The #1 New York Times bestseller—a thrilling and seductive Cinderella love story from E L James, author of the phenomenal bestselling Fifty Shades Trilogy.

Clasping her plait at the base of her neck, I tug lightly, bringing her lips up to mine. "Alessia," I breathe, and kiss her again, softly, slowly. She stills in my arms, then brings her hands up to clutch my biceps, closing her eyes as she accepts me. I deepen the kiss, my tongue teasing her lips, and she opens her mouth. She tastes of warmth and grace and sweet seduction.

London, present day. Life has always been easy for Maxim Trevelyan, the "spare" to the earldom of Trevethick. With his good looks, aristocratic connections, and money, hes never had to work, and hes rarely slept alone. But all that changes when tragedy strikes and Maxim inherits his familys title, wealth, and estates, and the responsibility that entails. Its a role hes not prepared for and one he struggles to face.

But his biggest challenge is fighting his desire for an unexpected, enigmatic young woman whos recently joined his staff. Reticent, beautiful, and musically gifted, shes an alluring mystery, possessing little more than a dangerous and troublesome past. As Maxims longing for her deepens into a passion hes never experienced and dares not name, hes left to wonder just who is Alessia Demachi? And can he protect her from the malevolence that threatens her?

From the heart of London through wild, rural Cornwall to the bleak, forbidding beauty of the Balkans, The Mister combines the sensuality of a modern Regency romance with the danger, desire, and adventure of E L Jamess captivating storytelling, leaving the reader breathless to the very last page.