Adrian, book-lover extraordinaire, adores his job at the small community library. He gets to share his passion with other people and help them with all book-related questions and issues. When a big, hulking man walks into the library, looking terrified, Adrian’s skills are tested in a completely different way.<br><br>Manne’s relationship with books is uneasy, to say the least. He’s dyslexic and events in his past have made him fearful of books and turned libraries into his worst nightmare. But when the quirky, bowtie-wearing librarian steps in to help, the experience turns positive.<br><br>Their banter is easy and their chemistry instant. But can an accidental meeting turn into something more? Can someone who has trouble reading ever fit into the life of a man whose passion is the written word?

They Met in the Library

Adrian: LOL no. I wish. But they have a few thousand square feet of space on me.


Manne: You have enough to intimidate me. You’d definitely have to be naked when I come over.


When. Not if. The tingles in my abdomen spread to the rest of my body and I burrow deeper into my pillows. I’ve forgotten how much fun flirting is.


Manne’s next message makes me burst out laughing.


Manne: Or if you wanted to wear a bowtie and nothing else, I guess that’d be okay, too.


Adrian: Only a bowtie? Really? Is this some weird fetish you have?


Manne: It’s not my fault I find bowties sexy.


Manne: Yours, duh. I never knew I found bowties sexy until a couple weeks ago.


Adrian: No one’s ever said that before. Dapper, yes. Distinguished, gentlemanly, elegant. Yes. Never sexy.


Adrian: So you think me wearing nothing but a bowtie would condition you out of being afraid of books?


Chapter 12