This Man

According to the site description, the portrait shown below was drawn by a mental patient of a well-known psychiatrist:. In January in New York, the patient of a well-known psychiatrist draws the face of a man that has been repeatedly appearing in her dreams. In more than one occasion that man has given her advice on her private life.

The woman swears she has never met the man in her life. He also claims he has never seen that man in his waking life. The psychiatrist decides to send the portrait to some of his colleagues that have patients with recurrent dreams.

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

Within a few months, four patients recognize the man as a frequent presence in their own dreams. Numerous explanations about "This Man" soon followed suit, some based on sociological and psychological concepts like Carl Jung's Archetype Theory or Dream Imitation Theory, as well as others that are more absurd of claims like the man is a dream skipper or the God himself. That same month, some people began investigating the origin of Thisman. It was also revealed that Natella runs an advertising agency called Guerilla Marketing, which designs subversive hoaxes and creates weird art projects exploring pornography, politics, and advertising.

The site was briefly acquired by horror movie production company Ghost House Pictures, in promotion for an upcoming film titled This Man [2] , written and directed by American filmmaker Bryan Bertino. Due to the mystery surrounding This Man, there are numerous parody websites and images ranging from "Who is this woman? Ever Dream This Man?

Is It A Hoax. Jul 13, at Jul 17, at But I felt nothing here in this book. I wanted to dump the book in the middle, but I kept going only for the end and even that didn't live up to any shit. I hope the 2nd book is better than this, at least it will revile stuff and have some kinda story. I have high hopes for the 2nd book. I have a feeling even that will be dragged if the author wants to move stuff into the 3rd book. Sarah was a bitch, Jesse is fucking dumb and Ava is so bloody pissing off and stupid.

I only liked Sam! Dec 03, Britt rated it did not like it. No, No and just No. This book was sort of like watching a car crash about to happen. There are just so many problems with this book I even wrote a damn list , so I am apologising in advance if this review gets a bit ranty. I have experienced my fair share of super alpha mal No, No and just No. I have experienced my fair share of super alpha males. However I could not deal with Jesse Ward. Whilst Christian may be possessive of Ana in Fifty Shades he still lets her go to work and most of his possessiveness stems from the fact that she is actually in real danger.

He gets bouncers to watch her when she goes out with friends and makes her promise not to drink. He leaves 8 missed calls while she is in the damn shower, and when they are fighting she wakes up to find 42 missed calls from him. This just pissed me the FUCK off. Oh and the fact that she thinks he is perfect. The way she describes his perfection made me want to gag. The plot, or lack thereof This book basically goes along the lines of something like this: Ava and Jesse fuck, then she runs away and ignores her phone while he leaves a bazillion messages and calls a bazillion times.

This happens again and again without them ever communicating about what was the issue in the first place. Oh and did I mention that this same scenario happens three or four times throughout the book?. Its repetitive, annoying and predictable. The great unsexiness and just plain stupid. It seems very unrealistic. They obviously have never heard of something called a urinary tract infection! The editing or lack thereof I understand this this is a self-published novel but some of the editing in this book was so bad.

But this book just was not for me. View all 77 comments. Nov 12, Aestas Book Blog rated it liked it. I'm torn on how to rate this book. I liked some of it, I disliked some of it, some of it was thrilling, some of it was frustrating so This book has been 'going around' a lot and I was very intrigued by the controlling, possessive billionaire premise.

But in the case of this book, after the huge impact of the last 2 mega-successful controlling billionaire series, its inevitable that some comparisons will be made. But, personally, if I were to do so, I honestly feel like Jesse was maybe a bit more like a non-kinky Knight than Christian or Gideon. Because I felt differently about this book in the beginning than I did at the end. To say that the beginning melted my panties and set my heart a-flutter is a mega understatement.

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I swear, after their first meeting, I was ready to just throw a 6 star rating at the book. I was hooked and utterly captivated by their chemistry. When Ava, an up-and-coming interior designer lands a job at The Manor in the country side, the last thing she expects is for the proprietor, or Lord of the Manor, to be drop dead gorgeous. He is beyond intense and she is so strongly affected by him that he just takes over her mind every time she sees him. She jumps to several conclusions about him and decided though that its all too much for her and walks away. But Jesse is not one to be deterred from getting what he wants.

He relentlessly peruses her until finally the combination of his determination and her intense desire for him make her give in. Say I can have all of you. He was a gorgeous, controlling, domineering, self-assured British billionaire with a husky accent. I mean, holy hell, can you just picture that?? I do love me a controlling, possessive hero but… I felt he went too far. He was just … too much sometimes… like too stalker-ish, too rude, too demanding, too extreme, too unreasonable, too neurotic, borderline immature especially at the end.

