The "tip of the spear" - in the military, they are the front line; the initial attack that draws first blood. As a CACO in the United States Marine Corps, Capt. Masen delivers that leading blow, too. He's often faced with handling the collateral damage this life can bring. He's accepted that love & commitment aren't for him…until she opens the door.

It was just a long weekend in Vegas, so how did eighteen year old high school senior Bella Swan end up married to thirty one year old movie exec, Edward Cullen? This is the story of their awkward life. Rated M for future lemons.

Edward and Bella find each other while married to others. They are two imperfect people trying to make a perfect relationship. With so much to learn and so many mistakes to make, their time will come, at last.

Seven billion people live on Earth. Only a small percentage know of the darkness beneath them. Those people are known as Human Donors. My name is Bella Swan, and I am a human donor. ExB, Vampward, short chaps w/ frequent updates, M for usual.

I hadn't liked 17-year-old boys even when I was 17. So what is it about Edward Cullen that's so compelling? Whatever it is, I can't afford to find out.

"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.

Men, like jewels, require a setting. Even if the setting is the last place you'd expect.

Complete. Edward and Bella married too young and for all the wrong reasons, so no one acted surprised when their marriage crumbled down. Two kids and five years later, events force them to live under the same roof for a while. Will they realize what they lost? AH. Older, divorced E/B. Daddyward. Angst. HEA.

Knowing a life of crime isn't easy. Even the good guys are bad guys. The Cullen's have the mafia in their DNA; it's who they are. Bella's just a top-notch history buff with a little store called Tiqued. Everything changes when she gets her hands on not one, but two, valuable items that will change her life forever. Too bad she has no knowledge of what's going on around her.

Sparks fly when two strangers collide in the dark. Will Edward star in Bella's future, or will the politics of her life be too much for him to handle? AH/M

1936, Edward and Jasper work as loggers. They work hard and play harder. Bella and Jacob come to the camp to open the school. Problem is the unmarried men have a great time running off the teachers. When Edward sees Bella a roar starts to build inside. She's everything he can't stand. And he's pretty despicable. Trouble.

For it is giving that we receive, but Edward was never expected a gift that would forever change everything in his life from the moment it was in his hands. Be careful what you wish for. Bella/Edward/Tanya *banner by elana86

I would consume her until she had nothing left of herself to give. I would take from her until she was nothing but a shell of who she was before me. I would drag her into the icy black pool at the bottom of my heart & never let her go.

Vampires have taken over and hunted humans to near extinction. A small colony of surviving humans led by Charlie Swan has built a new life for themselves. When Bella's brother Emmett disappears, she enlists the help of imprisoned vampire Edward to find him(AU)

Masen Valley, SC. Population: 10,789. It was a tiny dot on a map; an escape of sorts for Bella Swan. But when circumstances bring a certain member of Masen Valley's founding family back to town, she finds that the past isn't as easy to leave behind as she thought it would be... Or let go.

'That which does not kill us, only makes us stronger', at least that's what they say. Bella and Edward meet as children while on vacation. A lifetime of summers follow, and their relationship is tested beyond its strength. Full Summary Inside*

I watch her jumping, prancing, her hands empty but taking pictures. Her feet bare on the hot Texas earth. Everything in my life that was planned to a T just whirled away in a ruffled skirt.

Bella Cullen has spent the last ninety-five years giving everything to protect her family and mourning the loss of her long dead human husband. A trip to Alaska to meet Tanya's latest romantic interest changes everything. The vampire she meets there has his face, his hair, and his body, but not his memories. It's a strange new world.

Nineteen years ago, time unraveled. In a changed world, Bella fights to save a man from the past and a girl with no future. AU.

I'd lived in the darkness for so long, I was afraid the light would blind me. But she was there. By my side. And she taught me how to live again. *Sequel to Grasping Darkness.*

Isabella. The one woman Edward can't have. The one woman he doesn't dare claim. Does he? Is he strong enough to resist the forbidden? AH, OOC. *Rated M for adult content, strong language, violence, and delicate subject matter.

Bella is just another sixteen-year-old girl searching for her identity. Coming from a broken family and living in the world of contemporary teenagers obsessed with pornographic images and violence, she explores the boundaries between simple pleasures and true love. AH, OOC, M for l&l

Childhood sweethearts, Bella and Edward were meant to be forever. That is until he got what he always wanted. AH, M

A prostitute with nothing left to lose. A man with everything at stake. A marriage that has lost its passion. A little crazy, a little messed up, and mostly insatiable. A passion that can't be controlled. A language more along the lines of breathless moans and whispered promises. A love where words are burnt.

