Asking for It

I started this thinking it sounded intriguing, if a little (very) unconventional, but I was not prepared for the emotional depth of this story. Both the hero and heroine had something horrific happen in their childhoods that twisted sex in their minds, and because of this, they understand each other in a way no previous sexual partners have. The more you learn of their tortured pasts and the reasons for their proclivities, the more your heart breaks for them, and the more you root for them as they tentatively try to form a meaningful bond outside of a sexual one. They are just two strangers fulfilling a mutual need, but they long for so much more.