"Where There's Smoke" by NJNYTwiGals

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Elementary school teacher Bella Swan is having a hard time getting over the disaster that was her last relationship. Weeks before she was supposed to walk down the aisle to her year-long boyfriend Jacob, the latter confesses that he fell in love with another woman and even got her pregnant. Broken and hurt, Bella forces herself to somehow get through the next few weeks, yet is only kept from multiple breakdowns by her best friends Alice, Jasper, Emmett, and Rose. It isn't until she runs into a handsome, yet arrogant, young man that she starts believing in love again...

Alice's cousin Edward is still not over the end of his relationship with his true love Tanya. But as he sees that being surrounded by memories of her and them together is not really helping his psychological state, he decides to leave Chicago and start a new life in Seattle. Thanks to his lovely cousin, Edward manages to share an apartment with Jasper and Emmett (just about the one Alice and Bella share) and manages to get a job as a firefighter at Emmett's station. It's there that he runs into Bella, who is looking for someone who might want to talk a little to her waiting students about the pros and cons of being a firefighter. But Edward is utterly confused by the emotions this woman evokes in him, especially because he swore to himself not to date again in the near future. So afraid of what he feels he rudely brushes her off. But fate has different plans and Bella and Edward meet again at a bar, where they both decide to become friends - though they actually want more. A bumpy road lies ahead of them...

This story has a slow beginning as it takes a while until the reader actually meets Edward. And once they do, they also kind of get off on the wrong foot, but fortunately soon come to their senses. It is Edward, who prevents the two from getting into a relationship right away as he still loves Tanya and is afraid to let her go. Reading about the pain and heartache he feels with regards to his former girlfriend is heart-breaking and the reader can definitely relate to Bella's insecurities about if she'll ever be able to fill her shoes. Ups and downs are waiting for the reader and when you finally think, Edward and Bella are up for a fluffy future, tragedy strikes in form of a horrible accident, leaving Edward with a memory loss. Bella desperately fights for him and their love and it's difficult to read how they both struggle with their feelings. Where There's Smoke pretty much has it all: humor, drama, angst, sex, and fluff. You should definitely give it a try if you haven't already!

Where There's Smoke consists of 30 chapters and a total of 250,508 words. The story is rated M for lemons, profanities, and some angst.

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