often at home.”
She reaches up and laces her fingers through my hair. “Should I serve you your dinner in it after you get home from a long day at work?”
I grin. “See this is why I married you. You read my fucking mind at times.”
“Baby, let’s be real. You married me so you’d have 27000 guaranteed orgasms.”
“And I’m fucking behind on them. You need to start putting out some more.”
“You need to stop getting me pregnant then.”
“You fucking love being pregnant.”
She smiles. “I fucking do.”
I drop my lips to hers and claim the kiss I’ve wanted since this morning when Christian interrupted us. I take my time and am hard as fuck when I’m done. “Jesus, I fucking need you, Mayfair. It’s been two fucking days.”
“I can’t help it if your son wears me out. Honestly, sleep feels way more important at the moment.”
I tighten my hold on her. This woman has no idea how fucking much I need her. She might think she does, but she doesn’t. “So fucking long as it doesn’t become your only favourite.”
She brings her mouth back to mine for a long, lazy, sexy kiss. The kind I would sell my soul for. “Fucking you will always be above sleep on my favourite list.”
“Mum will take Christian for the night.”
Her eyes light up. “So we can sleep?”
“Smartass,” I mutter, bending my mouth to her neck and biting her lightly. “Trust me when I say there won’t be much fucking sleep happening. I have to make the most of this time before you have the baby. I’m pretty fucking sure that if you’re tired now, you’re not gonna make good on meeting those 27000 orgasms I’m owed when you’ve got two kids.”
“You’re such a grumpy ass. Don’t you know marriage is about the valleys and the peaks?”
“The fucking what and what?”
“The highs and lows. So we’ll have some low years. We’ll back that up with some high ones.”
I kiss a trail from her collarbone back to her mouth. “Let’s make our marriage about the peaks and the peaks. We’ll just have high years all the fucking way around.”
She smiles and it settles deep in my gut. Bringing her hands down to my face, she holds me and says, “I love you, Mason Blaise, but I didn’t ask you to marry me thinking we’d sail through it on one long high. I asked you to marry me because I knew you were the only man who’d make it through 27000 nights with me regardless of whether we were in a valley or a peak.”
Fuck. Me.
My wife never fails to remind me she’s the fucking shit.
“Tell me,” I say.
She keeps smiling. “No, you tell me first.”
I grip her like I’m never letting go. “I fucking love you.”
“Yeah, baby, you fucking do. But I love you more, and don’t you fucking forget it.”
Hayden takes this moment to cut the fuck in on my time with my wife. “Pregnancy looks good on you, Chelsea.”
She looks at me, her brows arched. “I thought we were keeping this between us for a while?”
“Fuck,” I mutter, shooting daggers at my fucking brother.
Hayden grins. “You should know by now there’s no such thing as a secret in our family.”
Chelsea shakes her head, but she’s smiling. “Yeah, Hayden, I do.”
I lean in and brush my lips over her ear, murmuring, “Peaks and valleys, Mayfair. Peaks and fucking valleys.”
She shakes her head again. “You’re lucky I love those muscles of yours, Mr Blaise.”
“And you’re fucking lucky I keep them up for you.”
The grin she gives me right before leaving me to hug my brother is sexy as fuck and hits me deep in my gut. “We both know you’d do anything for me,” she says.
I watch her ass all the fucking way to my brother.
She’s fucking right. I would do anything for her, because any valley with her by my side is better than any peak without her.
Thank you so much for reading GUNNAR. I hope you loved it as much as I loved writing it.
My next Storm book out will be WILDER. I know so many of you have been waiting patiently for his book. It’ll be out this year! I have pre-orders up on all sites with the release date set for the end of December. I’m actually hoping to release it sooner than that. As soon as I have a confirmed date, I will email it out and post it all over social media.
You can pre-order WILDER here.
This is Wilder & Scarlett’s story!