And Ava just gave in every time. I wish she stood up a bit more. I mean, its not like he was a saint or anything. It got old real fast. That being said, this is fiction. And, in the spirit of appreciating him for the fictional character that he is, I tried to be more lenient in my judgement. But I guess I just found Jesse too extreme overall. I had my suspicions from the beginning and after that, there was a lot that hinted at it and she never had a clue. But there were several times here where I felt that Jesse put his need to control her above her comfort.

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I found it very unrealistic and unbelievable. The whole story was about them figuring each other out. There was only one thing in the books that really made me mad. But regardless, there IS the blatant fact that it is in a similar genre and, although it did stand on its own, it is without a doubt along the same lines and as such, given the context, I did NOT appreciate the blatant dig at putting down Dominants.

I thought it was petty and disrespectful because there is NO doubt what was being referred to there. I hope that if this book ever gets published officially currently, it is self-published that that line gets taken out. That being said, you should know that this is not a BDSM book. In fact, Jesse is relatively anti-kink. Its all straight-up, albeit intense, vanilla sex. Parts of this book thrilled me and excited me.

Parts of this book annoyed me and frustrated me. At the same time, I did like it. Its not a bad book. I just had some issues with it. It really helped that Jesse was totally hot. He had him moments of tender and sweet to be sure and I really did get the feeling like he was just out of his league with this relationship. I do want to know more about his past. Where did he get that scar?? How old is he???? What happened in his past to make him so utterly terrified of loosing her? I hope he gets over some things though in it.

In fact, you could almost say it ended on a major low point for him. His dirty blond hair looks like he's half attempted to get it into a semblance of a style but given up. His eyes are sludgy green, but bright and way too intense, and the stubble covering his square jaw does nothing to conceal the handsome features beneath it. He's lightly tanned and just Oh God, he's devastating. Sana i completely agree with you! Claudia Just read the book. And I had exactly the same feeling and review after finishing the book.

Good to know its not only me: Aug 12, This will most likely contain spoilers, so if that isn't your thing, feel free to ignore this review entirely. I don't even know where to start. But to each their own, as they say. The editing—well, this book could use a good editor. And that's to say nothing about the writing itself, which was bland, pedestrian, and long-winded. I typically enjoy reading books with alpha male ch This will most likely contain spoilers, so if that isn't your thing, feel free to ignore this review entirely. I typically enjoy reading books with alpha male characters.

It's sexy for a man to be a little possessive, especially in the bedroom. However, it is not okay when he tries to control every single aspect of your life, thus controlling you. There is a very thin line and it was crossed. And that's putting it nicely. There's nothing sexy about the way he behaves. The guy seriously has issues. He claims he only acts like a psycho around Ava. I find this hard to believe. He does what he wants, when he wants.

He scowls at me good and proper. He calls Ava multiple times a day. Heaven forbid she not answer his call on the first ring. He calls and sends text messages and when that doesn't work, he shows up unannounced, demanding to know where she's been. Jesse has little to no redeeming qualities whatsoever, especially not after what happened at the end of the book. Ava finally grows a pair and he loses his shit, blaming her for the sorry state in which he finds himself.

I fail to see how his choices and deplorable actions are anyone's fault but his own. She works as an interior designer, but she has got to be the most unprofessional person on the planet. She's such a doormat, too. She repeatedly tells Jesse "no", but she doesn't really put her foot down. Jesse is a bully and she lets him get away with it. I mean, Jesse is one big unknown. She's curious, has questions, but does she ask them?

No, of course not. As for the supporting characters, the only one I'm going to mention is Kate. That woman, I swear. She's just as bad as Jesse. She and Ava are roommates, by the way. Ava tells her that she no longer wants to see Jesse and what does Kate do? She goes behind Ava's back, making deals with Jesse, allowing him into their apartment.

Ava needs to seriously reevaluate their friendship, because Kate is a terrible friend. The book itself was really drawn out. All the petty conflicts through miscommunication and misunderstandings was overdone and got on my nerves. It became redundant after a while. Unfortunately, if you remove all the unnecessary, contrived drama, you're not left with much of a story. With Jesse hiding Ava's birth control pills, I can only assume where book two is headed. Seriously, how dense can she be? View all 20 comments. This Man, book 1 of 3. Their story is filled with covert pasts and hidden agendas!

