my mouth as she slides the confection across my lips. “Not today.”
With my wife on my lap and my family gathered around me, I stare off at the ocean rising and swelling.
This is contentment.
Somehow, everything has worked out in my favor, and I couldn’t be happier or more grateful than I am in this moment.
I twirl my fingers around one of Blaire’s curls and give it a tug. She turns, and I take the opportunity to palm her cheek and to kiss her.
“Eww, yuck.” Max groans.
I can’t help but laugh as I kiss Blaire, one last peck to the lips. “One day, little man, you’ll see just how not gross kissing is.”
“Archie,” Artemis warns, and we all share a laugh at Max’s expense.
Only a few months ago, I thought this was impossible.
Marrying a woman I actually love.
Marrying a woman who loves me for me. Not my name, not who I am or what my name brings to the table.
Blaire couldn’t care less about my money—our money. And I got the other thing I wanted: I get to run the company.
Though, that part is a little less important to me now.
My desire to protect her goodness from the monster the Warrens can be and this life and the fear that all of this would somehow change her, eat her up, has abated. I should have known that nothing can make Blaire do anything she doesn’t want to do.
She’s loyal, strong, courageous, and honorable. That will never change. That’s who Blaire Warren is. She’s everything wonderful, just like she has always been. Instead of being dulled by the Warren way of life, she shimmers like freshly fallen snow with her love for me. And me, I’m a lucky bastard because I get to love her.
And that, that love makes me the wealthiest man in the world.
We hope you enjoyed Holiday Bridal Wave.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR - Gwyn McNamee
Gwyn McNamee is an attorney, writer, wife, and mother (to one human baby and two fur babies). Originally from the Midwest, Gwyn relocated to her husband’s home town of Las Vegas in 2015 and is enjoying her respite from the cold and snow. Gwyn has been writing down her crazy stories and ideas for years and finally decided to share them with the world. She loves to write stories with a bit of suspense and action mingled with romance and heat.
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OTHER WORKS BY GWYN MCNAMEE
The Inland Seas Series (Romantic Suspense)
Squall Line (Book One)
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WAR
Out on the water, I’m in control.
I don’t make mistakes.
But the fiery redhead destroyed my plans and
left me no choice.
I had to take her.
Now I’m fighting for my life while battling my growing attraction for my hostage.
Grace may have started my downfall, but she could also be my salvation.
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GRACE
The moment he stepped foot on my ship, I knew he was trouble.
He took me, and now, my life is in his hands.
But things aren’t what they seem, and Warwick isn’t
who he appears.
The man who holds me hostage is slowly working his way into my heart even as greater dangers loom on the horizon.
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War and Grace.
Dark and light.
Love and hate.
This storm may destroy them both...
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Rogue Wave (Book Two)
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CUTTER
Complete the mission.
It’s what I was trained to do—no matter what.
But when things go to shit right in front of me, my objective gets compromised by a set of fathomless amber eyes.
This isn’t a woman’s world.
Yet, Valentina refuses to see how dangerous the course she’s plotted really is.
How dangerous I am.
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VALENTINA
The man who saved my life is just as lethal as the one trying to take it.
Maybe even more.
While he may have rescued me, in the end,
Cutter is my enemy.
The one intent on destroying everything I’ve striven for.
But the scars of his past draw me closer even though I know I should move away.
Cutter and Valentina.
Anger and desire.
Fight and surrender.
This wave may drag them both under…
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