Author Chrissy Curry is a multi-genre author whose work reflects both heart and range.
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I’ve always been fascinated by what happens when two people fall in love but come from completely different worlds. How does the way we grow up shape how we love, trust, and understand in relationships?
What happens when someone comes along and challenges everything we’ve ever known?
If you enjoyed the Fifty Shades of Grey series, you might find some of those same emotional themes in The Love Wide Open Series. The stories are very different, and Christian Grey and Declan Atler are very different men, but both struggle with vulnerability and what it means to let someone into their lives.
Christian’s past experiences shape how he approaches relationships. He only knows one way. When spunky Anastasia enters his life, she challenges the boundaries he’s built around himself.
Declan’s struggles come from a different place. His upbringing in Pine Brook Hill have shaped his beliefs about how life should work. He’s accepted those beliefs as normal… until naïve Cora starts putting pieces together and begins to challenge them.
That’s where the stories share a connection.
Both men meet women who make them question what they’ve always known. Cora and Anastasia are hopeful and emotional, but they also have their own beliefs. Each must decide what she’s willing to accept.
What I find especially interesting is the difference between wanting someone to change and choosing to change for yourself. Love may open the door, but each person has to decide whether they’re willing to walk through it.
Romance can be complicated. There are moments when the heart wants one thing and the mind says another. We all know that. But, loving someone means accepting that you can’t make their choices for them.
If you loved Fifty Shades of Grey for its emotional intensity, complicated relationships, and strong attraction between two people from very different backgrounds, you may find something to love in The Love Wide Open Series, too.
Cora and Declan have their own story to tell—a story about trust, vulnerability, family, and questioning the life you’ve always known.
Falling in love is only the beginning. The real challenge is deciding what you’re willing to change when love turns your world upside down.
