The Scroll

Jake Tanner's future is written only he doesn't know it

Haunted by strange, bewildering dreams, Jake believes they're connected to the ancient scroll his grandfather brought home with him after the War.

When antiquity dealers (and there are many) knock on Jake's door, he knows what they want. They're after the scroll and they're prepared to pay a lot for it. But he won’t sell. It’s not that he doesn’t need the money, he does—and badly. He's up to his neck in debt. But when Brie, his beloved wife died, he stopped living. Now the only thing he cares about is Dutch, the golden lab that Brie and him got as a puppy.

Besides being rich, beautiful, and sophisticated, Iris Ibram is Egyptian. When she claims her family is the rightful owners of the scroll it makes no impression on Jake. When she tells him what the scroll is worth, though, he's so impressed he falls off his chair. 

Poppy Swain has a body that turns men’s mind to mush, and for the business she's in, her bodacious body is her best weapon. The black-market in antiquities is a cutthroat business, and Poppy knows how to navigate it better than anyone. She's certain that getting the scroll from Jake will be child's play. One night with her and he'll hand her the scroll gift wrapped. 

Tara Sobinski is a writer. Her interest in the scroll is tied up with the book she's writing. Jake’s interest in her is tying him in knots. How could he fall in love with someone he just met.

Jake and Jay could be twins, but they aren't. They're cousins. Jay has two occupations, avoiding work and getting laid, both of which he is very good at. Until Poppy Swain turned up at Jake’s door, Jay never gave the scroll much thought. But when he met Poppy and heard what she offered Jake for the scroll he started to make plans, plans that included kidnapping, murder, and Poppy...naked...in his bed. 

But all is written and Isis, Eye of Ra, watches and waits...