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Author has written 23 stories for Bones, and McLeod’s Daughters.

"If you're not Dutch, you're not much"

So yeah, I'm Dutch, obviously. A 30-year-old who works as a lawyer and has a writing-shaped hole in her soul.

Fanfic floats my boat (though I write some original stuff as well). I used to read mostly X-Files fic back in the day (Lydia Bower and Leyla Harrison were my heroes!) and dabbled in writing it (godawfully bad in hindsight; thank god I never published any of it ;-p). But when I lost interest in that show, the muse left me in search of greener pastures. I'm very happy to report that the muse has returned to me and directed me toward the show 'Bones' which has caught my fancy. The quirky humor, the heart-versus-head theme, Brennan's journey to grow as a person, Booth and Brennan's complexity, their idiosyncrasies and their complicated but electric interaction fascinate me to no end.

The adage "I'm a shipper at heart, but a realist by nature" (read it online long ago; don't remember who said it) sparked my screenname/penname and my take on male/female relationships on television and in (my) fanfiction. Isn't it much more interesting and tantalizing when the attraction is there but they don't act on it?--just yet, anyway. (Which is not to say I don't enjoy reading fanfic about that ;-D)


Links mentioned in the A/N for chapter 3 of the story The Italian Reverie:

For sumptuous pics of the hotel described in this chapter, which actually exists, go to .

How I pictured them on their date-yet-not-a-date-yet-conspicuously-date-like-dinner – look at teh pretty!

Folie à Trois was written for the Kink in the Bones community on Livejournal--a haven for lovers of smut that is just a tad beyond the vanilla...like threesomes ;-p. So if you're over 18 and curious, then don't be shy and apply for a membership to browse our (now well-stocked) aisles of smoking hot kinky smutty fics (nothing too depraved if you're worried about that). Link:

