Jen received a free copy of This Man by Jodi Ellen Malpas from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. The opinions expressed are her own and were not influenced by the method in which she received the book.
Imperfect Women and Forever Yours are proud to bring you October’s installment of Book Crush Monthly! Every month we will bring you a new book review with chances to win eBooks and Paperbacks! 25 winners will be chosen each month. This month our selection is This Man by Jodi Ellen Malpas!
I lost track of the thoughts and feelings that went through me while reading this book. This was one of those books where I would get ticked, throw it down and say I wasn’t going to read anymore. But 5 minutes later, my nose is back in my kindle and I’m yelling at the characters. Jesse Ward both excited me and made me want to throttle him! He was domineering, sexy, and erratic. He was almost too extreme for me. Ava couldn’t make a choice and stick with it to save her life. I felt like she was weak and overpowered by Jesse. With that being said, they worked together. Their chemistry explodes off the page from their first encounter, which kept me coming back for more.
Ava and Jesses first meeting was like someone lit a match and blew the roof off the place. She meets Jesse at The Manor, Jesses hotel in the country. Ava is an interior designer and goes to The Manor to do a consult. Her meeting is with the owner, Mr. Jesse Ward. The instant she sees him she can’t think straight and all of her common sense and intelligence goes out the window. From that point on Jesse can’t control himself when he’s around Ava. I don’t know if he is always this cray cray but something about Ava drives him to lose him mind. He becomes domineering and possessive which drives their sexual chemistry.
The Manor isn’t what Ava thinks it is, and how she doesn’t figure it out is beyond me. In her regular life when she’s at work and with her friends, she’s a smart girl. Jesse shows up and her intelligent self takes a hike. Ava knows she’s stuck on stupid when he’s around so to get even she purposely does things that she knows will tick him off; she cusses more, wears revealing clothes, and drinks after he’s told her not to. Have I mentioned that Jesse is controlling? I wanted to tell him to shut his face every time he told Ava to watch her mouth. The last 30% of this book is what saved it for me. Jesse obviously has some serious issues and the cliffhanger ending made me feel some sympathy for him. There are many unanswered questions at the end of this book ensuring that you can’t not read the next one.
My rating: 4 Jesse Ward drives me crazy stars.
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I love a book that takes you away and you lose all track of anything around you except what you are reading in the book. I haven’t had that happen to me many times.
You want to know what drives me crazy about the oposite sex… He never picks up after himself… Makes me really crazy.
Sounds like Jesse has some control issues. Having an obstinate character like that really helps to make you love the other characters even more. This sounds like a great read.
Sounds like a good book although Jesse almost sounds like an alpha male from the sound of it. I’m not a big fan of cliffhangers though but I so want to read this book. Here’s hoping I win one. 🙂
This book sounds amazing! I guess I would have to say that the thing that drives me crazy would be when they think they know everything and refuse to admit when they really know nothing. lol 🙂
Thank you for the great giveaways
Great giveway, have a friend in the US who can send the book to me should I be lucky enough to win.Hope that’s ok. I loved this series. I hate it when they just leave stuff lying around….leaving mess…so annoying!
Oh interesting book – it’s lovely of you to introduce us all to a new one every month I love finding out about new books 🙂 X
Thanks for the book review! I’ll have to read this!
I haven’t had a chance to do much reading lately. Maybe I’ll start again with this! Thanks 🙂
This is a great give away! This is a fabulous book, let alone the series will blow you away. I have read the Fifty Shades trilogy and I’ve read all of the Crossfire books to date and honestly, I believe This Man blows them all away. Jesse is such a dominating, passionate character that you can’t help but fall head over heals in love with. Ava is a young, strong and determined women & the two of them make for a story that you will not be able to put down.
I LOVE THIS GIVEAWAY!!!
And I can’t stand when men leave their dirty socks laying around the house!!!
Just sayin!
Haha, I love your description! I totally do the same thing and say I’m not going to read anymore but then I quickly change my mind cuz I just have to know how it ends! I’m going to add this book to my Amazon wish list!
This sounds like a great book to pull on your emotions and keep you sucked in at the same time. Those are the best books.