Be prepared to be swept away by their story! Books in This Man series should be read in order: This Man Book 2: Beneath This Man Book 3: This Man Confessed Book 4: Their first meeting is electric and the story goes from there sucking you in for a roller-coaster of seduction, sex, secrets, surprises, suspense and set-backs throughout ending with a series of shocking cliff-hangers, but no worries book 2, Beneath This Man has been released and book 3, This Man Confessed is about to be released. When did he do that? I mentally sprint through our meeting, settling on my visit to the toilet when I left my portfolio and phone on the table.

In fact he is everything I needed! He truly is all pure, sexy, unadulterated alpha! Six words to describe Jesse: Intense, bossy, compulsive, enigmatic, possessive and elusive. He can be so domineering, bossy and unreasonable, and in the next breath, completely soppy and lovely. She stood up to him, she succumbed to him, she riled him, she created more drama and she kept the mystery and story going by NOT demanding answers.

Six words to describe Ava; Talented, strong, focused, ambitious, stubborn and meek. No gag will stifle it. Reminder fucks, Sleepy sex, Make friends sex, Shower fucks, Hangover sex, Catching up sex, Sense fucks, Seeing stars fucks, Apology fucks, Possessive fucks, Retribution fucks, Sleepy celebration sex… view spoiler [Proposal fucks and… Truth fucks. I am so thankful to Ms. Would I re-read this series: Would I read future books by this author: View all 98 comments. Nov 12, Jenny Levine rated it it was amazing Shelves: I'm adding "This Man" to my list of favorites.

Anyway, let's get down to the nitty gritty. Ava, a mid-twenties Interior designer was sent by her boss to do her job at "The Manor", owned by the I-don't-know-his-age drop dead gorgeous devastatingly handsome suited God, Jesse Ward, which isn't what she expected though she expected a pompous country bumpkin.

It was love or LUST at first sight on their first meeting. But coming out of an awful relationship, Ava does not want to have anything to do with Jesse, but boy is this guy persistent, and she found herself falling deep Ava Ava baby, I don't know what I think about her. There are times that I just want to strangle her for constantly running away and getting back together I kinda feel for her though coz she's fallen deep for him, but she isn't sure if she is just a constant fvck or more than that.

She also keeps on asking him about his age, which he won't admit. First, he said 21, and everytime she asks him, it will go up a notch. The latest is 30, I guess. My fave scene of Ava is her drunken confession: Nothing matters — I still love you. Seriously, this dude is cuhrazzyyyy. He's so possessive of Ava, tramples everything that gets in his way, he is obsessed!

Btw, I have a gift for you: I also hate it that wherever Ava is, he is also there. Like, don't you have a job? Sometimes, I also wanna scream because he won't open up on Ava. He's full of mystery. But, you know what, I still love him. Just like I love Christian and Gideon ; Maybe because of his panty-melting lines???

Make sure you dream of me. So, a lot of readers are comparing this book to Fifty Shades Trilogy and Crossfire series. I, too, have seen similarities. And we also got the same reaction from the ladies. Maybe because of Jesse's possessiveness that sometimes he thinks he'll go crazy without Ava, just like Travis with Abby?

Anywayssss, reading this book was so much fun! The chemistry between Jesse and Ava are way off the charts! I laughed, I cried, I got angry. The sex is great there are tons, btw. It also annoys me how everytime Ava cusses, Jesse always tells her "Watch your fucking mouth! The ending isn't what I expected though coz I didn't know this was a trilogy.

Anyway, at the end of the book, you will get some of your questions answered, but, I still got quite a few ones like: What is really Sarah's role in Jesse's life? What's the story behind his scars? Hopefully, we'll get the answers on book 2! View all 70 comments. Buddy Read with Liz I love an alpha but Jesse took it to the extreme. This book was long and just full of sex and fighting. I am not sure if I will be reading on with the series given that there really isn't much of a story. View all 49 comments. Nov 27, Baba marked it as hell-you-can-t-pay-me-to-read-it Shelves: Even if I hadn't been convinced yet that I would never read her books, the following mind-boggling statements sealed the deal for me My husband was no match for the fantasy hunk in my erotic novels Ms Malpas, from Northampton, says: Every woman needs some fantasy lover to spice up the dull reality of her real life.

I wanted to create my perfect love story. Sadly it was not solid enough to withstand the changes success has brought to my life. Thank you very much. You should also check out the comment section. It's very…er…telling, to say the least. View all 69 comments. Mary The comments are a scream. Wishing the fantasy lover will leave her for a better writer! Mar 28, Baba Wishing the fantasy lover will leave her for a better writer!

