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After her long-term boyfriend breaks up with her, San Francisco lawyer Bella Swan goes into a deep depression. She blames herself for the split and begins losing herself in a string of one night strands, convincing herself she will never find love again in the process. When she makes her regular visit to her friend Leah's bar one day, she doesn't expect for this bronze-haired man sitting next to her to begin a conversation. What surprises her even more is that she—for the life of her—cannot stop looking at him and admiring his looks: a chiseled jaw, long eyelashes, wild hair, and sharp greyish-blue eyes. It doesn't help that his voice is velvet smooth when he introduces himself as Edward and orders a Macallan twenty-five—he’s rich too. When Bella gets a little too drunk—in more than one way—Edward offers to drive the brown-eyed, yet broken beauty back to her house. The attraction is mutual, but Edward finds himself trying to break through the shell that Bella has created around herself and not be just another faceless man for her. He is determined to make Bella his in every way, but how much patience will that take? Will Bella ever see the man in front of her and believe that she can love, even more than before, again?

Lose the One You Love is a fabulous story that will wrench your heart in many ways! One thing I should start by saying is that the characters are very OOC in this fic, as you can tell by Edward's grey-blue eyes and Bella's depressive one-night stands but the different characters are amazingly portrayed by Discordia81. She makes the reader fall in love with them with her detailed writing style. I absolutely adored Edward in this story; he is the epitome of the perfect man out there, one who is willing to build the fire within you and one who is willing to wait as long as it takes for you to love him back. In addition, he is a professional museum curator in this fanfiction, which only adds to his sexiness because of all his artistic knowledge. The entire story is told in Bella's perspective, so the initial few chapters are pretty hard to get through because you can literally feel her grief and loneliness. But as the story progresses, Discordia81 manages to let the readers see how Bella unravels from her shell and begins to realize who she really loves with the help of Edward. And did I mention the lemons? Because they are so toe-curling that you will definitely be hooked to the story if you aren't already by the plot! A MUST read story!

Lose The One You Love consists of 46 chapters and a total of 225,348 words. The story is rated M for language and sexual content.

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Posted by Anonymous

When the laptop of attorney Bella Swan refuses to work, she seeks immediate help by dialing the number of her company's tech support. Her call is received by Edward Masen, who manages to log into her computer and begins fixing her problem right away. While doing that, however, he can't help but being utterly fascinated by the voice he hears on the other end of the line and loses every coherent thought when he sees a photo of her; set as the desktop wallpaper. This woman is breathtakingly beautiful and talking to him; a fact that maneuvers Edward right into a full blow panic attack. From an early age, Edward has never been good with people and has neither left his house for seven years nor let anyone except his aunt Esme touch him. Anxiety attacks forced him to withdraw from life and to suddenly meet someone he genuinely cares about is something he just doesn't know how to deal with...

Bella feels drawn to Edward the moment their conversation starts on the phone. When he's more and more unable to hold up a normal conversation, she doesn't hesitate and makes sure he gets help as quickly as possible. From then on, she makes sure to keep in contact with Edward via email as she simply can't get him out of her head - he is a real mystery to her but immensely fascinating at the same time. When she finally manages to visit Edward at home, she learns more and more about his psychological disorder. Yet instead of pulling away and leaving him with his family (he doesn't have any friends), Bella feels drawn to him and unable to let go. She is willing to help him get better and does everything in her power to give Edward his life back. Unfortunately, the young IT expert thinks very little of himself and can't believe that anyone would want to spend time with a mess and weirdo like him. It'll take all of Bella's patience and love to convince him otherwise...

When I started reading Life Support I had no clue it would focus on such a serious topic. In fact, I thought that the way Edward reacted to Bella in the beginning was pretty cute and funny and I couldn't help the small grin that came over my face. To say I was surprised, even slightly shocked, to find out the real reason for his nervousness, would be an understatement. As someone who has some experience with that kind of sickness herself, I can only say that shadowed by passion did a great job in portraying the difficulties that come along with it. Cases like Edward's are relatively rare but they exist and it takes the support and love of friends and family to help these patients get better. Bella is incredibly sweet in this story, giving Edward all the time he needs. Feather light touches and sitting close to each other are already tiny milestones for the two of them. It takes a while for Edward to be able to hold her hand and even kiss her without fainting. But Bella doesn't need all that and she and Edward fall in love with each other before they haven't so much as slept in the same bed together. Life Support is a wonderful story is written from Edward's and Bella's POV. It will get you thinking and won't leave your mind once you put it aside!

