Sunday school teacher, camp counselor and homeschool mom. I have an associate degree in nursing and moonlight as a Registered nurse. I'm an avid reader and love most genres, especially fanfiction. I'm proficient in the art of sarcasm and find humor in naming different types of mullets. I have a unique talent for saving too many pins on Pinterest that I know I will never use. I am also proud to say that I have the awesome ability to creep on a wide range of individuals on social media and have mastered the lost art of people watching. I am currently at work on my second novel. Published Works: Amazon: Running to the Light Facebook: facebook.com/lainiemallowauthor Twitter: @lainie1979 Instagram: lmallow73 |
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The Five Times Bella Swan Ruined My Birthday by Honeymoon Edward reviews
Birthdays may come and go, but the memories last forever. This was written in honor of Edward's 118th birthday. BxE HEA
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,359 - Reviews: 123 - Favs: 204 - Follows: 110 - Published: 6/20 - Complete
Break Free by brierlynn03 reviews
Being in an abusive relationship is never fun. Especially when you are the daughter of the Chief of Police and your abuser is the son of the town's Doctor. What happens when you finally decide to break free from the abuse? Edward and Bella pairing then Bella and undecided. Rated Mature just to be safe.
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Hurt/Comfort/Romance - Chapters: 31 - Words: 29,850 - Reviews: 105 - Favs: 23 - Follows: 42 - Updated: 5/11 - Published: 1/30
To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Nolebucgrl reviews
Based on the Netflix movie of the same name. Bella Swan's quiet life gets turned upside down when love letters to her crushes end up in the wrong hands.
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 44 - Words: 143,931 - Reviews: 5304 - Favs: 1,338 - Follows: 1,369 - Updated: 4/23 - Published: 8/27/2018 - Bella, Edward - Complete
Where The Heart Is by BitterHarpy reviews
"I am used to bad days as they make up most of the 365 days that we are allotted per year. This is my life, a series rainy days. And for me, when it rains it pours." But what happens when that bad luck suddenly changes at the hands of a man who rarely feels any emotion other than anger? And will it be soon enough to save the most precious person in Bella's life?
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Hurt/Comfort/Romance - Chapters: 27 - Words: 70,146 - Reviews: 2223 - Favs: 1,224 - Follows: 1,185 - Updated: 4/9 - Published: 4/9/2017 - Bella, Edward - Complete
Dogfight by shouldbecleaning reviews
Handsome is as handsome does.
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Hurt/Comfort/Romance - Chapters: 10 - Words: 13,033 - Reviews: 1007 - Favs: 435 - Follows: 492 - Updated: 3/26 - Published: 3/17 - Bella, Edward - Complete
Whatever It Takes by brierlynn03 reviews
One Shot. A/H. It's New Years Eve and Emmett is thinking back on his life choices. He hears the song "Whatever It Takes" by Lifehouse on the radio which makes him think back on his life's choices to this point. He makes a phone call to the girl who got away. Does he get the start of 2019 he wanted?
Twilight - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,796 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 8 - Follows: 5 - Published: 1/30 - Bella, Emmett - Complete
Fire of the Heart by brierlynn03 reviews
Edward and Bella have always had a place in each other's hearts. Edward is on the cover of the 2019 Forks Finest Firefighters calendar and he is hoping this is the year they start something together. How will this New Year's Eve treat Edward and Bella? Midnight Delight Contest Entry. Winner of Beta Sally Hopkinson's (aka Alice's White Rabbit) Choice.
Twilight - Rated: T - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 8,307 - Reviews: 8 - Favs: 12 - Follows: 14 - Published: 1/25
Fire of the Heart by brierlynn03 by Midnight Delight NYE Contest reviews
Edward and Bella have always had a place in each other's hearts. Edward is on the cover of the 2019 Forks Finest Firefighters calendar and he is hoping this is the year they start something together. How will this New Year's Eve treat Edward and Bella?
Twilight - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 8,332 - Reviews: 41 - Favs: 37 - Follows: 30 - Published: 1/1 - Bella, Edward - Complete
Secrets, Lies and Vampirism by greeneyes84 reviews
Bella feels like an outcast in her family and she feels like they are keeping secrets. Will Bella find out the truth?
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Supernatural - Chapters: 3 - Words: 6,475 - Reviews: 42 - Favs: 82 - Follows: 157 - Updated: 12/10/2018 - Published: 11/10/2018
The Seattle Creature Feature by Honeymoon Edward reviews
When it came to Bella Swan, Edward Cullen wore his heart on his sleeve and his socks on his hands. Winner of the I Love My Readers Contest. Based on a story idea by Ghostreader24.
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 8,397 - Reviews: 84 - Favs: 164 - Follows: 97 - Published: 12/4/2018 - Complete
A Snack Cake Kind of Love by Honeymoon Edward reviews
Edward Cullen and Bella Swan shared everything. It began years ago in the cafeteria of Forks Junior High.
