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These three things remain... faith, hope and charity, and the greatest of all is love. But sometimes love is elusive, even when it's right in front of you.

It was the end of summer, and it was time to tell him that she loved him.

When Hermione Granger needed help capturing a dangerous fugitive in America, only one man could help her, Ricardo Carlos Manoso, also known as Ranger.

'Ranger was different than any man she'd ever met. He was self assured, quiet, lethal, dark and handsome. She sensed from the beginning that if anyone could help her capture her fugitive, it would be Ranger.

She made a vow to herself that Ranger would never know she was magical. That vow lasted all of 24 hours. Something else happened 24 hours (or perhaps less) after she’d met the man – something that changed her life irrevocably, forever. She fell madly and deeply in love with him.

And now she needed his help again. Would he come to London and help her? Would he remember everything that happened between them?

She would just have to wait and see.

All he wanted was to be left alone to plant his flowers in quiet solitude. She had other plans.

He loved her, but she could never love him in return. That was why he acted the way he did... indifferent, aloof, in other words, a fool. (Part 4 - April - of This Year Series).

They both said "I do", even though it was apparent that 'he didn't'. Now she's tired of being his secret bride.

He lived behind the green door and she lived behind the red.

(A NEW CHAPTER... REALLY!)

An unlikely pair have a very unlikely Christmas. (Part of the 'An Unlikely Pair' series.) 

At the request of her daughter, single mother Hermione leaves out the obligatory milk and biscuits for Father Christmas on Christmas Eve, even though she knows he doesn’t exist. Imagine her surprise when a man with white hair and a red robe comes through the chimney on Christmas Eve. Good thing she decided to fall asleep with the fireplace poker in her hand. (Written for Mizsphinx for GE's Secret Santa's Gift Exchange Dec 2011) 

Published 12/22/2011

Draco Malfoy hated Christmas and everything that went with it! He decided he was going to do his best to ruin Christmas for his new next door neighbor, Hermione Granger, because if he couldn't have her for Christmas, he didn't want anything at all, and he didn't want anyone else to have anything, either!

Published: 12/20/2010

Christmas is the darkest part of her year, who could possibly show her that her bad memories are past and that he is her Christmas gift forever.

Hermione Granger, witch extraordinaire, is getting her degree in magical law. She’s written a profile on a deranged wizard who visits Muggle children in their sleep, under the guise of ‘The Tooth Fairy’. Instead of leaving coins in exchange for their teeth, he gives them horrific nightmares, and blames it all on one witch: Hermione Granger.

And now he's doing the same thing in the States.

Told by her superiors she can no longer work on the case, Hermione decides to work outside the law. She enlist the help of a professional bounty hunter… a man of mystery by the name of ‘Ranger’. This Latin man seems to possess a bit of magic of his own, as well as a great big helping of sexuality. There’s 'something' between the two, however, she can’t let him know she’s a witch, or just how much she wants him. After all, her only goal is to catch one man, not two, right? (Crossover with Harry Potter and The Stephanie Plum Number Murder Mysteries, featuring Ranger)

Was it more painful to remember, or easier to forget? Draco Malfoy wanted nothing more than to forget his past, but he wore it around his neck like an anchor. Hermione Granger stopped feeling when she left her past behind, yet somehow, she forced herself to stop remembering love, too.

Their lives were intertwined; their past, present, and future, and that was the reason for their their feelings unknown.

First Published October 8, 2008 

Dark subject matter, will sensitively deal with rape and suicide, in a non-descriptive way.

Viewing a life is like looking through a series of pictures

Romance ambientado en las novelas de Jane Austen. Es la historia de una mujer que sabe que es inteligente y de un hombre que se cree mejor que los demás. Diferencias aparte, sólo tienen una cosa en común: ambos están perdidamente enamorados.TRADUCCIÓN.(Dramione)

Translated by Moon Dahee

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LINK TO ENGLISH VERSION -

 http://themaplebookshelf.com/Literati/viewstory.php?sid=74

New Library Awards - Nominated for Best Fluff - Won Cheering Charm: Best Fluff: Arrogance and Ignorance

STORY FINISHED!

Everyday a pink rose would appear on Hermione Granger's desk. She soon finds out there's more to the rose than meets the eye. She also finds out that it involves one of five men... all former Slytherins.

La Bufanda By: Martukee

TRADUCCIÓN autorizada por la autora AnneM.Oliver del original "The Scarf". Su obsesión por ella comenzó con una bufanda, algo de perfume y un vestido rojo. Todo lo que sucedió después no fue culpa suya, realmente no lo fue.

Rated: Fiction M - Spanish - Romance/Drama - Hermione G., Scabior

Sometimes life isn't pretty. Sometimes it isn't wrapped in a nice square box, with beautiful paper and a bright, red bow on top. Sometimes it's like a half-eaten pie that's missing the cherry. The sooner Hermione Granger realizes that fact, the sooner she'll realize that her 'Happily-Ever-After' might not include a 'Mr. Right'. In fact, perhaps she should listen to Draco Malfoy and settle for 'Mr. Right Now' instead. But how can she tell him that she thinks she found her 'Mr. Right'... and it's him? 

