The year is 1969, and life at Greystones Boarding School continues with the relentless round of lessons, sport and prep, underpinned by the unique camaraderie which manifests as the cornerstone of boarding school life. For in spite of squabbles and spats, enduring friendships are forged. Lucinda Hyde-White has two best friends at Greystones: Maggie and Evie, and the three of them inevitably get up to mischief and get whacked for their transgressions - sometimes by the formidable Headmistress, Dorothy Hurst. Punishment is of fundamental importance to Lucinda; the sixth former begins to realise how excited she feels when her bottom is the recipient of strap, slipper, hairbrush or cane. A young teacher at the school, Marion Latimer, is initially reluctant to administer corporal punishment, but once she gets a taste of it there's no turning back... and a special bond develops between pupil and teacher. But even Miss Latimer can't save Lucinda's rear end when she disgraces herself at a hockey match with a rival school. The sizzling bare bottom caning that follows is something that Lucinda will remember always...

The Girls of Greystones Boarding School is a six-volume series. Lucinda is the fourth book, and like all books in the series, can be read as a stand-alone novella - though we think you'll derive even more enjoyment if you read all six!