{"product_id":"the-missus-9781728290270","title":"The Missus","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe follow-up to the #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller, \u003cem\u003eThe Mister\u003c\/em\u003e, a passionate and thrilling love story from E L James, author of the phenomenal bestselling Fifty Shades Trilogies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat happens once the glass slipper fits...?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaxim Trevelyan, reluctant Earl of Trevethick, has pursued the woman he loves to the wilds of Albania. Having fought for and won her, he now has to wed her, at the sharp end of a shotgun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut can a reformed rake like Maxim ever make a good husband -- or will his own notorious reputation and the scandalous secrets of his aristocratic family destroy his newfound happiness?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlessia Demachi has defied and outwitted kidnappers and traffickers, and won the heart of the man she loves, but can she make this marriage work? Confronted by Maxim's lurid past, his forbidding family, and the looks and whispers of London's elite, will she ever be seen as Maxim's countess -- or will she always be his former cleaner?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the majestic mountains of Albania, through the rural idyll of the English countryside, to the shady glamour of contemporary London, \u003cem\u003eThe Missus\u003c\/em\u003e is a spellbinding journey of love, longing, acceptance, and redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames, E. L.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eE L James\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eis an incurable romantic and a self-confessed fangirl. After twenty-five years of working in television, she decided to pursue a childhood dream and write stories that readers could take to their hearts. The result was the controversial and sensuous romance \u003cem\u003eFifty Shades of Grey\u003c\/em\u003e and its two sequels, \u003cem\u003eFifty Shades Darker\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFifty Shades Freed\u003c\/em\u003e. In 2015, she published the #1 bestseller \u003cem\u003eGrey\u003c\/em\u003e, the story of \u003cem\u003eFifty Shades of Gre\u003c\/em\u003ey from the perspective of Christian Grey, and in 2017, the chart-topping \u003cem\u003eDarker\u003c\/em\u003e, the second part of the \u003cem\u003eFifty Shades\u003c\/em\u003e story from Christian's point of view. She followed with the #1 New York Times bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Mister\u003c\/em\u003e in 2019. In 2021, she released the #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, and international bestseller \u003cem\u003eFreed\u003c\/em\u003e, the third novel in the As Told by Christian trilogy. In 2023, she released \u003cem\u003eThe Missus\u003c\/em\u003e, an instant \u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e and international bestseller. Her books have been published in fifty languages and have sold more than 165 million copies worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eE L James has been recognized as one of \u003cem\u003eTime Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e's Most Influential People in the World and \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e's Person of the Year. \u003cem\u003eFifty Shades of Grey\u003c\/em\u003e stayed on the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller list for 133 consecutive weeks. \u003cem\u003eFifty Shades Freed\u003c\/em\u003e won the Goodreads Choice Award (2012), and \u003cem\u003eFifty Shades of Grey\u003c\/em\u003e was selected as one of the 100 Great Reads, as voted by readers, in PBS's \u003cem\u003eThe Great American Read\u003c\/em\u003e (2018). Darker was longlisted for the 2019 International DUBLIN Literary Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe was a producer on each of the three \u003cem\u003eFifty Shades\u003c\/em\u003e movies, which made more than a billion dollars at the box office. The third installment, \u003cem\u003e Fifty Shades Freed\u003c\/em\u003e, won the People's Choice Award for Drama in 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eE L James is blessed with two wonderful sons and lives with her husband, the novelist and screenwriter Niall Leonard, and their beloved dogs in the leafy suburbs of West London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloom Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50603961876754,"sku":"9781728290270","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_570e386f-ef6a-4da4-8802-5dc9116c8163.jpg?v=1757421888","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-missus-9781728290270","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}