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

“Because I don’t do dates. It’s a simple line I never cross. A standard.”


“Then what do you do if you don’t date men?”


Unyieldingly, without a waver in his tone, he told Persimmon, “Don’t be offended when I say this, but I do one-night stands. Nothing more. I decided a long time ago that dating isn’t for me.”


Persimmon scratched his right cheek. “So, that would make you a player, right?


“I like to call myself noncommittal company on a one-night basis.”


Persimmon laughed, tilting his head back. “That’s hysterical. Now, tell me you’re kidding. Tell me this is all a big joke.”


Goddamn, the guy is cute, Tate thought. And easy to talk to. I could do the naughtiest things to his bottom, but only if he would let me.No strings attached


Chapter 6