The author even told many intimate scenes from both characters' points of view to make it crystal-clear that each party was on board. “I don’t think Alessia would be into (kinky sex),” James says.īecause James wrote much of the story in the wake of the #MeToo movement, the topic of consent “was very much at the forefront of my mind," she says. That's a far cry from a book series with a titular character who punished his partner with plugs, whips and restraints.
It's still erotica, but the sex scenes are tamer and with clear consent. “Fifty Shades” fans will find plenty of familiar themes in “The Mister”: Experienced guy hooks up with virginal girl, who doesn’t know how pretty she is rich dude has power and access that lady sorely lacks older man is a bit obsessive about younger woman's food intake guy drops plenty of F-bombs, and woman bites part of her mouth.īut the new book doesn’t have sex toys, and it doesn't have a room of pain. James' newest work, available Tuesday (Vintage, 512 pp.), is a love story that follows an attractive, oversexed aristocratic man, Maxim (“The Mister,” himself), who falls for his beautiful, poor Albanian maid, Alessia. The real me is the one at home." The one who just churned out another book, a story she has tried to write twice before but finally finished last year, called "The Mister."Ģ012: E.L. That's the pen name used for her “ Fifty Shades of Grey” books, which ignited a romance-genre frenzy and launched a trilogy of films that earned her millions.īut the author tries not to get distracted by all that success.
She also happens to be one of the most famous erotic writers of our time and self-proclaimed "terrible tease," E.L.
She comes across a sensitive lover of love who’s profusely apologetic for being two minutes late for an interview. Erika Leonard, the British novelist and 56-year-old mother of two, is a dreamer trying to give life to the characters inside her head.
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