Escape from the humiliations of Hope Hall brings no respite for the lovely Amelia Colinbrooke. To her horror, Amelia is obliged to attend a special disciplinary course for wayward young ladies, devised by the Reverend Richard Dawes - the infamous 'chastising chaplain' of Hatherby, a man who brings a truly missionary zeal to the task of thrashing pretty, nubile, girls. Amelia, and the other trembling trainees, soon discover that bitter humiliation, excruciating bondage, and searing corporal correction, are not so much features of the Reverend's training programme, as their entire new way of life. Dawes takes a particular interest in Amelia. Can Colinbrooke pride resist the rigour of his rod? Or will the whip finally break Amelia and her fair companions to absolute submission to the will of the diabolical Reverend Dawes...?

Maiden distress from Chimera Books and Amanita Virosa - eleven tales inspired by the timeless theme of pain, peril and pleasure. A sacrificial virgin is saved from birch-wielding Druids; but what fate do her Roman rescuers have in store for her...? Chivalry is in short supply when captive Eleanor must serve Sir Peris's dark desires and those of his malevolent dwarf! Meanwhile Lady Jane finds out all about pain in Sir Richard's dungeon. Victorian maids are flogged and debauched by cruel aristocratic employers, whilst a pretty widow is blackmailed by a sinister schoolboy... And even modern times bring scant respite for our poor distressed damsels. Pretty girls are stripped and whipped for their perverted masters' pleasure, and Melody even discovers that Alice can be crueller than any man!

Fresh out of finishing school, the Honourable Amelia Colinbrooke is a proud young lady of nineteen. She is most decidedly not a giddy girl, and neither is her slightly younger cousin, Clara. When the two young ladies arrive at Hope Hall to stay with their Aunt Alicia and Uncle Alex, Amelia is, therefore, appalled to find herself consigned to the nursery. Here the pretty cousins learn that it has been ordained that they spend the summer, subject to a strict disciplinary regime. As Amelia bridles under the rigours of nursery discipline, Lord Alex and Lady Alicia visit the Hatherby Reformatory to augment their staff, and Emma Swift soon finds herself despatched to the infamous Hope Hall. Like the other maids whose destiny it is to serve the masters of that ancient place, Emma is taught to dance to the rhythm of birch and leather, for beaten out of nubile flesh, the tune of birch and leather is the music of Hope Hall.