How the Italian Claimed Her by Jennifer Hayward – a Review

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Description:
The Italian wants her…between his billion-dollar sheets in this passionate opposites-attract romance.

He always puts business first…
then it’s mixed with pleasure!

After taking the reins of his family’s legendary but failing fashion house, CEO Cristiano Vitale vows to restore its legacy. To do that he needs the face of the brand, supermodel Jensen Davis, to do her job. Only she’s committed to living up to her headline-hitting reputation.

Jensen doesn’t want to jeopardize Cristiano’s company, but courting scandal distracts from her mother’s self-destructive spiral. So, lying low at his Lake Como estate, she’s caught between her familial duty…and how much she wants the dangerously sexy Italian to claim her!

Review:

How the Italian Claimed Her begins with Cristiano Vitale in the midst of planning a launch that, hopefully, will bring the legendary Francisco Vitale fashion house, back to the top of the fashion world.  In Christiano’s words, “……it is a do or die moment that he has spent a decade rebuilding”.  The “face” of the house, on which everything is riding, is supermodel Jensen Davis.

Cristiano is approached by his CMO with unsettling news that Jensen has made the headlines in the most unsettling way, characterized as a catfight with an actual princess.  Cristiano is more than livid and takes it upon himself to speak with Jensen himself, in person.  He travels to London and ultimately speaks with Jensen about her antics, and she assures him it won’t happen again.  Imagine her surprise when he informs her that he knows it won’t happen again…….because she’ll be staying at his Lake Como estate until after the launch.

Jensen fights the declaration with everything she has but eventually gives up because she needs this job worse than anyone knows.  She has been trying to distance herself from her family reality show, which she has already quit.  However, it doesn’t take Cristiano long to figure out that things aren’t always as they appear. 

How the Italian Claimed Her is another wonderfully written story by Jennifer Hayward.  Cristiano and Jensen are both very well written and their chemistry is palpable from the beginning.  Their interactions draw you in immediately.  The world of wealth and beauty created in this one is easy to “see” and what happens is easy to “feel”.  It has been a very long time since I’ve read a story that was, in my humble opinion, this timely.  The world we live in is so easily influenced by ones’ perceptions of everyone and everything, without really knowing what’s actually happening or why, with taking things at surface value instead of digging just a little deeper to see what’s below said surface.  This story is one of betrayal and redemption, doubt and certainty, love and trust and ultimately believing in yourself. 

How the Italian Claimed Her, I believe, is my favorite so far by Jennifer Hayward.  If you’re a fan of the genre and romance in general, you will never go wrong with one of her tales.  Well done, Jennifer Hayward!  Very, very well done!

Reviewed by Vickie

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