This sounds like something I would need to read when I needed to escape my other world fantasy reads.
I LOVE this series!!
I love a good Alpha with the rest of them, it’s the controlling that bothers me a lot! Let me be me!
I absolutely love me some Jesse Ward…you rock Jodi Ellen Malpas
I love a guys shoulders!!!! Yum
I love my husband dearly but the effing “man cold” drives me mad!
Their chest eyes and lips 🙂 I love kissing 🙂
Love this trilogy! A guys eyes and biceps drive me crazy in a good way…a guy being lazy drives me crazy in a bad way 🙂
Love this series could not put it down …love me some jesse ward….
I would love to win this book. I’ve heard so many awesome things about this series, however I haven’t had a chance to purchase it yet.
Love it love it love it !!! Can’t get enough of Jesse ‘The Lord’ Ward either
This Man is one of my absolute favorite series. I can’t even remember how many times I’ve re-read it.
What drives me crazy about the opposite sex is…in my experience most of them lack empathy
Everything
Sounds like a great giveaway and story! Thanks for sharing!
Loved this series and can’t wait to get on paperback when it hits the shelves in the U.S. next week. Jesse Ward puts all other leading book men to shame! Love him!
What’s doesn’t drive me crazy?
Oh, a guy walks in and a girl isn’t acting like herself? I’ve never seen that before 😉 What drives me crazy about the opposite sex is, um – well there’s a lot 😉 I love my husband though, I’d miss the crazy little annoyances if he weren’t here…
What drives me crazy? EVERYTHING 🙂 Mostly probably the communication gap.
What drives me crazy? What doesn’t drive me crazy? Probably the worst is having to repeat myself a million times before he starts listening.
They have selective hearing lol My hubby is the worst for only hearing the good stuff
Would love to read this book. 🙂
It drives me crazy that my husband thinks that all the household cleaning, cooking etc is my responsibility. You’d think he’d realize after 13 years, that if he helped more, maybe it’d improve my mood for more ‘fun’ activities. lol
BEST trilogy ever!!! Recommended to all my friends!
I want to know what the Manor is and why does Ava not think it is what it is???? Oh goodness just another book to my read list…
This sounds like a book I would really enjoy. I love a book that leaves me hanging and waiting for the next one.
WOW it sounds intense!! I don’t know if I want to rush to get it or run as fast as I can away from it LOL Great review!!
I have read all three book and love them.
Thanks for the great giveaways!
Would love to win!
Uf, I don’t know.. I get what you meant about wanting to put the book down out of frustration. It doesn’t honestly sound like the kind of story I could put up with. The characters would drive me crazy.
Jesse sounds intriguing! Can’t wait to read this!
Guys are so … this sounds so intense. What? It is absolutely NOT sexy to see a guy who’s controlling. Maybe a little but not to the annoying point. This might annoy me.
Jodi is a wonderful author, love her books!
what drives me crazy s there eyes!
but i just love a man who is built!
I would love a new book! What drives me crazy is the fact that they do not have a clue when it comes to us women.
What drives me crazy? Can I pick more than one thing? 😉 Worst for me is their inability to communicate their feelings (at least my guy).
I find myself yelling in my head at Doctor Who more often than reading books of late. I need to read more books!
I definitely need to pick up a book soon as I’m watching way too much tv. Will look for this!
Sounds like an interesting book! Sometimes I really wish I had time for some fiction. 🙂
i am an avide reader so finding a new book each month is awesome
I never heard of this but it looks great! I’ll have to check it out!
If you were yelling at the book and getting so frustrated, the author really did a great job of catching you up in it. Sounds like a good one to get!
I love books that actually make me want to yell! I’d enter if I was in the USA!
Some of the best books I ever read had me wanting to throttle the main characters more than once. I think it’s AWESOME when an author gets you involved that much!
I have been in a relationship where I was not allowed to be me. It was like martial law in the house. He was a gorgeous hunk of a man but he was too much work for me. Got rid of him 8 years ago. If I start reading this series, I hope it does not take me back to the bad bad time in my life.
My hubby is a bookworm, me? not so much. Yesterday he just bought two more books from amazon.
the cover immediately screamed “christian grey” so i wonder if it is similar.
