A Thrilling Combination

The Laboratory is running like a well-oiled machine until one fateful night, a mistake begets unintended consequences.

Egads. Delia Bennett knows she shouldn't have accepted Edward's invitation to spend a Monday night together. Especially when Sebastian got in a huff about her presence in the bedroom. Plus, as she didn't get a chance to prepare for the encounter, might there be unintended consequences?

Could Sebastian Broadchurch be falling in love? The quintessential rogue finds the innocent Albert irresistible and intriguing. As Seb spends more time away from the Laboratory and in the tailor's presence, he discovers virtue and worldliness make for a thrilling combination.

Professor Edward Ockham was certain the Laboratory staff was getting on dandily—as evidenced by their recent escapade together in bed, and on a Monday night even. But now Sebastian is distracted and spending too many nights away, and Delia is feeling tired and queasy.

Is the triad's equilibrium at the Laboratory becoming imbalanced? Would a new addition—or two?—recalibrate the workings of the Ockham Steam-Works Laboratory?

A Thrilling Combination continues the Steampunk workplace-romance-with-a-rom-com-vibe series with new relationships and possibilities. The 10,000-word short resumes the alternative 1879 timeline set in the third story, Swing Follies. A Thrilling Combination is the sixth story in The Ockham Steam-Works Laboratory Chronicles, a queer, polyamorous, Steampunk romance series of nine short stories set in an alternate Victorian world meant to be read in order.

The Ockham Steam-Works Laboratory Chronicles

In an imagined Newcastle, England, circa 1878, Professor Edward Ockham toils in obscurity at the Ockham Steam-Works Laboratory, creating unusual machines with his partner Special Assistant Sebastian Broadchurch. Until Miss Delia Bennett joins the Lab, sparking unfamiliar desires and inspiring steamy inventions.

One Cheek Or Two? (Ockham Steam-Works Laboratory Chronicles 1)

Delia's Heartthrob (Ockham Steam-Works Laboratory Chronicles 2)

Swing Follies (Ockham Steam-Works Laboratory Chronicles 3)

Before Delia, Part 1: The Revolution (Ockham Steam-Works Laboratory Chronicles 4)

Before Delia, Part 2: The Partnership (Ockham Steam-Works Laboratory Chronicles 5)

A Thrilling Combination (Ockham Steam-Works Laboratory Chronicles 6)

That Perfect Fit (Ockham Steam-Works Laboratory Chronicles 7)

To Be Determined (Ockham Steam-Works Laboratory Chronicles 8)

To Be Determined (Ockham Steam-Works Laboratory Chronicles 9)