THIS MAN , BENEATH THIS MAN, THIS MAN CONFESSED
Series: This Man #1-3
Author: Jodi Ellen Malpas
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: October 2012 – July 2013
Since WITH THIS MAN (*cue screaming like a banshee*) is almost here – March 20th – what a better way to prepare than do a re-read of one of my BEST BOOK BOYFRIEND, Jesse Ward?!
There will NEVER be enough of THIS MAN, so now, all our fan girl’s prayers were answered and With This Man is almost here!
Can it be MARCH 20TH already, please?! 😉
Young interior designer Ava O’Shea has an appointment for a first consultation at The Manor with the owner, Mr Jesse Ward. She is expecting nothing more than an overweight, cravat wearing, well-to-do countryman, and on arrival, nothing would suggest otherwise. How wrong could she be? This Man is devastatingly handsome, charming and confident. He is also a conceited, hedonistic playboy, who knows no boundaries. Ava desperately does not want to be attracted to him, but she can’t control the overwhelming effect he has on her. Every instinct is telling her to run, so she does, but Jesse Ward is not so willing to let her go. He wants her and is determined to have her. She knows she is heading for heartbreak, but how can she run when he won’t let her?
Jesse Ward drowned her with his intensity and blindsided her with his passion, but he kept her away from his dark secrets and broken soul. Leaving him was the only way Ava O’Shea could survive. She should have known that Jesse Ward is impossible to escape–and now he’s back in her life, determined to remind her of the sensual pleasures they had shared. Ava is equally determined to get at the truth beneath this man’s steely exterior. That means letting herself get close to the Lord of the Manor once more. And it’s exactly where Jesse wants her–within touching distance…
The Manor, the very place where their passionate love affair began, fills with guests on what should be the happiest day of Ava and Jesse’s lives. She has accepted that she’ll never tame the fierceness in Jesse-and she doesn’t want to. Their love is profound, their connection powerful, but just when she thinks that she’s finally gotten beneath his guarded exterior, more questions arise, leading Ava to believe that Jesse Ward may not be the man she thinks he is. He knows too well how to take her to a place beyond ecstasy . . . but will he also drive her to the brink of despair? It’s time for this man to confess.
This Man Indeed!!! I can’t get enough of this Man!
Omg, with ‘With This Man’ announcement for next March a reread of all that is Jesse Ward is mandatory! All time fav series, after all… <3
And THIS MAN sure defined the bar and start of the OTT obsessive and possessive Alphas that followed and that I adored so much! What can I say, I love a bit of crazy, specially when they are alllll about their woman!
This series was one of my first ventures in Erotica Contemporary Romance that followed Fifty Shades of Grey and I couldn’t have fallen harder for Jesse – even though there were times I wanted to nut punch him (yes, I’m talking about the ‘Days that can’t be mentioned and I deleted from my memory’, lol) – but that being said, the emotional journey that Jodi Ellen Malpas gave with this couple will FOREVER be branded in my memory. Jesse Ward became Iconic Name in the Best Book Boyfriend Wall, I tell you!
Gripping and heart wrenching emotional moments that had me bawling my eyes out, sweet and tender times that leave you enchanted, and the some STEAMIEST, sexiest and most sexual tension scenes I’ve had the pleasure of reading – even now hundreds of books later -, all wrapped up in an exquisite and BRILLIANT writing, and PERFECT character development! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
Update: There will never be enough Jesse Ward, so now, all our fan girl’s prayers were answered and With This Man is almost here! Can it be March already, please?! 😉
This Review concerns all the three books of the series: This Man, Beneath This Man And This Man Confessed
ALL I AM (This Man #3.5)
WITH THIS MAN (This Man #4)
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British talent Jodi Ellen Malpas sold hundreds of thousands of e-books of her passionately erotic trilogy This Man before landing a major US publishing deal and sailing straight to the top of the New York Times bestsellers chart in a few short months. Success quickly followed in the UK, with thousands of readers falling head-over-heels for the devastatingly handsome Lord of the Manor Jesse Ward and his feisty counterpart, Ava O’Shea, as all three books became major Sunday Times bestsellers. This was followed by further success with her second series One Night, which introduced the irresistibly enigmatic M.
Jodi was born and raised in the Midlands town of Northampton, England, where she lives with her two boys and a beagle. She is a self-professed daydreamer, a Converse and, mojito addict, and has a terrible weak spot for Alpha Males.