Evenin’ ladies!
Way back on February 21st {OMG! It’s nearly November already *gasp!*}, I introduced you all to The Counsellor by Michaelmas54.
Well, today, it’s my very great pleasure to show you what else Joan has in store for you!
And, for all you WIP Weenies out there, both are COMPLETE!
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9605564/1/CSI-Seattle-WA
Rated: Fiction M – English – Drama/Romance – Bella, Edward – Chapters: 30 – Words: 108,073 – Reviews: 1,177 – Favs: 399 – Follows: 374 – Updated: Oct 19, 2013 – Published: Aug 17, 2013 – Status: Complete – id: 9605564
“Emergency – which service do you require?”
“Police”
“What is the emergency Sir?”
“My wife and I have found an arm”
“A human arm?”
“I think so”
“What do you mean – either it’s human or it’s not”
“It looks human, but it’s not bleeding, I mean there’s no blood on it”
Of course, you and I know it’s not a human arm but no one in this fic does! What happens when Bella Swan, forensic detective involved in the hunt for an elusive serial killer, gets her hands on it? Shocked at its “otherness,” who can she trust? Where can she go for answers? Enter Edward Masen, a boy whose kiss ten years earlier ruined her for all other men!
“You called off your wedding because of a boy who kissed you at your Senior Prom when you were eighteen” Angela cried incredulously. “For God’s sake Bella, you were only with him for one night. Did you sleep with him?”
“No Angela, we just made out when he took me home and it was incredible.
No-one has ever come close to making me feel how I felt that night.”
“That was almost ten years ago, and you’re still pining for your first love…
They meet up again when he shows up and volunteers to extract a DNA fingerprint and perform a Bio-Geographical Ancestry Test on the arm.
He pulled the piece of skin out of the jar with a pair of tweezers and placed it on a slide of glass ready to go under the microscope, however it was obviously too big, so he asked Rosalie for a scalpel. As he leaned over the bench to get the scalpel he saw the piece of skin slide off the glass. “Damn it” he said, thinking that he had caught it with his coat.
He made a few adjustments to the screws and looked again. If Rosalie had been watching him she would have seen his eyes widen for a second and then he sprung back away from the bench, knocking his stool over with a crash.
Two words: Midnight Marathons! Seriously, there are so many excitin’ layers to this story and, once you start readin’ CSI Seattle WA, you won’t be able to stop!
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10417349/1/Dreams-and-Fantasies
Rated: Fiction M – English – Drama/Romance – Alice, Bella, Edward, Jasper – Chapters: 24 – Words: 114,032 – Reviews: 990 – Favs: 344 – Follows: 470 – Updated: Sep 13 – Published: Jun 6 – Status: Complete – id: 10417349
Oh, boy! The Edward we first meet in Dreams and Fantasies isn’t at all the Edward we expect!
Jasper took a sip of orange juice and thought back to the day when Edward signed up with his agency almost twelve years previously. His pushy and very wealthy parents were eager for him to break into the lucrative teen-flick market when he turned sixteen.
He put Edward’s moodiness and arrogance that day down to normal teenage hormones, but unfortunately Edward’s attitude hadn’t changed as he grew into adulthood.
His amazing success had only fueled Edward’s self-belief he was the best thing to happen to the movie industry since Rudolph Valentino. Unfortunately for Jasper, this was actually quite near to the truth. He had to live with the consequences of having a client who was probably the most talented, hard-working and best looking actor of his generation, with the added trauma that he was a big-headed tyrant who thought he was God’s gift to womankind.
Well, Bella certainly doesn’t think he’s God’s gift!
“Can I help you?” she asked as she laid the book on her lap.
“I invited you to come and sit with me – why didn’t you come?”
“No, you didn’t.”
“Yes, I did.”
“No, you sent your lackey to ask me. If you’d have taken the trouble to invite me yourself, I might have considered it, but you didn’t have the manners to ask. So why should I want to spend time with an impolite, gutless individual, who doesn’t have the balls to approach me himself? Now please leave me alone, you’re disturbing me.”
Edward’s mouth dropped open as she spoke. He stared angrily at her as she picked up her book and carried on reading as if he wasn’t there.
Edward bent over her and hissed in her ear. “You don’t really want to do that; do you, Is-a-bell-a?”
“That’s it you fuckwit; I’m calling the steward.”
Edward held his hands up in surrender and backed away from Isabella, who by now was out of her seat and seething with anger. He turned around and was walking quickly back to his own seat when he heard Isabella shout out above the heads of the other passengers.
Is there any hope for Edward and Bella? Well, yes; with a little help from Alice!
“Look, Alice, you’re a nice person, but nobody gets in my head. No-one can control my mind. Dreams are just dreams, and fantasies are a bit of fun to while away the time when you’re on a twelve-hour flight. Witchcraft is also bullshit, in my opinion!”
Alice still had hold of Edward’s hand, so she turned it over and examined his palm, running her fingertips over his open hand. She fixed her gaze on his eyes whilst rubbing her thumb inside his hand, and he stared back at her without speaking. She smiled warmly up at him, and uttered some words under her breath, then leaned over and whispered a few words in his ear. Edward smiled back at her and relaxed. She finally let go of his hand and replaced it on the sofa.
