Jannine's Books

CHARLOTTE AND THE GYPSY
Coming in 2011 from The Dark Castle Lords

Charlotte Nikolos keenly feels the difference between the dark coloring of the Gypsies who raised her and her own pale hair and skin. When she learns she has two sisters somewhere who share her looks and psychic powers, she's determined to search for her lost family and find answers about her past. But how?

For three years, Rafael Cazares has been away from the Gypsy camp and the woman who makes his blood boil. He's determined to win back Char's trust and recapture her heart. He insists on helping her to find her true family, but someone or something is determined to keep them apart. When a deep dark secret is revealed, Rafael will do everything in his power to keep the only women he has ever loved out of harm's way. Even if he must die.

CARINA AND THE NOBLEMAN
from Eternal Press
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Forced to the streets after her mother dies, Carina Gallo is desperate to survive and find her long lost sisters.

Consumed with locating his missing brother, Count Luciano has forsaken his needs.

When Luciano catches beautiful and vulnerable Carina stealing from him, he takes pity and cares for her until she's strong enough to work off her crime. Carina is forever grateful to Luciano, yet fears he will learn of her wicked secret and condemn her to burn.

Will Luciano and Carina find a way to feed the mutual passions they share, or will heresy and obsession with lost family destroy them both?

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KNIGHT'S DESIRE
from The Dark Castle Lords
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Baron Romano DiSanto returns home after his sire's death to straighten affairs. He never intends to stay...until a woman wheedles her way into his castle, pretending to be his maidservant. Soon he is torn between returning to his life as a warrior or giving in to an emotion he has never before experienced.

After her father's death, Mariella Rizzoli is alone and desperate to ensure the family keep remains hers. Past marriageable age, she intends to live out her life in seclusion in the only home she's ever known. But the DiSanto family claims the keep, and the mystery surrounding it drives Mariella to seek employment with the new baron knight, hoping he will sign it over for eternity. Her plan goes awry when Romano discovers her reason for being in his castle. When he bids her to seduce him for the keep, she will do whatever it takes to retain her home. But can she seduce the handsome knight without losing her heart to him?

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"...a wonderful tale of dark secrets...and an old fashion romance..."
Karen Michelle Nutt, ParanormalRomance.org

"This book is exactly what traditional historical romance readers want and expect."
The Romance Studio

REBEL HEART
from Highland Press
Available Now!
ISBN: 0-9746249-8-5

Aspen Gold 2007 Finalist
Historical Category

Can a woman from New York society fall in love with an ex-gunfighter?

Beau Hamilton didn't think so...until he hires on to protect Courtney Danning after she travels to Santa Fe to marry the man she loves.

When her philandering husband gets himself killed on their wedding night, Beau fears the one thing he thought he controlled--losing his heart to a woman.

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"Ms. Petska pens a delightful read with well-rounded characters and great dialogue that grabs the reader."
Linda L., Fallen Angel Reviews, February 2007

"Fiery and passionate."
Tami Brady, TCM Reviews, January 2007

"I read this book from cover to cover and turned the last page still feeling the warm glow left over from a good loving. Life on the range is never easy; when the bullets start flying and blood starts flowing, I want a man like Beau Hamilton at my back!"
Aysel Arwen, Romancing the Stars, October, 2006

FOREIGN EXCHANGE
Jannine Corti Petska and Victoria Nino
from Sands Publishing
ISBN: 1-59025-008-7

In 1970 Andy Cole, female CIA operative, lands a new undercover assignment, this time as a sports journalist in Italy. As she becomes familiar with the land and its political climate, she zeros in on her target, famed Italian soccer player Roberto Cavalli. Andy manages to get close to Cavalli so she can investigate illegal arms deals his father -- a general in the army -- may be involved in.

Roberto Cavalli has it all. Good looks, talent for the most popular sport in Italy, a respected name and women chasing him around every corner. But his high-flying lifestyle is about to crumble. His sports injuries are interfering with his game, he's tired of the women who want him only for his popularity, and he's about to experience an American newspaper woman intruding into his father's political career. Working with Andy Cole proves explosive in more ways than one, and Roberto soon learns how to score on more than one field at a time.

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