She Was Never a Kook

In the sun-soaked chaos of Outer Banks, everyone knows Kiara Carrera. But they don't know her sister.

Alana Carrera doesn't fit into Figure Eight country clubs or Kook expectations. She's too fast, too loud, too fearless for that. Butter yellow is her color, asphalt is her runway, and the ocean is the only thing she's ever trusted. Athletic, sharp-tongued, and always ready to throw herself headfirst into whatever comes next, Alana lives like the tide - unpredictable and impossible to hold back.

She's Pogue at heart, even if no one stamped it on her birth certificate.

When John B's world starts unraveling after his father's disappearance, Alana is right there - not soft, not fragile, but steady in the way the shoreline is steady before a storm. What starts as late-night skate sessions and reckless boat rides turns into something deeper, something neither of them were ready for. Loving John B means danger. It means treasure hunts, secrets, and choosing sides in a war between Kooks and Pogues.

But Alana has never been afraid of a fight.

As the summer spirals into chaos, she'll have to prove that she's more than Kiara's sister, more than a girl in butter yellow, and definitely more than what the Kooks think she is.

She's not a Kook.
She's not a side character.
And she's not going down without a wave. 🌊