Love love love Jesee Ward
Interesting but I try not to read books that frustrate me. I have enough of that in my life already. haha
Thank you for the giveaway. I’ve been wanting to read this series for a long time!
This almost sounds like the beginning of 50 Shades of Grey, but I don’t think it is a fair comparison as I have not read this book.
Just the thought!
LOL–I’m almost afraid to start this one since it sounds like I will spend a lot of time being angry and frustrated. It’s kind of how I feel about watching Homeland. I get so mad at things that happen on the show but keep coming back to see what will happen. I guess I am a glutton for punishment, so I am sure this book will find its way onto my reading list.
What drives me crazy (in a good way) is the “V”. *rawr*
The inability to properly load a dishwasher!
Not having patience!! 🙂
what drives me crazy is my family.
As far as the opposite sex goes, there sense of hearing, or lack of, at the most convenient times!
I love the This Man trilogy and am excited about the books coming out on paperback. Thanks for the giveaway.
What drives me crazy?
They can’t do the simplist thing like out their plate in the sink, or put their dirty shirt in the hamper. (:
They’re male. I’m female. ‘Nuff said. 😀
When they leave the toilet seat up!
I absolutely loved this trilogy. I don’t know, but I kinda loved jesse 🙂
I cannot express how much everyone should read these books. Fantastic. 5 glowing stars x
What drives me crazy about the opposite sex is a man’s inability, at times, to talk about emotions stuff. My hubby can do it but after he’s tried to make light of it by joking around and then I have to tell him to turn it off. Still frustrates me that I have to TELL him…sigh…
Lets see…where to begin?? Hahaha…Well with my husband always leaves messes everywhere. The entryway, the bedroom, the bathroom, the living room, you name it. I don’t like messes or clutter and he is my exact opposite! Also, the video game thing. All the time.
Been dying to read this book so thank you so much for the giveaway and the chance to win it!!
what frustrates me most is trying to figure out why he can’t be more organized. I could clean the room and ten minutes later there is stuff everywhere. He is always asking me where things are in a home we have had together over 13 years….ugh
What drives me the most crazy about the opposite sex is when they pee on the toilet seat and then don’t clean it up.
Thank you for the giveaway.
The way they are able to tune out the kids!!!!
When they say you didn’t tell them about something and you know that you did!!!
They know what buttons to push. They are always saying how much better they are than we are.
What drives me crazy about the opposite sex is that they are so messy & play too much games.
What drives me crazy is their inability to read directions.
Crazy good or crazy bad?? Oh wait, crazy bad can be oh so good too. 😉
This is the best trilogy ever <3 Thank you!
Love this series! Awesome giveaway!!
trampling
I adore this trilogy. Best one in forever. Jesse could trample me whenever he deems fit!!!
What drives me nuts? Everything! But I love them anyway
In real life, being a controlling ass makes me insane! But in books, it’s what I love most about male characters!
3, 2, 1, 0 baby! I love me some Jesse! Thanks for this great giveaway
This trilogy is my all time favorite. Jesse Ward can trample me any time!
Thank u for this amazing giveaway. My favorite series ever. What drives me nuts is men will never admit they talk just as much as us women. I work with over a hundred a day and I need a zanx by the end of each day. Lol Good Luck All.
Great story! Really appreciate that you are doing this giveaway!❤️
Everything drives me crazy
Sometimes everything drives me crazy lol thanks for the giveaway! !
Love Jesse and Ava, and would loooove to get the paperback version of my favorite book! 🙂
Hands! And eyes!
Liars drive me crazy in any sex male of female…Great giveaway and review!!
Here’s to being trampled by the lord in print as well as electronically….. 3-2-1 baby
Thank you for such a great giveaway- I would love to own a copy of This Man! Thanks
I love this series even if Jesse Ward drives me crazy sometimes. 😉
This trilogy is the best I’ve read. I didn’t think anything would beat Crossfire, but this really has!!
What drives me crazy about the opposite sex is, not wanting to ask for help.
Love “This Man” Trilogy !!!
drives me crazy that men cant clean up after themselves
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