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Irina Petrova series

first

romantic archive thriller

starring Irina Petrova

the Iron Archive Lady

 

Irina Petrova, the Iron Archive Lady, is in bed with Georgi Rastov, her male and muscled and tatooed lover. Their play is inspired by Ravel’s “Bolero”. However, it is interrupted by a phone call from the UK.

The mighty Knowall business family needs her special talent to track down vanished documents. A family member just died, after he spent many years as a missionary in Indonesia. They must know if he had a will over there.

Irina Petrova refuses, because tropical swamps are bad for her stiletto heels and for her full red painted nails. And her renewed botox operation is planned. But the Knowall family uses blackmail to force her.

She discovers in Indonesia a shocking truth, which changes the Knowall family from client into enemy. Now it comes down to her guide and interpreter. Can she trust hot and handsome Mahanasaka Suwomata? Can she hold back his moves?

second

romantic archive thriller

starring Irina Petrova,

Iron Archive Lady

 

Summary

In 2022, a remarkable document surfaced in the Brazilian National Archive. Dated 1652 AD, it was about a Portuguese ship that sank that year during a naval battle in the Atlantic Ocean. The ship lost its precious cargo. But was the document genuine? Or a forgery? And was the treasure genuine? Or a forgery?

The Brazilian National Archive wanted to keep it secret, but rumors quickly spread, and pirates launched a treasure hunt in the Atlantic Ocean near Rio de Janeiro.

Irina Petrova, the world famous female archive professor from the Balkan University in Bulgaria, is flown in to uncover the truth. The handsome Roberto Silveira, deputy director of the Brazilian National Archives, is her guide and interpreter.

Irina Petrova has only just begun her investigation when the director of the Brazilian National Archives is murdered, and his deputy is the prime suspect.

Is Roberto Silveira truly guilty? Can Irina Petrova trust him? Or can her Bulgarian lover, Georgi Rastov, guide her in the right direction?

 

 

third

romantic archive thriller

starring Irina Petrova,

Iron Archive Lady

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Heartbreak travel to India

 

Summary

When her male lover Georgi Rastov dumps her, the phone call from the Indian embassy in Sofia early 2027, comes exactly at the right time for Irina Petrova, the world famous female archive professor from the Balkan University in Bulgaria.

A document about the 1947 independance from the UK allegedly disappeared from the National Archive in New Delhi. Prior to the upcoming 2027 celebrations. Bhagwan Singh, the archive’s general manager, is her hot and handsome guide and interpreter.

He makes her forget about Georgi Rastov. But then he tries to kill her in bed. She can barely escape. Why did he want her dead? Is he a British spy?

Then she meets by chance William Burton, an Englishman who made India his new home, after a love break in the UK. Can Irina Petrova and William Burton find out what is going on?

But Bhagwan Singh strikes back with a law suit against Irina Petrova. She faces a serious legal penalty. But how will the court’s verdict be? Will Bhagwan Singh win? Or Irina Petrova? And what about the 1947 document?

 

 

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