The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite

Catherine St Day looks forward to a quiet widowhood once her late husband's scientific legacy is fulfilled. Showing up at the Countess' London home, she hoped to find a challenge, not a woman who takes her breath away. It isn't until she finds a letter from the Countess of Moth, looking for someone to translate a groundbreaking French astronomy text, that she knows where to go. As Lucy Muchelney watches her ex-lover's sham of a wedding, she wishes herself anywhere else. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Mass Market Paperback. Can Lucy and Catherine find the strength to stay together or are they doomed to be star-crossed lovers? But sabotage and old wounds threaten to sever the threads that bind them. While Lucy spends her days interpreting the complicated French text, she spends her nights falling in love with the alluring Catherine. But as Catherine finds herself longing for Lucy, everything she believes about herself and her life is tested.

She expected to hand off the translation and wash her hands of the project-instead, she is intrigued by the young woman who turns up at her door, begging to be allowed to do the work, and she agrees to let Lucy stay. Showing up at the Countess' London home, she hoped to find a challenge, not a woman who takes her breath away.Ĭatherine St Day looks forward to a quiet widowhood once her late husband's scientific legacy is fulfilled.

The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite