The Tide Between Us | Topper Thornton

As the youngest sister of Pope Heyward, sixteen-year-old June knows the rules of Kildare Island by heart: work hard at the family supply shop, keep your head down, and absolutely never trust a Kook. For years, she's been content staying in the shadows of her brother's fiercely protective crew, blending into the background of the Cut. But when a summer treasure hunt plunges the Pogues into a dangerous web of secrets, murder, and missing gold, June finds herself steering a collision course she never saw coming. Enter Topper Thornton. The undisputed Kook prince is everything June is supposed to hate: privileged, reckless, and deeply embedded in the wealthy elite of Figure Eight. But beneath the country club exterior and the messy fallout of his past, Topper is drowning in expectations-and June is the only one who truly sees him. What starts as a tense, chance encounter at the Heyward docks quickly spirals into a secret, summer romance. But on an island divided by generations of hatred, a Pogue girl and a Kook boy cannot exist without a storm. As the treasure hunt pushes the island to a breaking point and Pope's suspicion grows, June is forced to choose between the family loyalty that defines her past and the forbidden love that threatens to pull her under. The tide is rising, and everyone is about to get swept away.