Not my first read by author and you can safely assume she is one of my top 5 author’s ever!! I have read every single of her books so far & I can’t express enough of how much THIS ONE HIT ALL THE RIGHT SPOTS! I haven’t had this much fun and excitement reading a book where I had to put it down to either laugh or place a hand over my heart because it hurts! p.s. you get a little glimpse in the life of JAKE SHARP! *you’re welcome and now let me disappoint you a little and say NO EPILOGUE! *dramatically saying NOOOOOO*

Where do I start with this? Aside from the fact that I never wanted it to end? Little story then Ryan is a partner with Jake Sharp (remember him, ooh yeah) so aside from being partners they are also best friends. We get a little of him in The Protector. So, the fact that he got a story I SCREAMED at that alone, this was very different from Jake’s story and the best on it’s own. Really HAPPY and GLAD that Ryan got his own, except I’m not crying until we get another book or an EPILOGUE to satisfy my hunger for these two!!

Story:
Ryan was getting restless, he was missing something. So he made a choice he though was best…until he rolls into town and technically runs a woman over. Yep, straight up runs her off the street (poor Hannah was on her bike) a bike she very much loved. When Hannah first spots Ryan it’s like nothing else existed, literally because she was so tongue tied and extra clumsy that she runs off. That left Ryan in a who is she? what just happened? type of state. Their first meet is epic! Their little world soon kept building, missed almost kisses later, the first kiss was breathtaking! Gah, the SWOON is almost unbearable but you get swept up in the description it will play out in your head like a movie!! I am still swooning over that. Single-Dad, Secret Agent/Bodyguard and Lumberjack sexy as sin Ryan, doesn’t know what hits him in the form of Hannah. She is nothing like anyone to him and he finds himself so easy to be with her. It’s fun, beautiful, sexy and spunky…their love may have come form the left field but with every hit it just got better and better. The LIE AND SECRET in this will drive you nuts, make you want to read faster to find out, not before you speculate every scenario possible. *Note that you will INSTANTLY fall in love with Ryan’s daughter Alex a.k.a Stinky Cabbage, for a 10 year old she is smart and well over her age, entertaining to the core, funny and super sweet! Really really fell in love with her from the start.

Truly and honestly I can say that (Jodi please don’t kill me) but I am TEAM RYAN WILLIS now (SORRY JAKE) but Ryan stole my heart. Couldn’t get enough of this story, the characters, plot everything and I hope in the future we get a little more of these two *hint hint*

TOP 2019 MUST READ!
Rating: ★★★★★ PLUS!
Romance: ♡♡♡♡♡
Steamy: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Type: Standalone
Recommended: ☑ HIGHLY!
⇨ H A P P Y – R E A D I N G ⇦

4.5 stars

You can never go wrong with a book by Jodi Ellen Malpas. In Leave Me Breathless, she gives us an emotional and intriguing story from beginning to end. Ryan Willis is ready to slow down a bit. As an agent and then in private security, taking it easy is just what he and his daughter need. Though he is a total alpha, I loved how protective and caring he is as well. Hannah Bright was definitely not on his radar, and yet there she is now.

Hannah was sweet and very likable and finds comfort in her art. But what are Hannah’s secret? She is attracted to Ryan, but can she truly let him in? I loved their chemistry and connection and Ryan’s daughter was so sweet and adorable! Though Leave Me Breathless by Jodi Ellen Malpas is from the same world as The Protector, it is a standalone and can be read as such. Though there is a bit of mystery surrounding the characters, the story is overall a sweet and charming story.

Leave Me Breathless is the story of a woman in hiding who happens upon a man who specializes in personal protection. Their meet-cute is unique-he hits her with his car! Also, the intro to the story gives us a glimpse at Jake and Cami (From The Protector).

Hannah is on the run, but you don't immediately know why. She is trying to take her life back and is opening an art store in a tiny town in the English countryside. Ryan is taking a sabbatical from private security and returning home. Both Hannah and Ryan have secrets but there is attraction and curiosity.

Ryan's daughter Alex adds some levity to the story because anyone who has spent time with a 10 year old knows they think they are grown people and it's funny. Hannah and Ryan's story has all the earmarks of a classic damsel in distress story and that really works for me. Malpas writes in a lot of emotional depth with the characters and the story is her classic steam level of HOT. Leave me Breathless also has a touch of the crazy ex trope, because Darcy is just awful for most of the book.

Leave Me Breathless really won me over because of Hannah and Ryan. Their love is movie love. Its fairytale love. Its what you dream about and songs are written about. I was enchanted with their story almost immediately and read furiously all afternoon because I simple didn't want to stop.

