One man can change everything. That man can touch you until you tremble all over. That man can wake you up and allow you to breathe when life leaves you unable to catch your breath. For me that ONE MAN is Jax North. He’s handsome, brutally so, and wealthy, money and power easily at his fingertips. He’s dark, and yet, he can make me smile with a single look or word. He’s a force when he walks into … into a room.
Our first encounter is intense, overwhelmingly intense. I go with it. I go with him and how can I not? He’s that ONE MAN for me and what a ride it is. But there are things about me that he doesn’t know, he can’t know, so I say goodbye. Only you don’t say goodbye to a man like Jax if he doesn’t want you to. I’ve challenged him without trying. He wants me. I don’t want to want him, and yet, I crave him. He tears me down, my resistance, my walls. But those walls protect me. They seal my secrets inside. And I forget that being alone is safe. I forget that there are reasons I can’t be with Jax North. I forget that once he knows, everything will change.
Because I need him.
Because he’s my ONE MAN.
One Man is the first book in the dangerously sexy Naked Trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones.
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“The real me is invisible to everyone but him. But why have I accepted that status in my life? Where has that gotten me?”
Lisa Renee Jones is a puppet master and she loves to pull my strings. She purposely makes me suspicious of characters, leading me to believe or assume certain things, knowing damn well she’s still gonna surprise me in the end. I say this after only reading the first book and having no idea ‘whodunnit’, but I didn’t just fall off the turnip truck, I did that much earlier and know better now. I know that she’s gonna keep me riding on the edge, biting my nails, guessing and worrying the whole way… and loving every minute of the journey.
I really enjoy a mystery and having the secrets revealed one at a time really gets my heart pumping. And if that’s not enough, the passion emanating from the characters is enough to have me participating in an ice bucket challenge. Just being inside their heads when they look at each other, knowing what they see and what they are thinking and what they want to do….
And did I mention how much I love it when characters from her other books make an appearance? If you are a fan, I’m sure you know who I’m talking about, right? You won’t be disappointed.
The author took me on a whirlwind adventure showing me people and places and situations that had my head exploding with possibilities. I’m so intrigued and smitten, Jax has already won me over, secrets and all. He can keep them if he’ll keep her…sigh. I cannot wait to get my hands on One Woman which is the next book in the Naked Trilogy. Maybe by then I’ll have time to read all those delicious naked scenes again, a time or twenty. The line forms here…
Sexy and suspenseful! Lisa Renee Jones at her best!
5 Stars
Review by Leah
Late Night Reviewer
Up All Night w/ Books Blog
Ok, I have to get this off my chest real quick… Lisa Renee Jones DID YOU REALLY DO THAT TO ME??? One Man by Lisa Renee Jones is a suspenseful mystery that has delicious chemistry throughout the book. And then, a cliffy!! Right there, when it is just getting into the thick of things, the door slams shut in your face. I wanted to throw the kindle after I flipped the pages back and forth trying to figure out what the heck happened.
Jax North is trying to figure out what happened to his brother. He is going to find out why one way or another. He knows the Knight family had something to do with it.
Emma Knight is trying to deal with the loss of her father. Deal with her mother mainly abandoning her to “travel” to get away from losing her cheating husband. Her brother going MIA, so Emma is having to handle the fundraiser that he normally handles for the family business. With all that going on, Emma still stands tall with her shoulders back and smile like she did not find her father’s journal. A journal that has things in it that could hurt her, her family and maybe even Jax’s family.
I love how Jax and Emma meet even though he planned it. It describes their characters so much. Jax is sitting in a booth behind a curtain drinking North Whiskey as Emma whisks in, running from the drama that is her family and all the creeps that she is left to deal with since her brother is out of town. Even though Jax’s plan is to use Emma to find out what happened to his brother, the story starts out with him protecting her.
The story moved a tad slow for me for a bit but there is so much deceit and trust issues that were sorely needed. I cannot wait for book two but I am afraid of another cliffy… AHHHH!! This cliffy was freaking HUGE!
This is the start to another trilogy for Lisa Renee Jones. Like always with her writing, this book is filled with angst, romance and plenty of secrets and suspense.
