A Princess in Theory (Reluctant Royals, #1)

by Alyssa Cole

She swallowed against the brief wave of nausea and remembered the workshop for women in STEM she’d taken. She had to lay down her boundaries or people would assume she had none.

“One fun thing you learn when you study Public Health, especially infectious diseases, is that most societies are one step away from dystopia, really,”

Once you’d made a certain amount of cash, you could make up any accent you wanted and no one would call you on it.

“I can’t fault you for thinking the worst of me, but you of all people should know correlation does not equal causation.”

“Mother, Father, I love and respect you both, but you are using an elephant’s brute force when its intelligence would suffice.

“It’s hard losing a friend,” Ledi said quietly. “If it’s your significant other, you’re allowed to grieve. But people act like best friends are a dime a dozen, and if you lose one you can just replace them with another.”