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It's Never Too Late by MsGoldie76
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An Aremid canon divergence story rewritten with a John and Marlena love story at its center.
Face to Face by Chapk021
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John and Marlena have their 1993 but it lasts for six months, before Marlena pleads with John to help her break it off. John leaves. Fast forward 5 years and the two bump into each other in Chicago, both attendees at the same wedding.
Going Home To Doc by classicdaysof80s
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It's late 2014 when John wakes from a coma believing it's still 2012, and that he and Marlena are still married and deeply in love. But in reality, they're divorced-broken by pain, time, and choices that can't be undone. Marlena tries to guard her heart. John only remembers how to love her. Going Home to Doc is a slow-burn, second-chance romance that asks: can soulmates ever truly let go? Notes about the use of canon in this universe: John & Marlena have been married since 1999 and that marriage was fully intact until 2012. There was no Princess Gina, no RoboJohn, no Alex North, no reasons for multiple separations and marriages over the years. Until 2012 their relationship was solid and the tests to their relationship always came from the outside but their relationship itself was upenetrable. 2012 changed everything.
What If...Book II by RighteousQuery
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What if John and Marlena had never had the chance to be together until many years later? What if he'd married Kristen and Marlena stayed with Roman? Take a wild ride and see a new spin on what could have happened.
Kismet by MsGoldie76
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An AU rewrite of the Salem Strangler storyline with several twists and turns. How would it play out if John Black came to Salem in 1982?
The Christmas Wish by MsGoldie76
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Marlena asks G-d for a few Kristen-free hours with John.
Safe Harbor by MsGoldie76
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John Black's world changed forever in February of 1995. Losing his son and the one woman who always held his heart nearly killed him. Five years later his marriage to Kristen is falling apart. His obsession with finding the last of Stefano's clones might destroy him... or possibly bring him back from the darkness he's called home for the last five years.
Ersatz by MsGoldie76
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A collection of Jarlena scenes, rewritten the way they should have played out. Each scene is separate and they are not interconnected.
She Has Your Eyes by Chapk021
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What if John left Salem and let Belle be raised by Marlena and Roman? This is a multiple part short story. Well, was a stand alone (old) short story that I have decided to dust off, change a bit, and add to. So, there will be at least two parts. Maybe more. We will see. Thank you MsGoldie for the cover art!
The Giuoco Piano - Act II by RachieQ
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This is Act II of The Giuoco Piano which is a sequel to The Exchange Variation. I am opting to split this into different books on Wattpad, because it's long and I can. In Act I, we saw Stefano Dimera send Marlena on a dark and twisted treasure hunt to remind her of who she was when she she adopted the alternate identity of Grace, a woman who seduced, stole and murdered for Stefano. Stefano had Carrie and Will and was holding them prisoner to force Marlena to play his macabre chess game. The first act ended with Marlena agreeing to stay with Stefano in order to secure the safe release and ongoing safety of her husband and her family. Roman, who had stood by her during the intervening months as she wrought a trail of destruction around Europe at Stefano's behest, was understandably distraught. Act II opens several months after Roman and the others left Marlena behind on the small island in the middle of Indonesia....