This book kept me on the edge of my seat and holding on until the cliffhanger, which I knew was coming, but it left me hanging on with a lot of questions. I can’t wait to see what happens next with Emma and Jax.
The cover alone sucked me right in! You can always count on Lisa Renee Jones delivering a sexy, intense story!
I’m a sucker for a great cliff and Lisa Renee Jones doesn’t disappoint! Jump in now and we’ll hang on together! One-click One Man!
One Man is the first book in the Naked Trilogy and is a spin off. Jax North attended the philanthropy award ceremony for Emma’s father, whom is now deceased. Emma’s father was not an innocent man and Jax’s intention was to get to her to get answers for his brother’s death. And what about Emma’s brother is he innocent or guilty? I need to know!
So many secrets that need to be shared and there is an oh no you didn’t, kind of cliffhanger. I know a lot of people don’t appreciate cliffhangers but I do. It usually means I get to read more about the characters that I have come to love. It also leaves me excited for the next book in the series.
Oh, and I really need to drink some North whiskey, just saying! I loved this book I really became invested in the lives of Emma and Jax! Now bring on One Woman!
Jesus save me from these fucking twisted like a pretzel doing yoga stories with cliffhangers that leave me blinking …. WHAT IS HAPPENING?!?!?!
OKAY, so I can’t really tell you much plot-wise but that doesn’t really matter right now LOL We all know everything will be upside down and sideways before it’s right side up again. So let’s just move on from plot LOL
What I do want to say is this story is charged with anticipation. From a sexual standpoint, the story is hot from the beginning. These two are combustible from the very start! From a story-line standpoint, every word I read had me on edge. There is an air of anticipation to the prose. Secrets are running amok in this one, not just in the story, but as a reader I was taken by surprise on more than one occasion. That’s just fantastic for me. I pay attention when I read and I’m suspicious of anything and everything so when I’m left blinking my something in the story I am elated!
This is gonna be a heck of a ride in the next two books and I am thrilled to be on it! I can’t wait to be left *blinking* over and over again!
What a great beginning to this new trilogy! Filled with suspense, drama, plenty of secrets and questions that are not easily answered, I was intrigued and deeply invested in the story.
I love how this author pulled me into the lives of these characters instantly. The chemistry between Jax and Emma is instantaneous and believable. The heat factor is absolutely sizzling in its intensity. But the real heart of this story are the secrets that both the hero and heroine are keeping from each other even as they try to figure out exactly what happened in the past.
While Jax has a mind towards revenge, his attraction to Emma makes him hesitate with his initial plan to use her. It doesn’t take him long to want more from her and what began as a promise of just a one night stand is soon a desire for things he shouldn’t want with her. He quickly develops an urge to protect her from not only her past but with the threat that it currently represents.
”If taking over your life is the same as protecting you, we have a problem. Because I can’t be in your life and not protect you. I won’t say I will because I won’t.”
Emma’s life took a sudden dive after reading her father’s journal after his death. Faced with a den of vipers when she would rather be anywhere else, she finds a moment of solace with Jax. After a few encounters, she can’t deny that she wants what their bodies are clamoring for. But with his hatred for her family she struggles whether to trust him.
”How do I know what’s honest? How?”
“D—n it, woman,” he murmurs and then he’s tangling fingers into my hair and dragging my mouth to his, kissing me, a deep, drug me, tear me to pieces and put me back together again kiss that owns me. God, he owns me this easily and it’s terrifying. “Does that taste honest? Does that taste read, Emma?”
Both Jax and Emma have secrets that are revealed a bit to each other, some to the reader, and many more kept locked away until the perfect time. Nothing about this beginning feels contrived. In the true style of this author, the story builds one step at a time and grows with each scene, each sentence and each moment setting us up for what is a huge cliffhanger. Gah! Can you say, “Where is book 2?!”
4.5 stars–ONE MAN is the first instalment in Lisa Renee Jones’ contemporary, adult NAKED erotic, romantic suspense trilogy focusing on thirty-four year old, billionaire financial planner for North Whiskey Jax North, and twenty-eight year old hotel heiress Emma Knight.
