Charlotte Elizabeth Sinclair and JJ Maybank absolutely despised each other... so what happens when they are both a part of a group to search for gold? Enemies to lovers trope Slow burn Kook x Pogue

After everything-the gold, the cross, the running, the drugs-the Pogues end up on a deserted island in the middle of nowhere. Poguelandia isn't just a hiding place; it's a fresh start. No Kooks. No treasure hunts. No one chasing them down or tearing them apart. Just sun soaked days, salt air, and the kind of freedom they've spent their whole lives fighting for. With a new member, Cleo Anderson, their found family feels stronger than ever. Out there, it's just them attempting to figure out how to live when survival isn't the only thing driving them. But peace like this doesn't last forever. Because even in paradise, the past has a way of catching up-and the moment they're found, everything they've built on that island is at risk of slipping through their fingers. They may not have the gold. They may not have the cross. But they have each other. And for the Pogues... that's always been worth more than any treasure. Book Three of the Riptide Series-Season Three of Outer Banks.

Two weeks ago, Maisen Jade and the Pogues had everything. Four hundred million dollars in gold. Freedom. Family. Each other. But everything changed overnight. Maisen found out her father wasn't really her father. Her real dad-murdered. The gold-gone. The girl she finally made peace with-dead. And the boy she'd known her whole life, the one she'd just learned was her brother-gone too. Now she's standing in the wreckage of everything she loved, trying to figure out who she is without them. JJ Maybank hasn't left her side once. He lost his best friend, but before John B died, JJ made a promise-a promise he refuses to break. No matter how much it hurts. Watching the light fade from Maisen kills him, but after that first week, he started to see something shift. Something trying to grow back. And when a message comes from beyond the grave... it usually means there's another one waiting to be found. JJ, Pope, and Kie have one mission: get Maisen back to Maisen. The only thing is... does Maisen want to even be the girl she once knew? #2-JJMaybank 12/21/25 #1- relapse 12/27/25 Book Two of the Riptide Series-Season Two of Outer Banks.

The Outer Banks is a place where storms never stay on the horizon for long. Maisen Jade Lewis has always felt them coming, whether it is weather patterns, secrets, the way danger hangs in the air before it finally crashes down. She grew up on the edge of the island's wealth, full born Kook as they say, caught between the gold-plated world of her father's estate and the saltwater freedom of the Pogues. For years, she's managed to ride both currents, until now. When Big John's tape resurfaces, the hunt for the Merchant gold isn't the only thing dragging the Pogues deeper into uncharted waters. Big John left a message not just for his son but for Maisen too. A cryptic warning about her father, Alexander Lewis, and truths that could tear open everything she thought she knew about him... and herself. Maisen isn't the type to let anyone fight her battles for her. Not even JJ Maybank, the reckless, sharp-tongued Pogue who somehow keeps finding his way past her defenses. Together, their story unfolds in the riptide-pulled between loyalty and lies, love and survival, treasure and betrayal. The deeper they dive, the more dangerous the water becomes. Because storms don't just break on the Outer Banks-they uncover everything buried beneath. #1 in P4L 11/7/25 #1 in katiedouglas 12/27/25 Book One of the Riptide Series-Season One of Outer Banks.

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

❝ we live in cities you'll never see on screen not very pretty, but we sure know how to run free living in ruins of the palace within my dreams and you know, we're on each other's team. ❞ ― team, lorde obx ― ( season one to four ) ( jj maybank x fem!o.c ) ( brother's best friend ) ( best friends to lovers )

" So we chased after love, And waste away the whole afternoon. " JJ MAYBANK + FEM!OC season one - season three © -waterloos, 2020-2023

✧ 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯 ✧ 𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗟𝗬𝗡𝗡 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗘 𝗪𝗔𝗦 the very definition of a pogue. tiny house on the cut, check. dysfunctional family, check. forced to work at dysfunctional family's business, check. a pain in the ass to everyone on figure eight, check. despite all the hardships, cora loved the pogue life. her classic summer of having a good time was disrupted by a treasure hunt. cora and pope didn't expect their lives to change so quickly, so dramatically. but they had each other, and that's all they ever needed. 𝙋𝙊𝙋𝙀 𝙃𝙀𝙔𝙒𝘼𝙍𝘿 𝘹 𝙊𝘾 𝘰𝘣𝘹 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 1－4

Jordyn is JJ maybanks twin sister. The maybank twins are possibly the most problematic people on the island but their friends love them and they're all inseparable. but what happens when a boat they find underwater changes their lives forever. and in the streets we're running free, like it's only you and me.

𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐫 Blake Arden has always been the calm one. The voice of reason between the Pogues, the one who laughed at JJ's chaos and rolled her eyes when the others got reckless. But calm doesn't mean quiet - not when you're holding in more than anyone knows. After her father's death, Blake learned to control everything - her breath, her words, her temper. Except with JJ Maybank. He's been there since third grade, her best friend, her mirror, and her biggest problem. JJ flirts like it's a joke, pushes her buttons, and somehow always sees past the walls she swears she doesn't have. When summer turns darker - secrets, family fights, and old grief resurfacing - JJ starts to realize that Blake's silence isn't strength. It's survival. And for the first time, Blake might have to trust someone enough to let the storm out. | S1-S5|