My fabulous agent, Andrea Barzvi of Empire Literary: you go way beyond the call of duty for an agent/client relationship. The excitement for my new tale began there.Ī massive thank you to my wonderful attorney, Matthew Savare, who is a consistent support in my new world. Then my agent, Andrea Barzvi, read the first book and mirrored my thoughts, followed by Beth de Guzman of Grand Central Publishing and Genevieve Pegg of Orion Books. Jesse ‘The Lord’ Ward had big boots to fill, yet as my new story progressed, I couldn’t help but think I might have equalled all of the qualities I strived to achieve in This Man. Livy and M were born, and while writing their story, the mixture of excitement and worry played havoc on me.

I also had one constant thought running through my mind. It was for This Man Confessed, the final book of my This Man Trilogy, and I remember feeling a great sense of pressure to bring Jesse and Ava’s story to an explosive but satisfying end. It’s been a year since I last wrote an acknowledgment. To have him, body and soul, she’ll have to brave his dark secrets.For my assistant, Siobhan. But she senses that behind the fast cars, fancy suits, and posh apartment, he’s aching inside. M awakens something in Livy, something deep and addicting that she never knew existed-and that she fears only he can satisfy. Yet the fascination is so powerful, Livy can’t deny him…or herself. Every defense mechanism Livy has adopted during her solitary life is at risk of being obliterated by this confounding man. No feelings, no commitment – nothing but pleasure. signed M.Īll he wants is one night to worship her.

Then she finds the note he left on his napkin. When he walks out the door, she thinks she’ll never see him again. He’s heart-stoppingly stunning, with a blue-eyed gaze so piercing she’s almost too distracted to take his order. Livy notices him the moment he walks into the coffee shop. You’ve read E L James, you’ve seen the Fifty Shades movie, you adored This Man…now meet the hottest new trilogy…

One Night Promised by Jodi Ellen Malpas