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Also by Nina Levine
Storm MC Series
Storm (Storm MC #1)
Fierce (Storm MC #2)
Blaze (Storm MC #3)
Revive (Storm MC #4)
Slay (Storm MC #5)
Sassy Christmas (Storm MC #5.5)
Illusive (Storm MC #6)
Command (Storm MC #7)
Havoc (Storm MC #8)
Gunnar (Storm MC #9)
Wilder (Storm MC #10 - coming 2020)
Colt (Storm MC #11 - coming 2021)
Sydney Storm MC Series
Relent (#1)
Nitro’s Torment (#2)
Devil’s Vengeance (#3)
Hyde’s Absolution (#4)
King’s Wrath (#5)
King’s Reign (#6)
King: The Epilogue (#7)
Storm MC Reloaded Series
Hurricane Hearts (#1)
War of Hearts (#2)
Christmas Hearts (#3)
Battle Hearts (#4)
The Hardy Family Series
Steal My Breath (single dad romance)
Crave Series
Be The One (rockstar romance)
Billionaire Romance
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Acknowledgments
I have my dream team for every book. They’re always the same people, and I need to thank them from the bottom of my heart for contributing to this book.
Jodie O’Brien - you know I love you, but I don’t think you know just how much. I couldn’t do this life without you. I certainly couldn’t write books without you. I never want that USB of all my files back off you, ’k? No one knows my heart like you do and maybe that’s why you just get my books and know exactly what needs fixing and what needs to be left the fuck alone. You are my forever favourite.
Becky Johnson - gah! My love for you is huge. I seriously can’t thank you enough for always choosing to work with me even when I keep crazy hours and deadlines. You are an amazing editor, but mostly, you are the fucking bomb. And I know you just edited my commas in your head. I give up on commas. We aren’t friends. Thank God for you!
Letitita Hasser - this cover!! Thank you for making magic happen again. You are amazing and I am so thankful to be able to work with you.
Wander & Andrey - you guys!!! Holy shit, this image is epic! Thank you so much for going above and beyond to get me cover photos. I love you both!
To my amazing and loyal readers & bloggers - THANK YOU! It’s been almost seven years since the first Storm book came out and you are still here by my side. I can’t thank you enough for your support, your encouragement, and from so many of you, your love. You stuck by me these last few years after my mum passed away, while I re-discovered myself, and you lifted me up. You don’t know it, but you helped me take back my power. I will love you forever for that.
To my mofos - you know who you are. Thank you for loving me. I love you all.
Full Playlist
Must’ve Never Met You by Luke Combs
All Over Again by Luke Combs
Don’t Stop Now by Sam Riggs
Love Bites by Def Leppard
Don’t It by Billy Currington
Love You Like That by Canaan Smith
Hell of a Night by Dustin Lynch
Gonna Wanna Tonight by Chase Rice
Trying Not To Love You by Nickelback
Fire’t Up by Brantley Gilbert
She Ain’t Home by Brantley Gilbert
Laid Back Ride by Brantley Gilbert
Man of Steel by Brantley Gilbert
The Black and White by The Band CAMINO
Bad by James Bay
Scars by James Bay
Slow Dancing in a Burning Room by John Mayer
The Last Time by Taylor Swift
All You Had To Do Was Stay by Taylor Swift
Naked by James Arthur
Better Together by Luke Combs
About the Author
Nina Levine
Dreamer.
Coffee Lover.
Gypsy at heart.
USA Today Bestselling author who writes about alpha men & the women they love.
When I’m not creating with words you will find me planning my next getaway, visiting somewhere new in the world, having a long conversation over coffee and cake with a friend, creating with paper or curled up with a good book and chocolate.
I’ve been writing since I was twelve. Weaving words together has always been a form of therapy for me especially during my harder times. These days I’m proud that my words help others just as much as they help me.
Copyright © 2020 by Nina Levine
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Editing by Becky Johnson at Hot Tree Editing
Cover Design by Letitia at Romantic Book Affair Designs
Cover Image by Wander Pedro Aguiar