Yup, that would be nice. Mar 29, Before I start can I have a moment please? I did not say that [image error] The beautiful, young an 4. I did not say that [image error] The beautiful, young and talented interior decorator Ava O'Shea heads out to Manor only for a consult but gets so much more. From the moment their eyes meet there is crazy chemistry and I mean crazy! Chemistry you feel thick in the air and as Ava's friend, Kate, said chemistry that gets YOU horny if you are in proximity.

In a real world I would have been withdrawing my accounts and visiting some shady businesses to get a new identity. Then getting off the grid far away as possible from this man. But thank god this man is a figment imagination of this brilliant writer. Seriously, I hope this wasn't modeled after someone. Gotta say there is not much happening for most of the book There is quiet a lot not being said I really wish we had more on his past, too. Perhaps we can get bit of a backbone for Ava, while we at it. Seriously girl, he is going all loco on you and you are scared to ask him the hard questions.

Jeez half of the time you are doubting yourself and grow cold on him when he says a wrong word that does not belong in your perfect HEA world. Can't you tell he is a fucked up millionaire with some messed up past hmm? Btw, who want to kills this Sarah bitch with me? Hopefully Ava learned some things and found her voice. Those two are explosive but they belong together no doubt. He hates me swearing, so I do it more. View all 83 comments. It's time for a re-read and who better to get reacquainted with than Jesse Ward??!! Jesse Ward is all kinds of yummy!!! The book was hard to put down.

I'm utterly grateful to the ladies of TotallyBooked for bringing this story to my attention! Just how old is Jesse?? Hoping to find out at least by the third book. I was totally not expecting what happened at the end! I guess I had my heads up in Je It's time for a re-read and who better to get reacquainted with than Jesse Ward??!! I'm off to read Beneath This Man next! Totally am loving the angst!!! View all 9 comments.

Nov 17, Debra rated it liked it. Who is This Man?? Let me provide you with a mental image first We know his name is Jesse Ward. We know that YES, Jesse is pretty much perfect on the outside He's dangerously handsome, filthy rich and he's also the Lord of the Manor; a blooming, successful "hotel" for which Jesse has hired the 26 year old ambitious interior designer Ava O'Shea to redesign some of the rooms.

From the moment Ava and Jesse meet, there's an instant powerful connection 3. From the moment Ava and Jesse meet, there's an instant powerful connection between and they're immediately attracted to each other. Or, as Ava's friend Kate said it: His face is serious, but still stunning.

I mean, the guy has some serious control issues, he pretty much takes being a control freak to the extreme And if he doesn't get what he wants, he uses all kinds of methods, most of them including sex, to get his way. I'm going to make sure of it. Now, let's see if we can fuck some sense into you. He uses it ALL the time whenever Ava accidently uses a cuss word, he uses it while they're arguing, while they're having sex, while they're jogging in the park The story of Ava and Jesse basically consists of them getting together, then they have some huge argument mostly whenever Ava didn't want to do things exactly the way Jesse wanted her to , she tries to run away from him, he chases after her resulting in a lot of banging on doors and an endless amount of phone calls , they get back together.

And the cycle repeats itself Things started to get much more interesting and there were some surprising revelations that make me anxious to find out how the story will continue So, despite all of Jesse's craziness, will I still continue reading the rest of the series?? Granted, Jesse was HOT and he could also be really sweet sometimes Overall, I ended up really enjoying This Man and because of the not so pleasant cliffhanger, I'll definitely start the second part of this series Beneath This Man soon.

May 26, I understand now the controversial reviews and why few DNF, but I kinda loved it. It's nothing unique really. But it's funny, it's bat-shit crazy, it's enjoying.

My kinda of sexy read! And all of you sexy billionaires, you think you are insane? There is a a new psychotic man in town. And he deserves to be hospitalized!!!!!!!!!! Jesse Ward Jesse is insane. Don't get me wrong I love him completely but he is arrogant, jealous, possessive, flawed, liar, filthy rich, adrenaline junkie. I don't suggest marrying him, but admiring from a safe distance? He punctuates each word clearly and sharply.

And oh, is he mind meltingly delicious. This is not the sort of man I need to be attracted to, damn me, especially after Matt and his infidelities. A young accomplished designer, opinionated, some issues with an ex, but a real coward. The only thing it kinda went old with this story is the summary of Jesse and Ava's relationship I swear, every 20 damn pages, she was running away! I wanted to tie her up and spank her!!!!!!!!!! Yeap girl, Jesse has some serious issues but you can't hide your head in the sand, you are amazing together!

