writtenbyizzybelle
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In the Outer Banks, where the Pogues are born with nothing and the Kooks have everything, Carolina June Maybank has learned how to live in between.
She's JJ Maybank's little sister, the one he protects at all costs, the reason he keeps chasing impossible dreams of gold and freedom. But when she earns a scholarship to Winston Academy, she steps into a world she was never meant to survive in, hiding her last name and calling herself June Banks to keep the truth buried.
As treasure hunts spiral, alliances fracture, and the line between Pogues and Kooks grows more dangerous, Carolina is forced to confront the life she's been running from, and the family she refuses to abandon. With secrets threatening to come undone and loyalty pulling her in opposite directions, Carolina must decide whether escaping the Cut is worth losing herself in the process.