The Smile Machinehide bio
 Author has written 12 stories for Romance. "To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia." H.L. Mencken was a wise man. No wonder he snagged a woman 18 years younger than him. I'm in love with romance. Any book is better if there's a love story in it (unless it's a male POV. I'd rather read about them kicking ass than wooing women). All my stories are written to at least one Taylor Swift song. If you'd like to talk, feel free to PM me! I bite, but I don't chew. Follow me on Tumblr or add me on Goodreads! Make sure to let me know it's you, and we'll chat :) "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” -Oscar Wilde Short Stories To Love a Serial Killer - SKoW Best One-Shot Nominee Lock & Key - Featured on A Drop of Romeo Caught with My Hand in the Track Bag His Spongebob Boxers - SKoW Challenge Diminish - A Drop of Romeo Star Cross'd Round 9 Winner Boys and Other Useless Things - Featured on A Drop of Romeo The Ex Games - Pending Full-Length Everything I Need Schadenfreude Until We Go |
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The Story You Shouldn't Know by Bingo reviews
REMOVED. Sorry. We had a good run!
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2 - Reviews: 1012 - Favs: 537 - Follows: 223 - Updated: 5/13/2022 - Published: 3/3/2009 - Complete
The Mating by charliej reviews
Elise had no idea when she came home that day that she'd end up mated to a complete stranger. A new Alpha and the need for an alliance between packs have made her pawn FPSSA WINNER - BEST SUPERNATURAL ROMANCE round 4 WARNING: sexually explicit scenes
Fiction: Supernatural - Rated: M - English - Romance/Supernatural - Chapters: 6 - Words: 15,741 - Reviews: 1232 - Favs: 1,929 - Follows: 501 - Updated: 3/2/2021 - Published: 11/3/2009 - Complete
The Inexplicable State of Being There by big.break.and.laryngitis reviews
Brody Hansen and I, we had a system. I didn't like him and he didn't like me, but we both liked watching each other undress. That's just what happened when you gave good-looking, hormonal teenagers bedroom windows that faced each other. Full sum inside.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 21 - Words: 78,291 - Reviews: 1158 - Favs: 1,533 - Follows: 652 - Updated: 12/12/2014 - Published: 12/4/2008 - Complete
Stranger by Mardy Bum reviews
He was dark, handsome and killed anyone who looked at her. Amelia Spitz's heart never stood a chance.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: M - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 21 - Words: 55,384 - Reviews: 842 - Favs: 845 - Follows: 513 - Updated: 5/11/2014 - Published: 4/5/2008 - Complete
The Inn on Ravenna Road by PoppySeeds reviews
Now published in full for Amazon Kindle. Link in profile! 9 years ago Callie was beaten and left for dead after witnessing her best friend's murder. Her attempts to get on with her life in Amherst, CT are now threatened by the killer...as well as the brooding cop assigned to protect her.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: M - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 2 - Words: 4,252 - Reviews: 403 - Favs: 479 - Follows: 113 - Updated: 2/28/2014 - Published: 10/19/2009 - Complete
Private Lives, Public Property by Jessie L. Star - AKA star123 reviews
It's not easy to pretend you're in love for the sake of teenagers and housewives across the country but top footballer Lucas Goodspeed and shy, romantic Isobel Saunders soon discover that convincing themselves that they're not in love might be even harder. **Removed and now available on Amazon and Smashwords!**
Fiction: Romance - Rated: M - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 22 - Words: 7,974 - Reviews: 3193 - Favs: 3,387 - Follows: 1,421 - Updated: 2/23/2014 - Published: 4/16/2007 - Complete
Hiring a Hooligan by Deena reviews
Determined to put the fear of God into the racist homophobe who messed up her best friend, mild-mannered Jane Hazelton resorts to hiring a thug to do the job. Trouble is, said thug isn’t interested in money, he’s interested in her. **COMPLETED**
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 14 - Words: 110,036 - Reviews: 2359 - Favs: 3,535 - Follows: 807 - Updated: 8/23/2013 - Published: 9/3/2005 - Complete
She Had Somewhere To Go by S.L. Gunn reviews
REMOVED ..."On a scale of 10 to 10, how hot do I look right now?" he wriggled his eyebrows suggestively. I tried not to gag - or jump his bones - as I said sweetly, "Is get the hell away from me before I punch you in the kidneys a choice?"
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Humor/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 300 - Reviews: 1490 - Favs: 897 - Follows: 407 - Updated: 3/17/2013 - Published: 4/26/2009 - Complete
ExpendablePathetic by unidentifiedperson reviews
"You're leaving?" She put her arms forcefully around his neck. "But you haven't taken me to see your sister. You haven't taught me how to kiss or promised me that you didn't regret it. You haven't mown the lawn. You said you'd mow the lawn."
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 2 - Words: 1,917 - Reviews: 13 - Favs: 22 - Follows: 2 - Updated: 10/5/2012 - Published: 7/23/2010 - Complete
To Feel the Sun by Aurette reviews
When the love of her life marries someone else, Gracie has to accept reality and move on. With devastatingly attractive lawyers and cute cellists who won't go away, love shows that if it's one thing, it's unpredictable. Winner of Best Het for SKoW Round 12!
