EL JAMES LOVE STORY

The Fifty Shades trilogy of erotic novels are among the UK’s best-selling books and have made their author EL James an estimated fortune of £127 million. And now she has scored another hit with her latest offering, The Mister, which immediately topped the book charts on its publication last month. This time, however, romance rather than sex is at the heart of the story – though there are still plenty of steamy scenes.

“ was my , but this is my story for century,” says the author, whose real name is Erika Leonard. “This tale predates . I’ve had this story in my head for a very long time and it started with a simple idea – what would happen if you fell in love with your cleaner?”