The Bones finale certainly held some surprises. Read a special reaction piece from Anna Bowling on last night’s memorable episode 13, “The Past in the Present”:
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Keeping romantic tension high when the happy couple is, well, happy. Booth and Bones are happily cohabiting, in their own cozy house with adorable baby Christine, content in domestic bliss. For all those who have been waiting to see Booth and Bones standing at an altar in front of a priest, “The Past in the Present” delivers exactly that, but not in the way one might imagine.
The day of Christine’s receiving her first sacrament, her christening, looms, and Bones still isn’t sure if she’ll attend. She doesn’t understand how sprinkling water over an infant makes up for the sins said infant committed before birth. Maybe she would have understood if Booth had a chance to explain that it’s a symbolic washing of the soul, but they did have a gruesome corpse to investigate, so family matters must wait.
[Ah, Bones—I’d say “never change,” but you wouldn’t anyway...]
Are you feeling the Big Bang Theory love? H&H blogger Anna Bowling is, and especially about last night’s episode, Season 5’s episode 23, “The Launch Accelerator.” Read on for a special reaction piece to the shippy moments that went down last night:
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My favorite kind of historical romances have heaping helpings of both history and romance; when the history shapes the romance, I am one happy camper. Sometimes this combination comes in the form of 
The Bones baby is finally here! Read a recap of the memorable episode from Anna Bowling.
I met my first multicultural romance hero when I was eleven and filched my mother’s copy of The Kadin by Bertrice Small. Selim was a prince of a guy, literally. A prince of the Ottoman Empire, inheriting the crown on his father’s death, he was warrior, scholar, lover, and the chance to slip into his world, so different from my own, set a pattern that continues I’m not going to tell you how many years later. Along with British and American heroes, I’ve fallen in love with Ottoman sheikhs, Spanish grandees, Roman centurions, sailors from all over the globe, and even a Basque shepherd once.
On the one hand, there’s Kevin, offbeat computer geek, quite possibly the only man who can keep up with Penelope Garcia in terms of marrying nerdy know-how and creative quirk. On the other, there’s the impossibly cool Derek Morgan, brave and debonair enough to be out of anybody’s league. These two men share only two things; they both possess a Y chromosome and they both love Penelope Garcia.
Most readers remember that moment: The thrill of recognizing that the cover that caught their eye across a crowded bookstore is going to be one of the special ones. This book will not get tossed on the DNF pile. This book crooks its finger and beckons the reader closer. This book will tell a new story, a different story. This book will introduce the readers to characters who will linger in memory for years and decades to come. This book will forever leave its fingerprints on the reader’s heart. Mildred E. Riley writes those books.
Ted tells his kids that the first time he told their mother he loved her was the first time he’d said those words since he last said them to Aunt Robin. Years ago, Ted and Robin broke up because they didn’t see themselves in the same place in five years’ time, but here they are, in the same place. Literally. That has to mean something.
Mehuru from 
In the How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM) universe, every great romance needs two things; chemistry and timing. Barney and Robin have the undeniable chemistry, but the timing, well, not so much. With the current season billed as “Robin-centric” and the promise of Barney actually tying the knot a little ways down the road, viewers know to expect something big from the February sweeps episodes, but does big necessarily mean good?
For years, buff, tattooed FBI agent Derek Morgan has worked side by side in the Behavioral Analysis Unit with the unusually resourceful—and just plain unusual—Penelope Garcia, their one of a kind relationship providing nearly as much tension and suspense as the serial killers they track week after week. Sure, they’ve never had an out and out romance, and Garcia is currently dating the equally geeky and adorable Kevin, but still….
I hadn’t expected a show called Hell on Wheels to be full of romance, but it does bring some familiar character types readers of gritty western historical romance will easily recognize: There’s an embittered Confederate veteran, out for revenge on the Yankees who killed his wife and child, the refined British widow who adapts to the raw and untamed frontier while proving her true mettle, a former slave who may be doing more than business with the working girl who will forever bear the mark of her Indian captivity, and a preacher’s daughter who has tender feelings for a young Native man torn between two worlds. All while the railway charges through the untamed land, changing the lives of all it touches forever.
’Cause we have our priorities, we’re watching Bones for the Booth/Brennan yumminess. Below is a recap for 7.06, “The Crack in the Code.” Need to catch up? Don’t miss Anna’s recaps of the 
’Cause we have our priorities, we’re watching Bones for the Booth/Brennan yumminess. Below is a recap for 7.04, “The Male in the Mail.” Need to catch up? Don’t miss Anna’s recaps of the 
There’s a lot to love about the current crop of historical romance novels: Fans of Georgian, Regency and Victorian books can easily find stories set in their favorite eras. Series have become the norm, a sure way to let readers revisit favorite characters again and again. Fast-paced stories fit our busy modern lifestyles, and ever-advancing technology allows us to keep up with the latest releases on our computers, ereaders or even our phones. With all that going for us, why would the modern reader ever take a look back?
