When hair stylist Jai Hathaway decided to open his own salon, he knew he would sacrifice some of his personal time to run the business. But long hours working late have him feeling lonely, and he just doesn't seem to connect with the few men he dates. His business partner Kiki suggests what he needs is to find a different type of guy, someone who isn't in the salon business, but not only does Jai not know how to find a guy like that, he isn't even sure where to look.<br><br>On a particularly cold morning in January, the salon's hot water goes out and Jai scrambles to find a plumber on short notice. Enter Duane Schneider, sexy and confident, and interested in getting more than just Jai's hot water boiling. But he's so outside Jai's comfort zone that, at first, the stylist isn't sure how to react. When it becomes obvious Duane wants to continue things outside of business hours, though, Jai agrees to a date, if only to see where the evening might lead.<br><br>Is Kiki right when she said Jai needed to find someone different? Or will Duane turn out to be just his style after all?

Just My Style

Which was when Kiki brought up the idea of opening a place of his own. No—theirown. She wanted to go in with him on it, and because he couldn’t think of a good reason not to do it, he agreed to give it a shot. In the ten minutes the police had given him to grab his supplies from Mimosa, he’d made sure to snag the appointment book off the front desk, too, so they even had a starting clientele for their new endeavor. Finally the business classes Jai had taken were put to good use, and together he and Kiki opened Blossom.


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