Julian Barnes Books

The Day I Was Reborn, I Rejected the Alpha In my previous life, on my third year as Luna, I took an arrow tipped with wolfsbane meant for my Alpha mate Julian. My wolf was nearly killed, and I lay comatose for three full years. When I finally woke, Julian held my sister Lyra's hand and told me they were in love. He wanted me to step aside. My adoptive mother, Eleanor, pressured me to accept it. I refused. When the three of them closed in on me, I appealed to the Council of Elders. In the end, the Council ruled that Lyra be exiled. She couldn't bear the humiliation, and took her own life. Julian let me keep my title as Luna, but he hated me for the rest of his life. He would look at me with cold, dead eyes. "You should never have woken up. Then I wouldn't have lost Lyra." My adoptive mother blamed me too — for killing my sister, for destroying our family. Seven years later, grief and alcohol had hollowed Julian out completely. On his deathbed, the cold mask slipped. He gripped my hand. "In the next life... will you let me have Lyra?" Something in me went numb. After Julian was gone, the pack fell apart without an Alpha. Every one of them cursed me for being the one still alive. In the fighting that came after, my own pack handed me over to a rival pack. They put a dozen arrows through me. I died alone in the wilderness. When I opened my eyes, I was back — back to the day I first woke up.

Bagaimana jadinya, jika keturunan dari dua kerajaan musuh saling mencintai? Julian dan Anne tidak menyangka jika pertemuan pertama mereka adalah awal dari segalanya.

THIS STORY CONTAINS EXPLICIT SEX SCENES. READER DISCRETION ADVISED. I Was Never Yours is an emotional romance story about love, power, and emotional survival in a world where affection can feel like control. Amara once believed in love with her whole heart. She believed in promises made under soft lights, in quiet conversations that felt like forever, and in a future she thought was guaranteed by a man who made her feel deeply chosen, until he didn’t. Julian is a man shaped by control, success, and emotional distance. To him, vulnerability is weakness, and love is something he can manage rather than surrender to. Years ago, Amara and Julian shared something intense but undefined, a relationship built on emotional closeness without public labels or clear promises. It was passionate, quiet, and dangerously addictive in its secrecy. Then Julian walked away without explanation. Not with betrayal. Not with arguments. Just silence. Years later, fate forces them back into each other’s world when Amara becomes an employee in his powerful company. But time has changed everything. The girl who once waited quietly is gone. In her place stands a woman who understands emotional survival, boundaries, and self-worth. Now the power has shifted. Julian wants her back, not just as a lover, but as someone he can emotionally possess again. He begins careful, strategic moves to stay close to her, protect her, and slowly pull her back into his emotional orbit. But Amara has learned something dangerous from heartbreak. She can love him… but she refuses to belong to him. As emotions resurface, both must confront healing, obsession, pride, and the question of whether love is about holding on or choosing each other again every day.

The day the Royal Academy's screening results came out, the twin Alpha heirs — Julian and Damien — stood in front of me. Each of them was holding an application form. "Ivy. Have you decided whose name you're putting on that form?" In my previous life, I chose Julian for love. I gave up my direct admission to the Royal Academy and stayed behind in the pack with him and Celeste — his childhood-friend Omega who'd failed the screening — to help them train for another year. I thought that was what it meant to go through hardship together. That was love. But the pack laughed at Celeste — an Omega who thought she could get into the combat track at the Royal Academy. She couldn't stand the gossip, ran off alone, and was killed by rogue wolves. Julian threw me into the silver pit — the pit our pack used to execute traitors. Silver burns a wolf's flesh like acid. "If you hadn't been so desperate to cling to me, I could've focused on protecting Celeste. She wouldn't be dead!" "Ivy Hale — all of this is your fault. You ruined us." He poured silver down my throat. I died thrashing in agony. When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day the screening results were announced. This time, I slipped my arm through Damien's and gave the brightest smile I had. "Let's apply to the Royal Academy together." Julian let out a quiet, relieved breath and turned to go find his Omega. He didn't see the way Damien's hand tightened around mine — or the obsession and ambition he couldn't quite hide behind his eyes.