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Learning Curves by tala-hiding reviews
Brennan has always insisted that she had a steep learning curve - but does that apply to dating Booth? Spoilers for Season 6 speculation, not actual episodes. Rating has now been changed to M for language and sexual situations. ON HIATUS.
Bones - Rated: M - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 8 - Words: 40,755 - Reviews: 232 - Favs: 104 - Follows: 205 - Updated: 11/15/2010 - Published: 9/9/2010 - T. Brennan, S. Booth
Scenes From a Hat: The First Time by SSJL reviews
Thirty takes on B&B's first time, each with a randomly selected POV, genre, and scenario or locale. Things are about to get a little crazy in here...
Bones - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 29 - Words: 76,720 - Reviews: 1090 - Favs: 293 - Follows: 233 - Updated: 4/23/2010 - Published: 8/16/2007 - T. Brennan, S. Booth
The Magpie's Nest by blc reviews
One-shots. The magpie lines its nest with whatever's shiny or attracts its attention. "Prometheus, Mnemosyne, Chronos" a tag for the end of "The End in the Beginning." I didn't want to write it, but I had to.
Bones - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 70 - Words: 94,898 - Reviews: 1424 - Favs: 140 - Follows: 123 - Updated: 5/15/2009 - Published: 10/23/2008
A Theory of Everything by cathedral carver reviews
In which Bones explains, well, everything.
Bones - Rated: T - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,849 - Reviews: 12 - Favs: 15 - Follows: 1 - Published: 1/15/2009 - S. Booth, T. Brennan - Complete
Not A Love Story by cathedral carver reviews
He isn’t in love with her. Not at all. Nope.
Bones - Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,712 - Reviews: 18 - Favs: 36 - Follows: 4 - Published: 1/11/2009 - T. Brennan, S. Booth - Complete
Girl Talk by SSJL reviews
Just a little Sunday morning girl talk.
Bones - Rated: T - English - Friendship/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 834 - Reviews: 37 - Favs: 27 - Follows: 5 - Published: 12/23/2008 - T. Brennan, Angela M. - Complete
Getting Clean by blc reviews
Brennan feels soiled after catching a serial killer. Booth helps her get clean again. Long Angst/Romance One-Shot. M-rated for smut. Disclaimer: Bones isn't mine, but plot and dialogue are.
Bones - Rated: M - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 11,660 - Reviews: 64 - Favs: 213 - Follows: 24 - Published: 10/28/2008 - S. Booth, T. Brennan - Complete
Sensate Focus by 5SteamboatsShippingCo reviews
When personal crisis strikes their best friends, Booth and Brennan reconsider their stance on therapy, and their understanding of what brought them there in the first place. NOW COMPLETE!
Bones - Rated: M - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 32 - Words: 112,416 - Reviews: 1725 - Favs: 951 - Follows: 269 - Updated: 7/29/2008 - Published: 5/6/2008 - S. Booth, T. Brennan - Complete
A Night's Tale by space77 reviews
Filler scene for 03x12, Baby in the Bough. Just what would Brennan & Booth’s first night with the baby have been like?
Bones - Rated: K - English - Friendship - Chapters: 3 - Words: 11,403 - Reviews: 88 - Favs: 71 - Follows: 55 - Updated: 5/22/2008 - Published: 5/12/2008 - T. Brennan, S. Booth - Complete
What We Deserve by SSJL reviews
A continuation on 'Angst in a Car.' AKA Bella's Birthday Story.
Bones - Rated: M - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 7 - Words: 10,286 - Reviews: 317 - Favs: 79 - Follows: 48 - Updated: 5/1/2008 - Published: 4/11/2008 - S. Booth, T. Brennan - Complete
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Drover's Drabbles: Sisters are doing it for themselves
A collection of McLeod's Daughters drabbles, vignettes and ficlets. Mostly K, T at most. First chapter: Tess and Claire have been forging their relationship as sisters pretty much from scratch over the last few months. They both have some thoughts to share during one of their late night chats.
McLeod’s Daughters - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,301 - Follows: 1 - Published: 6/17/2018
Folie à Trois reviews
Was I seriously going to try and seduce *both* my ridiculously attractive co-workers at once? Cam, Brennan, Booth, and heat. Lots of it. Spoiler-free. Come give this unlikely trio a shot and I'll sell it to you--or your money back ;-p ***NOW COMPLETE***
Bones - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 9 - Words: 17,573 - Reviews: 34 - Favs: 45 - Follows: 25 - Updated: 4/28/2010 - Published: 3/13/2010 - Cam S. - Complete
The Italian Reverie reviews
Romance/UST. At the end of a case in Italy, Booth and Brennan decide that for one evening, they should make the most of what the country has to offer. Spoilers/timeline: up to and including Mummy in the Maze. Now complete.
Bones - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 9 - Words: 14,128 - Reviews: 60 - Favs: 38 - Follows: 48 - Updated: 11/18/2009 - Published: 9/6/2009 - S. Booth, T. Brennan - Complete
In Vino Veritas reviews
Good wine and good friends can make a girl a little sentimental... Spoilers for Salt in the Wound.
Bones - Rated: T - English - Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,819 - Reviews: 10 - Favs: 10 - Follows: 1 - Published: 10/17/2009 - Angela M., T. Brennan - Complete
Title: Losing Through You What Seemed Myself reviews
Double drabble. “It's just that Brennan and Booth aren't in any way opposites.” Spoilers for Mayhem on the Cross.
Bones - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 261 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 11 - Follows: 1 - Published: 9/2/2009 - S. Booth, T. Brennan - Complete
Secret Garden reviews
Double drabble. Smangst. She'll let you in her heart, she'll let you in her body, but into the secret garden...? Because if you push her too hard...
Bones - Rated: M - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 292 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 4 - Follows: 1 - Published: 9/2/2009 - S. Booth, T. Brennan - Complete
