A Love by Design

What’s next on your reading list? Discover your next great read! Get personalized book picks and up-to-date news about this author. Sign up now. _142242571_ Praise for THE PERFECT EQUATION “Smart is the new sexy, and Elizabeth Everett does both better than anyone else!” —Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis “Sparkling, smart, moving, original—just delightful from start to finish.” —USA Today bestselling author Julie Ann Long “Splendidly entertaining . . . detonates with an ingeniously orchestrated display of wit and whimsy that dazzlingly celebrates the importance of both STEM research and love in a lady’s life.” —Booklist (starred review) “Poignantly feminist and perfectly feisty! Letty and Grey’s romance is a delicious journey from sharp-tongued disdain to smoldering desire.” —Chloe Liese, author of the Bergman Brothers series “Elizabeth Everett’s writing absolutely dazzles. Fiercely feminist, deliciously sexy, and bursting with intoxicating enemies-to-lovers goodness, A Perfect Equation is an instant historical romance classic and Everett an auto-buy author.” —Mazey Eddings, author of Lizzie Blake’s Best Mistake “Enchanting . . . the characters’ intense chemistry keeps the pages flying. This is a winner.” —Publishers Weekly “When a spirited mathematician and the straight-laced nobleman she loathes are thrust together to protect Athena’s Retreat, witty one-liners, corsets, and sparks fly. A brilliant balance of comedy, sensuous romance, and smashing the patriarchy, the second installment of the Secret Scientists of London is a triumph!” —Libby Hubscher, author of If You Ask Me “The second book in Everett’s Secret Scientists of London series stands out among recent feminist historical romances thanks to a fierce enemies-to-lovers plotline and a sexual tension that is built slowly and expertly.” —Kirkus Reviews Praise for A LADY’S FORMULA FOR LOVE “Fizzy, engrossing romance . . . a whole-hearted celebration of women who choose to live gleefully outside the bounds of patriarchy’s limitations.” —Entertainment Weekly “Explosive chemistry, a heroine who loves her science, and lines that made me laugh out loud—this witty debut delivered, and I’d like the next installment now, please.” —USA Today bestselling author Evie Dunmore “A witty, dazzling debut with a science-minded heroine and her broody bodyguard. Fiercely feminist and intensely romantic, A Lady’s Formula for Love is a fresh take on historical romance that’s guaranteed to delight readers.” —Joanna Shupe, author of The Devil of Downtown “A brilliant scientist and her ALSO BY ELIZABETH EVERETT The Secret Scientists of London A Lady’s Formula for Love The Perfect Equation BERKLEY ROMANCE Published by Berkley An imprint of Penguin Random House LLC penguinrandomhouse.com Copyright © 2023 by Elizabeth Everett Excerpt from The Love Remedy copyright © 2023 by Elizabeth Everett Penguin Random House supports copyright. Copyright fuels creativity, encourages diverse voices, promotes free speech, and creates a vibrant culture. Thank you for buying an authorized edition of this book and for complying with copyright laws by not reproducing, scanning, or distributing any part of it in any form without Contents Cover Praise for Elizabeth Everett Also by Elizabeth This book is dedicated to my husband, a real-life