“Not so fast, Clarence,” Damon sneered. He yanked my wheelchair toward the balcony, pressing a button that lowered the guardrail into the floor. Now, I was teetering dangerously close to the edge. With one hand gripping the chair, keeping one wheel hanging over empty space, he shoved the divorce papers in my face. “You thought you could run to your mother’s lawyer?” he said, eyes glinting with cruel amusement. “Think again. You’re signing these papers, Clarence, and you’re leaving with nothing.” His smirk widened. “Or… you can join your parents on the other side.” --- Betrayed, crippled, and left penniless, Clarence is discarded for her sister by the man she sacrificed everything for—Damon Ferdinand. But when her ruthless ex-boyfriend, Dr. Julian Blackwood, reappears, he offers her a lifeline and a chance to reclaim what was stolen. With Julian’s power and influence, Clarence rises from the ashes, determined to exact revenge on her ex-husband and deceitful sister. But standing in her way is Kristina, Julian’s possessive fiancée. As old wounds resurface and lines blur between past regrets and new beginnings, Clarence is faced with the ultimate question: Can she truly find love in the arms of the man she once abandoned? Or is she merely playing with fire, risking the same heartbreak that once left her in ruins?

After my stepsister, Jennifer Nichols, died in a tragic accident, Julian Asher hated me for ten whole years. He was the youngest star attorney in Vaxton Bay. He was always calm and composed, yet he never once hid his disgust toward me. I gave up everything for him: my education, my family, my friends, even the inheritance I was meant to receive. I stayed by his side through the grueling bar exam and the brutal early days of his career. But all he ever said was, "Miley, if you really want to please me, go ahead and die." The only woman he ever loved in this lifetime was my stepsister. And I realized that far too late. It wasn't until a fire broke out unexpectedly in the courthouse archives and I was trapped upstairs that something changed. Julian ran in to save me. The blaze devoured everything in its path. In the end, he shoved me out of the rubble. The collapsing steel beams crashed down on him. Blood spilled everywhere. Outside the operating room, I fell to my knees, begging the heavens to let him live. Before he died, he left me one final message with the doctor. "Miley, I hope we never meet again in the next life." At his funeral, his mother slapped me hard across the face—again and again. "You're a cursed wretch. Killing Jennifer wasn't enough for you; now you've killed my son too. I never should've agreed to let Julian marry you." His father dragged me to my knees by my hair, forcing me to kneel. "This is all my fault. I was too soft-hearted. Julian saved you three times, and all you ever brought him was misery!" Everyone believed I was the reason Julian died. And deep down, I believed it too. In the end, I slit my wrists and took my own life—only to awaken back in university, at the very moment we was supposed to get engaged. This time, I made a choice. I would not chase after him again. I would step aside and let him be with the one he loved most—my stepsister, Jennifer.

« Je suis désolé, j'ai fait une erreur, mais je suis prêt à la réparer. Je veux que tu reviennes, Evie », supplia Julian. « C'est trop tard », répondis-je. ——————————. Evelyn a enduré des années de négligence, de moqueries et un diagnostic terminal avec seulement 5 % de chances de survie, tout cela par amour pour son mari Julian. Lorsqu'il l'a trompée ouvertement et a traité son ex-femme comme une reine, elle a finalement quitté le domicile conjugal, signé les papiers du divorce et risqué une opération de la dernière chance. Elle survit, pour découvrir ensuite que son grand-père maternel, l'homme le plus riche d'Allemagne, souhaite se racheter. Evelyn endosse alors le rôle de Sophia Müller, unique héritière du plus grand conglomérat allemand, et après un an en Allemagne, elle retourne aux États-Unis pour se venger de son ex-mari Julian Carvers et récupérer tout ce qu'elle lui a donné. Déguisée en secrétaire de Sophia, elle observe Julian et sa nouvelle amante, Vivienne, la mépriser, ignorant qu'elle est l'investisseuse clé dont ils ont besoin. C'est alors qu'entre en scène le docteur Xander, le chirurgien le plus brillant de la ville, qui fait irruption dans la vie d'Evelyn. Il la défend contre son ex-mari et Vivienne, ce qui déplaît fortement à Julian, car Xander prétend être son petit ami. Julian réalise ce qu'il a perdu et veut reconquérir Evelyn, mais le docteur Xander est dans le tableau et Evelyn est déterminée à se venger. Elle fera tout pour faire souffrir Julian autant qu'il l'a fait, tout en réprimant les sentiments qu'elle éprouve pour le docteur Xander, car elle ne croit plus en l'amour.

