Revive (Storm MC #3) (28 page)

Writing this story turned out to be a very personal experience for me in that it touched on aspects of my own journey in life.  I wrote some parts in tears because they stirred up emotions & feelings about stuff I’ve been through and am going through currently.  But, through that, I realised just how much writing the Storm MC series has, and is changing my life.  And, for that, I really need to thank you for reading my books and supporting me. 

Thank you!

Nina xx

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“Your largest fear carries your greatest growth.”

(I don’t know who wrote this quote to give them credit.)

“A friend is one who overlooks your broken fence and admires the flowers in your garden.”

I
need to thank a lot of people so if you’re reading this, settle in ;)

Eliahn, thank you.  I know you think I love my Mac more than you but truly I don’t.  Thank you for letting me do my thing.  And for trying to organise me - God knows, I need it!

Kathleen, you’re #2 this time around babe.  Thank you for everything, baby doll ;)  You know how awesome I think you are (just re-read your birthday card if you forget!).  The next year is going to be epic!  I can’t wait to see what you do, and I can’t freaking wait until we see the world together next year!!

My family & friends - thanks for your support, love and encouragement.  I’m sorry I don’t say it more often, but I’m always thinking it.  Love you all xx

Melanie Sassymum & Elle Raven - I really would be lost without you two amazing women!  Thank you SO much for everything you’ve done to help me with Revive.  You girls are always there for me, even at 2am in the morning!  I never expect you to drop everything for me but you always do, and I truly appreciate it.  I’m so excited for you both, and am right behind you as you chase your dreams! 
“A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.” ~ Coco Chanel
  (Here’s to being who we want and doing what we want!) xxx

Jani Kay - *sigh* *sigh *sigh*  Fuck, fuckity, fuck!  I don’t know how to put into words what I am feeling as I sit here thinking of you.  Or how to condense it.  Some people show up in your life completely unexpectedly, and give you so much of themselves without asking anything in return.  That, my love, is you.  I really fucking wished you lived in QLD!  Thank you for absolutely everything, babe.  I am so excited for what’s ahead with you and me! xx

Louisa M - Thank you, thank you, thank you!  This cover ROCKS!!  I have had so many readers, bloggers and authors contact me to say they love it.  I am so very grateful to have you as my cover designer and also to have you in my life.  I remember meeting you on a street team last year and thinking how beautiful your teasers were - I never imagined that this year, we’d be working together!  And, wow, the Slay cover is just as gorgeous!!  xx

To my #STORMCHASERS - I fucking love you.  LOVE YOU!  Just in case that didn’t sink in... YOU GIRLS ARE FUCKING AWESOME!  And you’ve taken it to a whole new level the past few weeks.  I have so much to look forward to each day - The #DAILYFIX, Christina’s Quotes, Paula’s Countdown.  The support you all give me is beyond amazing.  Thank you for everything you do for me.  PS Here’s to #fingerling ;) 

Bloggers - I have a special place in my heart for bloggers.  You ladies do so much for authors and it’s all done out of a love for books and wanting to share the characters you love with other readers.  It’s all done for nothing, and I am so sorry I don’t take enough time to tell you more often what it means to me, but it means the world.  Please don’t hesitate to contact me if I can ever help you in any way.  I love to donate to giveaways and am always open to take part in character interviews or spotlights, or takeovers or anything that you want to do (well, pretty much anything ;) ) so just email me at
[email protected]
if you need something.

Christina G (Mrs Walker) - I will always remember the day you started messaging me.  I felt a connection with you straight away and knew I had to have you in my readers’s group so that I could chat with you more often.  I never knew our friendship would grow how it has.  I love chatting boys, books, music and husbands with you ;)  Thank you so very much for all the support you have shown me.  xxx  PS I really, truly hope that I did your man proud. 
“Unexpected intrusions of beauty.  This is what life is.” ~ Anonymous

This indie author world is amazing!  I’ve met some gorgeous authors (some in person and some online who I can’t wait to meet in person!).  I’d like to give a shout out to some of these ladies.  You all inspire, encourage and support me in ways you will never know.  Thank you so much! - Chelle Bliss (that Gandy prank was fun, huh?!), Lili Saint Germain, Rachel Brookes, River Savage, Kirsty Dallas, Monica James, Lilliana Anderson, Lyra Parish, Pepper Winters, Lila Rose, AC Bextor, Ava Manello, KT Fisher, Jennifer Ryder, Carmen Jenner, Nina D’Angelo, Max Henry, Dee Kelly, Emma Fitzgerald, Emma Hart.

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evive was heavily influenced by music.  I listen to music constantly while writing.  You may have noticed that I listed a song at the beginning of each chapter - those songs helped inspire those chapters.  Here’s a list of all the songs that inspired Nash & Velvet’s story.

