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Damaged Goods
by Ainslie Paton
Once a gymnast until she broke her spine, Cara now dreams of designing and creating sultry costumes perfect for stage performers like her best friend Zarley, but must make ends meet by working as an online IT support specialist. She got the job with a good word from her best friend's boyfriend Reid, who runs the company along with his three friends.
When Cara is brought in to an intervention for Owen, one of the founders and the current CEO of Plus, she worries that her job and livelihood will be on the line, especially when she has to tell his colleagues that he is addicted to pain medication after experiencing his own traumatic spine injury when he was in an accident with a drunk driver.
Reid is aghast he has become just like every other addict in his family, is at first upset with Cara, but after his months in rehab comes to find she is his perfect match in many ways. Unfortunately for Reid not only did his injuries leave him with chronic back pain and troubles, he also has not been able to have an erection due to nerve damage.
Worried that as they begin to flirt and fall for one another that he can never be fully enough for her, especially since Cara is a virgin, Reid must confront his own demons to realize love isn't just about sex.
Besides the characters exploration into intimacy, there were also plot points regarding other power imbalances, including wealth and opportunity.
This was the first time I've ever read a romance novel featuring a hero who could not get an erection. There have been a few featuring performance difficulties, but nothing like this. I loved how Paton explored how Reid could still make love to Cara despite this, and how Cara also explored how she could help Reid achieve orgasm in a different way.
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When Cara is brought in to an intervention for Owen, one of the founders and the current CEO of Plus, she worries that her job and livelihood will be on the line, especially when she has to tell his colleagues that he is addicted to pain medication after experiencing his own traumatic spine injury when he was in an accident with a drunk driver.
Reid is aghast he has become just like every other addict in his family, is at first upset with Cara, but after his months in rehab comes to find she is his perfect match in many ways. Unfortunately for Reid not only did his injuries leave him with chronic back pain and troubles, he also has not been able to have an erection due to nerve damage.
Worried that as they begin to flirt and fall for one another that he can never be fully enough for her, especially since Cara is a virgin, Reid must confront his own demons to realize love isn't just about sex.
Besides the characters exploration into intimacy, there were also plot points regarding other power imbalances, including wealth and opportunity.
This was the first time I've ever read a romance novel featuring a hero who could not get an erection. There have been a few featuring performance difficulties, but nothing like this. I loved how Paton explored how Reid could still make love to Cara despite this, and how Cara also explored how she could help Reid achieve orgasm in a different way.
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