Eddie Winston is Looking for Love by M. Cronin
Eddie Winston is 90 years old and has never been kissed. A retired professor, he now works at a charity resale shop, where he crosses paths with 20-something Bella, who brings in a box of things that belonged to her boyfriend who died. Eddie thinks she might decide she wants to keep the mementos so he stashes them somewhere safe. He and Bella become good friends and she learns that he has never been kissed--though he had one great love--Birdie--who was married to another professor who treated her badly. Birdie was Catholic so she would never divorce the lout, and Eddie was too honorable to suggest having an affair, so they spend many happy hours in her office drinking tea and sharing their lives. But when her husband gets a job in a new city, Birdie and Eddie have to say goodbye and lose touch. Bella decides it's never too late to find love, so she is on a mission to find someone for Eddie. It's a sweet and charming tale of how Eddie saves Bella and she gives him a whole new l...