Some people don't stay dead. Some love stories don't stay buried. And some girls will do anything to bring their boys back. JJ Maybank was everything to Mara-best friend, twin flame, almost lover. And when he died, a piece of her did too. But grief does strange things. It whispers. It twists. And sometimes, it brings the dead home. Now JJ is back. Changed. Crowned. Haunted. And the past he left behind is clawing its way to the surface. This time, Mara won't lose him. Not even if it kills her. ***I can not stress enough that JJ will NOT die in this book, no matter how much it seems like it-HE IS NOT DYING***

Lila Hart is nineteen, shy, and quietly brilliant. A first-year uni student with her head buried in books and her heart safely tucked away. She's not used to attention, and she likes it that way. Her world is quiet, predictable, and entirely her own-until she's asked to tutor the loudest, most late-to-everything boy on campus. Jack Carter is twenty, the university's star striker and captain, and the kind of guy who gets noticed the second he walks into a room-whether he means to or not. Charming, popular, and always just a little behind, Jack's life looks effortless. But under the surface, there's pressure he doesn't talk about, a father who expects perfection, and a grade point average that's about to cost him everything She's the quiet girl he barely noticed. He's the boy she never thought she'd talk to. But when tutoring sessions turn into something more, neither of them is prepared for the way their worlds begin to change- slowly, unexpectedly, and all at once.

✦ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ ɪ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ꜱᴀɪᴅ ✦ "ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴏᴏᴋᴇᴅ ᴀᴛ ᴍᴇ ʟɪᴋᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴀᴡ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ᴜɢʟʏ ᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴛʀʏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʜɪᴅᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅɪᴅɴ'ᴛ ꜰʟɪɴᴄʜ." Gabriella Rodriguez learned early that silence was safer than speaking. Her mother's moods came like storms, her childhood was built on eggshells, and love-real love-was something she only ever read about in books. Nineteen now, she lives quietly: the bookstore, the notebooks, the stray cats, pretending everything is fine. Until Rafe Cameron walks in. He's loud where she's quiet. Angry where she's hollow. Two people who shouldn't collide-but do, because broken recognizes broken. It isn't love, not really. It's survival. It's what happens when two lost souls find comfort in the same kind of pain. ⟡ ɢᴇɴʀᴇ: dark romance · angst · trauma healing · emotional slow burn ⟡ ᴘᴀɪʀɪɴɢ: Rafe Cameron × Gabriella Rodriguez (oc) ⟡ ᴛʜᴇᴍᴇꜱ: mental illness · codependency · inner child healing · quiet love · grief ⟡ ᴡᴀʀɴɪɴɢꜱ: depression, abuse (mentioned), ptsd, unhealthy coping, emotional distress "ᴍᴀʏʙᴇ ᴡᴇ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴍᴇᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴀᴠᴇ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ. ᴍᴀʏʙᴇ ᴡᴇ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴍᴇᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀꜱᴛᴀɴᴅ." 🕯 hurt / comfort 🖋 broken × broken 🌧 sad girl energy 🕊 slow ache, slow love 💭 emotional realism, not fantasy #2 in Emotionallybroken

Vida never planned on coming back to the Outer Banks. But life has a way of pulling you back to the places you swore you'd never return to. She's older now, quieter, hiding more than she used to - and definitely not the same girl who left. With a camera in her bag, a past she won't talk about, and a thing going on with Rafe Cameron that no one really understands, Vida's just trying to keep it together. Then there's JJ Maybank - loud, reckless, and always watching her like he's trying to figure her out. He doesn't like her. Or maybe he does. Either way, something changes that night. They weren't supposed to matter to each other. But late-night talks, angry arguments, and quiet moments in the middle of the chaos start to mean more than either of them expected. She's falling apart. He sees it. And maybe - just maybe - he's the one who won't let her break this time.

John B Routledge and his twin sister, Rylee, are thrown into the summer of their lives when their father disappears at sea. Nine months later, there's still no sign of him-no clues, no answers-just silence. But when Hurricane Agatha barrels toward the island, old secrets start to surface, and suddenly, the twins and their closest friends are racing against the clock to finish what their father started. And in the chaos of the Outer Banks, Rylee finds herself torn between two dangers: JJ Maybank, her brother's best friend, and Rafe Cameron, the boy who should be her enemy. A story where lines blur, loyalties are tested, and not everyone will make it out clean. *Follows season 1 events of OBX.

