e l james revisits the world of fifty shades with a deeper and darker take on the love story that has enthralled millions of readers around the globe their scorching sensual affair ended in heartbreak and recrimination but christian grey cannot get anastasia steele out of his mind or his blood determined to win her back he tries to suppress his darkest desires and his need for complete control and to love ana on her own terms but the horrors of his childhood still haunt him and anas scheming boss jack hyde clearly wants her for himself can christians confidant and therapist dr flynn help him face down his demons or will the possessiveness of elena his seducer and the deranged devotion of leila his former submissive drag christian down into the past and if christian does win ana back can a man so dark and damaged ever hope to keep her