I realized, with no small amount of disbelief, that my life had become the vampire version of Cinderella. Except that I didn't lose a shoe once upon a time; I lost my life. I also realized, reluctantly, that I belonged to him – that my blood was his.

** COMPLETE ** Shy, orphaned Edward comes to live with his older brother and his wife to finish out his last year of high school, bringing with him a seven-year crush on his sister-in-law. ** TASTE OF THE FORBIDDEN CONTEST - Honorable Mention Judges Vote, Judges Favorite from SoapyMayhem ** #6 in Top Ten Completed Fics for Nov 2012 on TwiFanfictionRecs **

Airport after airport, you travel around the world, but why? Is there rhyme or reason to it? When Bella's new career has her traveling and bumping into the same fellow over and over will she chalk it up to coincidence or will she want more with him? Englishward/Olderward/Skyward Written for the one and only Midnight Cougar!

A billionaire couple searches for their long lost daughter. A lonely, troubled young man finds and gives refuge to a homeless girl with no name. Paths are crossed and hearts are given, but you can't keep what was never yours.

Figmentum: 1. figment, fiction, invention, unreality; 2. thing formed, devised; 3. image. She coaxes him into existence with every word she writes. What will Bella do when she finds herself falling in love with the main character in her latest novel?

For too many years, Bella Swan has been trapped in a nightmare beyond her worst imaginings. At long last, a glimmer of a chance to escape may present itself. Will she find herself in even more danger if she dares to leave? AU w/ human Volturi. M for language & violence. #8 in Top Ten Completed Fics for Jan 2013 at TwiFanFictionRecs!

Life happens when you least expect it, and puts you on a course that you never planned, into a future you never even imagined that you wanted. This is the story of girl meets boy, meets boy... aka, his son. Rated M

The lines between boss and employee, human and immortal, hero and damsel, coworker and lover, and right and wrong are about to become very blurry for Edward and Bella. Comedy/Romance/Drama

Honor student Bella Swan has mastered the arts...of manipulating her divorced parents, rolling the perfect joint, and faking an orgasm. Who wouldn't want to keep a girl like her? An unconventional coming of age tale for Gen Xer Bella. Rated M. *Complete*

One night in Vegas changes Bella's life forever. What happens when she finds that the man she met that night, Edward Cullen, is not only her new boss but the father of her son? How will Edward react when he realizes that Bella has been keeping this secret from him?

Bella Swan is a single mom raising her 4 year old son. Edward Cullen has been a single dad for over 2 years since his wife left him and his now 4 year old son. On the 4th birthday of their sons, their world gets turned upside down with the news - they were switched at birth. Romance, Drama, Humor, some Angst. EB REm AJ. AH.

Moving back to Forks with her mother after her father's death seems to be an adjustment for Bella. She learns that sometimes peoples actions will speak louder than words... A/H, A/U

Even though she kept her feet on the ground, Bella always wanted to believe in the magic of true love. Edward could have taught her that kind of love existed. Too bad he showed up too late. Can you still find your soul mate when your soul has been completely shattered?

University student Bella Swan is delighted when an old friend offers her an unofficial assignment: infiltrate the Authentic. But the task of assessing whether they're a dangerous cult or merely harmless eccentrics is complicated by her attraction to the leader, Edward Cullen. AU.

Bella is a bad boy's girl, living a life she no longer wants. She's trapped, until one of the things that keeps her confined - her bodyguard - becomes the very thing that could set her free.

You're in some of my classes but we've successfully ignored one another for years. You're rich, privileged and self-sufficient. I'm only one of those things. Why would you suddenly want to talk to me? Oh, don't tell me you're LONELY...

Boy meets Girl. Girl's friend throws up on Boy's shoes. A story about wannabe hipsters, awkward moments, and soul mates.

Isabella's life was nothing more than a series of unfortunate events since the day she was born. For her, monsters are real, love is the fantasy, and fate is a cruel mistress. The future's not ours, to see...what will be, will be. AH ExB

Set in the sweltering landscape of Miami, this story follows Isabella Swan, a school teacher who made the hit list of one of Miami's top crime families. What happens when the son of another crime boss is asked to take care of the problem? "Family above all else." ON HIATUS AS OF 11/26

After a few choice words Edward disappears. What will Bella and the others think when they find him years later? He's different. He's covered in ink and steel and is hiding something from his old friends. What's he hiding behind the wall of ink and steel?

When fate brings a jaded young doctor to the small town of Forks, he expects nothing out of his stay but a shot at redemption. Little does he know that a new patient and a mysterious young woman will turn his exile into the experience of a lifetime.