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Jodi Ellen Malpas Books in Order

See all Jodi Ellen Malpas books in order, with series lists, brief summaries, reading-order help, and where-to-start suggestions across her steamy contemporary and historical romances.

Last updated: December 18, 2025

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The Surrender

by Jodi Ellen Malpas

2025

After Jude’s betrayal, Amelia is determined to walk away from both him and Arlington Hall. Jude refuses to let her go, and as ex-lovers and old secrets resurface, she must decide how much of her heart and safety she is willing to risk to uncover the truth.

The Invitation

by Jodi Ellen Malpas

2025

Burned by a recent breakup, hardworking Amelia Lazenby accepts a spa day at Arlington Hall and instead collides with its brooding owner, Jude Harrison. Their steamy encounter turns into an intense affair that exposes the calculated way he brought her into his world.

Every Silent Lie

by Jodi Ellen Malpas

2025

High-powered CFO Camryn Moore avoids December and anything that feels like real connection, burying herself in work and martinis. Meeting perceptive, mysterious Dec cracks her armour, but his own secrets force her to face the past she has tried to outrun and decide if love is worth the risk.

This Woman Forever

by Jodi Ellen Malpas

2024

Jesse Ward finally believes in a future with Ava and their family, but one last secret from his past refuses to stay buried. As threats circle the life they have built, he has to confront his darkest history or risk losing everything.

The American

by Jodi Ellen Malpas

2024

Rescued from human traffickers by ruthless enforcer Brad Black, Pearl Kennedy should fear the man who now shelters her in his Miami mansion. Instead, attraction tangles with secrets, and Brad’s cold discipline cracks as protecting her becomes dangerously personal.

With This Woman

by Jodi Ellen Malpas

2023

Continuing Jesse’s side of the story, this book follows the most volatile stretch of his relationship with Ava. As her doubts grow and his past closes in, Jesse’s possessiveness, terror of loss, and fierce devotion all sharpen from inside his own head.

The Rising

by Jodi Ellen Malpas

2023

In this instalment of Unlawful Men, Danny Black and James Kelly join forces against a powerful enemy intent on burning down their criminal empire. Fighting for their city and the women they love, they learn that walking away from violence may no longer be an option.

For You

by Jodi Ellen Malpas

2023

Lo Harper’s marriage has left her shattered and drowning in guilt. When charismatic stranger Luke Williamson nearly runs her over, an unlikely friendship forms, forcing them both to confront buried grief and the painful choice between holding on and letting go.

A Gentleman Never Tells

by Jodi Ellen Malpas

2023

Frank Melrose plans to grow his family’s printing business, not fall for anyone. Tasked with exposing a dashing highwayman terrorising Belmore Square, he keeps crossing paths with spirited Taya Winters, whose allure and hidden agenda complicate both his work and his heart.

This Woman

by Jodi Ellen Malpas

2022

This companion to the This Man trilogy retells Ava and Jesse’s first meeting from his perspective. From inside Jesse Ward’s tumultuous mind, you see how the owner of the Manor uses sex and excess to numb his guilt until Ava O’Shea shatters his control.

The Resurrection

by Jodi Ellen Malpas

2022

Having faked his death to escape the Miami underworld, crime boss Danny Black hides on a Caribbean island and mourns the life he lost with Rose. When an infamous assassin draws him back to confront old enemies, love and vengeance collide all over again.

One Night with the Duke

by Jodi Ellen Malpas

2022

In Regency London, independent Eliza Melrose would rather write for her father’s newspaper than find a husband. Investigating the scandal-clouded Duke of Chester for a story, she is drawn into his dark rumours, his guarded heart, and a forbidden, blazing attraction.

The Enigma

by Jodi Ellen Malpas

2021

Former Miami cop Beau Hayley quits the force after her mother’s suspicious death and a broken engagement. Her hunt for answers leads to James Kelly, a scarred killer on his own revenge mission, and a dangerous connection neither of them expected.

The Brit

by Jodi Ellen Malpas

2021

Survivor Rose Cassidy copes by feeling nothing, until she is taken as collateral by notorious crime boss Danny Black. Known as the Brit, he is ruthless and feared yet disturbingly protective, and their twisted attraction plays out amid deadly gang rivalries.

