The Blueprint of Us: Book 1: The Subtle Shift

By Kade Kirby

For Jackson Harvey, life is a series of precise calculations. A freshman architecture student at Oakridge University, Jackson navigates his world through meticulous blueprinted layouts, hurdle step-counts, and absolute order. He builds things to last, believing that if you can control every millimeter on a piece of paper, you can protect yourself from the unpredictable.

Then comes Whitney Boxington.

Whitney is a free-spirited coastal ecology student with a paint-dusted life, an acoustic guitar, and a history as untamable as the Maine tides. To her, life is too short to spend organizing the shelves while the storm passes. When they are thrown together as unlikely roommates in Room 314, Jackson's carefully structured world begins to shift.

As late-night study sessions, shared tea, and quiet campus walks turn into a bond neither of them ever calculated, Jackson and Whitney must decide if they are willing to let their boundaries fall. In the face of past grief, demanding expectations, and the impending storms of life, they will discover that the strongest foundations aren't built to resist the environment-they are built to accommodate the people who live inside them.

A deeply moving, slow-burn university romance about finding the space to grow, learning to roll with the tides, and building something meant to last forever.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HNKSK4N2
• ISBN13: 9798162619826
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"