Life Support consists of 31 chapters and a total of 63,647 words. The story is rated M for foul language and lemons.

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Posted by Anonymous

It was in the courtroom where they saw each other the first time. He is a clever and hot as hell associate of the D.A.'s office, she's a more than successful defense attorney, who can win even the trickiest cases. Bella Swan and Edward Cullen have been attracted to each other from day one but while Edward uses all his charming skills to get a date with Bella, she seems to have some reservations of getting too close to him. Yet eventually one thing leads to another and Bella accompanies Edward to his home. After making sure that this is really what Bella wants, Edward loses no time in removing her clothes and getting her moan his name. It isn't until they have their fourth orgasm that night, that the two finally succumb to sleep.

But when Bella wakes up the next morning she immediately starts to panic. Yes, she had wanted him; for five months she did hardly anything else but fantasize about her and Edward Cullen in the throes of passion. But now that she had had the best sex of her life Bella realizes that there are far more feelings involved than she'd like to admit. The whole thing was supposed to be a one-night stand - one night to get him out of her system - but in reality is was only the beginning of her falling madly in love with him. What she doesn't know is that she's not alone because for Edward what they had the other night was a lot more than just sex. He doesn't just admire Bella's body but is also fascinated by her wit, intelligence, and humor. Needless to say, he doesn't recognize the cold and bitchy woman who is storming out of his apartment after telling him something like that would never happen again. It isn't until Edward's brother Emmett and Bella's best friend Alice start playing matchmaker that the two finally give each other a chance. Too bad that they will soon be in court together - both them trying to win the most important case of their lives...

Continuance is one of those underrate stories; maybe even a small gem. It is Punchanella's only completed story to this day and I have to say that this is a real pity. The story shows the author's great potential as it is almost free of grammatical mistakes, consists lots of humor (and let's be honest, to write funny conversations is NOT easy!), nice lemons, and an interesting story line! In each chapter, the reader is able to look into the minds of  Bella and Edward. The two are both very good at their jobs and have very dirty minds *grins*. From the moment they are notified that they'll face each other again in court one can guess that things will not go as smoothly as Bella and Edward might have wanted - because one of them definitely has to lose! Give the story a chance - I'm sure you'll be well entertained!

Continuance consists of 25 chapters and 97,412 words. The story is rated M for lemons and language.

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Posted by Anonymous

For Edward Bella was his best friend, the love of his life, and his soul mate. Yet panic, fear, and a misunderstanding persuade him to throw it all away. He leaves his home town in Brisbane and moves to Sydney, where he becomes the youngest driver ever to win the V8 supercar championship.

Yet although success, money, and women are at Edward's feet, he is unable to get Bella out of his system. Day and night he dreams about the brunette and has more and more trouble focusing on his job. After crashing his car for what feels the 100th time in the season, his boss and team manager Carlisle forces him to take a break. He offers him his apartment in London where he is supposed to "get his shit together."

Yet Carlisle's plan misfires. On the plane to London Edward is seated next to Bella and has no other choice but to talk to her. What starts as an innocent encounter turns into a tearful night of revelations and confessions. Due to a coincidence, Edward discovers that he is the father of a three-year old daughter, Phoebe. Yet that isn't the only shock waiting at his door that night: Phoebe had a twin brother, who did just three days after he was born.

Though this story is comparatively old and has probably already been read by many fans out there, it wasn't until recently that I discovered it for myself.

Chasing Victory is set in Australia which might take some getting used to if you've only read fanfictions taking place in the U.S. or Great Britain. Edward's character is very difficult and broken. Because of his failed relationship with Bella he turned into a manwhore and somewhat recovering alcoholic and drug addict. Throughout the story he often takes one step forward and two steps back which is why the reader often has the need to beat some sense into him. Yet, after some time, Edward is really willing to make a change and become the father his daughter needs and the boyfriend Bella wants. The only question is whether he isn't already too late... Very realistic!

Chasing Victory consists of 47 chapters and 179,076 words. The story is rated M and thus suitable for teens over the age of 16. A sequel has been published: Claiming Victory.

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