Delilah Routledge and JJ Maybank were never meant to get along. She's fiery, stubborn, and fiercely loyal to her twin brother, John B. He's reckless, impulsive, and the ultimate wildcard of the Pogues. From the moment Delilah returns to the Outer Banks, her world collides with JJ's in all the worst ways, arguments, clashes, and more trouble than she bargained for. But when secrets, betrayals, and buried scars come to light, the line between love and hate starts to blur. JJ and Delilah find themselves drawn together by their shared pain and unspoken desires, forced to confront the fragile wall they've built between themselves.
Taylor Gomez has spent her whole life toeing the line between chaos and control. Fiercely loyal, sharp-tongued, and stubborn to the core, she never backs down from a fight-especially not with Rafe Cameron, the one person who knows exactly how to push her buttons. Their rivalry is legendary in the Outer Banks-built on years of tension, barbed insults, and undeniable chemistry.
But when a twisted series of events forces them to work together, buried truths come to light, and the fire between them begins to burn differently. What starts as hate flickers into something more dangerous-something like desire.
In a world where loyalty is currency and trust is a rare luxury, Taylor and Rafe must decide: will they destroy each other, or finally surrender to the heat they've both been running from?