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Monday, January 12, 2026

Corporate Liaisons - A Charlise and Bella Short Story

 ~Corporate Liaisons~

Bella Swan lands a temp job as a personal assistant for Carlisle Cullen, a young Executive at Volturi Acquisitions.

When the attraction is instantaneous, will he be able to hold off his attraction to her or risk it all by pursuing her?

 

 

I own nothing Twilight that belongs to the wonder Stephanie Meyers.

I just like doing naughty things with her characters!

 

 

This was originally written for Fandom AJD!





As I've mentioned before Twilight Fandom was huge in giving to may causes! 
I was always happy to participate in as many as I could!

Friday, January 9, 2026

Media Mania: Stranger Things Season 5

 


Stranger Things Season 5






This entire journey of 5 seasons took close to 10 years! 

My kids and I dove right in when season 1 released and we were quickly obsessed!
On a side note my kids always made fun of me for listen to 80's music but Stanger Things made everything 80's cool again and now they love 80's music!

The characters are incredible and the story is gripping and full of suspense! Loved all the family and friendship bonds that we so well conveyed over the seasons and of course the beauty and angst of young love!




Stanger Things started in 2016 with season 1 with 8 episodes!

Strange things are afoot in Hawkins, Indiana, where a young boy's sudden disappearance unearths a young girl with otherworldly powers.



Season 2 came out  in 2017 having 9 episodes!

It's been nearly a year since Will's strange disappearance. But life's hardly back to normal in Hawkins. Not even close.



Season 3 came out in 2019 giving us 9 episodes! (2 year gap is not bad)

Budding romance. A brand-new mall. And rabid rats running toward danger. It's the summer of 1985 in Hawkins ... and one summer can change everything.


 Season 4 came out in 2022 with 9 episodes (3 years gap here, we understood covid and all)

Darkness returns to Hawkins just in time for spring break, igniting fresh terror, disturbing memories — and an ominous new threat.





Season 5 came out in 2025 an with 8 episode finally! (3 year gap -but this one seemed like forever) With 3 Chapter releases!

The fall of 1987. Hawkins is scarred by rifts. Vecna has vanished and the government has placed the town under military quarantine, forcing Eleven back into hiding. To end this nightmare, they'll need everyone together, one last time.

 My Review of Season 5:

After such a long wait, I decided I wasn't going to watch any of the episodes until they were all out. At 4 pm News Years Eve I went in and finished on New Years Day,

My thoughts are I felt it was too rushed and had too much filler and not enough solid story line, I mean they had almost 4 YEARS! I was expecting to be wowed! 

I however did think the ending scene was fitting.

What I didn't like...
The Henry story line went on and on
The end battle was over in minutes - this should have been epic and I was very disappointed.
How did Max graduate when she was in a coma for TWO YEARS?
And I choose to believe El is out there somewhere!

All in All I did love the series as a whole but the last season not so much!


I give Season 5 of Stranger Thing 3 out of 5 drinks!

 See you next Friday!

Monday, January 5, 2026

Writing a Wolf Story When You're a Vampire Girl

The more stories I wrote and read, the more my head kept coming up with all questions I had about the series and I really wanted to explore them. I felt so fortunate that fanfiction allows us to do just that.

I always wondered what would of happen if Alice didn't see Bella jump? And what if the Cullen's never came back? 

 Would Bella and Jakes relationship progress from friendship to more?

I think it would, but I was worried about the imprinting thing. If Bella was really meant for Jake why didn't he imprint on her? I really gave this a ton of thought (really more than I ever needed too) I may have figured it out, or how  I think it should go...lol!

Being a vampire girl I was shocked that I even want to explore this, but I really dove in!. So, for this story I re-read New Moon!

Writing this story was so much because the wolves are full of life (unlike the vampires...lol.. I do crack myself up! )  and the reservation seems to be a fun place when vampires aren't around!

I hope you enjoy reading this short story as much as I enjoyed writing it!


~ By Your Side~



Summary

What if Alice doesn't see Bella jump off the cliff?

Bella is given the chance to explore her feelings for Jake and begins to see him in a different light.

A simple kiss changes everything and passion ignites.

But trouble is not far behind.

Can Jake and the pack defeat this evil before it's too late?

 Warning Adult Content

                                               

Click here to read By Your Side


On a side note Drinking with Tammy will be on Facebook on Wednesday, sometimes a bonus one on Sundays!

Media Mania is moving from Thursday to Friday!

This Friday I'll tell you what I thought about the last season of Stranger Things!