The Housemistress by Keira Michelle Telford

She’s gone in a flash, and Rylie’s left wondering what more she could possibly have done wrong. “I don’t want to interrupt, but Harcourt, I’d like to see you in my study when you’re finished.” Her eyes flit to Gabby, then back to Rylie. The two teens start to rise from their chairs, but Carriveau gestures for them to remain seated. “Oh, there you are!” She pokes her head around the kitchen doorway, finding Rylie and Gabby slathering their ice cream in chocolate sauce. In the wake of this disruption, Carriveau-now also done with her evening paperwork-has a hard time tracking down the newest addition to her house. Other sixth formers are milling about the house, watching television, some still doing their homework, listening to music in the dormitories, or reading.ĭone marking Year Nine coursework, Miss Ansell swoops into the common room and takes charge of the television remote, thus preventing the outbreak of war for its possession, but causing an exodus of discontented Upper and Lower Sixth girls to flood the halls when she changes the channel to a marathon of Meerkat Manor. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title.This small, sensual gesture makes Rylie gasp and shiver, and while it goes unnoticed by most of the class, there’s one particularly attentive girl who witnesses the entire demonstration: Adel Edwards.įollowing a rather unimpressive dinner of vegetarian lasagna in the refectory, Rylie joins Gabby in the house study room for a mandatory hour of silent homework, then the pair retreats to the kitchen for a bowl of ice cream. ***Contains graphic & explicit language*** Competition for her attention is fierce, and when it starts to become clear that Rylie's burgeoning interest in her is reciprocated in equal measure, tension among the student body rises to a deadly level. In a sexless environment, thirty-one-year-old Mademoiselle Carriveau is a magnet for the affections of her hormonal, adolescent students. This harsh ban on expressions of love becomes especially problematic when Rylie meets her new French Housemistress, Vivienne Carriveau, and attraction sparks. Carnal pursuits are a distraction from learning, so says the Headmistress, and virtue is to be as highly regarded as education-if not higher.

Instead, what might prove somewhat difficult to overcome is the school's strict policy concerning on-campus relationships.Īll sexual contact is expressly forbidden. But that's really not a problem for sixth form student Rylie Harcourt. For a lot of seventeen-year-old girls, being sent to a same-sex boarding school would be a nightmare for one simple reason: No boys.

The Housemistress by Keira Michelle Telford