Damned if I do. Damned if I don't. One way or another, I knew Edward Cullen would turn my world upside down.

Contest entry for the May to December Romance Contest

Juggling two jobs and a full-time schedule of classes, college student Bella hadn't had the time to figure out just how sexy she was. Her boss, Edward knew it, but was it right of him to show her?

A jaded artist no longer able to see the colors of life meets a younger man on the brink of greatness. He sees her as the art; she thinks he hung the moon.

A stifling, sheltered existence. A decision. A daunting risk. A new life. An unspoken longing in the shy distance between a young woman and the exotic allure of a cultured older man. Testing the direction of the wind as she spreads her wings for the first time, she's eager to fly towards the sunlight. Isabella Swan is ready to bloom.

Everything told me she wasn't a victim. No, this swan was fierce. She knew what she wanted and she wasn't afraid to get it.