Just who is Alessia Demachi? Can Maxim protect her from the malevolence that threatens her? And what will she do when she learns that he’s been hiding secrets of his own?įrom the heart of London through wild, rural Cornwall to the bleak, forbidding beauty of the Balkans, The Mister is a roller-coaster ride of danger and desire that leaves the reader breathless to the very last page. The Mister The passionate new romance from E L James, author of the phenomenal 1 bestselling Fifty Shades Trilogy London, 2019. rating 35,232 Ratings The passionate new romance from E L James, author of the phenomenal 1 bestselling Fifty Shades Trilogy London, 2019. Reticent, beautiful, and musically gifted, she’s an alluring mystery, and Maxim’s longing for her deepens into a passion that he’s never experienced and dares not name. It’s a role he’s not prepared for and one that he struggles to face.īut his biggest challenge is fighting his desire for an unexpected, enigmatic young woman who’s recently arrived in England, possessing little more than a dangerous and troublesome past. But all that changes when tragedy strikes and Maxim inherits his family’s noble title, wealth, and estates, and all the responsibility that entails. With his good looks, aristocratic connections, and money, he’s never had to work and he’s rarely slept alone. The passionate new romance from E L James, author of the phenomenal #1 bestselling Fifty Shades Trilogy
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