title: Forever Strings
author: Ramagos, Tonya
description: Officer Ripley Paxton has been betrayed by love too many times, but solitary life has gotten lonely. When she meets Xander, she makes it clear she's looking for a good time and no strings. Then she meets Flynn and finds herself having that good-time-no-strings fun with both men...until the strings start to form, a threat makes itself known, and the only place she can turn is into Xander and Flynn's loving, protective arms. Fire Captain Flynn Martelli has enough on his plate without adding a woman to the mix, but the sexy, vivacious Ripley is too irresistible to push aside. Firefighter Xander Wayland knows Ripley is the woman for him. The gorgeous vixen isn't looking for long-term. Neither is he. His heart has different plans. When he discovers Ripley has been having fun with Flynn, too, he's okay with that. So is Flynn. But neither man is okay with the threat that's out to take her away from them forever.