Sophia Winter hatte einst mit ihrer Mutter eine Wette abgeschlossen – falls Julian Hartmann jemals in sie verliebt würde, sollte ihre Mutter zurücktreten und sie zusammen sein lassen. Als sie erfuhr, dass Julian sanfte und widerstandsfähige Mädchen bevorzugte, gab sie sich daher als mittellose Studentin aus, um ihm nahe zu sein. Aber am Ende zerstörte Julian ihre Illusionen: Er hielt seine erste Liebe in den Armen und blickte Sophia mit Verachtung an. „Eine geldgierige Niemandin wie du? Wie könntest du jemals mit meiner Clara mithalten?“ Gedemütigt und mit gebrochenem Herzen ging Sophia fort, kehrte nach Hause zurück und trat ihr rechtmäßiges Erbe als Milliarden-Erbin an. Jahre später kam sie zurück – in einem maßgeschneiderten Designer-Kleid im Wert von Millionen, das Eleganz und Stärke ausstrahlte. Neben ihr stand ein Mann, von dem gemunkelt wurde, dass er unantastbar, gefürchtet und verehrt sei. Als sie Julian erneut begegnete, hatten sich die Rollen vertauscht. Dieses Mal war es Julian, der voller Reue zurückblieb. Er wandte sich über soziale Medien mit einer öffentlichen Geständnis an sie: „Früher dachte ich, ich liebe starke, einzigartige Frauen. Doch Sophia, die Begegnung mit dir hat mich gelehrt, dass Liebe keine Regeln kennt. Du bist meine Ausnahme.“ Genau in dieser Nacht brach der rätselhafte Adrian Berg sein Schweigen und veröffentlichte ein lang gehütetes Foto. Darin lächelte ein Mädchen strahlend, ungezähmt und voller Leben. Entschlossen nahm er Sophias Hand und verkündete für alle sichtbar: „Sophia, es gibt keine Ausnahmen. Du warst schon immer die Einzige. Und ich habe mein ganzes Leben auf diesen Moment gewartet.“

Para sa bilyonaryong siyentista na si Julian Santiago, ang pinakadakilang yaman ay hindi matatagpuan sa isang vault—nasa puso ito ng Palawan rainforest. His singular obsession is a rare medicinal plant that could save his family from a genetic curse. But to secure his legacy and a crucial alliance, Julian is forced into an arranged marriage with Dr. Leona Reyes, a fierce environmentalista who sees his corporate wealth as a threat to the land she's sworn to protect. Their initial clash becomes more complicated when they uncover a far more dangerous conspiracy. Hindi lang simpleng illegal logging ang ginagawa ng mga kalaban; they are digging for something ancient and powerful, a secret buried deep beneath the earth. Forced into an uneasy alliance, Julian and Leona must navigate a jungle of deceit, fighting a new and ruthless enemy who will stop at nothing to claim their hidden discovery. As they race to uncover a truth that could change the world, kailangan nilang matutong magtiwala sa isa’t isa not just to survive, but to forge a true partnership. But how can two people from different worlds find common ground when a terrifying new obsession is about to be unearthed, threatening to consume them both?

When 24-year-old Lila Carter returns home for the summer, she expects an empty househer mother is away on a three-month cruise. Instead, she finds Julian Reyes, her mother’s dangerously handsome 39-year-old husband, the man who’s fueled her forbidden fantasies for years. With the house to themselves, the tension that’s been simmering since Julian married her mother finally ignites. Stolen glances turn into midnight swims, whispered touches become breathless, sheet-clenching nights, and every moan is caught on hidden cameras neither of them knew existed. They’re careful. Or so they think. One stormy night changes everything. One secret lens records it all. Soon, a faceless blackmailer has every explicit secondthe pool, the laundry room, the master bedand the price of silence is climbing fast. If Lila and Julian don’t pay, the first clip goes straight to her mother. Caught between scorching desire and the threat of total destruction, they’ll risk everything to keep their darkest fantasy alive… even if it means burning their old lives to the ground. A high-heat, age-gap, forbidden step-romance loaded with sneaking around, possessive passion, heart-pounding close calls, and sex so intense it’ll leave you aching for more.