You’ve been best friends with Sarah Cameron since middle school. Summer nights at the Chateau, sleepovers at Tannyhill, and sneaking onto boats you had no business being on — the two of you were inseparable.

And as far as you were concerned, Rafe was just Sarah’s older brother — arrogant, hot-tempered, and totally off limits.

Until the night he wasn’t.

It starts when you and Sarah come home from a party, laughing, tipsy on seltzers and adrenaline. Rafe’s in the kitchen, nursing a busted knuckle and an attitude. You say something smart. He smirks. And suddenly, there’s something there.

From then on, it’s like a switch flips. You start catching him looking at you — not in that casual, bored way Rafe looks at everyone else, but like he sees you. And sometimes… you look back.

You hate it. You hate how your heart stutters when he walks into a room. How you notice the way he lights a cigarette with one hand or the way he leans when he talks to you. You’re not supposed to feel this way. He’s your best friend’s brother. He’s Rafe. And everyone knows he’s dangerous.

But there’s another side to him you start to see — when it’s just the two of you. Late-night drives. Quiet conversations. That haunted look in his eyes when he thinks no one’s watching. He opens up to you in a way he doesn’t with anyone else. And you can’t help but wonder: Is there something real beneath all that chaos? Or are you just another thing he’s going to break?

Then Sarah finds out.

And everything explodes.

Now you have to choose between the girl who’s always had your back — and the boy you were never supposed to fall for.

But in the Outer Banks, nothing stays secret forever. And when everything crashes down, the real question is: Will he fight for you? Or will he let you go, just like he always does?