Penname: Duchess Michelle [Contact] Real name: Jacqueline
Member Since: 10/28/2007
Membership status: Member
Bio:
I'm an avid fan of Joss Whedon's shows Buffy, Angel, Firefly, and Dollhouse. I am also a Buffyverse roleplayer on MySpace. I'm really enjoying myself here. This is a great site to read tons of Spuffy fics and I'm really liking writing some of my own. I've got a few I'm actively working on and a few that will be coming when I finish what I am working on.

I'm so grateful that people like Father of Mine. I began writing it after I was inspired by Cissi's 'Everlasting Love'. Right now I'm working on Part 1, but I have ideas to make this a long one and add Parts 2 & 3. :D It's really turned into something for me & I hope it really means something to my readers too.

I mostly think about writing AU fics. I only have the one canon that I'm doing (The Truth of the Matter Is & sequel So It Seems). I mostly read AU too. I like to read fics with some magic too.

Another tidbit about me... I'm from the states (US ;) and I'm only 21 at the moment. Thought I'd share that.

***Update 5/29/09 - Well, Part 1 of FOM is completed. I've started working on my plans for Part 2 and writing Chapter 1. I took down Heart on the Table to edit it and change some stuff. It will be put back up once I figure out where I want to take it. I'm stuck at the end of Chapter 4 right now. I'm also working on Chapter 4 of So It Seems, the sequel to The Truth of the Matter Is. Keep reading and reviewing Father of Mine. It just hit 109 reviews! And its nearing 3000 hits! Yay! Thanks so much to everyone who's read & reviewed it already! =)

***Update 7/13/09 - I want to thank everyone who's read & reviewed Father of Mine. I really appreciate all the feedback that I have gotten for it, and I am currently trying to work on the sequel. I've gotten some help from a beta (xoChantelly). Thanks hun! But right now I'm taking a break from writing because my Microsoft Office Trial expired, so I can't write everything up on my computer. I know it might be lazy of me, but I hope to be back at it soon. :) Thanks again to all my readers! I'm also working on a one shot based on the song Good Directions and Heart on the Table, my Grey's Anatomy-esque fic as well as So It Seems, the sequel to my first fic, The Truth of the Matter Is. I hope to be back to work on all of them very soon.

Thanks for reading!

-The Duchess
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Favorite Stories
Acting The Part by pattyanne Rated: NC-17 Liked [Reviews - 408]
Summary: AU. William St. James is an actor on a hit television show. While appearing at a fan convention, he meets Buffy and her six year old daughter, Melanie
Categories: NC-17 Fics
Characters: None
Genres: Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Series: None
Chapters: 32 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 74242
[Report This] Published: 05/28/2004 Updated: 09/25/2005
After the Fall by BuffyXenaDQFan Rated: NC-17 Liked [Reviews - 587]
Summary: Imagine this as a re-telling of Season 6. Beginning at the moment Spike and Buffy see one another for the first time since her resurrection, the Slayer finds a comfort in the vampire that she’d never felt before. When their respective feelings for one another rapidly grow into a secret romance, what will happen when Buffy’s friends learn the truth?
Categories: General Fics
Characters: None
Genres: Romance, Action
Warnings: Violence, Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Series: None
Chapters: 73 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 232447
[Report This] Published: 01/10/2009 Updated: 12/15/2010
Against All Odds by dusty273 Rated: NC-17 Liked [Reviews - 428]
Summary: Buffy Summers is a vibrant, passionate young girl in love for the first time in her life with Angel O’Connor, to whom she’s secretly engaged. When he has to go back to his native Ireland to take care of his business, fate intervenes and she meets the very daring and impulsive Duke of Aurelius, Spike. From the moment he lays eyes upon her, he decides he wants her for himself and sets upon making it happen. Will Spike get what he wants, and if so, at what price? Written for the Spuffy_fantasy (LJ) Art-A-Thon. For the gorgeous banner made by drkdevin (Number 9).
Categories: NC-17 Fics
Characters: None
Genres: Romance
Warnings: Violence, Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Buffy/Other
Series: None
Chapters: 24 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 86155
[Report This] Published: 02/01/2008 Updated: 06/30/2009
Beautiful Mistakes. by Spikes_slayer08 Rated: NC-17 Liked [Reviews - 139]
Summary:
Runner Up at the Cradle Of Humanity Awards Round 3 for Best WIP........................

Buffy and Spike have been best friends for as long as they both can remember. After one passion filled night together Buffy and Spike find themselves in uncharted waters. Cheating partners, a bottle of Jack Daniels, tight shirts, jeans and entangled limbs. Was the night all one big mistake? Will Spike realise Buffy’s true feelings before he looses her forever? or will it all just be to little to late?

