Published by arrangement with Vintage Books, an imprint of The Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. “Mister,” she whispers as I run my thumb down her cheek.Įxcerpted from: THE MISTER, by E L James. “What’s my name?” I murmur against her lips. I want nothing more than to bury myself in this girl-but I don’t think she’ll let me.

Her tongue hesitant and faltering against mine. She tastes of warmth and grace and sweet seduction. I deepen the kiss, my tongue teasing her lips, and she opens her mouth.

He sleeps one time with his sister-in-law Caroline, who was his lover but had chosen his brother instead of him. She stills in my arms, then brings her hands up to clutch my biceps, closing her eyes as she accepts me. 3 Plot edit English aristocrat Maxim Trevelyan inherits the Earldom of Trevethick after the sudden passing of his elder brother, Kit. “Alessia,” I breathe, and kiss her again, softly, slowly, so as not to frighten her. Clasping her plait at the base of her neck, I tug lightly, bringing her lips up to mine. I slide my fingers under her scarf and gently slip it off her head. She melts against the length of my body, her warmth leaching into me. I feel her feather-light touch, everywhere.Īnd before I can stop myself, I pull her into my embrace and wrap my arms around her. I freeze, closing my eyes as her tender touch reverberates through my body. An ethereal vision in the muted light, she tentatively raises her hand and traces my lips with her fingertips. Maxim is faced with protecting her from the malevolence that threatens her, as well as protecting his own secrets.She stares at me. Reticent, beautiful and musically gifted, she’s an alluring mystery, and his longing for her deepens into a passion that he’s never experienced and dares not name. However, his biggest challenge is fighting his desire for an unexpected, enigmatic young woman, Alessia Demachi, who’s recently arrived in England, possessing little more than a dangerous and troublesome past. It’s a role he’s not prepared for and one that he struggles to face.

The novel follows the dashing and good-looking Maxim Trevelyan, who inherits his family’s noble title, wealth and estates and all the responsibility that entails. James will produce the adaptation of her 2019 bestselling romance book, which tells the story of a wealthy British aristocrat who falls in love with his Albanian housekeeper, unaware that she is on the run from human traffickers. James’ new novel The Mister after a heated bidding war. Variety is reporting that Universal Pictures has acquired the movie rights to Fifty Shades of Grey author E.L.

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