Julian
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  • Reads 127,961
  • Votes 5,801
  • Parts 56
  • Time 6h 29m
Complete, First published Apr 02, 2015
⭐A Wattpad-Featured Novel
⭐'18 Magic Awards - Favorite Character - Marlo

Twenty-five-year-old Calvin Leblanc traded his playwright dreams for a "big boy job" at Julian High School. 

All he wants now is to stay under the radar, find a nice girl to marry, and impress Marlo, his estranged half-brother and school principal.

But Genevieve Millen, an alluring English teacher thirteen years his senior, wants to rock his bed-by-nine, self-loathing world, and she won't take no for an answer.

Even if they are "just friends", Calvin can't get enough of her seductive presence and flirtatious wit, but is she everything she claims to be?

500 DAYS OF SUMMER meets THE GRADUATE in this angsty, sensual, and moving tale about the disillusions of the Quarter-Life Crisis, the healing properties of brotherhood, and the power of introverts. 

Copyright © 2015 Lola Dom. All Right Reserved.
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