First published 6/17/2008

There were rules for everything: rules for how to act, rules for how to speak, rules of decorum, and even rules of love. However, sometimes rules were made to be broken.

Hermione Granger was engaged to one man, while Draco Malfoy was engaged to another woman. Together, they were celebrating the engagement of their friend, who was engaged to yet someone else. It seemed as if everyone was engaged to someone, but no one was engaged to the person they really wanted to be engaged to; therefore, it was time for someone to break a few of those rules, especially the harsh rules of engagement. (DRAMIONE with multiple other pairings)

Hermione et Drago briguent tous deux le poste de Ministre de la magie. Hermione pour faire la différence, Drago pour lui donner mal à la tête. Il se fiche de la politique alors pourquoi se présente-t-il et pourquoi cela l'énerve-t-elle autant?

French Translation by LouFoca-Granger

LINK TO ENGLISH VERSION -http://themaplebookshelf.com/Literati/viewstory.php?sid=157

First published 2/22/08

Christmas seems so dark and desolate this year. With a broken engagement, the loss of her job, and the death of her parents, Hermione can’t seem to find any reason to feel anything but dread with the approaching holiday. Perhaps it’s not only the spirit of Christmas that’s missing this year, but something else as well. Even though she knows she should look ahead and count her blessings, she can’t seem to see past her current woes. Perhaps it will take someone special to lift the darkness and make her Christmas bright once more.

Hermione Granger is running for Minister of Magic, and she thought it was going to be an easy win until Draco Malfoy decided to put his hat in the ring. Now, she not only has to deal with reporters and photographers following her every move, but she also has to deal with a stupid idiot named Draco Malfoy. She really, really hates him sometimes, and why in the world does he keep telling her that he loves her? This will be either the dream job of Hermione's life, or a complete nightmare. (Dramione)

Runner-up Best D/Hr Riddikulus at the New Library Awards!

First published 2/22/08

Hermione and Draco find out they're expecting a child and aren't sure if it's good news or not. Perhaps a pro/con list will help them figure it out, or maybe not, since the baby will come no matter what. Each chapter covers one day of one month of the nine months of pregnancy! (Part 3 of the 4 Part A Week in the Life Series) -  (Dramione - Romance/Humor).  

(This story was first published August 29, 2007)

She once thought her life was so gray, but then he came back into it, and showed her in one week that her life could have colour again, and that they were meant to be together for a lifetime.  (Reposting of my first fanfiction story.)

This was the first fanfiction story I wrote. It's part drama, comedy & romance. First published: 7/24/2007. It's the first story in a four part series. Thanks!

hey married after one weekend together, and although everyone said they were an unlikely pair, they were out to prove them wrong. Now, many months later, they were wondering if perhaps everyone was right. Perhaps they were an unlikely pair. Perhaps it took more than a weekend of romance to fall in love. Perhaps it would take more than a weekend to stay married. And perhaps, in the end, they would prove, at least to themselves, that they were meant to be, and they would find out that they were an unlikely pair, no longer. (Third story in the series)

Written & first published October 6, 2009

There was just something about Jack...

Draco Malfoy had changed, but no one knew it. He didn't care. Let them point and stare. It didn't bother him. He wasn't distressed by it. He could change a thousand times over, and he would still have to pay for his sins. Hermione Granger knew he had changed, and he didn't even have to tell her. She just knew it. She had changed, too. Once he thought he hated her, but now, for some reason, he wanted to protect her, get to know her, and dare he think ... love her as well. (DRAMIONE) 

First published July 26, 2007

All he wanted was a simple kiss goodnight. Instead, he got something so much more. (DRAMIONE) 

( This story was nominated for Dramione Livejournal Awards Round three, best Mystery)

Originally posted 12/31/2007

The last time Draco Malfoy saw Hermione Granger, she was in the mud on the battlefield, close to death.  He saved her, but he didn't do it for her.  He did it for himself.  He was still a selfish person, after all. Now she was sitting across from him and she wanted to repay the debt.  He didn't need her to repay his 'kindness'.  He didn't need anything from her.  He only wanted her to leave him alone. 

Sometimes, fate has other plans. It was as if he had a sudden awakening, and in the end, it turned out that even though he saved her life, she may have saved his soul.

First published in July 2007

Draco's turning thirty and he's not happy about it, so he decides that no one should be happy.

On the eve of a milestone birthday, a woman looks back on her life and remembers. (Week five of TMB's War of the Words Challenge)

One man was aware of his growing attraction to her. The other was annoyed by the same thing. Neither wanted to tell her how they felt, which was fine by her. After all, she was oblivious to it all. (Draco, Harry & Hermione)

Originally published 6/9/10

Hermione Granger devised the perfect magical blood test to tell if someone is a person's perfect match. She just never thought in a million years the test would be used against her. (featuring: Adrian Pucey, Marcus Flint, Theo Nott, Blaise Zabini, Draco Malfoy, and Hermione Granger.)

