❝Oh, Oakley. . . What have you done?❞ Well, they say it's best to start at the beginning, but when the story gets so twisted and out of hand, who really knows where the beginning starts? The Outer Banks is not the paradise Earth talks about. It's nowhere near the Eden, and it's oceans hide the stories that lie underneath it with such ferocity no one has ever dared defy it to uncover the truth. No one ever expects a book not to end in a happily ever after. We're never warned about the possible turn in events, so we always expect the sun to shine once more and the dead to rise again. But like in every other story, nothing can always go well. And this wouldn't be a book if it had always been doomed to have a merry climax and an even merrier ending. And the island is about to realize that we should never trust anyone. Not even ourselves- Much less ourselves. That danger hides where you least expect it. The story of the Pogues is about to become the story of the paradisiacal island of the Outer Banks. Oakley Clifton is about to realize that love will always overpower every feeling inside her body. And JJ Maybank is about to find out that he truly, honestly needs nothing more than one soul to swim through the tsunami of the mayhem. Unconsciously, the Pogues learn that love goes beyond anything they've ever known. And it becomes all they know. BOOK 2 OF THE "THE MESS WE'VE MADE" SERIES.

❝ You know, I have the feeling I'm gonna marry you someday, Oak.❞ - What would you do if you found out murder ran through your own blood? And that, that blood was going to be the reason for the island's biggest case in the history of its existence. Oakley Clifton didn't have any of this in her plans, nor did she have falling in love in the making. But the Outer Banks is full of surprises, and when it comes down to it, most of them turn out to be hunting and unfinished- urging that one group of troubled teens to finish what the island never did. ❝This island is just full of surprises. . . ❞ And when they do. . . Loss and recovery stop sounding so hard to reach. Love and pain make a home in the children's hearts. Death becomes one's biggest enemies. And the story just begins. BOOK 1 IN THE "THE MESS WE'VE MADE" SERIES!

"𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮" 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵. ♱ {𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐱 𝐟𝐞𝐦!𝐨𝐜} - 𝙨𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙣 © ɴᴇᴠᴇʀᴄʟᴇᴀʀ spanish, portuguese, and french translations available

I'd kill for you, would you do the same? Stranger Things 4 & 5 / Steve Harrington ©ari, 2022 cover by swannluvr

❛And then there's Avery. JJ was obsessed with her. You couldn't keep her away from the water long enough and she was always talking about something we didn't really understand. I don't know how she does it, but she's the type to make you come back for more. Probably explains why the Kooks and the Pogues fight over her. The thing is, Avery was like the waves. You never knew what she'd do next, but all you could do was enjoy the ride. I guess it's a good thing that JJ's the best surfer I know, huh?❜ ― WHERE the girl who has her head in the clouds and her heart in the ocean finds herself back in North Carolina because of her paranoid father, completely unaware of the erratic blue-eyed surfer she left heartbroken a year ago when their abrupt restart is fueled by his fear that she might meet the same fate as her mother, but JJ Maybank was determined to make Avery Cartwright remember just how perfect they were together, and maybe solve a century-old mystery along the way too. ( 𝙟𝙟 𝙢𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙭 𝙤𝙘 ) ( 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙣𝙚 ) ©-moncher

C O M P L E T E D : 24/02/22 Sienna Callum was popular - scratch that - she was the queen of high school. She had tons of gorgeous friends wishing to be her, smoking hot flings, and an unbelievably trendy fashion sense. But, she needed one more thing. Decent grades to graduate. Roman Lawrence was a nerd - scratch that - THE nerd of high school. Yet, his exceptional intelligence made him stand out among those seeking to learn. He had one problem though, the girl he'd been crushing on since kindergarten didn't like him back. One of the reasons? His lack of experience.... sexually. This isn't boy meets girl. This is mouse meets vixen. This is what happens when these two opposites strike a deal and things get hot. "So, here's my offer: you tutor me in school, and I tutor you in sex." _____ W A R N I N G T H I S S T O R Y C O N T A I N S : ❤︎ sexual/mature content ❤︎ explicit language ❤︎ alcohol consumption ❤︎ mild violence _____ H I G H E S T R A N K I N G S : 1 #virginboy 1 #goodboybadgirl 1 #nerdboy 1 #scandalous 1 #populargirl 1 #tutor 1 #badgirlgoodboy 2 #forbidden 2 #eroticromance 3 #sexy _____ S T A R T E D - 05/03/2021 C O M P L E T E D - 24/02/2022 (word count: 200,000 - 250,000)

𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐋 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐅𝐈𝐕𝐄! BROOKLYN ROUTLEDGE, twin sister to John B Routledge, is thrusted into a whirlwind of an adventure when her father goes missing at sea. Brooklyn and John B rope their closest friends into their adventure, and they drag them from place to place, fighting for their lives to find the gold at the end of the tunnel─ to find what their dad wanted them to find. However, somewhere along the road, Brooklyn finds herself falling deeper in love with the boy she's loved for eight years. ( jj maybank x fem!o.c ) ( brother's best friend / best friends to lovers ) ( outer banks seasons 1 - 5 ) © 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐛𝐲𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒

Sometimes love isn't about being perfect. It's about staying, even after everything. oc x rafe cameron. book 1.

𝐆𝐔𝐈𝐋𝐓𝐘 𝐀𝐒 𝐒𝐈𝐍 ? ➥ 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙮 ? in which, cassandra blake and jj maybank hate each other because the former is a kook trying to be a pogue and the latter is a real pogue. but when a treasure hunt occurs and they're forced to work together despite their differences, leading to complicated feelings being formed, would that make them both guilty as sin? ( fem oc x jj maybank ) ( enemies to lovers - slow burn ) ( s1 - s4 ~ waiting for s5 ) ( 3rd place winner for best jj maybank fic )

She was a historian chasing ghosts. He was a soldier still haunted by them. [Steve Rogers || OFC] ───── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ───── "So..." Tony dragged out the word, "Are you gonna text your historian or do I have to do it for you?" Steve didn't look up. "What are you talking about?" Tony scoffed. "Please. You've been seeing Professor Archaeology, what's-her-name. Don't play dumb, it doesn't suit you." "She's a historian, not an archaeologist." "Oooh, my bad. I keep getting your museum dates confused." Steve sighed, shaking his head. "You done?" "Not even close. I'm just saying, you might wanna give her a heads-up that you survived. Women like that kind of thing. You know, basic human decency, not making her wonder if you got turned into a human popsicle again." [MOSTLY CANON. incl. Marvel's Captain America: The Winter Soldier; Avengers: Age of Ultron; Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War; Avengers: Endgame; Falcon and the Winter Solider] #1 SteveRogers 04.10.2025