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This Man - The Story From Jesse Books in Order

Part ofJodi Ellen Malpas Books in Order

See the This Man - The Story From Jesse books by Jodi Ellen Malpas in order, with summaries, series background, and advice on pairing them with the original trilogy.

Last updated: December 18, 2025

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1

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.

2

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.

3

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.

Series background & context

This companion series, branded as This Man - The Story From Jesse, revisits the original This Man trilogy entirely from Jesse Ward’s point of view. If the earlier books let you experience the chaos through Ava’s eyes, these volumes drag you straight into Jesse’s head.

In This Woman, Jesse is already a man half destroyed by guilt, insomnia, and too much hedonism at the Manor when Ava O’Shea walks into his office. Seeing the familiar events through his internal monologue reveals how hard he is working to keep his addictions, his past, and his terror of abandonment hidden while still pursuing her with single-minded intensity.

With This Woman picks up as their relationship becomes more serious and volatile, unpacking the possessiveness, panic, and sheer relief that fuel his worst and best decisions. This Woman Forever carries Jesse’s voice through the later years, when marriage, family, and the final unspoken secrets of his past collide.

These books do not change the core plot so much as deepen it, showing why Jesse reacts the way he does and how much work it takes for him to believe he deserves the life he has built with Ava.

For readers already invested in the world of the Manor, this series offers a darker, more introspective pass through familiar beats, more time inside sleepless nights, therapy sessions, and the razor-thin line between control and collapse. It is best read after the main This Man books, when you are ready to peel back the last layers of the Lord of the Manor.

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