The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics (Feminine Pursuits, #1)

by Olivia Waite

Only love could make the name drip from Miss Muchelney’s mouth in those honeyed tones. Even a love in mourning still had sparks in it.

Only Catherine, who was more than usually interested in Miss Muchelney’s hands, could see how the knuckles were white with strain.

“They don’t let you have anything whole, you know. If you don’t follow the pattern. You have to find your happiness in bits and pieces instead. But it can still add up to something beautiful.”

“Oh, if you wanted me to write out my full list of wants, it would be Christmas before I was through.” She slipped a thumb over the inside of Catherine’s wrist; the countess’s pulse leaped to meet her fingers. “But all those ideas depend on you wanting those things done to you. Or wanting to do things to me. Because it’s not about you doing, or me doing—it’s what we do together.”

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“Good girl,”

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So you see, you did set me free after all.” “I’m glad,” Lucy whispered.