Told from dual first person perspectives (Jax and Emma) ONE MAN follows the building enemies to lovers relationship between thirty-four year old, billionaire financial planner for North Whiskey Jax North, and twenty-eight year old hotel heiress Emma Knight. Jax North is seeking revenge against the Knight family, and Emma Knight is his obvious target. The recent ‘death’ of his brother finds Jax seeking answers, answers he believes are hidden deep within the Knight organization. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Jax and Emma, and the potential fall-out as there is more to the story than anyone could have imagined.
The relationship between Emma and Jax is extraordinarily sexual for two strangers who have never previously met or spoken to one another. Emma doesn’t know who to trust including the brother she loves but the recent death of her father brings to the surface too many secrets, and a dark and sordid past. Jax North is a constant beacon of light in Emma’s gradually darkening world, but a beacon that holds many secrets of his own. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.
ONE MAN reveals some of the background and history between several players in a game of power, struggle, and the ultimate control. Lisa Renee Jones dances around the numerous secrets and lies, holding back the most important information for future reveal. The premise is intriguing, engaging and captivating; the romance is seductive and passionate; the characters are colorful, energetic and dynamic-several characters cross over from the author’s Filthy Trilogy, and her Tall, Dark and Deadly series with the appearance of Walker Security team members. ONE MAN follows a familiar formulaic pattern-one that the author has used before.
ONE MAN ends on a cliff hanger-you have been warned.
One Man by Lisa Renee Jones is book One in the Naked trilogy. This starts the story of Emma Knight and Jax North.
Emma and her brother Chance are a part of the Knight Hotel Empire. Jax is head of North Whiskey which has a relationship with the Hotel Empire. But when his brother dies by apparent suicide he seeks answers and revenge toward the Knight family. Both Emma and Jax have their secrets along with the hurt of what has happened to them. Emma has found her father’s journal which has opened her eyes to someone she didn’t know. Their story starts here which means this book does end with a cliffhanger to set us up for the next installment.
I am a big fan of Ms. Jones’s writing, so for me this was a page turning story…can’t wait for the next installment.
Jax North is trying to find out what happened to his brother and just how Emma Knight is involved too. He thinks she has something to do with his death and wants to make the whole Knight family pay. When he meets Emma, their attraction is off the charts and he wants to learn all of her secrets.
Emma Knight has lost her father and is learning he is not the man she thought he was. By finding his journal and learning his secrets, she must keep them a secret from those out to hurt her family.
Can she trust Jax to help her understand what her father was up to? Will they learn what happened to his brother? Will they learn if her brother was involved too? Can Walker Security help them uncover the secrets they need to know but may not want to hear?
I love the attraction between Jax and Emma and can’t wait to see what happens in book 2 because that was a cliff hanger. I love everything about it, so sit back and enjoy the roller coast ride that is Lisa Renee Jones writing style.
**I voluntarily reviewed an advance complimentary copy of this book.**
4.5 Secretive Stars!
Boy does this author really know how to takes us down some very twisted paths. One Man is the first of 3 books in the Naked Trilogy. It ends on a huge cliffhanger, so much happened and I’m left knowing very little by the end of this book.
The fact that I’m left guessing on so much has me itching for the next book. The more secretive everything is, the faster I want to read to unveil all the truths. The story line is extremely intriguing. I have no idea what part everyone is playing. Something big is being being hidden and I have NO clue what it is.
Despite all the hidden truths left to be uncovered, I never worry about the main couple with this author. I know they will be solid and I like that even if they don’t completely trust each other at first, they always end up working together against the world. I love that!
I can’t wait for book 2!
So many secrets, so much intrigue
Murder mystery, romance, family tragedy, corporate intrigue, and more. This book was really good, and the two main characters have so much chemistry that there are heated reactions happening throughout the book. The heroine is named Emma Knight and her father passed away a month ago and she recently found his journal only to discover that he was not the caring kindhearted man she believed him to be.
Emma meets the Hero, Jax North at an awards gala where she has to accept an award for her father. Since her father passed, Emma’s brother Chance Knight runs the Knight Hotel Dynasty and Emma has only ever been trusted with scouting new locations. Her father wanted her to marry Chance’s right hand man Randall, so he made Randall the executor of Emma’s trust which she doesn’t get for years.
