When literature student Anastasia Steele is drafted to interview the successful young entrepreneur Christian Grey for her campus magazine, she finds him attractive, enigmatic and intimidating. Convinced their meeting went badly, she tries to put Grey out of her mind--until he happens to turn up at the out-of-town hardware store where she works part-time.

Mila Molyneux had always harboured a secret crush on her childhood friend Sebastian Fyfe--until he married another woman. She buried her feelings and moved on, knowing it was best for everyone. Meeting Seb years later, now widowed and still gorgeous, their long-lost connection is as deep as ever. Only now difficult emotions challenge not only Seb but Mila, as well. Dare she hope they can now find happiness--if she can confront the hold this brooding...