His novels to date - THE BLISS CONSPIRACY, THE RIVER OF ETERNITY, RESISTANTS, and now THE HOLY GRAIL CODE, translated from the Hebrew by Sharon Singer. Israeli author Ehud Peled earned his degree in law from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and is a practicing attorney, a former commanding officer in the Israel Defense Force Armored Corps, and has served as CEO of social, economic and industrial companies. On February 25, 2020, it was announced by Variety that The Mister would be adapted into a film produced by Universal Pictures.‘Juicy myths are much more powerful and long lasting than simple dry facts’ - Good read! It featured on the podcast series 372 Pages We'll Never Get Back, a podcast that discusses literature that the two men 'are probably going to hate'. The Guardian described it as 'A coked-up lord bonks a trafficked Albanian immigrant as the Fifty Shades of Grey author swaps BDSM for dispiritingly creepy power games' and adding that 'There is a complete dearth of emotional maturity that is genuinely unsettling.' Jezebel wrote 'the narrative is so committed to sexualizing Aleissa's vulnerability and powerlessness that the result is offensive.' The Atlantic said it was 'hopelessly retrograde and dismally unentertaining.' In a positive review, Booklist stated that “the book’s belief in the infinitely transformative power of love will hit the sweet spot for readers looking to be swept away.” The Mister received mixed to negative reviews by literary critics, with review aggregator Book Marks reporting three negative and two positive reviews among 6 collected. The novel ends with Alessia's father threatening Maxim to marry his daughter and them being together. Maxim reaches her home and asks for her hand in marriage and Alessia enters soon after where she reveals the truth about her fiancée to her father and tries to get Maxim to be married to her. Due to the absence of her documents and passport, she travels with her fiancée through another route. Alarmed, Maxim confronts Caroline and goes after Alessia to Albania. Alessia reveals the truth about her abusive betrothed who kidnaps her when they are in England. Maxim stops her and reveals his affections for her and they reconcile. At first she has no idea of Maxim's title but finds out and decides to run away. He introduces Alessia to sexual pleasure and enjoys her company. He takes her to his place in Cornwall when two unauthorised people came to his apartment searching for Alessia. He finds out about her many talents and her past life. He falls for his Albanian undocumented immigrant housemaid, Alessia Demachi. He sleeps one time with his sister-in-law Caroline, who was his lover but had chosen his brother instead of him. Plot Įnglish aristocrat Maxim Trevelyan inherits the Earldom of Trevethick after the sudden passing of his elder brother, Kit.

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