Jodi Ellen Malpas words are magical! Ryan and Hannah show us how to love and move on from the past. They show what kindness is all about and how much love can bring out different emotions. Make you feel like a whole new person when you meet the one. Suddenly the earth's axis is tilted and you are under a spell. Ryan and Hannah did that for me. Took me to a place that had me mesmerized with falling in love all over again.

JEM will not only give you the chemistry you crave with Leave Me Breathless, but you will have some suspense and action scenes that will play out. I knew this story would be something special and even though you go through many flows of emotion, you will be left breathless at the end <3 I loved revisiting Jake and Cami. It felt like coming back home to your favorite place.

QueenZany 5 Star Review
Leave Me Breathless
by Jodi Ellen Malpas



OMG!!!!
Leave Me Breathless is outrageously enchanting and oh so seductive!
Where you’re thrown into the brilliant suspense, twist, and turns. Leaving you on the edge of your bloody seats! Just saying OMG! OMG!!

Holy heck I will be forever lost in the magical world that Jodi Ellen Malpas has created!! Just Brilliant!

What a read! Jodi Ellen Malpas has done it again with another spectacular read.

Ryan and Hannah's story was incredible. It was gritty and raw and all the elements that include an incredible JEM novel. Their chemistry had me laughing, swooning, fanning myself and crying.

The complexity of the characters drew me in. I loved getting to know them bit by bit, and what made them the way they are the more I knew, the more I fell in love. It was incredible.

Another hit, and a highly recommended read!

4-4.25 stars. This was a really good book! Leave Me Breathless is Hannah and Ryan's story. Hannah is on the run from her dangerous past. She is an artist who has moved to a small town with a new identity and opened her own art shop. Ryan is a former security professional who has decided to retire to his small hometown to spend more time with his daughter. There he meets Hannah and she sparks something in him he has never felt before. He knows she is hiding something and is scared, which brings up his protective instincts. They find a connection and begin a relationship, but they also have to deal with her past coming back to haunt her.

I really enjoyed this romantic suspense story. I liked that it was a standalone and was pretty low angst. I loved Hannah and Ryan. They made a great couple. He was protective and strong. She was so sweet for having been through so much. I loved her free spirit and ability to rebound from tragedy with a hopeful outlook. I also liked Ryan's daughter, Alex, even if she felt more like a fifteen year old than a ten year old. The story felt a little Lifetime movie-esque, but the writing was very good and I felt the emotion. I enjoyed the small town feel and the art aspect. There is a little ex-drama with Ryan's daughter's mother, but it was minor as they were never really together (one night stand resulted in a baby), nor did he like her at all. That did not really take away from my enjoyment of the book. Overall, this was a sweet, sexy, simple story with the perfect amount of suspense.

In conclusion, I really enjoyed this great, low angst, easy read. This was my first book by Jodi Ellen Malpas and will definitely not be my last.

A new standalone from one of my favorite authors JEM. Ryan Willis, an ex agent, now on private security and raising his 10 year old girl Alex. Hannah, new woman in town, who has demons she needs to overcome. Loved seeing one of my favorite couple within the pages of this story. An overall great read, the plot might not be unique but JEM certainly made it hers.

I have never uttered the words “ I do not like Jodi Ellen Malpas’s books” and I am not going to start now.

Leave Me Breathless was lighter, fresher and has a healthy dose of humour which was unexpectedly good.

This book is set in a small town so for those that LOVE a small town romance, this book is it.

You are going to love Hannah and Ryan!
Hannah is stinking cute and adorable! Add into this mix Ryan, a guy who is the quintessential dream boat…ladies and gentlemen…we have ourselves the most lovely couple!
The chemistry between these two are without a doubt page turner! Did I forget to mention the fact that Ryan has an outdoor shower…yes… the fact that he has an outdoor shower is important hahaha

Can we say a book is cute yet be absolutely sexy and exciting?
I don’t how Jodi Ellen Malpas does it but she manages to write a book that is all that plus mysterious, sexy as hell and so romantic.

Leave Me Breathless is a tad different from what we are normally use to but in a true JEM magic, she has captured my undivided attention once again with her new release.

For those who loved her book The Protector, like myself……the characters Jake and Cami make a few cameos…and let me tell you, this girl couldn’t stop smiling.

I absolutely enjoyed reading Leave Me Breathless

5 Stars

Leave Me Breathless is the newest stand-alone novel by Jodi Ellen Malpas. I have been anxiously waiting for this story since it was announced and let me just say that it hit every one of my sweet spots. Romantic, a swoon worthy hero, a fierce heroine, and a bit of suspense- Leave Me Breathless was everything I thought it would be.

I absolutely ADORED Ryan. Seriously everything about him was pure perfection. From his protective nature all the way to his huge heart, he is everything I want in a hero. After a close call, Ryan decides to go to his cabin away from everything to relax and regroup. While there, he encounters the beautiful yet secretive Hannah who’s running from her past. They have an instant connection but Hannah is gun shy. As danger closes in on them, will Ryan be able to protect her all while protecting his heart?

