The Mummy's Curse

By J. Raven Wilde

My friends and I had won a trip of a lifetime to see the treasures of Egypt, You know, the pyramids, the Spinx, the Valley of the Kings. Our tour guide, Tarrick drives us around Egypt, showing us all the famous sites, giving us a history lesson along the way. For me, it was a dream come true. Until my friends asked to see the real treasures of Egypt in hopes of snatching it up.

Tarrick happily complies, but there’s only one problem — the hidden treasure he wants to show us comes with a mummy’s curse. I didn’t want to go, but then, I wanted a chance to see it from an archeological perspective.

Now, I’m staring at the one whose treasures we were disturbing. I thought mummies were supposed to look deteriorated and ... dead. Why does he look like he was a sculpted god of marble and ... alive? The way his hungry eyes roam my body, makes me feel entranced. He looks like he wants to devour me. Would I survive whatever he had planned to do with me?

Publisher's Note: Mummy's Curse is the first book in a three-book mini-series. It is also HEA guaranteed.

This book also contains an MFM menagerie romance and will have many explicit adult scenes that will leave you very hot and bothered. If such material offends you, do not buy this book.

• Language: English
• Publisher: J. Raven Wilde
• Release date: Mar 9, 2018
• ISBN: 9781370986293

J. Raven Wilde

J. Raven had spent most of her life traveling around the US or abroad, managing to find a bookstore in every city she visited. She began writing when she was a little girl and it slowly grew into something she loved doing.​Now that she isn’t traveling as much anymore, she spends her time writing romance stories at her quiet little home out in the country.

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The Mummy’s Curse

Volume One

By

J. Raven Wilde

Copyright

© 2018 J. Raven Wilde

All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express permission of the author.

This is a work of fiction. Names, places, characters, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or businesses, organizations, or locales, is completely coincidental.

This work is intended for adult audiences only. It contains extremely sexually explicit and graphic scenes and language which may be offensive to some readers. This book is strictly intended for those over the age of 18.

Editing services provided by Kelly Hartigan at XterraWeb (editing.xterraweb.com).

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Published by Twisted Crow Press, LLC

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Other Books by J. Raven Wilde

Very Steamy Novels

His Orders

Very Steamy Quickies

In Hot Pursuit

Hot Rod

Falling for the Rancher

Falling for the Cowboy

Paranormal Romances

The Mummy’s Curse Vol 1

The Sorcerer’s Curse Vol 2

The Curse of Anubis Vol 3

The Mummy’s Curse Mini-Series Box Set

Claimed by the Alpha

Claimed by the Bear

Table of Contents

Title

Other Books by J. Raven

Copyright

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Other Steamy Reads

About the author

Chapter One

Laney and her friends, Joe and Tina, piled eagerly into the sedan. They had won an all-expenses-paid sightseeing tour of Egypt. For you and two guests of your choice! the website had boasted in bold, bright blue lettering from an online contest that they had entered almost casually while researching in the library for a paper for their Egyptology class. The website had caught Laney’s eye, and she had insisted that they all enter separately to increase their odds.

Laney was probably the most excited of the trio to have won the contest. She was studying to be a historian and even though Egyptology was technically an Anthropology course, it gave her a more in-depth look into Egypt’s history and culture. Egypt had captured her attention since learning a little about the pyramids in middle school, and now she got the chance to actually visit for herself. She was interested in the mythology, too; the gods and curses that lie beneath their tombs and treasures interested her, though she’d never really put much stock into the myths. For her, they were always just interesting stories and explanations for the wonders of nature.

This contest prize was going to be a trip of a lifetime for her and was one she could not wait to go on. She couldn’t speak for her two friends, but she knew that they were jumping at the chance to visit Egypt as well. Neither of them was anthropology majors, or history for that matter, but were taking the class for a required credit.

Spring break had finally arrived, and they had touched down at the airport in Cairo. They had been sent an itinerary, including a history of each artifact they were going to see. It was called a ‘Treasure Hunt’, as they were going to see every structure, building, tomb, temple that was ever built in the building of each dynasty; monumental treasures, rather than actual treasure hunting. That also included the pyramids and sphinx, as well as the Valley of the Kings. Each of those things had been on Laney’s bucket list of things she needed to see at least once in her lifetime.

Once they had navigated their way to the outside of the airport, they spotted a man standing next to a black sedan, holding a sign with their names written in black. He fit in well with the other citizens, with his loose linens and turban. Tina pointed him out and the group quickly approached him.

Hello, I am Tarrick. I will be your tour guide. His accent was fairly thick, demonstrating his origins in Cairo. He handed them each a piece of rolled up paper and opened the door of the vehicle for them to climb in. Please, let me take your bags for you, he said politely before opening the trunk and placing their luggage inside.

Laney opened the paper that Tarrick had given them. The paper was a yellowish color and felt like it was some sort of parchment. The Treasure Map of Egypt was scrolled across the top of the paper in a gold cursive lettering, giving it a more lustrous, yet antique appeal. On one side was a map of Cairo, while on the other side there was a map of Egypt. There were dots that were labeled with the names of places of interest. Laney smiled with excitement as she rerolled the parchment and put it in her purse, fully intending to examine it more closely later.

Tarrick told them a little bit about Cairo on their way to their hotel rooms, including which restaurants were best and which ones they should stay away from. Laney’s stomach growled in response, but she wanted a shower first. The three of them had been assigned separate rooms, each with full commodities and amenities. Laney settled in and unpacked, already dreaming of the delectable foods she’d only ever read about in her classes.

The following morning, they ordered room service for breakfast. They were anxious to stick with the itinerary as close as possible. Their tour was only for five days, therefore any shopping or any other unnecessary stops would be done after their tour was over for the day or during their meal breaks.

Tarrick continued to tell them tidbits of history on their way to each stop. Before they had arrived at the Valley of the Kings, Tarrick had told them about actual lost treasures that were still waiting to be found.

But I thought everything had been discovered already? Tina asked, immediately perking up at the idea of lost treasure.

Yes, almost everything has been discovered, but not nearly half of it has actually been recovered. Some has been discovered by archaeologists, but most of that had already been visited by grave robbers. Some of them seek to grab treasures left behind by the pharaohs. Sadly, some of them also destroy the tombs as they go.

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