Bucket List: A Rafe Cameron Novel
It's been 2 years since Leighton Hawthorne moved out of the Outer Banks and relocated to the snowy coast of Portland, Maine. But now that her parents' agency is up and running, she is finally moving back to her beloved home the summer before her junior year of high school. She intends to make the most out of her return by attempting to complete the bucket list she made with her fellow kook and best friend, Sarah Cameron, two years prior. However, she soon comes to discover that her town has undergone some serious changes since she left, and so has she.
For Rafe Cameron, it's been two years of bliss being the king of the kooks. It's the summer before his senior year and he intends to make the most out of it. Which means he plans on many sunset boat rides with stolen six packs of beers and good laughs. But what he doesn't plan on is the return of his sister's best friend, Leighton Hawthorne. Suddenly the girl he viewed as no more than a family friend is back, remarkably beautiful, and has an apparent hatred for the eldest cameron. In an attempt to uncover the reason behind her loathing, Rafe decides to spend his summer getting to know the girl he swore to Sarah that he would never touch.