And by the end, she drove him over the edge not that he wasn't close.. One of the worst cliffhangers endings I have ever read!!! Thank God I waited until now to read it. The next is to be released next week, so I can handle it! Also what I really liked in this book, was the glimpse into the modern womanhood and how that clashes with our basic female instincts. It is something that me and probably enough of you struggles with every day. Our hard-won independence or the alpha male. The answer is as always somewhere in-between We still want to be looked after, but on our terms.

I was on date and the clown I was with, broke out the calculator and told me that my half of the meal was 12,23 EUROS True and painful story!! If you are looking for the ultimate male, look no further An intense read I really enjoyed! I have already started the countdown for the next! View all 48 comments. D Mar 29, Steph I read this when it first came out and I am retreading now, but couldn't remember if there was any cheating or sort of cheating. Sep 04, Nov 24, Jen rated it really liked it Shelves: My memory isn't what it used to be, so I want to make sure I have all the details freshly in my mind!

It is also kind of neat to see how my tastes and opinions have changed over the years! In the case of Jesse Ward and Ava, I will say that my opinions do still stand; although I have way more tolerance for Jesse's stalkerish tendencies and his possessiveness. A part of the reason for that is I have read some very dark reads since I have read this series LOL I will say that Ava ticked me off more this time around. With her hot and cold attitude, and always leaving him I would have kicked her to the curb She must be really hot in bed for him to put up with her LOL What I noticed this time around as well is that a lot of the recent books don't even compare to the intensity of Jesse and Ava's relationship.

Their passion as well, is so hard to beat. They just don't make books like they used to!!! I think it is time for me to revisit some of my other faves over time, because truly it is rare for me to be hooked on stories now like I was back then! Moving on to book 2!! Ava had better be nicer to Jesse, or I am going to start not liking her! LOL Original Review from I have some very mixed feelings when it comes to this book. I have to say that a big part of the book made me feel uncomfortable with the way Jesse treated Ava.

I normally LOVE alpha males and even enjoy them controlling their woman! Jesse took control to a new level that, in my opinion; was extremely abusive. Ava was not happy with him "bossing" her around, but usually she would just let him have his own way, which again rubbed me the wrong way. At one point, he punches a hole in Ava's roomates door, and when the roomate comes back and sees it, Jesse throws her a bunch of money to fix it and then everything is ok What am I missing here???

Where on earth is this type of behaviour acceptable, and further more how is that romantic?? He also holds a lot of information about himself inside and doesnt' share with Ava, so she never really gets to know him and his personal life. She doesn't even know how old he is! Now, in saying all of this, I still gave this book a four star rating and this is why I felt it deserved it! The sex in this book is beyond HOT!

It is so intense and holy smoly!!!! I had to fan myself on several occasions!

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The author knows how to write a sex scene like nobody's business!!! Whether we were treated to "Sleepy Sex", "Possessive Sex" or even his famous "Sense Sex", there was no shortage of steamy scenes in this story! This is one of the hottest books I have read in a long time! So for all of my complaints, I still was hooked onto the pages and the explosive ending had me extremely glad that I had waited to read this story until the second book was available!

Believe me, as soon as I finished this one, I immediately began the next installment!! I am strongly hoping that the next book will reveal more of why Jesse is the way he is, and of course I am expecting that we will be highly entertained with intense rip roaring hot sex!!! View all 15 comments. It was with no small amount of trepidation that I embarked upon this novel. After reading hugely differing opinions on the hero and the writing in general in reviews, I was concerned that this story was going to wave all sorts of personal red flags for me, rake up painful memories and generally traumatise me.

Thankfully, this caution was most definitely misplaced as I very much enjoyed this book — in fact, I loved every second. The minute she meets the owner, Jesse Ward, there is an instant, physical attraction sparking between them. He pursues her and they embark upon an emotionally exhausting relationship. He is kind of outrageous but I found a lot to love. Mr Ward is quite the enigma. Jesse is devastatingly handsome, he towers over her, kisses her on the cheek and generally puts her under his spell right from the very first second she claps eyes on him.

Despite her initial reluctance as she thinks he already has a girlfriend, Jesse aggressively pursues Ava, almost forcing her into a relationship. He reduced her to a quivering mass of lust and sexual awareness, using her desire to coerce her into his arms. He appears mortally afraid that he will lose her but yet he just demands these things of her, attempts to control her but will never open up and tell her why. With such uncertainty, Ava decides not to confess to Jesse that she is in love with him. I drop my head. What can I tell him?