Sophia Shepard has every reason to hate Gator Tillman. He's the reckless troublemaker who tore her family apart- at least, that's how she's always understood it. And Sophia has never forgiven him. While her brother left town, Sophia stayed behind to help her father keep the ranch running. She's built a life out of grit and routine, and she refuses to let Gator's smirks or lazy "Mornin', sweetheart" shake her. After all. Why would she fall for someone like him?

Wynn Wilder was born barefoot and brazen, raised in the dust of Tillman Ranch with fight in her fists and a fire in her heart. For most of her life, she was just the annoying, 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 - a 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. 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. 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.

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 and references from Fargo S5, but the events don't explicitly follow the show.**