Wicked Truths

by Jodi Ellen Malpas

2020

After fleeing Becker Hunt’s dangerous world, Eleanor knows better than to go back. But their chemistry and the mysteries around the Hunt legacy pull her in again, forcing them to face deadly enemies and decide what they are willing to risk for each other.

Perfect Chaos

by Jodi Ellen Malpas

2020

Confident, womanising businessman Ty Christianson thinks he has his London life perfectly ordered. When his partner hires cool, unreadable Lainey Summer as their new assistant, irritation turns into obsession and the office descends into delicious, romantic chaos.

Artful Lies

by Jodi Ellen Malpas

2020

Art history lover Eleanor Cole lands a dream job at the Hunt Corporation and a nightmare of a boss in Becker Hunt, charming, infuriating, and far too interested in her. As she uncovers the family’s illicit secrets, desire and danger become impossible to separate.

Leave Me Breathless

by Jodi Ellen Malpas

2019

Ex-MI5 agent and single father Ryan Willis retreats to his small English village for peace, then literally runs artist Hannah Bright off the road. Drawn to her warmth and secrecy, he uncovers a past that could destroy them unless he can keep her safe.

Gentleman Sinner

by Jodi Ellen Malpas

2019

Nurse Izzy White has rebuilt a quiet life after escaping a violent past. One reckless act of kindness puts her in the path of Theo Kane, a feared underworld figure whose tenderness with her clashes with the brutal world he inhabits.

With This Man

by Jodi Ellen Malpas

2018

Years after the original trilogy, Jesse Ward has everything he ever wanted with Ava and their children, until a devastating accident wipes out her memories of their life together. As she wakes thinking he is a stranger, Jesse must make her fall for him again.

The Controversial Princess

by Jodi Ellen Malpas

2018

Princess Adeline, rebellious daughter of the King of England, refuses to be molded into a dutiful royal bride. When scandalously sexy American actor Josh Jameson enters her orbit, their forbidden attraction tests palace rules, the press, and her own idea of freedom.

His True Queen

by Jodi Ellen Malpas

2018

In the conclusion to Adeline and Josh’s story, their secret affair explodes into public view. As political pressure mounts and betrayal hits close to home, Adeline must choose between the crown she was born to and the man she cannot give up.

The Forbidden

by Jodi Ellen Malpas

2017

Architect Annie has never felt real chemistry with anyone until one explosive night with charismatic stranger Jack. Their connection is undeniable, but when she discovers who he really is, their affair becomes a taboo obsession that could wreck several lives.

All I Am

by Jodi Ellen Malpas

2017

At decadent club Hux, single father Drew Davies lives for emotionless encounters and control. When grieving Raya Rivers asks for a cold, filthy night with no strings, their arrangement turns into something rawer that threatens his carefully separated double life.

The Protector

by Jodi Ellen Malpas

2016

Model and budding fashion designer Camille Logan becomes a target because of her ruthless father’s business dealings. Ex-SAS sniper Jake Sharp takes the job as her bodyguard, only to find his guarded heart and haunted past challenged by the woman he must protect.

Unveiled

by Jodi Ellen Malpas

2015

In the final chapter of Livy and Miller’s story, long-buried truths about his past and her family collide. As their enemies close in, they must decide whether their love can survive exposure, revenge, and the end of Miller’s double life.

The Wait

by Jodi Ellen Malpas

2014

This short story returns to the world of the Manor, catching up with Jesse Ward and Ava O’Shea during a tense period where everything they have fought for hangs in the balance and all they can do is wait for the outcome.

Promised

by Jodi Ellen Malpas

2014

In London, solitary coffee-shop worker Livy notices the stunning stranger who leaves a note signed simply M and an outrageous offer, one night of worship with no strings. Accepting it pulls her into a world of luxury, secrets, and dangerous desire.

Denied

by Jodi Ellen Malpas

2014

After discovering who M really is, Livy tries to cut him out of her life. Miller Hart will not let go, and his obsession drags her deeper into his shadowy business, where enemies watch and loving him could cost her everything.

This Man Confessed

by Jodi Ellen Malpas

2013

On the eve of their wedding at the Manor, Ava thinks she finally understands Jesse. When revelations from his past crash into their present, they must face addictions, lies, and whether their all-consuming love can survive outside the bedroom.

