Cross My Heart: A Spicy Dark Academia Romance (The Oxford Legacy, 1)

Name: Cross My Heart: A Spicy Dark Academia Romance (The Oxford Legacy, 1)
Author: Roxy Sloane

Roxy Sloane

Book 1 in the The Oxford Legacy series · Reading order →

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Why we recommend it

A spicy dark academia romance set against the hallowed, secretive world of Oxford. Privilege, legacy, and dangerous attraction collide as two people circle each other through forbidden territory. Expect simmering chemistry, atmospheric tension, and a hero who blurs every line. For readers who want their heat turned up amid gothic libraries and old money intrigue, this one delivers slow-burn longing with a wicked edge.

At a glance

Cross My Heart is book 1 in Roxy Sloane’s The Oxford Legacy series. It rates 4/5 for spice and 3/5 for darkness, on the lighter side for dark academia romance: of the 191 dark academia romance books we rate, almost none score lower for darkness and 56% lower for spice. Tropes: slow burn, enemies to lovers and forbidden romance. It is about as dark as Roxy Sloane’s other books on Readark (average darkness 3.3/5). It runs to 272 pages. 1 content warning is listed below, hidden until you tap.

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Enemies to Lovers Forbidden Romance Morally Grey MC Slow Burn

Book details

Series: The Oxford Legacy, 1
Pages: 272
Published: August 2024

Cross My Heart spice level

Cross My Heart is rated 4/5 for spice on Readark’s scale: explicit and frequent, meaning multiple detailed scenes, with heat central to the story. Its darkness rating is 3/5: genuinely dark, meaning violence, coercion or captivity drive the plot, not just the mood. How we rate