You can also find that trailer i made for the fic here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYKnodUMycE
Categories: NC-17 Fics
Characters: None
Genres: Angst, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Buffy/Other, Character Death, Sexual Situations, Spike/Other
Series: None
Chapters: 16 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 30657
[Report This] Published: 03/02/2009 Updated: 03/26/2010
Because She Needs Me by CallMeKitten Rated: NC-17 Liked [Reviews - 348]
Summary: Buffy returns from the dead haunted by a little girl in a cave crying out for her, needing her. Unsure of where or when the child Kaia is from, she turns to Willow for help to contact her. Willow goes one step further, sending Buffy into the past. Now she has to find her way home. Can Spike find her before something terrible happens?


Nominated at Rogue Poet Awards in Best WIP and Best Plot and at Spuffy awards for Most Original Plot, Best General Angst, and Best General Romance, Nominated for round 11 Fang Fetish Awards for Most Original and Best Angst/Dark, SunnyD Awards for Best Author/Best Drama/Best Angst/Best OC (Groma)/Best Plot/Best Unfinished (whew! and Thanks!) and Nommed at The Readers Have Chosen for the July 2009 Fanfic poll, too. OH, and I forgot Spark and Burn Awards, Reader's Choice, RD 6 for Best Plot, Best Angst, Best OC - Groma, and Best Villain - Kahn. YAY!
***Awards Won***

Sunnydale Memorial Fanfiction Awards Round 18
-Best Drama - Spuffy, Winner
-Best Angst - Runner Up
-Best Original Character, Groma - Runner Up
Categories: General Fics
Characters: None
Genres: Angst
Warnings: Violence, Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Rape, Child Abuse
Series: None
Chapters: 29 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 50629
[Report This] Published: 05/15/2009 Updated: 07/11/2010
Blood Debt by Addie Logan Rated: NC-17 Liked [Reviews - 75]
Summary: Two Slayers pulled from Heaven and made immortal, two vampires who chose love over their nature, and the price that must be paid to bring about the impossible… (Season six, goes AU following “Doublemeat Palace.”)
Categories: General Fics
Characters: None
Genres: Romance, Action
Warnings: Violence, Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Series: None
Chapters: 3 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 7000
[Report This] Published: 05/03/2008 Updated: 05/28/2008
Blood of My Blood by Blood Faerie Rated: NC-17 Liked [Reviews - 182]
Summary: Set at the very end of Season 2 with an alternate ending to the last episode. After Drusilla dies, Spike goes feral over the loss of his sire and drags off the injured Slayer. His demon decides it wants to keep her, make her his. He nurses her back to health, but she has no idea what he has planned for her once she gets healthy enough. Woohoo, BoMB was nominated at the Lost in Spike Awards. I probably won't win, but I'm flattered that someone thinks my story is that good!
Categories: General NC-17 Fics
Characters: None
Genres: None
Warnings: Violence, Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Series: None
Chapters: 14 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 39703
[Report This] Published: 11/21/2006 Updated: 01/10/2008
Blue Eyed Devil by pattyanne Rated: NC-17 Liked [Reviews - 364]
Summary: Spike Devlin is the lead singer for the band 'Blue eyed Devil'. Buffy Summers is the local preschool teacher he falls for right before leaving on a nation wide tour.
Categories: NC-17 Fics
Characters: None
Genres: Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Series: None
Chapters: 47 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 88823
[Report This] Published: 05/02/2004 Updated: 07/01/2005
Bridging The Gap by Panta_Rei Rated: NC-17 Liked [Reviews - 896]
Summary: Buffy Summers and Spike Kingston are pretty unusual best friends: she’s 16 and a social nobody, he’s 26 and a regular at the diner her father owns. What happens when their feelings for each other change into something that could easily spin out of control? ***Winner of Best Fantasy Saga (Judge's Choice) and Judge's Pick at Round 10 of the Spuffy Awards.***
Categories: NC-17 Fics
Characters: None
Genres: Romance, Angst
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Series: None
Chapters: 35 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 61982
[Report This] Published: 08/29/2005 Updated: 10/21/2006
Caught Between Two Lovers by pattyanne Rated: NC-17 Liked [Reviews - 95]
Summary: Set around the time of 'School Hard', this is a retelling of Buffy and Spike's first meeting. For the purpose of the story, Angel does not exist. Also, you'll find Spike and Buffy have slightly different personalities than you're used to. Hopefully, you'll like them.
Categories: General NC-17 Fics
Characters: None
Genres: Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Series: None
Chapters: 45 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 110159
[Report This] Published: 06/05/2004 Updated: 04/18/2005
Confessions of a Rockstar by Invisible Sun Rated: NC-17 Liked [Reviews - 54]
Summary: Nominated for Best Music Fic at Cradle of Humanity Awards Round Two! "Look, I won't lie to you. When I first got this gig, I just wanted to be famous, but somewhere along the way, I think I lost what the bloody point of it all was. I realize that this job is basically designed to self-destruct. And, now if I think about what I could have become...What I might have been...It's a scary thought." Inspired by a true story
Categories: General Fics
Characters: None
Genres: Romance, Angst
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Buffy/Other, Spike/Other
Series: None
Chapters: 26 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 35766
[Report This] Published: 10/07/2007 Updated: 09/22/2008
Conjuring Tomorrow by SinisterChic Rated: 18 Liked [Reviews - 19]
Summary: There's much fun to be had in this post Chosen/NFA fic. Starts off in Rome, moves to London, and eventually makes its way to the Ohio hellmouth. Buffy struggles to come to terms with who she is and what she wants in life. Meanwhile, all her friends are trying to do the same, except Spike. He knows exactly what he wants, and of course that's Buffy. There's also the mystery of missing slayers, arising key powers, an unexpected pregnancy, and a ghost to deal with.
Categories: General Fics
Characters: None
Genres: Romance, Action
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 4 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 6838
[Report This] Published: 10/25/2007 Updated: 11/09/2007
Control Lost by serenity Rated: NC-17 Liked [Reviews - 76]
Summary: **Sequel to Lose Control** (Which I strongly suggest reading because you will be lost!) After losing his one great love, a hopeless Slayer stumbles through his life in waves of depression as he tumbles into the darkness of despair. Can an Slayer who has lost all hope and control of his life make it back into the light?
Categories: NC-17 Fics
Characters: None
Genres: Romance, Angst
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Series: None
Chapters: 11 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 23726
[Report This] Published: 04/04/2008 Updated: 10/31/2011
Crash and Burn (Part I) by NautiBitz Rated: NC-17 Liked [Reviews - 141]
Summary: Buffy's a barely legal Bel Air brat, Spike's a reckless, heartbroken punk. When they crash into each other on a mountain road, sparks fly.

