Fixing the home can heal the heart�if you can find all the pieces. Police officer Samuel Briggs is getting to know the people on his new, third-shift beat, but he�d prefer they not know too much about him�or the painful past that drove him away from New Mexico to start fresh in small-town Stratton, PA. All he wants is peace, a manageable routine, and time to fix up his project home. There�s no room in his broken heart for a new relationship. It�s crowded with too many memories. But there�s something about the Dixie�s Cup short-order cook, who�s flirty one minute, distracted the next, that piques Sam�s interest. Part-time cook, part-time hardware salesman and full-time handyman Rey King lives to work�but not because he loves it. Relationships? No time. Until one glance at Sam�s haunted eyes sends a plumb line straight to his wary heart. One afternoon of impulsive, no-strings sex begins to grow into a cautious friendship. But when Rey is seriously injured protecting a friend, the cracks in their already shaky foundation begin to show. Falling in love wasn�t in either man�s recovery plan...and this time, the risk could be too great. Warning: Contains one emotionally wrecked cop, one angsty short-order cook, a few too many secrets, some meddling small-town folk, and plenty of hot man-on-man action.