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

It happened rather suddenly for Tate Blackwood: that urge to make his father happy, proving how much he loved the man. The owner of Mr. Persimmon’s Little Bookshop kept engulfing his thoughts: Persimmon’s handsome look; their simple chat together inside Tate’s office; the way Tate had mysteriously, almost unconditionally, connected to Persimmon, but didn’t want to admit such a truth.


Truth be told, he couldn’t get Persimmon out of his head: the guy’s well-built body, handsome smile, and intoxicating eyes. Nothing screamed crazy about the bookseller. On the contrary, Paul Persimmon came across as being a nice guy, sane, intelligent, and honest. Why wouldn’t Tate heed his father’s advice and try a relationship with a man? What did Tate really have to lose besides…everything?


Chapter 10