Juliette Prescott is the kind of girl you whisper about. Gorgeous, guarded, and born into Kildare's gold-lined world, she's a legacy Kook with a sharp tongue and an even sharper reputation. After the car crash that killed her mother and left her barely breathing, Juliette stopped caring what people said - and started becoming exactly what they feared. To most, she's ice in lip gloss and Dior. To Sarah Cameron, she's a sister. To Rafe, she's the one he hasn't figured out. And to JJ Maybank - she's trouble. The kind you don't walk away from. But when a treasure hunt pulls her into the shadows of something darker than heartbreak, Juliette is forced to confront everything she's buried - including the fire behind JJ's blue eyes and the scars she swore no one would ever see. Because beneath the money, the attitude, and the perfect mask... She's still that girl in the wreckage. Still bleeding. Still loyal. Still longing to be loved for more than her pretty tragedy. 💋💋💋 This is your trigger warning and SMUT warning for the series. Slow burn. Season 1 - Complete. Season 2 - ongoing. #1 in poguevskook 25/08/25 #1 in kookvspogue 16/08/25 #1 in OBX 05/09/25

Skylar Hayes partly grew up on the Outer Banks. After her mother died a sudden and tragic death when Skylar was just five years old, her uncle brought her to visit the OBX whenever he could- on weekends, during school breaks, and so on. He did this not only to keep her mother's memory alive and to show Skylar the beautiful island where he and her mother (his sister) had grown up, but also to protect her from her abusive father. Just before her 13th birthday, her father decided to move them to California. Now 17, an incident with her father leads Skylar to move in with her Uncle Mason for good. With minimal parental supervision, new friends, and some newfound freedom what kind of trouble will Skylar find herself in, and what secrets might she uncover along the way? JJ was her first crush, her childhood best friend. Rafe was just the cute, mysterious older brother of the kids she used to hang out with from time to time. Skylar comes to find herself stuck between the two, realizing they're both just two different sides of the same storm, having to choose which side she's willing to take on: the free spirited, reckless, deeply caring one - or the dark, mysterious and sometimes even dangerous one. While both are equally intense, they also both give her a sense of safety she desperately craves.

When Callie Harper arrives in the Outer Banks, she isn't looking for trouble-just answers. Haunted by her mother's mysterious past and an old journal filled with cryptic clues, she's thrust into a world of sun-soaked secrets, dangerous treasure hunts, and the tight-knit chaos of the Pogues. As Callie dives deeper into the mystery behind her family's legacy, she finds herself caught between two boys: the steady heart of John B, and the wild soul of JJ. But the more she uncovers, the more she realizes-this isn't just about gold. It's about blood, betrayal, and who she's willing to become to uncover the truth. Romance. Rivalries. Reckonings. In the OBX, nothing stays buried forever.

In Figure Eight, power comes with rules. And the Blakes never break them. Halston Blake was raised on loyalty and legacy. She speaks when it's safe, smiles when it's expected, and never - ever - crosses to the other side of the island. The Blakes were raised to hate all Pogues. Especially boys like JJ Maybank - impulsive, unrefined, dangerous. But JJ doesn't care who she is. Doesn't care what her last name means. And that's what makes him so dangerous. To her. To her family. To everything she was raised to protect. Because once you touch fire, you don't walk away unburned. Follows the events of Outer Banks Seasons 1-4 with a sharper queen, a slower fall, and a few twists.

One week ago, the Pogues had all they dreamed of: four million gold, surf all day and do whatever they want but good things don't last forever.... Now, Lilianna Smith has lost the girl she considered as her sister, the one she told everything to and one of her closest friends. If it couldn't get any worse, those threatening messages keep getting worse each time. All she does is stay in bed and practically doesn't talk anymore or barely, as her thoughts of leaving this world become more insistent to see Sarah Cameron again. As for JJ Maybank, who always said he had "nothing to lose." doesn't believe in that sentence anymore because he lost many things: his best friend's dead and he slowly watched the love of his life losing her sparks. He doesn't even recognize his girlfriend anymore. Then the Pogues received a phone call, one that's gonna bring them into a new adventure. One, to get Lilianna Smith back on the track and bring back her sparks. What will happen next....