If Only You

Blackmere University has educated England's elite for centuries, the sons and daughters of monarchs, dukes, earls, viscounts, barons, and old noble houses whose names still open doors. It is not a place for boys like Theo Whitlocke.

Adopted quietly by his uncle, Richard, a man of discreet influence and old standing, Theo is placed inside Blackmere without announcement or protection. Everyone knows Richard's name. No one knows why his poor, orphaned nephew is here. At Blackmere, lineage is currency, and Theo arrives with none.

Until the Crown Prince notices him.

Crown Prince Lucian Blackthorn, heir to the throne and future ruler of England, belongs to a world Theo was never meant to touch. He has power, privilege, and a fiancée chosen to match his future crown. From the moment Theo enters Blackmere, Lucian makes it clear that anomalies are not tolerated. What begins as open hostility, cold words and deliberate humiliation, slowly becomes something far more dangerous. Fixation.

Because attraction is not harmless when power is involved.
And desire is not gentle when it is forbidden.

Between whispered debts, unspoken bargains, and the constant threat of exposure, Theo and Lucian are drawn toward each other in ways neither of them can afford. At Blackmere University, blood determines worth, and the House of Blackthorn never forgets what it is owed.

If Only You is a dark academia, enemies-to-lovers romance about hierarchy, inheritance, and the devastating cost of wanting someone who can ruin you.

Some debts are inherited.
Some are emotional.
And some are never forgiven.