{"product_id":"the-headmasters-binding-phoenix-cross-9798170289455","title":"The Headmaster's Binding: MM Gothic Dark Academia Romance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSome posts come with a desk and a salary. His came with a tithe.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Mercer\u003c\/b\u003e takes the literature post at Ashgrave College because it comes with a salary, a study, and no follow-up questions about why he left his last position.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe study is adequate. The students are bright. The headmaster is a problem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdrian Thorne\u003c\/b\u003e runs Ashgrave with the precision of a man who signs every document and reads every clause. He does not use contractions. He does not explain the locked archive, the quarterly sittings, or why the student everyone calls \"the Vane boy\" no longer speaks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas makes lists when he is afraid. He is making a lot of lists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe college is old. The institution it serves is older. And the system that has run beneath Ashgrave for centuries has just flagged Thomas Mercer's name for collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdrian Thorne has never once failed to deliver what the office requires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe has also never wanted to save someone this badly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Headmaster's Binding\u003c\/b\u003e is a dual-POV, spicy MM gothic dark academia romance. Book One of The Six Chairs series. Slow burn. HFN ending. Reads standalone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReaders love this book for: \u003c\/b\u003e Headmaster\/professor power dynamic - Soul bonds - Forced proximity - Supernatural institutional horror - Gothic boarding school - Morally gray hero - Touch-him-and-die protectiveness - He falls first - Found family\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Phoenix Cross,Quinn Seaver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798170289455\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.74d","brand":"Phoenix Cross","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49174560047359,"sku":"9798170289455","price":15.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-headmasters-binding-phoenix-cross-9798170289455","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}