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

Tate told Jack, “Get Bill to call Lane Marco in Chicago. Lane is in charge of shipments, both receiving and outgoing, at Stellar Tea Company. See if he knows where our persimmon is. If he does, get it here as fast as you can.”


“And tell Bill to cover for you. You need a few days off. Obviously, you caught something in Key West when we were there.”


Once Jack left his office, Tate stared at the blank screen on his laptop. Paul Persimmon entered his thoughts for some unknown reason:


I like him. Falling for him. In love with him.Maybe? Maybe not? Can one really tell when they fall in love, and in such a short period of time? I doubt it.


Tate’s mind became a clusterfuck of emotional garbage.


Persimmon’s a nice guy. Easy to talk to. Great to look at. Sexy as hell for all the right reasons.Charming. Sweet. Confident. Strong. Independent. He fills something inside my chest that I don’t completely understand. He makes me sweat, and I don’t know why. He…


Chapter 17