Spike peered through the window at the blonde, tan, bare-shouldered, thousand-dollar-sunglass-wearing bint he'd just saved from certain death. His eyes narrowed. Oh yeah. He was Pissed. Off.

(Originally published in 2003/2004. Winner of several awards, including "Best of the Best UST" @ VKA and "Best Fantasy" @ LLGA and the Spuffies. Features an original song by me. And yes, I do plan to post a Part II!)
Categories: NC-17 Fics
Characters: None
Genres: Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Series: None
Chapters: 28 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 37927
[Report This] Published: 11/05/2007 Updated: 12/01/2007
Daughters of Darkness by Minna Rated: U Liked [Reviews - 4]
Summary: Elisabeth O’Connor is the child of the two vampires Angel and Darla. Elisabeth grows up in Sunnydale - Angel thinks it to dangerous to her to be close to him - and there she’s known by the name Buffy Anne Summers. She lives with Willow and Tara (two lesbian-witches) and (to their help of raising Buffy/Elisabeth) they have Xander and Anya (a human and an ex. vengeance demon). The also have Giles (who used to be a watcher for the slayer Faith, but he quit when she didn’t need him anymore). And so there’s Spike… Angel asked Spike to watch over Buffy. Even though Angel and Spike hates each other (more that anything or anyone) he agreed. But... (there is always a “but”) But then there’s Ana... She is Buffy’s little “secret friend”. The one who stands by her side (even when no-one else then Buffy and Ana knows it). The friend who knows what Buffy feels, thinks and want... especially when it comes to Spike!
Categories: General Fics
Characters: None
Genres: None
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 4166
[Report This] Published: 10/27/2007 Updated: 12/07/2007
Do You Wanna Touch Me by PaganBaby Rated: NC-17 Liked [Reviews - 155]
Summary: AU/All Human. William is married to Buffy's horrible cousin, Cecily. Buffy has feelings for him, and she's had enough of biding her time waiting for him to finally wise up and get a divorce. A more direct approach would be necessary.