I loved this book so much! The characters were relatable and real. They were both complex and I loved seeing each layer peeled back and exposed. JEM nailed it with the story and I am looking forward to seeing what’s next!

This much awaited book lands on my kindle and everything gets put on hold. I'm a sucker for Good Guy romances, ones where hero is a provider & takes charge in a "I got this" kinda way. Ryan Willis certainly made me go week in the knees with his shirtless sexy physique and crooked dimpled smile. “I’m talking about Ryan all-hot-and-outdoorsy-and-without-doubt-an-incredible-lay Willis.” Jodi makes my heart palpitate faster, harder like no other writer. Her Forte being the Oh-so-Macho alpha hero who sweeps in to protect the damsel in distress, and though he rides a truck instead of a steed, the utterly romantic notion of a Guardian/Protector makes me all giddy inside. I mean, who can forget the swoon-worthy Body Guard Jake Sharp who saves Camille in The Protector! This book is a spinoff in the same Galaxy of Guardians. Though the background plot reeks of mystery and danger, Jodi infuses Breathless sensuality in steamy love scenes. That delicate balance seems to heighten the frustrating passion that both seem to deny initially. Hannah Bright is the object of Ryan's desire and hiding a dark secret, deadly enough to give her nightmares, anxiety and panic attacks.......and a loaded sidearm!! "Ryan wants me. Just the way I am. He’s filling the empty spaces inside me. And I can’t help letting him. I can’t help admiring him more every day. This is the man I was always supposed to be with. And now I fear I’ve found him too late." An intense foreboding cloud looms just on the horizon and the few stolen moments the couple finds together, break the spell with exploration of bodies and lip- numbing kisses. Oh my lord, Ryan can KISS... I adore when Jodi writes her trademark bathroom sex scenes (there's one in every book), The outdoor shower heats up chilly weather with rising passions There's a particularly sinfully sensual scene in the lake that had me panting for Ryan and I'm sure the water was boiling with passionate frenzy!! Characterization is starkly black and white, there's pure goodness vs the evil black. The constant thread of suspense highlights Ryan's dedication and devotion to shield Hannah at all costs makes me swoon. The charming small town setting adds to the flavor. Ryan and Hannah's chemistry is pulsating & palpable, their trust building gets interrupted by an old enemy that just won't give up. Hannah's natural instinct to take flight is handled by Ryan with painstaking patiencE The adorable Alex being Daddy's Sidekick, is mouthy and sassy 10 year old who nudges the characters when they are at an impasse and her comic timing of stating the obvious just made me Laugh!! Another superbly written, inviting, Must- Read romance that should be on everyone's Kindle. Since her husband is the Lord now, Lady Jodi's cap just got another feather! 4.5 stars for Heart that swings on the Lake

Being a big fan of this author's work, I was so looking forward to reading this book. The blurb had me intrigued, and the chance to meet another JEM alpha male had me thinking that I would instantly fall in love with his story but sadly that was not the case. On the plus side the book has the making of a great story, it's plotline has a lovely romance between it's main two characters of Ryan and Hannah who I adored, but it just didn't deliver on it's promise of any real drama. It was quite a slow moving story that just didn't give me the suspenseful build up that it needed to keep it interesting. Nothing really eventful happens in the story until I got to about 90%, and then it felt it was all rushed to tie up the ending. I really came to dislike Ryan's ex Darcy who I thought was too big a part of the story and she wasn't really needed so much as all she did was irritate me, the absolute star of the book was Alex, she was totally adorable and really made me want to keep reading about her and what she got up to. It was great to catch up with Jake, Cami and Lucinda too. For me this was just an ok read and not up to the usual standard we have come to expect from JEM.

Leave Me Breathless is everything you want in a book: humor, suspense and romance! This book is connected with The Protector with Jake and Camille, and we are introduced to Ryan Willis, who gets his story in Leave Me Breathless. Both can be read as a standalone!

Ryan Willis is ready to hang up his protection hat and just live life in his secluded cabin. His work in the protection business had him running around full-speed in dangerous situations for years and now he's just ready to relax. But when he meets the intriguing and beautiful Hannah Bright, he's protectiveness gear kicks in again.

Hannah is new to the small town and runs a quirky arts and craft store. Her personality brings warmth and friendliness to the community. But there is something missing and secretive about Hannah. And Ryan wants nothing for to find out what that is and to protect her from any danger.

This book will take you on a wild ride of suspense about finding out the truth of one's past and doing whatever it takes to protect those you love. Ryan and Hannah had chemistry from the very first time they met.

