Mark Rollins: The main character, Mark Rollins, a retired business executive and entrepreneur, has sold the Themis software company he founded to a large multinational corporation. The transaction left him with more money than he can ever spend, a large empty office building, and far too much time on his hands. He repurposed the building into an exclusive fitness club for socially elite, wealthy women of Nashville, Tennessee. Against the backdrop of daily life in the fitness club, 66-year-old Rollins becomes a father figure to club members who turn to him when they have a problem. Rollins has sky blue eyes, a buzz cut on his bullet-shaped head, and usually wears his trademark personal uniform consisting of khaki trousers, black cotton polo, and Cole Haan driving shoes. He drinks martinis—straight up with an olive—and prefers Belvedere or Skyy vodka. Rollins is a cancer survivor and proves the adage 'what doesn't kill me makes me stronger.'
Sarah Rollins: Mark Rollins' wife for over fifty years is a blue jean-wearing grandmother of six young grandchildren. Sarah is an award winning herb gardener. She is active in the Herb Society, plays bridge, likes shopping for antiques and helped decorate the WH Club with local artworks. Her antiques include a collection of hand axes. She has a short and mean temper if threatened and once used a hand axe to chase, subdue, and restrain a burglar. Sarah does own a hand gun though she seldom carries it. The hand gun is a small Spanish made .32 automatic--chrome with mother of pear handles.
She oversees the building maintenance, grounds care, and frequent remodeling and expansions to the Rollins estate or the family home as she prefers to call it. Her evening cocktail of choice is dry vermouth on the rocks—Martini & Rossi, of course. Now retired, Sarah was a career marketing executive, and she still does some freelance work. She was the big idea person behind some of the most successful advertising campaigns in our country. Even today when she discovers a product or service that delivers on its intended purpose, a rarity, she can't help mentally designing a new campaign for it. Occasionally she will call the ad agency handling an account to offer them her ideas. There are very few agencies worth their salt that don’t know who Sarah Rollins is. They know that when Sarah calls, they need to listen.
Margaret (Meg) Rollins Scott: Mark Rollins' married daughter is the manager of the WH Club. She graduated from the University of Alabama and earned her doctorate of physical therapy from Belmont University. A slender 5' 8" brunette with zero body fat, Meg is a Black Belt in Taekwondo and a proficient kick boxer. She shares Rollins' sky blue eyes but unlike her father she is a liberal vegetarian. Meg has two young sons and a feisty redheaded daughter about to start school.
Daniel (Dan) Rollins: Mark Rollins' married son made his first million as the CFO and CTO of one of the few dot-com businesses to survive the bust. He gave up his Connecticut home and Manhattan business life and returned to Nashville to take over the leadership position at Themis while his father recovered from cancer. He proved a natural leader and propelled the company to even greater success and prominence, attracting the attention of potential buyers, ultimately leading the acquisition of Themis by a large international technology company. Dan is a competitive cyclist and world traveler. He and his wife have three girls and continue to live in Nashville.
Paige Rollins: Paige is the wife of Dan and is introduced by name for the first time in Mark Rollins and the Rainmaker.
Glen Rollins: One of two younger brothers of Mark Rollins, Glen serves on the board of Tennessee Oncology. In the New Carreer, Glen is credited with hooking Mark up with a rising star in treatment of colon cancer, Dr. Benjamin Franke. According to Mark Rollins, that saved his life.
Richard (Rick) Thomas Scott: Rick Scott is Meg's husband—Mark Rollins' son-in-law. He is the marketing manager for the WH Club and participated on the strategic planning team that led to the development of the WHC. Rick is unusually skilled at editing and manipulating digital images.
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