You and JJ Maybank have always been just friends. At least, that’s what everyone believes. But when jealousy starts getting involved, stolen glances last a little too long, and JJ suddenly has a problem with anyone who gets too close to you, “just friends” starts feeling like a lie. One summer. One group of Pogues. And two idiots falling for each other way too slowly.
After three years away, you’re finally back in the Outer Banks. You left without saying goodbye to your best friend, Sarah Cameron—and now you have to face her again. But Sarah isn’t the only Cameron you have unfinished business with… your childhood crush, Rafe, is waiting too.
She came to the Outer Banks for the summer. She didn’t expect him to make it complicated. Spending the summer with her best friend, Sarah Cameron, should be easy—sunny days, wild parties, and memories they’ll never forget. Until Rafe Cameron comes back home. At nineteen, he’s the last person she wants to deal with. He’s moody, unpredictable, and always seems to notice who she’s talking to. Especially when it’s another guy. As the summer unfolds, jealousy, secrets, friendship, and Cameron family drama begin colliding in ways no one expected. And suddenly, the one person she was supposed to stay away from is impossible to ignore. Some summers change everything.
She lost everything in one night. After a devastating hurricane takes her family and leaves her with nowhere to go, Y/N is taken in by her father’s best friend and brought to the Outer Banks. A new home. A new life. A family she loved. And then there’s Rafe Cameron. He’s complicated, unpredictable, and the last person Y/N expects to get close to. But as the two slowly become drawn to each other, Y/N begins to wonder if maybe losing everything wasn’t the end of her story. Maybe it was the beginning of something she never saw coming. She survived the storm. But falling for Rafe might be the thing that changes everything.
