Official Description: Newly divorced and single mom Bella decides it’s time to let loose and have some fun at her friend’s Halloween party. After an encounter with an alluring stranger, Bella’s life turns upside down. AH-Cannon Couples. A one-shot turned multi-chapter

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Who doesn’t love anonymous sex with a masked sex god? Well I’ve never personally had anonymous sex with a masked sex god, but I’d like to think it would be exciting!

Beautiful Stranger has owned me since day one! The story was originally a one-shot for Things That Go Bump in the Night Halloween contest last year. I was a judge in said contest, but it was anonymous and I had no idea that the lovely NJNYTwiGals had written it. With that aside, it was one of my favorite entries.

The first chapter of this fic is the original one-shot and it’s amazing right from the start! We discover that Bella is a single mother at twenty-one and her adorable daughter’s sperm donor is a deadbeat dad.

Bella has all odds stacked against her; Charlie and Renee don’t speak with her nor will they help her out because they feel she’s made bad choices in her life. James (said sperm donor) spent the majority of his time drunk, leaving Bella to care for their newborn on her own, which in turn caused her to drop out of college. James’ posh, well-to-do family wants nothing to do with her and thinks she’s a gold digging whore. Of course, she’s not, but they only believe their drunken son.

She’s left to create a home for her daughter and herself, alone. With not many options, she becomes a daycare instructor. At least she can take her daughter to work with her and still pay the bills.

One year after the divorce from James and Bella is still living in her bubble of contentment with her daughter until Alice decides it’s time for Bella to bust out of her bubble. Bella attends Jasper and Alice’s annual Halloween party and the magic of the night consumes her! Of course, Alice forces her into a slutty Halloween costume. Bella’s inner monologue definitely had me giggling when it came to her costume!

“I looked like Snow White’s evil prostitute twin…Walt Disney would be so proud.”

A mysterious Phantom of the Opera appears, seemingly from thin air, when Bella retreats to the backyard for air. They spend time talking, but never exchanging names or any depressing life stories. One thing leads to another and bada bang, bada boom…anonymous sex with a masked, dirty-talking stranger! (Although he does take off his mask for the sex.)

The lemon is steamy and definitely had me running for a cold shower! From finger sucking to kitty licking, these girls don’t disappoint with the details! My absolute favorite line of Bella’s inner monologue during the heat of the moment:

“He can do any damn thing he wants as long as he never stops talking dirty to me! I think he’s trying to kill me.”

We do find out that the masked, beautiful stranger leaves Bella high and dry with no note or contact information. That makes your heart hurt, but propels you to chapter two.

I have to say NJNYTwiGals have a tasty recipe for a fabulous fic here! Give it a shot and experience some angst, drama, heart fail, fluff, lemons and even some romance! They’ve done a great job and I’m honored to have reviewed this for them!

Beautiful Stranger is the collaborative effort of two very lovely writers and is a sweet, fun read for all you mushy canon lovers.

It starts out hot and smexy when young, single mom Bella goes to her friends’ Halloween party and has a steamy encounter with mystery man she’s made a connection with. The first chapter was originally a one-shot (and third place winner of the Things That Go Bump in the Night contest), so it ends with a bang: a year later, Bella’s “Beautiful Stranger” shows up at the daycare center where Bella works…with his daughter. Oh hai thar, DILFward!

Aaaaaaaaaand I’m hooked!

The thing is, they don’t instantly fall in love and live out their HEA. There is hesitance…resistance…confusion. Friends and family become intertwined in everything, so that obviously complicates things, and Bella is a strong-willed, stubborn woman who has been severely hurt in the past.

What you get is a lot of really freaking cute Daddyward moments, some sweet Momella action…and eventually, a healthy serving of hottness. They work through their lives together – including exes and financial concerns – and their love grows. As a single mom myself, I must say that NJNYTwiGals have done a good job touching on the concerns many single parents (and parents in general) have.

If you’re looking for major angst, you won’t find it here. There’s plenty of drama, but at the root of things, this is a story of romance, family, and moving forward from your past to find true happiness in yourself, your children, your friends, and the person you give your heart to.

Daddyward. Momella. I love them. So when I came across this story when it was a o/s, I was all over that. Beautiful Stranger is a great fic with some drama but not so much that it’ll make you want to crawl under the bed and hide and enough fluff but not so much that you need to see a doctor. An architect maybe.

It’s sweet and funny and real. And it’s hot.

“You were quite handsome in your football uniform,” I told him as I pointed to a picture he had in a frame on his nightstand. “You must have had many girls up here with you,” I teased.

“Isabella,” he said as he took a step toward me, desire still seeping out of every pore on his body.

“Yes?” I responded as I took a step backwards.

“I don’t want to talk about any other girls.” He took another step forward.

“Well, wha…wha…what do you want to do?” I stuttered, now clearly so turned on by this animalistic side of Edward that I was a blubbering idiot. I swallowed the lump in my throat as I took another step backwards, backing right into his desk.

Edward took one last step forward and rested his hands on his desk, on either side of my hips. He brought his face close to mine.

“You,” he growled.

Oh my!
Before I could respond, Edward spun me around so I was facing the desk. I laid my hands flat along the top to support myself as he roughly pulled the bottom of my dress up and slid his hand into the top of my stockings and into my panties.

Give Beautiful Stranger a try–I think you’ll really like it.