Emma has no intention of marrying Randall and while hiding from him at the Gala, she meets Jax North who lost his father last year and lost his brother six months ago. Jax’s company supplies Knight hotels with North Whiskey, a high end brand that his family makes at their own castle. Jax blames the Knight Family for the death of his brother and is in town to find out what happened and get revenge.
The attraction between Jax and Emma is immediate and strong and he plans to use Emma to get the information he needs. Though when the two get together, they both have so many secrets and are suspicious of each other despite the explosive chemistry. They are not the only ones with secrets, almost every supporting character has secrets as well.
There is Emma’s brother who seems nice and who she trusts but may be hiding things, there is Emma’s ex-Fiancé who is super shady and makes Emma nervous, there is Marion Roger’s a married client who was having an affair with her father and will do almost anything to keep it from her wealthy husband and Emma’s Father and Jax’s dead brother who took their secrets to the grave, and lastly Jax’s younger brother Brody.
Of course with all the intrigue and secrets you know there is a cliffhanger so we don’t know what happens. But I can’t wait to find out.
Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
*I received a free copy of One Man from the author. This has in no way influenced my review which is honest and unbiased.*
One Man hit the right spot. There is romance, there is suspense, and there is danger, plus a mystery. Jax and Emma both had secrets. And some of those secrets, they might not even know they held. Their chemistry was off the charts – and even if their romance was fast, I truly enjoyed myself.
One Man finished with a cliffhanger, and I’m very anxious to see what will happen next.
OMFG!!!!!! I swear to the Gods that LRJ is trying to kill us with her cliffhangers….. I keep thinking “I’ll wait until the whole series is out and read it as one so I don’t fall off the cliff this time” but EVERY TIME I grab my copy of the newest book in one of her series and devour it as quickly as I possibly can!
Book one in the Naked Trilogy starts out strong and just gets better as you read. So many secrets, smoke and mirrors, questions that are likely to remain unanswered until book three and so much heat, chemistry and raw attraction that my kindle is nearly too hot to hold on to!!!
Every series I think I’ve found my favourite couple and then another book comes out and changes my mind. I LOVE Jax North and can’t wait for my next fix of him in the second book in the series.
The final scene in One Man had my heart in my mouth, wondering what in the hell was gonna happen next…… I cannot wait to find out!!!
Oh damnnnnn!!!! What a way to start a trilogy!!!!!! Poor Emma is surrounded by sharks. She’s so confused about everything and who to trust especially after losing her dad and knowing what he said in his will. Enter Jax who hates her family because of things in the past. He’s out for revenge but he was expecting Emma and the chemistry between both. It’s a whirlwind of events, questions and different players that you just don’t know which way things are going to go or who’s going to betray who. The cliffhanger?!?! O M G!!!!!!!!!!!
Jax and Emma make for some hot chemistry. There is intrigue, background, and drama that will go throughout the book, only to leave on a cliffhanger! I am so attached to this series already and I can’t wait for One Woman (Book 2)!!!
I received this as an ARC and I am voluntarily leaving a review of my opinion.
I love Jax and Emma, I can’t wait for more. This book had me hooked from start to finish. What a cliffhanger. I love Lisa Renee Jones, she knows how to write a story with twist and turns and full of mystery. It sucks you in and makes you want more.
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~~ 4.5 BREATH-STEALING STARS! ~~
“Once I catch her, she’s mine.”
Lisa Renee Jones tantalizes with ONE MAN, the first titillating installment in her brand new Naked Trilogy! And yowza, it’s a SCORCHER that electrifies the senses and keeps us on pins and needles from start to finish!
THE PREMISE:
Emma Knight and Jax North’s families have been in business for years. Emma is the heiress to the Knight Hotel Empire and Jax is the owner of North Whiskey. But when tragedy strikes Jax’s family, he sets out to get to the bottom of the Knight dynasty’s part in his brother’s untimely demise. However, when Jax pursues the beautiful brunette with a vengeance, determined to expose her family’s dark, dirty secrets and exact retribution by any means necessary, he is unprepared for the combustible sparks that fly between them. Her grief over her father’s death is as palpable as his own gut-wrenching loss, and despite everything, she awakens a part of him he cannot deny. Which puts him between a rock and a hard place.
