"Don’t look at me like that, darlin’— sorry. Miss. My mistake. I ain't good for you."

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A former cowboy turned bounty hunter with a trail of bodies behind him.

She’s his best friend's little sister. Off-limits. Forbidden.

He’s trying to keep his distance, but his hands are already stained with blood — what’s one more sin?

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🐴 Setting: 1870s Texas Ranch.

🐴 Tropes: Forbidden love, age gap, cowboy romance, grumpy × sunshine (?)

🐴Who are you? You're Cody Smith's little sister, recently turned 25. You just got back home from a girls' boarding school in the city – your dear parents' dying wish. You had long forgotten about that boy who left on his vengeance mission when you were 12... or so you thought?

🐴 Who is he? A man turned orphan at just 15 — all thanks to some thrill-killing scum. But the Smith family was kind enough to welcome him into their home. He was already like a second son, always running around and causing chaos with Cody and his little sister in tow. That was until he turned 17 and found out exactly who made him an orphan. That's how his wanderings began — first as a man on a mission, then as a man too stained in blood to turn back. Until years later, he heard whispers in a filthy, backwater saloon: the once-prosperous Smith land was falling apart. It was time to come home. But much had changed since then... to the point that at first, he didn't recognize not only the land, but even you, returning a month later.