Friday, January 18, 2013

Book Review: Beneath This Man by Jodi Ellen Malpas

Beneath This Man by Jodi Ellen Malpas
My rating: 5 of 5 stars (BEYOND AMAZING!)

Official book description:

"She knew she was heading towards disaster. Every instinct told her to run, but Jesse Ward was a hard man to escape.

It has been five days’ since Ava O’Shea left Jesse drunk and raging at Lusso – left behind a man who drowned her in his intensity and blindsided her with his touch. Getting over this man was never going to be easy. And now he’s back in her life.

She has questions she needs answering, but her determination to get these answers will give the pleasure-seeking playboy the power to destroy her again. She needs to keep her eyes wide open and caution at the forefront of her mind, an ambitious intention when Jesse Ward is within touching distance. And he plans to be.

He’s dark, he’s broken – Ava knows this, but the only way to find out how dark and how broken is to get beneath the steely exterior of this man."

Self-published: 01/15/2013
Purchased: 01/17/2013
Read: 01/18/2013
Kindle Price: $5.69
523 Pages (Estimated)
Genre(s): Contemporary Erotic Romance

My Thoughts (Short and Sweet!)

Beneath This Man is indescribably and tortuously delicious! Ava and Jesse's obviously detrimental need to be together may be what fuels the flames in this erotic novel, but, in Ava, the author created a heroine able to retain some sense of self and logical thought despite the hero's hot-blooded and controlling ways. So, even though Ava and Jesse appear to be impassioned beyond all reason neither character came across as beyond all hope. I consider This Man to be the most erotic book I read last year, and Beneath This Man to be not only steamy, but intensely emotional, as well. I can't even imagine what Jodi Ellen Malpas has in store for us this coming spring with This Man Confessed (hopefully those "confessions" will explain Jesse's behavior satisfactorily,) but I bet we'll all be sad to conclude the trilogy even with a happily-ever-after ending.


Update 03/30/2013: An excerpt of This Man Confessed!

Update 04/04/2013: This Man Confessed Available for Kindle Pre-Order!

Update 05/11/2013: This Man Confessed Cover Reveal and Contest! 

Some Highlights

"I've learnt that he is intense, hot-blooded and controlling, but he is also gentle, affectionate and protective." 
 ~ Ava O'Shea

"Where you're concerned, I'll try my best, Ava. I already told you, I've waited too long for you. You're my little piece of heaven. Nothing will rob you from me. Nothing.  As long as I have you, I have purpose and reason. That is why I won't be drinking and that is why I will do everything in my power to keep you safe. Understand?" 

~ Jesse Ward 

"My work here is done." ← Said to Ava SIX times!!! He's a VERY busy man! ;)

~ Jesse Ward 

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