Tea company owner Tate Blackwood isn’t just in search of the perfect persimmon-flavored tea; he’s also looking for a good time. Many one-night stands are his thing. There’s no way he’ll have a boyfriend, or fall in love with another man.<br><br>Enter Paul Persimmon, the green-eyed owner of a little bookshop in downtown Channing, Pennsylvania. Tate thinks the man is honest, warm-hearted, and uninhibited. When Tate enters the bookshop, his life takes a quick turn. Although Persimmon insists on a date with Tate, Tate thinks another one-night stand will happen.<br><br>Is Tate too set in his ways to settle down with one man, though? Can he reach for love after finding Persimmon? Or is his relationship more about being best buds with Persimmon? Only time and persimmon tea will provide the answers to his steeping questions.

Finding Persimmon

“I think I know you, but I’m not really sure,” Persimmon said. “You run that tea company, right?”


Tate grinned, nodding. Humbly, he said, “I guess a lot of people know me. Channing is small. Sometimes too small for privacy.”


“I think you’re extremely handsome,” Persimmon murmured.


Although Tate heard what the bookseller said, he asked, “Excuse me. What was that?”


Cherry-cheeked with perspiration on his brow, Persimmon cleared his throat and nervously replied, “Let me run this card through.”


Attractive, pleasant to talk to, Tate thought the man behind the register area fun and funny. He signed a presented credit card receipt for the transaction and passed it back to the retailer.


Persimmon bagged the book and placed a receipt inside. He passed Tate his purchase.


Chapter 5