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

by Olivia Waite

When she’d looked at Lucy and narrowed her eyes in that evaluating way, Lucy had gone a bit breathless. She’d felt like a book pulled down from the shelf, splayed open by a determined reader, and held firmly in place until she gave up all her secrets.

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She was the dearest friend I’ve ever had.” “Until her marriage.”

Even a love in mourning still had sparks in it.

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Catherine, who was more than usually interested in Miss Muchelney’s hands,

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Babe

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Lucy looked up, English and French and the language of astronomy spinning madly together in her brain.

“So you are drawn to dark-haired, troublesome women,” Lucy said, leaning closer.

Because it’s not about you doing, or me doing—it’s what we do together.”

Catherine blew out a breath. “So I am something in the nature of an experiment?” Lucy bit her lip. “I might ask you the same question.”

At least, not the kind of frock she could wear around a countess. Or above a countess. Or underneath a countess . . .

Catherine took a deep breath and let it out again in a rush. “I am trying to tell you I love you,” she said, adorably grumpy, “and you are making it impossible.”

Catherine’s stillness broke. She walked across the room and cupped Lucy’s face with delicate hands. “It’s a brilliant idea,” she said fervently. “I am in love with a brilliant woman.” She kissed Lucy soundly, as Lucy felt the compliment set her cheeks burning beneath Catherine’s tender fingers.

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And the mathematics were clear: something was infinitely more than nothing.