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 20 - Words: 65,096 - Reviews: 615 - Favs: 995 - Follows: 144 - Updated: 8/23/2012 - Published: 12/11/2008 - Complete
Love Game by All Over You reviews
She's the sarcastic bitchy girl. He's the panty-dropping manwhore. The only rule of the game: Don't fall in love. Who ever falls first, loses. COMPLETE. REMOVED.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: M - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 20 - Words: 2,026 - Reviews: 1350 - Favs: 1,523 - Follows: 383 - Updated: 5/19/2010 - Published: 7/25/2009 - Complete
Between Tequila, Texts and Tylenol by 2005nostalgia reviews
ONESHOT. I woke up with no memory of what happened last night so I started to retrace my steps, I mean, texts.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,249 - Reviews: 17 - Favs: 36 - Follows: 5 - Published: 2/27/2010 - Complete
My Meaningless Existence at a Frozen Yogurt Shop by the milk bottle reviews
ONE-SHOT. It was on that day that I began my downward spiral of meaningless sex, alcoholism, violence, and… okay, not really. But it felt close to something like that.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,083 - Reviews: 223 - Favs: 700 - Follows: 49 - Published: 2/21/2010 - Complete
The Champagne Gang by punkturnedwriter reviews
..."Does that kiss have anything to do with why we're on a train to New York in the middle of the night?"
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Drama/Suspense - Chapters: 23 - Words: 197,541 - Reviews: 4090 - Favs: 3,467 - Follows: 1,484 - Updated: 1/18/2010 - Published: 6/18/2006 - Complete
Six Degrees or, Why College Is Awesome by Le Meg reviews
Six different students, six different perspectives. One weekend.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: M - English - Humor - Chapters: 7 - Words: 37,281 - Reviews: 112 - Favs: 223 - Follows: 22 - Published: 1/3/2010 - Complete
Sense of Elation by Rajiya reviews
Holy hell, was that an arm draped across my chest? I screamed and pushed the limb off of my body, scooting across the bed to get away. There was a man lying next to me, and I'll be damned if I had agreed to him being there.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: M - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 18 - Words: 52,863 - Reviews: 408 - Favs: 413 - Follows: 280 - Updated: 12/25/2009 - Published: 11/26/2007 - Complete
The Healing Properties of Tea by Emakoke reviews
It's not every day a gorgeous, enigmatic stranger gives you a cup of tea just to cheer you up. Actually, in my case it is. Why is he doing this, and more importantly, who is he?
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 9 - Words: 29,161 - Reviews: 158 - Favs: 251 - Follows: 42 - Updated: 12/16/2009 - Published: 7/16/2009 - Complete
Pickup Lines by Vione reviews
A one-shot challenge. Dared by her best friend, Celia was forced to use a cheesy pickup line to a gorgeous guy. However, how did the innocent cheesy pickup lines change to innuendos? Lemon.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: M - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,786 - Reviews: 49 - Favs: 164 - Follows: 22 - Published: 3/8/2009 - Complete
Move Me by found.eventually reviews
“Look outside your window; you’d find me there. I could be stuffing my mouth with chocolate. I could be dreaming of us living blissfully; in love. I could be getting drenched by Mother Nature’s piss. I could be waiting. I am waiting. For you. I love you."
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 7,170 - Reviews: 99 - Favs: 197 - Follows: 19 - Published: 10/11/2008 - Complete
Virtuoso by his terrible beauty reviews
I loved him like a symphony that soared inside my brain. I loved him, how I loved him, and his music kept me sane... A poem about falling in love with a musician.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 348 - Reviews: 38 - Favs: 88 - Follows: 4 - Published: 6/4/2008 - Complete
The Eleventh Annual Hide Or Die Summer Challenge by Le Meg reviews
The EAHoDSC is a long-standing tradition for Adelaide and her friends. But what happens when one of her other traditions - the delicious Charlie Harris - joins the fray? You know, besides the traditional inordinate amounts of sexual tension?
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 10,394 - Reviews: 229 - Favs: 900 - Follows: 81 - Published: 3/28/2008 - Complete
Catharsis by Hotkitty reviews
COMPLETEBurn, drown, scream it out to the horizon but come out of it alive so that i can laugh at your scars. and no one ever said that boarding schools were meant to be easy.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: M - English - Horror/Angst - Chapters: 26 - Words: 147,445 - Reviews: 528 - Favs: 451 - Follows: 54 - Updated: 10/8/2006 - Published: 10/21/2005 - Complete
The V word by Lulai reviews
IT IS FINISHED! Normal? That word barely fits into Kate's vocabulary. She thought her life was the epitome of weird, that is, until a handsome stranger comes into her shop and tells her that she hasn't fed enough... Chapter nineteen and epilogue.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: M - English - Fantasy - Chapters: 21 - Words: 73,964 - Reviews: 818 - Favs: 1,711 - Follows: 208 - Updated: 6/13/2006 - Published: 2/5/2006 - Complete
How to Successfully Complete a Successful Story! by glitterjewele reviews
Can’t manage to finish the stories you start? Contracted writer’s block? Need a little help with summaries? Stop dodging flying vegetables. This is for you.