Nominated at the SunnyD Awards for: Best Alternate Universe, Best Characterization, Best NC-17, Best Pairing Conventional, Best Plot, and Best Romance! Woohoo! =D
Categories: NC-17 Fics
Characters: None
Genres: Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Series: None
Chapters: 8 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 32358
[Report This] Published: 06/24/2009 Updated: 07/22/2009
Father Knows Best by TammyAsh666 Rated: NC-17 Liked [Reviews - 288]
Summary: Dawn Pratt is tired of all her friends having a thing for her father, so she stops inviting them over to her house. She takes a chance on Buffy Summers, a new friend of hers, not realizing that was the one girl she never should have invited over.
Categories: NC-17 Fics
Characters: None
Genres: Romance, Angst
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Series: None
Chapters: 21 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 27969
[Report This] Published: 04/11/2009 Updated: 08/06/2009
Fix You by Pandora Rated: NC-17 Liked [Reviews - 155]
Summary: When Buffy was left broken and battered after a night on the town, she only felt comfortable turning to one person—her lifelong best friend and future medical student—Spike. Nominated for Best Angst in the Cradle of Humanity awards Round 3. Thank you so much!
Categories: NC-17 Fics
Characters: None
Genres: Romance, Angst
Warnings: Violence, Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Rape, Buffy/Other, Spike/Other
Series: None
Chapters: 10 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 15381
[Report This] Published: 09/01/2008 Updated: 09/27/2009
Forward to Time Past by Unbridled Brunette Rated: NC-17 Liked [Reviews - 3089]
Summary: Past Featured StoryPhotobucketThe victim of a spell gone awry, Buffy finds herself trapped in Victorian London, where she meets a man surprisingly familiar to her.
Categories: General Fics
Characters: None
Genres: Romance, Angst
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Series: None
Chapters: 67 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 277738
[Report This] Published: 01/09/2007 Updated: 08/26/2009
From Night to Day by Mercy Rated: NC-17 Liked [Reviews - 61]
Summary: Buffy next door neighbour’s house goes up for sale. Guess who moves in next door with a baby, all cute and gorgeous, and I mean besides the baby. But there are a few obstacles along the way, and not to mention their differences in age. Buffy is trying to deal with a dark time in her life and she looking for the strength to conquer it. He is looking for something that he thinks he’s lost, he’s trying to learn to live again, and maybe love again. But love is blind, renewing for the spirit and divine for the soul~~~ who says me Mercy me (he he) WARNING my very first fic that I started...so be kind...lol
Categories: NC-17 Fics
Characters: None
Genres: Romance
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 20 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 68764
[Report This] Published: 07/02/2004 Updated: 09/03/2005
Future Sins Past by DreamsofSpike Rated: 18 Liked [Reviews - 277]
Summary: Takes place in an AU where things went a little differently at the end of "What's My Line", and the Initiative came to town a bit earlier than in canon. Spike is not paralyzed in the church that night, but his unlife is still irrevocably changed. In a misguided attempt to restore her childe, Drusilla performs a spell that goes terribly wrong, and will change the course of not only Spike's life, but the Slayer's as well, forever.
Categories: General Fics
Characters: None
Genres: Romance, Action, Angst
Warnings: Violence, Sexual Situations, Rape, Buffy/Other, Spike/Other, Character Death
Series: None
Chapters: 57 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 145748
[Report This] Published: 03/24/2007 Updated: 02/08/2008
Head of the Class by PaganBaby Rated: AO-AdultsOnly Liked [Reviews - 23]
Summary: AU. Buffy is a young, enthusiastic high school teacher. She can't stop thinking about one of her students, Spike Giles. He's a troublemaker...he's a rebel...he's really hot. Spike has it bad for his new English teacher, Buffy. But they could never act on their urges...could they?




Nominated at the Cover to Cover Buffy Awards for 'Best Sex'!
Categories: NC-17 Fics
Characters: None
Genres: Angst, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Freaky/Kinky, Sexual Situations
Series: None
Chapters: 5 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 17746
[Report This] Published: 07/07/2003 Updated: 09/16/2003
Healing by Pet Rated: NC-17 Liked [Reviews - 1696]
Summary: PhotobucketAbsence of Light AwardsSpike Pratt is known for being an outsider and a troublemaker. However, what people don’t know is that he has long since decided to never let anyone come too close, not wanting them to find out the truth about his tragic past. But one night he happens to stumble upon a girl in serious trouble. Will he help her? And will she be able to help him? Runner Up for Best Angst at the Cradle Of Humanity Awards round 1! Runner Up for Best Angst AU at the Absence Of Light Awards and now also Runner Up for Best Story at the Cradle Of Humanity Awards round 3
Categories: NC-17 Fics
Characters: None
Genres: Romance, Angst
Warnings: Violence, Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Rape, Child Abuse
Series: None
Chapters: 96 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 142700
[Report This] Published: 12/05/2007 Updated: 03/10/2009
Here and Now by Scarlet Ibis Rated: 15 Liked [Reviews - 66]
Summary: Nominated at Loves Last Glimpse Awards Spike's a single parent with a nine year old by the name of Dawn, and Dawn is jonesing for a mommy. Could Buffy be it? The whole gang is here- from both shows, practically.
Categories: General Fics
Characters: None
Genres: Romance
Warnings: Adult Language
Series: None
Chapters: 12 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 31572
[Report This] Published: 07/21/2006 Updated: 02/09/2007
History in Renovation by Roxy Rated: NC-17 Liked [Reviews - 73]
Summary: Immediately after Chosen Spike is being thrown into the past to change history for the better...
Categories: General Fics
Characters: None
Genres: Romance, Angst
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Buffy/Other
Series: None
Chapters: 12 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 35538
[Report This] Published: 09/02/2007 Updated: 05/04/2008