Brooke Routledge has always been told to act upon risk. She regrets it all. The love, the vulnerability, the true form that she provided to him. It wasn't worth it, and the cruelest part was the act of throwing it back into her face. She doesn't think he ever loved her. How could you? It runs so much deeper than that. Neither of them knew what they were doing, how they were feeling, and how to fix it all-though, under everything, they wanted to fix it. Risk. It's what destroyed Brooke Routledge. But in a strange way, she wondered, could risk be what saves her? OBX ␥ Rafe Cameron & JJ Maybank © elegancies

"ꜱʜᴇ'ꜱ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ꜱʜᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ɴᴏᴛ ꜱᴜᴘᴘᴏꜱᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ. ᴀʟʟ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ᴏꜰ ʜɪᴍ." Anastasia Routledge was never meant to fall for someone like him. A Pogue girl with a fierce heart, a haunted past, and more secrets than she lets on. Rafe Cameron-Kook prince, chaos incarnate, and the one boy she's been warned to stay far, far away from. But fate doesn't care about the lines drawn in the sand. Not when hurricanes hit, not when blood is spilled, and not when hearts begin to fracture. What started as stolen glances turns into something deeper, darker, and dangerously addictive. As Anastasia is pulled into the gravity of Rafe's world-full of broken promises, brutal truths, and the kind of love that threatens to ruin-it's clear there's no going back. In this town, love doesn't save you. It marks you. And in the end, only one can be king. Outer Banks | Rafe Cameron x Original Character | Slow Burn | Angst | Forbidden Romance #1 In Coast #2 In Beachlove #2 In OuterBanks

ADORA BAILEY would never date a Pogue unless it was to make her ex-boyfriend RAFE CAMERON really jealous. JJ MAYBANK would never date a Kook unless he needed thirty thousand dollars to avoid jail time. But nothing is ever that easy, is it? part 1| complete part 2| started oct 11/2025