Genre Romance. Page - 266
“Ladies.” The young man started, as he scoured over the line of girls. “You can view this as a school. Over the next few weeks you will learn how to become perfect lovers. You will learn all the ins and outs of how to please a man and finally, when you graduate, you will be bought as a mistress. Depending on your marks at the end of this course, your master will either be rich or poor, so I suggest you try your best and don’t give us any trouble.” He looked over the line of girls again and his eyes landed on me.
Wyldcliffe Abbey school for Young Ladies, housed in a Gothic mansuon on the bleak northern moors, is elite,expensive, and unwelcomeing.When Evie Johnson is torn away from her home by the sea to become the newest scholarship student, she is more isolated than she could have ever dreamed. Strict teachers, snobbish students, and the oppresive atmospere of Wyldcliffe leaves Evie drowning in loneliness. Evie's only lifeline is Sebastian, a rebelious,mocking,dangerously attractive young man she meets by chance. As Evie's feelings for Sebastian grow with each secret meeting, she starts to fear he is hiding something about his past. And she is haunted by glimpses of a strange, ghostly girl-a girl who is so eerily like Evie, she could be a sister.Evie is slowly drawn into a tangled web of past and present that she cannot control. And as the extraordinary, elemental forces ofWyldcliffe rise up like the mighty sea, Evie is faced with an astounding truth about Sebastian, and her own incredible fate. Gillian Shield's electrifying tale will dazzle readers with suspense ,mysticism,and romance.