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Called "The Mister," the novel by British
author E.L. James will be published in Britain and North America
on April 16, publishers Vintage Books said on Thursday.
The story, set in London and Eastern Europe, centers on an
aristocratic Englishman who falls for a mysterious, musically
gifted young woman who has recently arrived in England, the
publishers said.
"I’m so excited to finally get this passionate new romance out
into the world," James said in a statement. "It’s a Cinderella
story for the twenty-first century. Maxim and Alessia have led
me on a fascinating journey and I hope that my readers will be
swept away by their thrilling and sensual tale."
James's "Fifty Shades" trilogy, featuring bondage, discipline,
dominance, submission and sadomasochism (BDSM), was first
published in 2012 and shot to the top of best-seller lists
around the world with 150 million copies sold.
The novels were made into three movies for Universal Pictures
that took more than $1 billion at the global box office but the
so-called "mommy porn" that drew a mainstream female audience
also provoked a debate about the lines between erotica and
emotional or sexual abuse.
There was no word on Thursday on whether "The Mister" would be
adapted for a movie, with neither Universal nor Vintage, a unit
of Penguin Random House, responding to queries on whether the
screen rights had been sold.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; editing by Diane Craft)
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