


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. 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. 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. James is represented by Valerie Hoskins Associates and Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell & Vassallo, P.C.The number one New York Times best seller - a thrilling new romance from E L James, author of the phenomenal best-selling Fifty Shades Trilogy. It was selected as one of the 100 most-loved books, as voted by readers, in PBS’ “The Great American Read.” “Fifty Shades of Grey” stayed on the New York Times Best Seller list for 133 consecutive weeks. James has been recognized as one of Time Magazine’s “most influential people in the world” and Publishers Weekly’s “person of the year.” The “Fifty Shades of Grey” books were the three bestselling novels of the last decade. Her books have been published in 50 languages and have sold more than 150 million copies worldwide. The result was “Fifty Shades of Grey” and its two sequels, “Fifty Shades Darker” and “Fifty Shades Freed.” In 2015, she published the number one bestseller “Grey,” the story of “Fifty Shades of Grey” told from the perspective of Christian Grey, and 2017 saw the chart-topping “Darker” - the second part of the “Fifty Shades” story from Christian’s point of view.

After 25 years of working in television, James decided to pursue a childhood dream and write stories that readers could take to their hearts.