“One minute, I’m trying to ruin her family, the next, I want to save her.”
Will his ravenous cravings for this bewitching beauty unravel his carefully laid plans or will he do whatever it takes to steamroll over the Knight family to ensure he is the last man standing? My lips are sealed but as these two “enemies” find themselves joining forces in the mad hunt for the truth, prepare for fireworks galore!
MY MUSINGS:
Chock full of glitz and glamour, secrets and scandals, dirty dealings and sizzling hot encounters, ONE MAN is all kinds of SCRUMPTIOUS! I was reeled in from the very first drama-laden page and my heart kept racing in my chest until the jawdropping end.
There is so much to love about ONE MAN! It’s alluring. Passionate. And oh sooo addictive. I love the palpable discord, the smoldering sparks, the nail-biting suspense, the steamy sexcapades, and most ESPECIALLY, the emotional tug of war between Emma and Jax as they endeavor to figure out what the other is hiding while fighting a losing battle for their all-consuming feelings for each other! One of my favorite things about LRJ’s books is that her couples have an instantaneous, blistering chemistry from the very moment they lock eyes…and lips…and such was the case with Emma and Jax. These two feel so passionately—for their families and each other—and their interactions are SO FREAKING INTENSE that I was rendered breathless!
“His searing kiss… is all about demand. It’s possession. It’s sex and sin and satisfaction. It’s a kiss that leaves no room for conversation.”
Gah, this author’s alpha males are always intoxicating and Jax North emanates power, charisma, unbridled lust and virile sex appeal!
“I’m a loyal friend and a dangerous enemy.”
His brand of pure potent, rough-hewn masculinity not only made me spontaneously combust but he is a man on the edge! This “tall, blond, and handsomely brooding” whiskey magnate—an enticing combination of gentle yet confident, caring and dominant—is on a fact finding mission interlaced with a hefty dash of cold-blooded revenge. But the beautiful woman he’s initially tempted to ensnare in his trap may just slay HIM in the end because there is so much more to Emma than he ever envisioned.
And as much as he want to bring down the Knight dynasty and make them pay for their supposed cutthroat machinations and greedy shenanigans, it soon becomes readily apparent that this woman in his crosshairs is up to her glorious neck in shark-infested waters and possesses an aching vulnerability and inner fire that unravels him. And Emma needs HIS help to keep her own enemies at bay. But while there’s no denying that the heiress to the Knight worldwide empire arouses a fierce protectiveness in Jax that catches him off guard, can he truly trust this woman who ignites his blood and fuels his every desire? Only time will tell because there is much more than avenging his brother’s death that’s at stake. Two hearts are on the line, and more lives may hang precariously in the balance!
While there are many unknowns in this first installment, which keeps us guessing throughout—like why is acquiring the Castle so important to the Knights and what earth shattering secrets are locked inside that leather bound journal —one thing is abundantly clear: With these two star-crossed lovers, the fierce internal war swirling within them is as alluring the treacherous feud that’s brewing between their two rival dynasties. Their families are at war, but will their feelings for each other trump all?
At 300 pages, this is a full bodied read, but as with all of LRJ’s books, her riveting, frenzied paced style has you frantically flipping through the pages, desperate to unravel the truth and pondering what strategic move these wildly unpredictable characters will make next. This first installment in the trilogy is uber intriguing, sensually and emotionally charged, and brilliantly sets the stage for books two and three. And, as expected, the erotic interludes are high octane, scorching hot, breathtakingly tender, and so scintillating you WILL feel the burn!
There are of course cameos from her previous books to help our main players out as well as some new baddies, including Emma’s abusive ex, Waters, and that duplicitous Marion to amp up the danger. And finally, true to form, Ms. Jones leaves us dangling off a blasted cliff by book’s end, screaming for ONE WOMAN pronto! But there’s no doubt it my mind that it will be well worth the wait!
HIGHLY RECOMMEND!