Kook year

Senior year was supposed to be simple.
Finish strong. Get accepted. Leave the Outer Banks behind without looking back.

Maya Ellison had spent her entire life learning how to keep things steady, how to stay calm, how not to need too much, how to love without losing herself. She believed that if she followed the rules she made for herself, nothing could touch her. Not the drama. Not the chaos. Not boys like Rafe Cameron.

But the Outer Banks has a way of unraveling even the most careful plans.

By the time fall turns into winter, secrets start surfacing. Tempers flare. Lines blur. And Maya learns that being close to the Camerons means being close to destruction. The closer she gets, the harder it becomes to tell the difference between love and survival.

Because senior year doesn't just change people.
It exposes them.

And sometimes, the person who breaks you is the one who makes you feel seen for the first time.