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.
˚ ༘♡ ⋆。˚ Claire & Conrad book one ˚ ༘♡ ⋆。˚
When two broken souls realize that they need one another to survive the harshness life has given them.
Claire has spent every summer living next door to the Fishers and Conklins. Claire has also spent every summer gawking at Conrad Fisher, waiting for the day that he notices her as more then his moms best friends daughters best friend.
The day has finally come that Conrad sees her, or possibly he sees her pain. He recognizes the darkness in her eyes and wants nothing more then to be the one to make it shine. He wants to be the one who makes her days better because she is the only one who can make his.
Unexpectedly his mom's bestfriends daughters bestfriend, and also - next door neighbor - became everything to him. The outcome was better then either of them could have imagined.
#1 in #conrad on 9/27/22-2/1/23🫶
#2 in #bellyconklin on 10/31
#1 in #conradfisher on 9/23
#1 in #tsitp on 12/21 & 1/8/24
{completed august 10th, 2023}