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I loved this book and hated it! Loved the story it had twists and turns that were unexpected. The story line was not what I expected it to be. the characters compliment each other perfect;y. Now for the hate part, waiting for the next book in the series to come out. Book number two can't come out quick enough for me.

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ONE MAN von LISA RENEE JONES war alles in allem ein klasse Buch fürs Wochenende. Die Autorin hat mich mit dieser Geschichte ebenfalls wieder voll in den Bann gezogen. Ein KURZWEILIGES und SPANNENDES LESEVERGNÜGEN. Das schnelle Tempo der Geschichte lässt einen zeitweise fast atemlos zurück.
Auch der erste Band der NAKED TRILOGIE endet natürlich wieder mit einem CLIFFHANGER. Inzwischen erwarte ich von der Autorin aber auch gar nichts anderes mehr.
Erzählt ist die Geschichte aus den Perspektiven der beiden Hauptprotagonisten EMMA KNIGHT und JAX NORTH.
Ich fand die Interaktionen der beiden klasse. Jeder Lesemoment war äußerst genussvoll.
Der Start der Trilogie ist SEXY und GEFÄHRLICH.
Lediglich YORK hat mich in den Wahnsinn getrieben. Sein Auftreten und sein Handeln haben mich fast ins Sofakissen beißen lassen. Ein unangenehmer und unsympathischer Zeitgenosse, aber hervorragend in seine Rolle geschrieben.
Eine Geschichte voller INTRIGEN, LEIDENSCHAFTLICHER HINGABE und GEHEIMNISSE.
ONE WOMAN, der zweite Teil der Reihe ist auch bereits erschienen, TWO TOGETHER, der Abschluss dieser Trilogie erscheint dann Mitte November.
Ich bin total gespannt darauf, wie es weitergehen wird.

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Jax is a very powerful man that knows when to play dirty or play nice. He is trying to figure out what happened to his brother. He is not stopping until he gets what he wants and that’s answers.

Emma is trying to get her life back and get it back on track. She went through a rough patch and trying her best to get herself back. She has a lot of enemies that she doesn’t need to be dealing with right now. She just lost her father and is finding out things about him.

When Jax and Emma meet they have a magnetic feed to one another. He gets her and she gets him but they both have a lot of secrets. They are good together. He is her lifeline and knows when to push and when not too.

The ending is left on a cliffhanger and I can’t wait to read the next book. I need to know what happens next. I highly recommend reading this book. I couldn’t put it down. A lot of dirty stuff going on and I need to know how it all turns out. Love this book.

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Jax having lost his brother and dad is going after the family that he blames for their deaths. Emma has lost her father but after finding a journal she finds she doesn’t really know who her father really was. Lost and confused Emma doesn’t know who she can trust. But the attraction between Jax and Emma is undeniable. Can they trust each other? Are they using each other to get what they want? After going back and forth of whether or not they can trust each other we are left hanging. Can’t wait to read book two. Book given to me by author on netgalley

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Gah, I hate cliffhangers! But this was so well written and it keeps you on the edge that there's no way you won't be able to pick up the second book and then the third. There is so much lust and danger and angst here that I didn't know what to do with it. Jax is dreamy but dark and just what Emma needs but doesn't realize. I can't wait to pick up the next one.

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I have read most of Lisa Renee Jones's books and liked them all but I think this one is my favorite. It is different from the other books she has written. This book has romance, suspense and I found myself trying to figure out who did it and why? I really love that in a book. I really like the characters in the book and it has a really good story line. The only thing I don't like is the book ends in a cliffhanger. I can't wait to read the rest of the series.

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LRJ must be a very enterprising writer. I see new stuff from her continually on NetGalley's offerings and it just boggles the mind she is able to publish so many so quickly. As someone once wrote about Jayne Ann Krantz and her multiple novels per year, LRJ must have writing elves helping her churn out the words.

So, I got this from NetGalley recalling she kind of writes a decent dark, sexy story and wanted to revisit her stylings because when you read as much as I do, it all just blurs. I just went back to my past Goodreads reviews of the books I've read from her and noticed I've rated it so-so.

Thankfully, this one is better. There's good chemistry and an interesting mystery unfurling. When one of the major flaws is there's too much bedroom action that stalls the story, I'm not sure that's much of a complaint on my part.

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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.

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Thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to Read Now this book. As always, Lisa Renee Jones delivers a hot, steamy, and mysterious romance readers' dream. I must say I did not like that cliffhanger, not at all.

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Well written, interesting storyline with good characters with great chemistry.

Beautiful cover as well.

ARC received through NetGalley. This is my honest review. All opinions are my own.

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Once I started I couldn't put it down. These two are intense. They have so much going on around them but they're trying to navigate the start of their relationship too. It all starts to come together for them then a huge cliffhanger!!! Can't wait for the next book!