Decontamination Shower reviews
UST/humor drabble. Booth is just too old-fashioned for his own good sometimes.
Bones - Rated: T - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 163 - Reviews: 18 - Favs: 17 - Follows: 6 - Published: 7/26/2009 - S. Booth, T. Brennan
Medical Attention reviews
Is there a doctor in the room? I think it's my heart..." Booth and Angela are in agreement that Booth needs medical attention. B&B humor/romance. Double drabble. Spoilerfree. Set in season 2.
Bones - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 228 - Reviews: 9 - Favs: 12 - Follows: 2 - Published: 7/20/2009 - S. Booth, Angela M. - Complete
Smashing Pumpkins and Melons, Oh My! reviews
You’ve been watermelon’d. Double drabble. Set during Critic in the Cabernet contains one episode detail that doesn’t qualify as a spoiler in my book . Humor/flirtmance.
Bones - Rated: T - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 214 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 2 - Published: 7/15/2009 - J. Hodgins, Cam S. - Complete
Sock and Buskin, Season Finale Speculation reviews
A season finale speculation diptych: two separate ficlets with radically different approaches. Part 1 is the angsty version of what I thought would happen, and part 2 is a 300-word drabble which - in contrast - will have a happy ending. SPOILERS!
Bones - Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 2 - Words: 1,368 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 4 - Follows: 2 - Published: 5/13/2009 - T. Brennan, S. Booth - Complete
Visceral reviews
Ah, yes, that wall-scene. It really tickled the imagination, didn’t it? ;-D Double drabble. Spoiler for one scene in Science in the Physicist not directly plot-related though .
Bones - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 295 - Reviews: 19 - Favs: 27 - Follows: 7 - Published: 4/14/2009 - T. Brennan, S. Booth
Acumen reviews
This was not a position you‘d imagined finding yourself in anytime soon. Double drabble. Spoiler for Widow's Son in the Windshield.
Bones - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 320 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 1 - Published: 1/24/2009 - T. Brennan, S. Booth - Complete
Paradigm Shift reviews
Post-Wannabe double drabble spoiler warning . Angela is unnerved by what she witnessed at the Checker Box tonight and feels isolated with her concerns.
Bones - Rated: K+ - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 267 - Reviews: 9 - Favs: 11 - Follows: 1 - Published: 12/31/2008 - Angela M. - Complete
Facing The Music reviews
Cam gives Booth a piece of her mind. 300-word post-Wannabe ficlet with implied B&B almost-romance.
Bones - Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 422 - Reviews: 15 - Favs: 11 - Follows: 2 - Published: 12/27/2008 - Cam S., S. Booth - Complete
Unleaded reviews
She can take care of herself. Most times. Sometimes it’s a good thing Booth is there to pick up the slack. Spoilerfree drabble.
Bones - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 180 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 8 - Follows: 1 - Published: 12/7/2008 - S. Booth, T. Brennan - Complete
Syzygy reviews
There have been light years of distance between Booth and Brennan since the funeral. 300-word drabble. Spoiler for Pain in the Heart.
Bones - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 351 - Reviews: 8 - Favs: 9 - Follows: 2 - Published: 11/20/2008 - S. Booth, T. Brennan - Complete
Shiatsu reviews
Booth has a headache. UST. Spoiler for Santa in the Slush.
Bones - Rated: T - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,008 - Reviews: 13 - Favs: 31 - Follows: 4 - Published: 11/18/2008 - S. Booth, T. Brennan - Complete
PMS reviews
300-word drabble. It didn’t require more than basic social skills to know that for a man to openly attribute a woman’s irritation with him to PMS is a monumental faux pas in this day in age.
Bones - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 365 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 1 - Published: 11/18/2008 - T. Brennan, S. Booth - Complete
Limbo reviews
It’s hard to make a decision when the outcome is uncertain. Double drabble, slightly surreal, spoilerfree.
Bones - Rated: K - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 240 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 3 - Follows: 1 - Published: 11/18/2008 - T. Brennan - Complete
Might I tonight but moor in thee reviews
Oneshot. Booth POV of the final scene of “Boneless Bride in the River”, at the marina. Because that scene had subtext up the wazoo.
Bones - Rated: K - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,276 - Reviews: 8 - Favs: 11 - Follows: 4 - Published: 8/18/2008 - S. Booth, T. Brennan - Complete
That gum incident reviews
Double drabble. Fluff. Spoilers for Santa in the Slush. Booth is extremely distraught by Brennan's...oral antics.
Bones - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 272 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 23 - Follows: 3 - Published: 7/29/2008 - S. Booth, T. Brennan - Complete
The way to a man's heart reviews
Drabble. No spoilers. Brennan brings something for Booth that is more meaningful than she realizes.
Bones - Rated: K - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 205 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 7 - Follows: 1 - Published: 7/29/2008 - T. Brennan, S. Booth - Complete
All You Can Do Is Love Your Kids reviews
Booth and Brennan have a conversation about what lies at the core of Brennan's issues with parenthood. Post-Baby in the Bough no spoilers beyond the episode summary , a mild dose of angst and a hint of romance.
Bones - Rated: K - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,908 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 2 - Published: 6/30/2008 - T. Brennan, S. Booth - Complete