Jannine Corti-Petska stopped by today to answer a few questions.
Q:
Tell me a little bit about yourself. What do you do for fun?
Well,
I reached the big 6-0 this year. That just blows my mind. I'm a senior
citizen!!! But, I don't act my age, lol. I love going to McDonalds and getting
a senior coffee for $.64 (tax included <g>). And my husband and I get 20%
off our bill at Denny's, our favorite restaurant. So far, I'm liking being one
of the "old folks." :-)
For
fun? I wish I could say I read for fun. Unfortunately, I don't have the time.
Skimming through a magazine is all the reading I do, and that lasts all of 5-10
minutes. I do garden, which is therapy for me when I'm down or when I've hit a
bump in my story and can't get past it. I write linear, so writing on ahead and
coming back to it is hard for me to do.
I
relax with my 3 Rat Terriers. We watch Italian soccer games together on the
weekends (when league is in play). Wow, that's sad. When putting it in writing,
it looks like I have a boring life. That's not the case, though. My dogs and
grandkids keep me going.
Q: What do you like most about the genre you write in?
Because
I write historical romance, I'd say living in the past. Obviously, I can't
experience first hand what that was like (not sure I'd really want to), so
researching, writing and getting lost in the time and place is most enjoyable.
And since I was a horrible history student, I'm learning so much...and kicking
myself for not paying attention in school!
Q:
Where is your favorite place to write?
When I write long-handed, I favor the kitchen table. I have an office, but it's
jam-packed with desks, bookcases, 2000 plus research books, and other office
equipment. I don't think I've seen the top of my roll-top desk in years! When
I'm writing directly into the computer, then I have to be in my office where my
pc is. I have a netbook, but the smaller keyboard and screen isn't right for me.
Q:
What’s your next project?
Actually,
I've been working on TEMPT NOT MY HEART, book 4 of my Italian medieval series.
Recently, I decided to sit back and not worry about finishing it. I've been
under a lot of stress lately, and trying to be creative is difficult. Since
that decision, I've actually worked on the story but without the pressure.
Amazingly, the ideas are coming back.
Q:
How do you feel about Dr. Pepper?
LOL.
Sorry, Lisa, not a fan. When I drink soda, it's usually diet caffeine-free
Coke, diet Sunkist or diet Ginger Ale. A can lasts me two days.
MINE TO KEEP by Jannine Corti Petska
Lady Elizabella Aldrich receives notice of an inheritance in Padua, Italy.
Arriving from England,
she discovers another heir lays claim to the castle. An unreasonably handsome
Italian rogue stands between her and the castle she’s inherited.
Leonardo Da Mitri never met the noble who included him in his will. But
after one look at Lady Eliza he relishes the challenge of defeating the beauty
to make the castle his own.
Astonished to learn they must wed and remain married for a year, it soon
becomes apparent someone does not want the nuptials to take place. As Eliza
fights her growing desire for Leo, he fights for his life. Will he walk away
from his inheritance—and Eliza? Or is he willing to risk everything to stay married
to the woman who has claimed his heart as hers... to keep?
Buy links:
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* Excerpt *
Elizabella
and Leonardo haven’t been married long. Neither have they consummated their
marriage.
In this scene, they both slipped on wet stone in the castle’s great room, and
Leo traps her to the floor.
“Think you my brother will stand idle when I tell him how
horrible you
have treated me? You are rude and ill-mannered.”
“So I am.” Leo feigned boredom. Her observation of his
character didn’t
offend him. She was unapprised about Italian society…and
Italian men.
“From the moment we met, you acted as if I am not fit to be
in your
company. So be it. I am not a noble, so I need not behave
like the rigid men
in your society. And since I am not compatible in your eyes,
then I shall do
what I should have done last night.”
“You would not dare!”
He lifted his mouth into a non-committal smile.
“Oh! Let me up at once!”
“It appears milady must be taught manners as well.” Leo
crushed her lips
beneath his. He ran his hand down her waist and hip caring
not that his
caresses were rough, groping. Her protests died in an
instant. When he pushed
her tunic up to her shoulders, he was surprised to find her
naked beneath the
expensive garment. He tore away to lave his tongue across
her breast, taunting
her nipple. Her deep, unfettered moan seeped into his heart.
Last night had been
merely a prelude to the ecstasy awaiting him with his feisty
wife. Leo recaptured
her mouth and shed any misgivings about consummating their
marriage. Even
though theirs was more illusory than real, he should have
sunk into her and
bedamned his righteous conscience. He desired Eliza like no
other.
He broke off the kiss and gazed at her, from the red, irritated
skin around her parted
lips to her eyelashes shadowed high upon her cheeks.
Resisting her was impossible,
from the way her body moved, like a sultry feline, to her
soft sounds of pleasure.
“Eliza.” Her name echoed in his head. “Do you want me?
Truthfully, do you
desire me?”
When her lashes fluttered upward, her eyes beheld a desirous
sheen. Leo’s heart
skipped a beat while his manhood surged upward in
anticipation. Pray she didn’t
reject him, for he’d not walk away a second time. Hope
kindled the jagged
pounding of his heart, even when her features lost their passionate
glow.
“If I said no, would you leave me be?”
Thanks for stopping by today, Jannine. I actually won this book and had the chance to review it.
Destiny Unveiled
Laura “Luna” DeLuca lives at the beautiful Jersey shore with her husband and four children. She loves writing in the young adult genre because it keeps her young at heart. In addition to writing fiction, Laura is also the sole author of a popular review blog called New Age Mama. She is an active member of her local pagan community, and has been studying Wicca for close to eight years.
