The Italian's Defiant Mistress by India GreyMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
The Italian’s Defiant Mistress, India Grey’s debut novel was incredibly amazing! That level of writing and the complexity of the story and characters was not what I would expect from a first” timer”!!!! The depth and intricacies of the story make more than just a quick and fast insta-love story.
Set in a world that I am somewhat familiar with – my husband being a fashion/advertising photographer, I was curious about how the author would portray the glitzy and glamorous……
Using some of the most beautiful cities in Italy, we enter the lives of celebrities, of supermodels, the world of fashion shows
An alluring world that we can only dream of, the life of excess and drugs, pervasive need for fame and riches, the constant glare of cameras/flashes recording every moment of your life….more, more and more…
The unique plot, which begins when the young heroine, Eve Middlemiss, arrives in Florence…yes, the amazing and glorious city of Firenze…
on a mission!!!
To expose and destroy the person who caused her sister’s death. Using the cover of a supermodel’s assistant, she attends the famous di Lazaro fashion house, when she discovers the man that she had been staring at and felt drawn to at the show is Raphael di Lazaro, world famous photographer and eldest son of the di Lazaro dynasty…. and the person she thinks is responsible for supplying the drugs to her sister.
Raphael di Lazaro (damn, I love his name!!!!)and his half brother Luca are heirs to the di Lazaro fashion empire. Raphael is on a mission to expose the true nature of his brother’s life…a drug user and supplier, who feels nothing about using people to achieve his goals….to live a life of hedonism, regardless who he hurts or destroys along the path.
Determined to keep Eve away from his brother’s clutches, he spirits her away to his home in……ooh my gosh….what could be more romantic???
Raphael & Eve shared a sizzling chemistry – passionate, painful, sexual tension, conflict, sadness……A complex alpha-hero, strong, caring, responsible, determined and a naïve and feisty and spontaneous heroine……two people who learn that not all in life is black and white, that sometimes things are not what they seem to be and how mistrust and lies can change your life forever. And that along the road on the journey you are going on….to find that love can really make your world be a better place to be in.
This was a deeply moving story that pulled at so many of my emotions.
Brilliant book and a definite KEEPER …to be read again!!!!!
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