Beneath this Man

by Jodi Ellen Malpas

2013

Ava has walked away from Jesse to save herself, but he refuses to let go. As he fights to win her back, the secrets behind the Manor and Jesse’s need for control push their relationship to a breaking point.

This Man

by Jodi Ellen Malpas

2012

Interior designer Ava O’Shea expects a routine consultation at a country estate called the Manor, then meets its owner, Jesse Ward, arrogant, magnetic, and dangerously intense. Their instant attraction spirals into an obsessive affair that challenges her limits.

Where should I start?

If you want her signature alpha-billionaire romance: This ManBeneath this ManThis Man ConfessedWith This Man
If you prefer a shorter, high-angst trilogy: PromisedDeniedUnveiled
If you love dark, gritty mafia stories: The BritThe EnigmaThe ResurrectionThe Rising
If historical romance is your thing: One Night with the DukeA Gentleman Never Tells
If you want a powerful standalone gut-punch: The ProtectorLeave Me BreathlessFor You

Author bio

Jodi Ellen Malpas was born and raised in the Midlands town of Northampton, England, where she still lives with her family and their dog, Theo. Before anyone called her a bestselling author, she was running paperwork and schedules at her family’s construction firm and daydreaming about characters who would not leave her alone.

Those daydreams slowly turned into pages. After long days in the office, she wrote in secret, worrying what friends or coworkers might think if they saw how dark and obsessive her imagination could get. One story in particular kept tugging at her, about an overbearing club owner known as the Lord of the Manor and the interior designer who crashes into his life.

In October 2012 she finally took the leap and self-published This Man as an ebook. It was a risk taken on a whim, uploaded between school runs and site visits. Within weeks, word of mouth turned Jesse Ward and Ava O’Shea into a phenomenon, and downloads climbed fast enough that Malpas soon left the construction business behind to write full time.

That spur-of-the-moment upload led to major publishing deals, number-one spots on international bestseller lists, and translations of her novels into more than two dozen languages.

She went on to complete the original This Man trilogy, then returned to Jesse and Ava in With This Man, catching up with them years later as their marriage and family are tested all over again. A companion novella, All I Am, gave side-character Drew his own story, and more recently the This Man - The Story From Jesse books, including This Woman, With This Woman, and This Woman Forever, retell the saga entirely from Jesse’s point of view.

After Jesse came another intense hero in the One Night trilogy. Across Promised, Denied, and Unveiled, Malpas follows quiet coffee-shop worker Livy and the enigmatic Miller Hart through a whirlwind arrangement that was meant to last twenty-four hours and instead unravels years of buried secrets, trauma, and obsession.

Alongside her series work she has built a shelf of standalones. The Protector pairs a London fashion heiress with the ex-SAS sniper hired to guard her. The Forbidden tackles a love affair that crosses a hard moral line. In Gentleman Sinner a trauma-scarred nurse falls for a man with a dangerous reputation, and Leave Me Breathless spins off that world into a small-town romance between a former agent and an artist in hiding. More recent books like For You push deeper into heartbreak and sacrifice, following characters who have to choose between their own happiness and the people they love.

Malpas also likes to build connected worlds. The royal-flavoured Smoke & Mirrors Duology, The Controversial Princess and His True Queen, follows a rebellious British princess and the Hollywood star who upends her sense of duty. The Hunt Legacy Duology, beginning with Artful Lies, drops readers into the high-stakes antiques trade, where Eleanor Cole discovers that her devastatingly charming boss, Becker Hunt, leads a double life. In the darker Unlawful Men books, crime bosses and assassins in Miami and London wage bloody wars while falling hard for the women who expose their last vulnerabilities. Belmore Square moves into Regency-era London, and the newer Arlington Hall series mixes billionaire obsession with the glossy setting of an exclusive English retreat.

Across all of these stories runs the same thread: fierce, flawed alpha men, women who push back instead of backing down, and relationships that are as much about facing old wounds as they are about steamy chemistry.

These days Malpas writes full time, juggling drafts, release tours, and an active reader community from her home in England. She still describes herself as a hopeless daydreamer with a weakness for Converse and mojitos, and she treats every new book as another chance to chase the kind of big, messy, all-in love that first pulled her away from the construction office and onto the page.

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