The follow-up to the No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller The Mister, a passionate and thrilling love story from E L James, author of the phenomenal bestselling Fifty Shades Trilogies. Alessia regards her husband through heavy-lidded eyes. You'll have to fight for him. Her mother's words from their call this morning ring through her head. And fight, she will. Using every available weapon she has. She loves him. She knows this. She wants him. And she wants him to want her. What happens once the glass slipper fits...? Maxim 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. But 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 new-found happiness? Alessia 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? From the majestic mountains of Albania, through the rural idyll of the English countryside, to the shady glamour of contemporary London,The Missus is a spellbinding journey of love, longing, acceptance and redemption. _____________ Readers can't stop talking about The Missus . . . ***** 'I’m tickled pink to not only have found my favourite book in The Missus but also as it currently stands, my top read of this year. Without a shadow of a doubt.' ***** 'I loved the first book so much that I was scared of starting this one in case it didn't live up to my expectations. But it did!' ***** 'Once again I devoured an E L James book. I just didn’t want to put it down.' ***** 'I could not put it down!! Love the characters and the reality of story. Both books kept me enthralled.' ***** 'I can't give any less than 5 stars'

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