❛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

Dani Burton has always been full-kook. Most days, she drifts through Kildare Island in the company of her best friend, Sarah, her boyfriend, Rafe, and-unfortunately-her next-door neighbor, Topper Thornton. On the surface, Dani's life looks easy: the house, the friends, the money. And if anyone asked, she wouldn't deny that things are good. Or at least good enough. But deep down, Dani isn't sure if being a kook is all it's cracked up to be-maybe it comes with problems no one wants to talk about. Maybe Dani has problems she doesn't even understand yet. Her dreams are the only place she feels truly free, filled with glimpses of wild adventures far beyond the expectations weighing her down. Every fleeting encounter with Kiara Carrera only feeds that craving for escape-a reminder of something different, something real, just beyond her reach. But when a chance to break free finally comes, Dani has to ask herself: What's the price of freedom? Can she find the love and adventure she's always longed for? Or will she get pulled under, lost to the current before she ever really finds herself? *Trigger Warnings* allusions to suicide, mentions of death, cancer, physical assault/abuse, violence, classism, racism, sex/smut

❝ 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!

⃗ in which renee lowe and jj maybank teeter on the borderline of friends and a relationship outerbanks (series 1) jj maybank x foc contains: strong language, sexual & adult themes [ may 2020 - September 2021] UNDER REWRITING

▌𝘖𝘜𝘛𝘌𝘙𝘉𝘈𝘕𝘒𝘚 ❝ 𝐈𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐀 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐉𝐉 ❞ Started May 23, 2020 Finished: June 11, 2020 {JJ Maybanks x fem!oc } {NFSW included, rated mature due to explicit language} {© Aesthetic_Bxtch}