In Christian’s own words‎,‎ and through his thoughts‎,‎ reflections‎,‎ and dreams‎,‎ E L James offers a fresh perspective on the love story that has enthralled millions of reader around the world‎.‎ CHRISTIAN GREY exercises control in all things‎;‎ his world is neat‎,‎ disciplined‎,‎ and utterly empty – until the day that Anastasia Steele falls into his office‎,‎ in a tangle of shapely limbs and tumbling brown hair‎.‎ He tries to forget her‎,‎ but instead is swept up in a storm of emotion he cannot comprehend and cannot resist‎.‎ Unlike any woman he has known before‎,‎ shy‎,‎ unworldly Ana seems to see right through him – past the business prodigy and the penthouse lifestyle to Christian’s cold‎,‎ wounded heart‎.‎ Will being with Ana dispel the horrors of his childhood that haunt Christian every night‎?‎ Or will his dark sexual desires‎,‎ his compulsion to control‎,‎ and the self‎-loathing that fills his soul drive this girl away and destroy the fragile hope she offers him‎?‎