Fiction: Essay - Rated: K - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,843 - Reviews: 356 - Favs: 1,027 - Follows: 65 - Published: 9/29/2004
Jack and Jill by Lani Lenore reviews
.Revised 2009. Jack and Jill go up the hill to fetch a pain of water. Jack's a handsome preacher's son and Jill's a drunkard's daughter.
Fiction: Horror - Rated: T - English - Romance/Horror - Chapters: 3 - Words: 8,503 - Reviews: 266 - Favs: 242 - Follows: 27 - Updated: 10/3/2002 - Published: 2/26/2002
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Nothing to Lose reviews
His eyes are soft under the lamplight. "See you tomorrow." He turns and walks down the stairs, gets back into the taxi. She closes the door and leans against it for a second, holding a hand to her heart. Then she goes to take a shower.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: M - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,010 - Reviews: 2 - Follows: 1 - Published: 10/6/2018 - Complete
An Emotionally Stunted Hermit's Guide to Love reviews
The plan was to eat healthy, do well in college, and become certified in studying babies. None of that accounted for the burger-consuming, full-time nuisance that was Lawrence Mathews.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: M - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 15,684 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 21 - Follows: 10 - Published: 6/25/2017 - Complete
All That Remains reviews
Sky Winchester is running from a lot of things, and the last thing she needs is a mercurial millionaire getting under her skin, especially when he just might have secrets darker than her own.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: M - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,111 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 2 - Follows: 5 - Published: 5/12/2017
The Ex Games reviews
Three cardinal rules when seeking revenge on your infuriatingly hot ex-boyfriend for whom you still harbor ambiguous feelings: break all the rules, carpe the diem, and don't ever go near his goldfish.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 11,450 - Reviews: 10 - Favs: 42 - Follows: 2 - Published: 10/10/2014 - Complete
Until We Go reviews
With a voice that slays millions of fangirls worldwide and an ego that can be seen from outer space, Ander North is not somebody Reverie wants to know. And now he's saying that she owns his soul? Somebody lucked out on the soul mate lottery, but it definitely wasn't her.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Romance - Chapters: 7 - Words: 29,661 - Reviews: 39 - Favs: 23 - Follows: 46 - Updated: 8/16/2014 - Published: 5/11/2014
Diminish reviews
He would skip sleep to be with her, but she will only ever consider him a dream. ONESHOT. Winner of Star Cross'd Round 9.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,256 - Reviews: 17 - Favs: 34 - Follows: 5 - Published: 5/17/2014 - Complete
Boys and Other Useless Things reviews
Meet Gabriel, the sexy nymphomaniac. Will, the cunning genius. And Max, the charming fool. This is the story of three frat boys who thought they knew everything about the female sex... until they met the women who could tame them. Featured on A Drop of Romeo.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 3 - Words: 19,475 - Reviews: 26 - Favs: 72 - Follows: 30 - Updated: 12/28/2013 - Published: 7/26/2013 - Complete
Everything I Need reviews
He winked and turned around to return to his desk, giving me a glimpse of The Complete Collection of Poems by Edgar Allan Poe sticking out of his back pocket like a sign with big red words saying, "I am attractive and intelligent. Do me now." The universe did not play fair.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Humor/Drama - Chapters: 20 - Words: 70,395 - Reviews: 154 - Favs: 145 - Follows: 134 - Updated: 7/19/2013 - Published: 4/29/2012 - Complete
Lock & Key reviews
When an American boy commands you to kiss him, you usually don't run away and hide in the 6th arrondissement until he leaves. Featured on A Drop of Romeo.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,963 - Reviews: 11 - Favs: 46 - Follows: 3 - Published: 2/16/2013 - Complete
His Spongebob Boxers reviews
The way Mason derived equations turned me on. The way Austin flexed his muscles made me want to lick his abs. But Landon's neon Spongebob boxers... were just something else entirely. Written for SKOW.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,497 - Reviews: 21 - Favs: 75 - Follows: 7 - Published: 11/29/2012 - Complete
To Love a Serial Killer reviews
You know something's going right when you're plotting with a well-known and shockingly attractive serial killer who stole a medieval spiked instrument of torture out of Chicago's Natural History Museum over how best to kill your douchebag lawyer ex and rapacious boss. Hell hath no fury like a secretary scorned. Nominated for Best One-Shot on SKoW.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Humor/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,232 - Reviews: 8 - Favs: 12 - Follows: 2 - Published: 10/20/2012 - Complete
Caught With My Hand in the Track Bag reviews
"Tell you what. If I beat him, you owe me a kiss." He grins. "Wait for me, sweetheart." Then he saunters past, pausing to spit his gum out into one of the trashcans. I officially hate him.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,749 - Reviews: 32 - Favs: 77 - Follows: 16 - Published: 7/7/2011 - Complete