And from that night on, Edward suffers incredibly realistic, uncontrollable nightmares and even daydreams that bring him to his knees!
It’s certainly fun watchin’ him squirm while he learns how to grow the fuck up!
You’ll love these fics as much as I do…enjoy!
Happy Friday, y’all!
Rita
Michaelmas54 is one of my all time favs. She certainly knows how to write a story!!! If you haven’t read these, R-U-N.
Preachin’ to the choir, Sparkledamnu darlin’! Joan knows how to melt us into puddles with steamy hot lemons, too…just sayin’ LOL!
Hi Elaine (dabbing eyes), Thanks so much for your compliments. It was a lovely surprise on Friday evening to see both stories highlighted by lovely Rita. Stay in touch,
Joan xx
I’ve read all Joan’s stories, and I love them! She is a fantastic storyteller! She also responds to your reviews. I have had many conversations by PM with her, and hope to see her next time I’m in the U.K.! If you haven’t read her stories, what are you waiting for? GO! LOL!
Her PM’s are always a hoot, Sus darlin’! I dare say, one of the addictions {for both parties} about readin’ fanfiction is the unique communication between reader and author!
While I appreciate some writers are too busy writin’ to respond to comments {even acknowledgin’ us in a short AN is like pullin’ teeth}, the ones who do take the time to get to know their readers reap the rewards…our loyalty and our dollars if/when they publish!
I’m English – good manners are beaten into us by our teachers at an early age, so if a reader has taken the trouble to review, I am delighted to respond. One of the best things about FanFic is having contact with your readers. I’m new at this game, so feedback is essential if I’m going to improve and I’m lovin’ the responses. Thanks for your support Rita xxx
Joan (aka Michaelmas54)
**JUMPYHUGS!** You’re so freakin’ welcome, Joan darlin’!
Let me know when you are coming over – London won’t know what’s hit it!
Joan xx
It’s on my Bucket List LOL!
Excellent xx
Hi Rita, thanks for bringing more rec’s this week.
I can’t tell you how long I’ve had CSI Washington on my TBR list, but I guess it’ll be there a while longer yet 😀
Hope you have a great weekend.
Hugs xx
Yup! Youz still on fic lockdown until you finish writin’Ride and Prejudice, ClaireBear LMAO!
Hi Rita, I’m back!
All stories by Joan are beautiful and Joan is great person, she reply to every review and it”s great to interact with her while the story is WIP 🙂 and she update like Swiss clock 🙂 which is great too 🙂
I am late here for 2 weeks so The Biology Project is great story with different characters and I loved a lot this story.. I have others on my TBR list and WIP list 🙂
During my long trip to States I read this one
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8253956/1/From-This-Day-Forward
Betrayed just days before her wedding, Bella’s personal and professional life hang in the balance. When one of her closest friends offers to be the stand-in groom, Bella will find that sometimes the best things in life really aren’t what you planned.
Rated: Fiction M – English – Romance/Hurt/Comfort – Bella, Edward – Chapters: 21 – Words: 71,566 – Reviews: 2,290 – Favs: 2,176 – Follows: 2,026 – Updated: Nov 6, 2012 – Published: Jun 25, 2012 – Status: Complete – id: 8253956
Great love story and this Edward … hmmm;…. too cute
Have a nice week end
Yay! Welcome back, Zveka darlin’ {HUGS}! Was it hard gettin’ on that plane in Hawaii to come back? I think I would love to live there permanently!
What a coincidence that you read From This Day Forward because I was just about to start readin’ her WIP, He Came Along!
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9894117/1/He-Came-Along
This was going to be a fresh start; a new beginning, in a far off place. But what happened that night, on a dark road near Maxwell changed everything for Bella.
Rated: Fiction M – English – Romance/Drama – Bella, Edward – Chapters: 21 – Words: 78,620 – Reviews: 1,460 – Favs: 635 – Follows: 1,044 – Updated: Oct 14 – Published: Dec 2, 2013 – id: 9894117
yeah Hawaii is great place, a lot of things to do and to visit… but to travel there and come back… yeah just 2 days of travel to come back home, still in jet lag but it’s start to be better.
I have so many wip to start to read that sometimes I have hard time to know where to start so this story is still waiting in my folder to be read. I am hooked actually with this one
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10682931/1/Sear by Rochelle Allison
wow just wow …..
Ugh! Jetlag sucks baaad! And the older you get, the less fun travelin’ becomes. Takin’ a break from it this year…no trip to Texas at Thanksgivin’!
I’m glued to my screen every time Sear updates, too! Damn, it’s good!
Rita, I’m very happy that you keep this blog alive. My free time is nearly a fantasy than a fact. But I do love hearing about you!
Exaltada darlin’! {{HUGS!!}} I think of you and baby Blanca often! It’s always good to see your name pop up *squeee!*
Time flies by so fast, tell me is she takin’ steps yet?
Yes! She’s near 14 months. She walks like a little doll, so sweet ♥♥♥.
It’s so fascinatin’ watchin’ these tiny persons develop right in front of your eyes, isn’t it? Right up until they are old enough to say NO!
Lol. Oh yeah.