This Man (This Man #1) by Jodi Ellen Malpas

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 affect 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?

Ok, ladies. Let me introduce, to those of you that dont know, Mr Jesse Ward.

Every now and then, you will stumble across a book that quite literally sweeps you away. For me, This Man swept me away. I read books like they are going out of fashion. The This Man trilogy is in my top five.

Here we have the story of Jesse and Ava. Shes a 26 year old interior designer and he is the owner of a very luxurious hotel, The Manor. She gets requested to visit about the possibility of doing a renovation job at The Manor. It is there that these two meet for the first time. The immediate attraction thay these two people share is intense to say the least.

Jesse wants Ava, badly.

Ava wants Jesse too. But there are many reasons that persuade her she must stay away from this man.

Unfortunately for Ava, Jesse refuses to let her run from him and persues her until she breaks down and gives in to her desires.

And so begins a very passionate love affair.

There are so many amazing features about this book it would take me forever to list but heres a few...

Jodi's writing style is superb. This is the debut book from this author and she has set her own bar very high. The book is written 1st person from Ava's POV. The way she writes down every emotion and feeling that Ava has is inspiring.

Jesse Ward is quite possibly the most amazing man to ever grace the book world. He is arrogant, possessive, passionate and god damn beautfiul. He craves Ava like she is a drug to him.

The sex scenes are plentiful and very well detailed and written. But, there is also great substance to the story outside of the bedroom scenes.

I loved the mystery surrounding Jesse's age. He starts at 21 and ages a year everytime she asks him again.

Guys this is such a brilliant book and start to the trilogy. Dont delay in scooping this gem up.

Without a doubt, a 5* book. Hell i'd give it 6* if i could.

Jade :) xx