A Question of Love by Saxon Bennett

Every woman is granted one great love in her life. Whether they get to spend the rest of their lives together is another question... Pamel, a charismatic professor, charming as she is ruthless; Hope, a beautiful and brainy graduate student. Rachel, a fellow student, has spent the semester trying to convince Hope to take a break from school -- and Pamela. Trying to make sense of her life, Hope spends the summer with Rachel where she meets Emerson, whose flamboyance is masking a broken heart.