Sometimes our healing isn't at all what we thought it would be. Sometimes it goes much deeper. Will John experience an unexpected healing? Modern A/U

Modern AU: 'When Anna Smith moves to London to start a new job, she has no idea how much her life will change...'

They all look like normal people getting their morning dose of coffee. Until somebody turns out to be different, and then much more so. Modern AU, Anna/Bates

When John's daughter and Anna's son become friends at nursery school, they don't expect their lives to change forever.

Modern AU. When Anna agrees to help her longtime friend John avoid his ex-wife and navigate murky waters with his family, she never expects to realize she's not quite over her college crush on him. When it turns out that she needs his help as much as he needs hers, will either one of them be able to keep their feelings platonic? Rating change at Chapter 11.

"No man can regret loving, as I have loved you." He'd spoken the words before he truly understood both the profoundness of her love and what it might mean if he ever lost it. If he ever lost her. Sequel to "No Man Can Regret Loving"

Anna Smith and John Bates have been friends since childhood. As they both leave to attend university their futures threaten pull them in separate directions. But will a wild night redefine their relationship?

Anna's work brings her to the Lonestar State. Will she find more then just southern hospitality?

Modern AU: Anna is an up-and-coming cellist, and John is in her audience by coincidence. Will they find love together?

They met, they fell in love then they parted. So what happens when they meet again years later? Their circumstances have changed, but have their feelings for one another?

Anna Smith is 16 years old and has just been signed up for an arranged marriage. John Bates is an soldier who needs a wife to tend his home while he's off at war. Anna has always wanted to marry for love and it's love at first sight when she meet's John. But it's been reduced to a business transaction. When her husband comes home wounded is this Anna's chance to make him love her?

Set in 1956. Father John Bates is at a turning point in his life when he's offered a chance at a new beginning...but life sometimes has different plans.

When Anna goes to the Harrogate RSPCA to adopt a homeless cat, she finds more than she bargained for.

"He was back. Her body told her so. It was singing with it." Giving the Bates' the love life they deserve. S 3, post prison. Enter at your own discretion.

AU. John Bates' only way to divorce his wife and keep his company is to prove she is having an affair. Anna Smith of Carson's Private Investigators goes undercover on the case. What starts out as an infidelity investigation becomes much more and when John finds himself in serious trouble, Anna's skills and heart are put to the test.

Modern AU. John Bates, an eclectic Artist and Dr. Anna Bates, a controlling surgeon meet on Christmas Eve while waiting for news about loved ones in the hospital. They are quickly captivated by one another's kindness and caring ways, but will their polar opposite lives prove to be too much chaos for a chance at real love?

Modern AU. She is still the main suspect of Green's murder, but finally out of prison, at least for the time being. Desperately looking for a job, while trying to put her life back together, Anna meets Mr Bates.

Modern AU. The beginning of an affair of convenience and understanding. Anna Smith and John Bates are professionals who live on opposite sides of the globe. When they meet at a conference, things get personal too quickly, and they have to deal with the consequences of a seemingly casual relationship that neither of them was looking for. Prequel to So Long, Lonesome.

Modern AU. He was a depressed, sad, and lonely drunkard, and all because of a mistake he made 15 years ago. And then...

Sequel to 'Anna's Nightdress' in response to a request from a reviewer. John and Anna enjoy their first night together at the cottage, with a surprise for each other in store. Disclaimer: I don't own Downton Abbey but it is fun to borrow Oh, and I'm not kidding about the M this time. Y'all seemed to like my fluff/smut mixture ;)

Anna has always envied Lady Mary's beautiful clothes and is delighted to receive a gift of a beautiful nightgown, which she intends to embroider herself. And after meeting Lord Grantham's new valet, Mr Bates, she knows there is only one man she ever wants to see her wearing it. Rated M for Chapter 5! DISCLAIMER: I do not own Downton Abbey, but it is fun to borrow!

Modern AU, but what else do you expect from me now? A quick snippet of an idea I have had for ages. What if when they met, Both Anna and John aren't free?

Anna is the only child of Simon and Amelia Smith, owners of a successful cotton factory. When she reaches the age of 21, they decide she's old enough to learn the family business and wed the son of Simon's most trusted business partner. However her parents plans don't go as they wish when Anna discovers that the world holds more than an arranged life. AU, begins in 1851, London

Modern AU. Life can always come up with a few surprises. (completely A/B, but with other characters' appearances as well)

Amorous meetings at night. Chapter 1: A wedding night. Chapter 2: A homecoming.

Self explanatory. Takes place after our intrepid duo's first off-screen kiss between series one and two.

Bates breaks Anna's heart when he tells her he's leaving with Vera the next morning. But before he goes, Anna makes a decision that will change their life forever. Will that night be the beginning of the end for both Anna and Bates? Heartbreak, misunderstandings and concealments will only prove how uncertain the future can be.

A new spring brings hope and self-healing.

They were married and then he was taken, but oh how joyous (and steamy) their reunion was after he was released from prison and they moved into the cottage. Anna and Bates get to know each other and various rooms of their new home...

When a snowstorm leaves Anna Smith, a nurse from Yorkshire stranded at a cozy roadside diner run by one Mr. John Bates, could it be the start of something wonderful? Modern A/U, mostly shameless holiday fluff and cuteness.

Modern AU. Anna and Bates meet at a pub the night before Christmas Eve. The Game is on! Nothing but fluffy flirty fun, with maybe a touch of steam...

The shelves in bookstores or libraries hold all manner of secrets about their racy readers. John and Anna have some adventures. Slight mentions to M/M. Modern AU. The plot thickens...