❝ 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬? 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭... ❞ There's only one rule amongst the Pogues: no Pogue-on-Pogue macking. Mari Routledge found it easy enough to follow. Or at least she did until she got hurled head-first into the adventure of a lifetime⸺a treasure hunt that alters everything she thought she knew, everything she thought she felt. Caught somewhere between the two very different worlds of Kooks and Pogues, Mari is forced to confront loss and the intricacies of belonging, all while surviving a toxic ex and unraveling a web of family lies. Throw in the added complication of falling for her brother's best friend, and she'll quickly learn that in the sun-soaked chaos of the Outer Banks, nothing comes without a cost. Not even love. 𝐎𝐁𝐗 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝟏 ━ 𝟑 ❪ jj maybank x fem!oc ❫

𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇... 𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐀 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐎, Pogue Princess turned Kook Princess' sidekick, becomes the biggest hypocrite of them all when she falls for the blond Pogue she's hated since kindergarten. or 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇... 𝐉𝐉 𝐌𝐀𝐘𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐊, who planned on hooking up with Tourons and catching waves all summer, falls in love with the girl he didn't know he had so much in common with. 𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨 | 𝙎𝙇𝙊𝙒𝘽𝙐𝙍𝙉! (jj maybank x fem! oc) (kiara carrera x male! oc) 𝙎𝙀𝘼𝙎𝙊𝙉 𝙊𝙉𝙀: COMPLETED 𝙎𝙀𝘼𝙎𝙊𝙉 𝙏𝙒𝙊: PREWRITTEN (currently publishing) 𝙎𝙀𝘼𝙎𝙊𝙉 𝙏𝙃𝙍𝙀𝙀: PREWRITTEN 𝙒𝘼𝙍𝙉𝙄𝙉𝙂: this book contains drug/alcohol use, sexual content/innuendos, swearing, grief, depression, eating disorders, physical, mental, and verbal abuse, and murder.

BONUS CONTENT Extra chapters, flashbacks, and future bits that didn't make the cut in the Fool's Gold Series. Includes; first impressions, J3 nonsense, Chris & Elena lore, JJo being insufferable and blind to their feelings, fluff, and more! This will be updated sporadically while we wait for season 5! ˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚ Bonus Content from the Fool's Gold Series JJ Maybank x fem!OC Outer Banks Universe Spontaneous Updates RANKINGS #1 on Maia Reficco - 11/17/25

PART 4 OF THE FOOL'S GOLD SERIES For the first time in a long time, Josephine Rhodes isn't running. Back home with the people she loves, life finally feels steady. Sunburned days, late night laughter, and the kind of peace she never thought she'd get to keep. The chaos is behind her. The cursed gold, the betrayals, the bloodstained ghosts... they're buried. For now. But the Outer Banks have never been good at staying quiet. And somewhere out there, in the shadows of the island, in the dusty pages of a map that was never meant for them, something is stirring. Because paradise always comes with a price. ˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚ Part 4 of the Fool's Gold Series JJ Maybank x fem!OC Outer Banks Season 4 COMPLETE RANKINGS #3 on Cleo Anderson 7/29/25

PART 3 OF THE FOOL'S GOLD SERIES Josephine Rhodes was losing her mind. Or maybe she already had. She didn't know where her father was. She didn't know if her mother and Antonio had any idea what really happened to her. And worst of all, she didn't even know if the Pogues were still alive. And her grandparents, along with their ruthless friend, weren't just hunting for a few hundred bars of gold and a giant cross anymore. They were after something far bigger, far deadlier. Even if she miraculously escapes her prison, the real fight is still waiting. And this time? Not everyone makes it out alive. ˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚ Part 3 of the Fool's Gold Series JJ Maybank x fem!OC Outer Banks Season 3 COMPLETE RANKINGS #1 on JJ - 3/9/25 #1 on Matthew McConaughey - 3/4/25 #2 on Cleo - 3/20/24 #3 on Maia Reficco - 3/4/25

PART 2 OF THE FOOL'S GOLD SERIES Grief doesn't hit all at once. It comes in waves. Relentless and unexpected, dragging you under before you can catch your breath. And right now, Josephine Rhodes was drowning. Her best friend is gone. Her family is fracturing. The Pogues are barely holding on. But deep down, something whispers to her that this isn't over. Because somewhere, buried in the wreckage and the loss, there was still a fight to be fought, a name to clear, secrets to uncover, and a family to save before it falls apart completely. If they're lucky, they might just fix what's been broken. Or maybe the storm wasn't over yet. Maybe it was only just beginning. ˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚ Part 2 of the Fool's Gold Series JJ Maybank x fem!OC Outer Banks Season 2 COMPLETE RANKINGS #1 on Matthew McConaughey - 1/8/25 #1 on Outer Banks - 1/13/25 #1 on OBX - 1/24/25 #1 on Maia Reficco - 2/11/25 #2 on North Carolina 7/29/25

Josephine Rhodes has always been the same. Sweet, dependable, and the life raft that held the Pogues together. But even she might not be able to keep them afloat anymore. With John B doing his best impression of a human car crash, her dad harboring secrets that could blow everything apart, and danger lurking around every corner, all bets are off. Now, Josephine has to survive a summer of a whole lot of bad decisions without losing her dad, her friends, or her mind. And worst of all? What the hell is she supposed to do about her very inconvenient feelings for her reckless, too charming best friend? ˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚ Part 1 of the Fool's Gold Series JJ Maybank x fem!OC Outer Banks Season 1 COMPLETE RANKINGS #1 on Outer Banks Netflix - 2/26/25 #1 on Matthew McConaughey - 1/14/25 #1 on North Carolina - 1/16/25 #1 on Rudy Pankow - 1/23/25 #1 on Maia Reficco - 7/29/25 #2 on Kie - 3/29/25 #2 on John B Routledge - 3/11/25