Another. Top. Notch. Romance.
Malpas returns with a sizzling new love story told in dual POV between an ex-MI5 single dad and the new small-town resident. They found themselves literally running into each other and falling in love.
Ryan Willis needs some R & R, so he returns to his cabin in small town Hampton to spend time with his 10-year-old daughter- Alex. Alex is truly a scene stealer. Each time she graces the pages I dare say I love the story even more.
Hannah, an artist, moves to Hampton to open her own art store and gallery. Details of her past makes it obvious they are painful and immediately you know from the start she is trying to jump start a new life. Hannah’s story will have you on the edge and reading between the lines to figure out what she is hiding. Clues are dropped along the way and it will keep you eagerly reading to find the next piece of the puzzle. It’s this mystery that will keep you glued with interest and turning the pages.
The story is well paced and plotted. Malpas unravels the hidden plot slowly. Just a little too slowly for my preference. In walks Ryan’s daughter Alex to save those moments. Hannah’s previous life is told in small doses as flashbacks, however the angst is hidden from the reader as well as the characters in Hannah’s life.
Hang on tight, it’s surprising how the story unravels. The bittersweet ending may be the most satisfying and will leave you, well, gasping for breath...

Mile High Kink Book Club recommends for your fall travel plans inside your carryon!!!

If you loved The Protector, you will definitely be on board for Leave Me Breathless. JEM will have you smiling at the quirky paint covered shop owner and panting after the hunky, shirtless lumberjack. Or at least I was...

Leave Me Breathless is a second chance romance with an edge of danger, a bit of trepidation, and plenty of paranoia. Ryan may have quit his job but this man is all about protecting. She is his new mission in life.

Leave Me Breathless by Jodi Ellen Malpas is the story of Hannah Bright and Ryan Willis.
Ryan has been in the Security business after leaving the military. But now after a close call he has decided to return home to his family, daughter Alex. But it doesn't take him long to run into the new resident Hannah who has opened a craft store / art gallery. But there is something about her that he knows she is hiding something and he calls in a favor to find out what is going on with her after his feelings for can't be ignored.
Loved their story and of course this author's writing.

This was definitely worth the wait! I was left breathless for these characters.

Ryan’s character I knew I was going to love him right from the get go, I love when you start a book and instantly have that feeling of connection, the same with Hannah.

Small towns always bring big stories and Ryan’s and Hannah’s story crashed right into our world right from the beginning.

This book has all the feels and I loved getting lost in Jodi’s words I’ve been loving her releases, they truly are page turners.

Amo’s Book Corner
5 🌟

As always this author does not disappoint. This story was full of love, mystery, action, and suspense. I definitely recommend this book and this author.

Leave Me Breathless is one hot read that will suck you in from the very start. I love the pull between Hannah and Ryan. You feel the chemistry between them from the very first meeting. Hannah is stronger then she looks, sweet and you can feel she is hiding something. The more Leave Me Breathless goes on the more you really get pulled into who is Hannah. I love Ryan so much. He will make you swoon. He is an amazing dad and so protective of everyone. He stops at nothing to help Hannah and discover her secrets. Ryan and Hannah are amazing together. I really couldn't put this one down. I love what Jodi Ellen Malpas brings to these pages. Go one click this one.

Heart-throbbing and sensational.

I always seek the next book from JEM with rabid excitement. It gets better and better. All stories are original and give you more than expected. This one took my breath away a few times because of the beauty of the relationship. It feels authentic and oh so enviable. It also ties with characters in The Protector which I really enjoyed.

Both characters experience for the very first time what it is to be drawn to someone with intensity, craving their warmth and pleasure and safety. I felt that too with them.

Quaint little town, passion that overflows all limits, and two characters that are a perfect match. He is a protector, a man of action, and she is a woman fighting to overcome her wounds and a traumatic past.

The double POV works its magic to introduce Hannah and Ryan, their opposing lifestyles and their innermost thoughts. The suspense seed is planted early as a subtle foundation that laces the relationship from the moment it kicks off and as it grows into a huge storm of love and trust.
I loved the funny yet adventurous way they meet, the tidal wave of their chemistry and all-consuming feelings towards each other. Life at the little town is idyllic, but also fraught with family issues.

I adored Hannah's way of life there, and her sunny disposition despite her distressing circumstances. Ryan is a big, unapproachable fellow but he falls hard for her and protects her with his life. He is a total hero for her and for everyone her cares for. I loved how loyal he was with the women in his life.

The events in town merge with the secrets from Hannah's past as they are unearthed to Ryan's despair. It's a struggle between trust and love, fear and hope. It really becomes thrilling as they fight for their union but also for a future together. There are many funny moments, plenty of meaningful passion that stirs the senses, a few touching scenes that are too real to ignore, and a turbulent yet completely satisfying climax. I never want to miss a JEM story, and this is why.