Twilight - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,651 - Reviews: 70 - Favs: 193 - Follows: 106 - Published: 11/1/2018 - Bella, Edward - Complete
The Dance by LiLJiLL4286 reviews
Bella Swan is forced to endure a week- long vacation with her mother and sister every summer. This year, the family visits a new hotel where Bella is volunteered to fill in as Lead Dancer for the final Showcase. With Edward as her partner, how can Bella say no? Entry for Twilight Goes to Hollywood Contest. 3rd Place Public Vote and 3rd Place Judge's Vote.
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 15,160 - Reviews: 9 - Favs: 31 - Follows: 25 - Published: 10/26/2018 - Bella, Edward - Complete
The Foundling by Tricks AND Treats Contest 2016 reviews
"Go, be young—find your love, Miss Swan. The night is waning, and life is fleeting." A survivor of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, Isabella is brought from a foundling home to work and come of age at Cameron's Place Plantation. Now, she is on her way to Cullens' Point Plantation to help with their Harvest Ball and to perhaps witness the weaving of her fate.
Twilight - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 11,421 - Reviews: 29 - Favs: 34 - Follows: 24 - Published: 10/16/2016
The Living Will by 2carm2carm2 reviews
"In the event of my death, Isabella Marie Swan, upon previous agreement, is to step in and assist Edward Anthony Cullen in the caring of the child, necessitating her to stay at the Cullen residence in which the child lives for six months." When tragedy strikes, a last wish forces Edward and Bella together to deal with their pain, heal and rebuild the lives they lost.
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Hurt/Comfort/Romance - Chapters: 43 - Words: 168,849 - Reviews: 3898 - Favs: 2,615 - Follows: 2,515 - Updated: 9/17/2016 - Published: 8/22/2012 - Bella, Edward - Complete
A Snowfall Kind of Love by TheFicChick reviews
There's one thing on my grown-up Christmas list, and while it includes a number of specifics in varying degrees of dirtiness, it really all boils to the one thing I've wanted for a year and a half: a do-gooder with unruly hair and a Mister Rogers sweater, and a lifetime of nights that would land me squarely on the naughty list.
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 12 - Words: 68,622 - Reviews: 2077 - Favs: 1,970 - Follows: 1,466 - Updated: 12/30/2015 - Published: 12/1/2015 - Bella, Edward - Complete
Bar Boy by beegurl13 reviews
Sometimes you find the thing you need most in the place you'd least expect. For Bella Swan that thing came wrapped in the packaging of a 23-year-old bartender named Edward—a man she can't ever say no to. AU, Human, M, ExB, MaytoDecemberRomance Contest entry
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 6 - Words: 16,814 - Reviews: 297 - Favs: 572 - Follows: 366 - Published: 6/10/2015 - Bella, Edward - Complete
To Neverland by 2brown-eyes reviews
A mother's desperate attempt to make her son's last wish come true, and a father who thought he had lost it all. My entry for the Maybe HEA Contest. Second place public vote. Not enough Kleenex award. and Secret Keeper's, Cejsmom's pick.
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Angst/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 8,201 - Reviews: 52 - Favs: 161 - Follows: 90 - Published: 6/1/2015 - Bella, Edward - Complete
Could I Have This Dance? by 2brown-eyes reviews
He was working as a D.J. to make money for college, when the school mean girls decided to use him as a ploy in their prank against the shy new girl. He decided to to turn the tables.
Twilight - Rated: T - English - Friendship/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,436 - Reviews: 84 - Favs: 379 - Follows: 123 - Published: 3/17/2015 - Edward, Bella - Complete
Forever by content1 reviews
Two hearts, one soul. How, when life comes to an end, do you honor a life of perfection?
Twilight - Rated: T - English - Romance/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 10,765 - Reviews: 72 - Favs: 78 - Follows: 48 - Published: 3/7/2015
An Introduction to Swirl and Daisy by m81170 reviews
A first kiss, a first dance, a first curse word shared between best friends. This is the tale of a boring, young geek and the social pariah who thought the world of him. A tale of growing up. A tale of a Non-Romantic Romance.
Twilight - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 39 - Words: 212,915 - Reviews: 15061 - Favs: 8,054 - Follows: 7,048 - Updated: 1/4/2015 - Published: 1/4/2010 - Bella, Edward - Complete
Dear Maggie by Jenny0719 reviews
A heart leads Bella back home to Forks... and to the brother of the woman who donated it.
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 41 - Words: 228,170 - Reviews: 5531 - Favs: 4,420 - Follows: 3,169 - Updated: 10/14/2013 - Published: 7/14/2011 - Bella, Edward - Complete
Fortune Favours the Bold by capricapra reviews
NOMINATED FOR THE LEMONADE STAND FIC OF THE WEEK! Inspired by Jane Austen's Persuasion. At 18, Bella's respected family prevent her from running away with poor orphan Edward. Years later and their fortunes have reversed. Edward is a rich music producer. Bella is an impovershed writer living with her sister, a single mother. But Edward and Bella's paths are about to cross again...