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Holy cliffhanger! In serious need of book 2. I loved it. Lisa has such a way of capturing you into her worlds and this was no different. Entertaining and all around delightful. Now to get my hands on the next one because I’m already missing these characters!

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Thank you Netgalley for an advanced eCopy.

A cliffhanger!! Never read a book by this author, and my jaw literally dropped at the end. I can't wait to read Book 2! The plot and writing style draws the reader into the world of secrets and deception. I was not expecting the sizzling sexy scenes (though I should have guessed from the cover) and if it is something readers enjoy then this is a book you do not want to miss. The characters come to life throughout the book, and Emma and Jax are perfect for each other. So many questions are left to the mystery of her father's journal and the death of Jax's brother. I am looking forward to seeing how Emma's brother, if any, plays a part in any of the twists and turns of a true drama.

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One Man is book 1 in a new Naked Trilogy series and is, of course, a cliffhanger. Cliffhangers drive me crazy, and I know the author loves to write in trilogies, yet I can't stay away from reading a Lisa Renee Jones novel It's a vicious circle to say the least.

Emma and Jax have secrets, lots and lots of secrets. Emma thinks their meeting was accidental but it was far from it. There are so many twists and turns I am having a hard time figuring it out. Catching this so far after initial release though allows to dive into book #2 quickly where normally I would need to wait. Waiting until November for book #3 will test my patience for sure.

Great start to a new 3 book series, I voluntarily read and reviewed advance copy from Netgalley without expectations.

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Gah!! The cliffhanger!! Really? I am left with wanting more and will have to get the second book in this trilogy soon! I absolutely love Lisa's style of writing. She has a way of really pulling me into her stories and making me not want to put the book down. I finished this one in a day and a half!
This first book One Man is filled with dark secrets, drama, danger, some heartache and plenty of hot sexy scenes. Even though their romance was fast, the main characters Emma and Jax really fit well together. And the secrets they are hiding as well as trying to unravel really made a great story line. The book left me with some suspicions and many questions. Who really has to do with what, why and how?? Guess I will have to wait to find out!
Thank you NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

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I wish I can give this book 4.5 stars. Thanks to Netgalley for approving me to read an advanced copy in exchange for a honest review.

I love this author she is one of my favorite. Yes usually her books have cliffhangers and this is one of them.

Jax and Emma's family are at a crossroads. Jax believes her family is the reason why his brother his dead. Emma is wondering whether she knew her father at all. As well as is her brother involve in this. She can't believe what she is hearing and what she has read in her father's journal. In true Lisa fashion this book is sexy and filled with suspense.

I really like Jax and hope he isn't hiding something.

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Amazing!!!! I can't wait for the rest of the books. I love Jax North! This story is sexy and has mysterious element to it that keeps you wanting more. The chemistry between Emma and Jax is phenomenal. You keep wanting more. I couldn't put this book down.

It's been a while but I have read some of Lisa Renee Jones' other books, now I just want to read them ALL.

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What a great beginning to this new trilogy!
This story is filled with suspense, drama, secrets, questions, and intrigue. I am left with a lot more questions than answers after finishing this story.
The chemistry between Jax and Emma sparks hot right off the bat but what happens when secrets they are keeping from each other threaten to ruin it all?
This fast-paced novel was so entertaining and intriguing that I could not put it down. I can hardly wait to read the next installment.

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One Man is book one in the Naked trilogy, which has crossover characters from Dirty Rich and Tall, Dark and Deadly series. Love when we get to intermingle everyone together.
This book is fast paced and I will warn you it end in a hell of a cliffhanger. Cause the author is mean like that! We are following Emma Knight, the only daughter and one of the heirs to the Knight hotels and Jax North, now heir to North Whiskey. They both have secrets and should be enemies but they are trying to work out the mystery together. This one is definitely keeping you guessing as it seems like there are too many threads and if you pull to hard on one everything falls apart.

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<b><i>What is this? Everything and nothing that I expected. She is everything and nothing that I expected. Her connection to York, her involvement with him, and then her step away from him, telling me a story. Her words about her father a bigger story. She interests me in ways she was never supposed to interest me. I don’t want to want her and yet, I do.</i></b>

This was the first book I've read by this author and it surely won't be my last. I loved everything about this book, the story, the romance, the drama, the characters, just everything.

The story itself is intriguing, suspenseful, full of secrets and it's one of the rare books where I don't have a single clue what is going to happen. It was a true page-turner which got me invested in the book and left me curious about who is hiding what.

I loved the energy and chemistry between Jax and Emma, the two of them are so hot together and I can't wait to read the rest of their story.

<b><i>"Do you have a preference?" "You," she says softly her eyes meeting mine, her mood shifting, darkening. "You're my preference, Jax:"</i></b>

This book ends with a cliffhanger which left me wanting more of the story and soon. Can't wait for the second book to come out!

*I received an e-copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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