Maggie swore she'd never be like the girls who fell for Gator Tillman, the sheriff's rotten son. But hate burns close to desire, and when old wounds and buried truths resurface, Maggie finds herself caught in a web of betrayal, control, and the one man she grew up despising. **This story uses characters from Fargo S5, but the events don't follow the show.**

He wears the badge now. But she never cared for rules. Wynn Wilder was born barefoot and brazen, raised in the dust of Tillman Ranch with a snarl on her lips and defiance in her bones. For most of her life, she was just the tagalong kid sister - Luke Wilder's little spitfire, and Gator Tillman's favourite source of trouble. But time has teeth. And it changes everything. Now Wynn's grown, all sharp tongue and sweet curves, part-time horse trainer and part-time singer with a voice that could bring a man to his knees. And Gator - her brother's best friend, the boy who used to shove frogs in her boots - is suddenly seeing her in a whole new light. A light he has no business stepping into. He's trying to be good. Clean conscience. A badge on his chest. A last name to live down. And, a loyalty to Luke that he risks breaking, one stolen glance at a time. Because Gator went and fell for the one girl who's always been off-limits. From childhood rivalries to hayloft kisses, from bruised loyalties to nights that never should've happened, theirs is a love carved out of conflict - slow-burning and forbidden. She's the fire he can't put out. He's the gentle she never knew she deserved. When the smoke clears, only one thing's certain: Gator Tillman's wildfire girl doesn't burn alone. Author's note: If you ever wondered what Gator Tillman might've looked like if he'd been raised with a little more love, and what kind of woman it would take to teach him gentle - this is for you. This is Gator and Roy Tillman reimagined, rewritten, and redeemed.

A year and a half after their lives took different turns, Julia and Joe are living in separate worlds: hers grounded in the routine of her New York bookstore, his swept up in filming projects across the globe. But when an unexpected reunion stirs up long-buried feelings, their paths slowly start to intertwine once more. **Sequel to The End of Beginning**

Julia never expected her quiet life as a bookstore owner to collide with the world of Hollywood. But after a few unexpected encounters with rising star, Joe Keery, her life takes a turn she never saw coming.