Draco Malfoy was tired of dating the same type of girl. Knowing he could get anyone he wanted, one day he saw Hermione Granger walking down the corridor of his office and he decided something... he decided he wanted her. He was up for the challenge and it would appear that so was she. All he had to do was buy her a book and all she had to do was change his heart. DRAMIONE

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Nominated for "A Love For The Ages - Best Epic (Dramione Awards, Round 1, 2007)

He fell in love with her in one night. Now he spends another one trying to remember that fact. (Week 3 of TMB's War of the Words Challenge)

Sometimes loneliness is harder to handle when you're not alone. (Week one of TMB's War of the Words Challenge).

It was their anniversary, but that didn't mean they had to be happy about it.

Written for The Maple Bookshelf's first anniversary challenge!

'There aren't many Beth's in the world, sitting in a corner until needed, quiet and shy, living cheerfully for others. Making sacrifices that no one sees until the sunshine vanishes leaving only silence and shadows behind'. (Louisa May Alcott - from the book 'Little Women')

This story has been awarded a shiny new TMB gold kitten!

Anciennement A MARRIAGE MOST CONVENIENT ! Voila une fiction que j'ai lu et que j'ai adoré ! Je vous la traduis donc pour, j'espère, votre plus grand plaisir ! Histoire d'amour Draco/Hermione avec LEMON. Résumé à l'interieur Translated by Mimi154

Autorisierte Übersetzung: Sie waren ein ungleiches Paar. Er wusste es und sie auch. Alle wussten es.Das machte nichts, sie waren kaum Freunde. Es gab keine Zuneigung, keine Romantik. Nur Freundschaft. Keiner wollte mehr. Wirklich. Okay, vielleicht. HG/DM

Translated by Nerventod

Link to English Version - http://themaplebookshelf.com/Literati/viewstory.php?sid=227

This story was an official nominee of the Livejournal Dramione Awards. It was nominated for "Best Fluff" and "Best Romance".  It was the second place winner for "Best Fluff".  Won Amortentia Award for Best D/Hr Romance, New Library Award.

 Nominated for the Dramione Awards,Round 3, 2008. Won Second Place - Best Fluff - Warm & Fuzzies

Story Completed!

She was everyone’s golden girl. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. However, people weren’t always what they appeared to be on the outside. Sometimes there was more to them than even they realized, especially when you took in consideration ancient Nordic lore, romance and suspense. (Veela/Fantasy/Valkyrie)

He loved her more than words could say, so he wrote her a letter instead. (Written for eterna romantica03 for winning The Maple Bookshelf's March carrot).

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hat would you trade to have someone love you for you? The real you, and not just your wealth, looks, and status? A handsome, wealthy prince is about to find out.

Entrant for The Maple Bookshelf's March Challenge, "Once Upon a Time", using the prompt, "In a Kingdom Ruled by a..."

His desire to ruin his enemy started with a dance.

Time was a very strange thing, but even time couldn't heal some wounds. Severus Snape spent his until life wanting a woman he could never have, until one day he had a memory - a memory that he should never have had - of another woman, who replaced that want, that 'envy', with something so much more. (Banner by me)

He was supposed to be dead, but now everyone claimed he was back... as a ghost. Hermione didn't believe in all that rubbish. She didn't believe in ghosts or people coming back from the dead. Why, she didn't even really believe in love, because he was her first love, but he left her all alone, and she wasn't sure she could ever forgive him for that.

They don't have a ghost of a chance of finding their way back to each other, whether he's really alive or not.

(Written for The Maple Bookshelf's 'Something Wicked This Way Comes' October 2012 Challenge. Prompt used: "I never thought I'd see you again. Can the dead feel love?")

Nothing would ever be the same again. Somehow, I knew it to be true. I guess I always knew it, but I had always been able to deny it until now. Now, it was bare, naked, and staring me straight in the eye. The truth. The future. And it wasn’t pretty. It was horrendous, ugly, scary, and if I could turn back time and go back to a few years ago, when vampires and werewolves were from horror movies, and fairies were just from nighttime stories, I would, God help me, I would.

 But I can’t. And nothing will ever be the same again.

(Written after 'Dead and Gone') First published on Fanfiction 5/20/2009

So many people have asked me how to load banners, so with a request from our administrator, I have decided to type up these instructions.

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(Story Completed)

To do list:

1 - One Woman (Hermione Granger)

2 - Five Men (Ex - Slytherins, aka Vipers Den)

3 - Twenty tasks to complete before her birthday in September

4 - Six Months to live (what a shame)

5 - Too many romantic encounters to count! 

Banner by me - Will feature multiple pairings

Most people assume that the girls sitting along the walls during balls, cotillions, and assemblies are to be pitied and looked down upon with no small amount of sympathy. Surely, they are sad creatures with uninteresting pasts, who have present lives of little consequence, and who will have bleak futures with no husbands, children or homes of their own, merely because they do not dance. 

In the eyes of Violet Starling and her friends that made most people idiots.

(A four part series of short stories featuring my favorite sort of women - wallflowers)