Classes At Hogwarts

Angleterre, 1875. Léna Morel, dix-huit ans, quitte la France pour suivre sa famille à Bristol, où son père, industriel ambitieux, espère asseoir sa fortune. Destinée à un mariage arrangé avec Adrien de Montreuil, un héritier aristocrate charmant mais calculateur, Léna voit sa vie tracée d’avance : bals, devoirs, convenances. Jusqu’au jour où son regard croise celui de Noah Blackwood, un jeune docker au passé trouble. Rebelle, mystérieux et farouchement libre, il appartient à un monde qui lui est interdit : celui des bas-quartiers, des luttes ouvrières et des secrets honteux. Malgré la barrière des classes, une attirance irrépressible les unit, faite de défis, de silences et d’étincelles. Leur relation naît dans l’ombre, entre rendez-vous clandestins et lettres cachées. Mais Noah cache un secret qui pourrait ruiner non seulement sa vie, mais aussi celle de Léna : il est lié malgré lui à un réseau criminel tenu par les élites mêmes que fréquente la famille Morel. Alors que les tensions sociales grondent et que le piège d’Adrien se referme, Léna doit choisir : suivre la voie qu’on a tracée pour elle, sûre mais étouffante, ou plonger dans l’inconnu avec Noah, quitte à perdre son rang, sa famille… et peut-être sa vie. Dans une Angleterre en pleine mutation, où la passion et le devoir s’entrechoquent, Léna et Noah devront braver leurs propres démons pour s’aimer. Mais à quel prix ?

I, Gianna Johnston, am born into a family of prodigies. My dad, Henry Johnston, is a computer science professor from Hafford University. My mom, Naomi Liddell, is a medical professor at Starvard University. And my brother, George Johnston, is an international math olympiad champion. Meanwhile, I'm barely passing my math classes at school. George gets so mad at me that he immediately writes down three full sets of math exam questions and exclaims, "You're so dumb that you're nothing but an embarrassment to Mom and Dad and me! "Don't you even think about leaving the house and embarrassing us again without completing all these math questions!" Mom then forces a few pills straight down my throat. Those pills are one of her inventions, called "smart pills". However, she doesn't care that I'm choking so hard on them that my eyes roll to the back of my head. "Stop using excuses, saying that you're tired or sleepy. These pills will keep you up for 24 hours without sleep. That should be enough time for you to complete all those math problems!" Dad then turns on "Strict Mode" on the smart house system, Domi. He says to me, "And don't even think about escaping the house to look for help. I will lock the door and cut off every signal going in or coming out. If you don't finish your work in time, nobody will even care if you die here!" After that, the three of them leave me behind and head off for their vacation in Hervaii. While shutting the door behind them, however, the vase of flowers full of water suddenly crashed into Domi's control panel. I'm choking so hard on the pills that I feel asphyxiated. I keep banging my fists against the front door for help. However, Domi, who has now short-circuited, keeps repeating, "Please complete your math questions, Gianna. Study hard and be a good student. "Study hard and be a good student. "Study hard and be a good student." I grip the sheets of math problems in my hands in agony. Will Mom, Dad, and George finally be happy when they see that I'm giving up my life for this?