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 41 - Words: 223,883 - Reviews: 2575 - Favs: 2,082 - Follows: 1,696 - Updated: 9/22/2013 - Published: 2/3/2013 - Bella, Edward - Complete
Metastasis by lellabeth reviews
From the first time I saw him there, Edward shone like a glint of sunlight breaking through clouds. I didn't know what he would come to mean to me; couldn't imagine all that we would eventually share, but even then I knew that he would change my life forever. Entry for the TLS Angst contest. Jaxon22's judge's pick, Best Angst mention.
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 12,906 - Reviews: 64 - Favs: 120 - Follows: 35 - Published: 8/22/2013 - Bella, Edward - Complete
Up by Miss Baby reviews
An uphill love story about a girl, a boy, their friends, lots of bicycles, one big mountain and a promise to a dying man that turned into a life changing event.
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 21 - Words: 55,436 - Reviews: 574 - Favs: 312 - Follows: 269 - Updated: 7/17/2013 - Published: 3/8/2013 - Bella, Edward - Complete
Cups Full of Wishes by Chloe Masen reviews
Lily O'Brien is a hopeful child. Will her special cups of hot chocolate and a new friendship with Dr. Edward Cullen make her greatest wish come true? Aaaaaw moments ahead.
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Hurt/Comfort/Friendship - Chapters: 6 - Words: 30,240 - Reviews: 511 - Favs: 944 - Follows: 582 - Updated: 1/23/2013 - Published: 12/22/2011 - Edward, Bella - Complete
Aperitif by TheFicChick reviews
"Biggest regret?" That I didn't meet you first.
Twilight - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 9,982 - Reviews: 403 - Favs: 1,050 - Follows: 342 - Published: 11/6/2012 - Edward, Bella - Complete
Written in the Stars by Lissa Bryan reviews
Edward is king of a dying race, his planet torn by civil war. Bella is abducted to become his bride. From college student to Queen... Can she learn to love this strange man and help save his people? AU/OOC, Rated M
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Romance/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 33 - Words: 167,029 - Reviews: 8121 - Favs: 10,580 - Follows: 4,102 - Updated: 7/21/2012 - Published: 10/28/2011 - Edward, Bella - Complete
Can't Help Falling by kyla713 reviews
It was only supposed to be physical outside of work. That should be easy, right? E/B, AH
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Hurt/Comfort/Romance - Chapters: 13 - Words: 25,832 - Reviews: 537 - Favs: 567 - Follows: 254 - Published: 10/11/2011 - Edward, Bella - Complete
Stolen Moments by TKegl reviews
On the eve of her birthday – for as long as she can remember – she's dreamed of him. But the dreams fade away in the morning light, as dreams are known to do…and Bella's not sure if the love of her life…is actually a figment of her imagination. AH
Twilight - Rated: T - English - Romance/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 8,637 - Reviews: 337 - Favs: 864 - Follows: 234 - Published: 7/5/2011 - Bella, Edward - Complete
Ladder to the Sun by Rosybud reviews
How can you die when you've never really lived? That's the problem Bella Swan faces when she's told she only has a year to live. Can she make up for a lonely, unhappy life in the short time she has left... and maybe find love too? All-human, EXB
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 22 - Words: 111,847 - Reviews: 2685 - Favs: 4,413 - Follows: 1,778 - Updated: 9/24/2010 - Published: 10/31/2009 - Bella, Edward - Complete
The Groupie by JustForkIt reviews
Groupie: Noun. A fan of a singer/band who usually follows around on concert tours. Girl meets boy, they become best friends. She falls in love, and he is clueless. Can she ever be more than a Groupie to him? E/B Angst, Drama, Romance
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 41 - Words: 185,009 - Reviews: 3258 - Favs: 2,461 - Follows: 1,568 - Updated: 9/14/2010 - Published: 12/2/2009 - Bella, Edward - Complete
Controlled Burn by staceygirl aka jackbauer reviews
Summary: Bella has always joked about marrying Alice’s much younger brother so she could be a part of her best friend’s family, but now he’s all grown up and hot. Bella tries to control the burn for him, but it quickly becomes a raging fire. ExB AH
Twilight - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 30 - Words: 124,722 - Reviews: 11578 - Favs: 5,116 - Follows: 2,385 - Updated: 2/25/2010 - Published: 9/13/2009 - Complete
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All These Little Things reviews
Bella Swan is good at being alone, secluding herself from others to keep the secret she covets from those around her. Edward Cullen is the playboy that may just break down her walls and teach her how to live freely before it's too late. A/U, All Human ********ON HIATUS******
Twilight - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Romance - Chapters: 7 - Words: 14,613 - Reviews: 20 - Favs: 19 - Follows: 48 - Updated: 8/14/2018 - Published: 6/30/2018
Running to the Light reviews
Bella Swan must flee her current life. She has been held a prisoner for fifteen years, unknowingly, groomed to fulfill an integral part of a radical sect's plan of salvation. Finally, she breaks free, only to run into the arms of the town's bad boy. Edward Cullen has been successful in business and protecting his heart from pain. Will Bella break down Edward's walls? AH/E&B
Twilight - Rated: T - English - Romance/Tragedy - Chapters: 29 - Words: 75,639 - Reviews: 171 - Favs: 138 - Follows: 112 - Updated: 5/26/2018 - Published: 4/2/2018 - Complete