All me playlists are on Spotify if you’d like to follow them -
HERE

The Revive playlist is
HERE

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W
alk of Shame ~ Pink

Scream ~ Usher (this song was on repeat for all the sex scenes ;) )

Addicted To You ~ Avicii

Wild Ones ~ Flo Rida

Bad Influence ~ Pink

Raise Your Glass ~ Pink

F**kin Perfect ~ Pink

Slut Like You ~ Pink

Total Eclipse of the Heart ~ Bonnie Tyler

Livin’ La Vida Loca ~ Ricky Martin

Need You Now ~ Lady Antebellum

Lookin’ For A Good Time ~ Lady Antebellum

Angels ~ Robbie Williams

This Is Who I Am ~ Vanessa Amorosi

I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Whitney Houston)

Crazy In Love ~ Beyonce

Broken-Hearted Girl ~ Beyonce

All I Want Is You ~ U2

I’m The Only One ~ Melissa Etheridge

Piece Of My Heart ~ Melissa Etheridge

Cream ~ Prince

Kiss ~ Prince

Get Off ~ Prince

The Great Escape ~ Pink

Bleeding Love ~ Leona Lewis

Man! I Feel Like A Woman ~ Shania Twain

Undressed ~ Kim Cesarion

Who You Love ~ John Mayer & Katy Perry

Everything Has Changed ~ Taylor Swift & Ed Sheeran

The King of Wishful Thinking ~ Go West

Last Kiss ~ Taylor Swift

Out of Reach ~ Gabrielle

Collide ~ Kid Rock & Sheryl Crow

Sad ~ Maroon 5

Big Girls Don’t Cry ~ Fergie

Just A Fool ~ Christina Aguilera & Blake Shelton

The Last Time ~ Taylor Swift

Low - feat T-Pain ~ Flo Rida

Replay ~ Zendaya

Stay With Me ~ Sam Smith

Need You Tonight ~ INXS

Better Man ~ Lady Antebellum

Do I Wanna Know ~ Arctic Monkeys

Hey Jealousy ~ Gin Blossoms

Mr. Brightside ~ The Killers

Never Be The Same ~ Jessica Mauboy

Better Than Me ~ Hinder

Tonight I Wanna Cry ~ Keith Urban

Stupid Boy ~ Keith Urban

One Last Breath ~ Creed

My Sacrifice ~ Creed

Maps ~ Maroon 5

Say Something ~ A Great Big World

Dayum, Baby ~ Florida Georgia Line

Love’s Poster Child ~ Keith Urban

Who I Am With You ~ Chris Young

Can’t Stand The Rain ~ Lady Antebellum

Get To Me ~ Lady Antebellum

Unstoppable ~ Rascal Flatts

Hands On You ~ Florida Georgia Line

Boom Clap ~ Charli XCX

Thunder ~ Jessie J

Broken - Featuring Amy Lee ~ Seether

Brave ~ Sara Bareilles

Ready To Love Again ~ Lady Antebellum

This Means War ~ Nickelback

I’d Come For You ~ Nickelback

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Also by Nina Levine

Storm MC Series

In Order:

Storm (Storm MC #1)

Fierce (Storm MC #2)

Blaze (Storm MC #2.5)

Coming Soon

Slay (Storm MC #4)

This is Blade’s story and it will release on the 20th October 2014

Roxie

She’s wild, carefree and sassy.  His total opposite.

She drives him crazy... and yet, she’s the only woman he wants.

This is Roxie & Liam’s story.  The Storm MC characters feature in this story but it is not based around the club.  I have included some chapters of Roxie in the back of this book and information about how you can read it.

Keep up to date with my books at my
website

http://ninalevinebooks.blogspot.com.au

I’m excited to share a couple of chapters from a new story I am writing, Roxie.  Some of you are already following this story through my newsletter or blog.  If you sign up for my newsletter you automatically receive the chapters that way.  The other way you can read this story is by visiting my blog.  All the links for these are at the end of this book.

So, just to clarify, this is currently a story that I’m releasing for FREE in chapters.  Once it is complete, I will publish it.

Enjoy Roxie!

Nina xx

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Chapter 1

R
oxie

“You’re not listening to me, J.”  Seriously, how the hell Madison managed to be married to this man eluded me at the moment.  He was overbearing mixed with a side of asshole.

He breathed out a long, frustrated breath.  “Trust me babe, I’m listening; I’m just not fucking liking what I’m hearing.”

Was this guy for real?  “Yeah well it’s my life, my decision, and I say no.”  I dug my heels in.

He shook his head, pulled out his phone and made a call.  I waited, resolute that I wouldn’t budge on this.  Not taking his eyes off me, he spoke into the phone, “Madison, your girl here doesn’t want our help.  I’ve got better shit to do than to stand here arguing with her so I’ll give you five minutes with her and then I’m outta here.”  Without waiting for Madison to reply, he handed the phone to me.

I raised my eyebrows at him and then said to Madison, “How the hell do you live with him?”  He didn’t even flinch at that; I bet he knew what an asshole he could be, but just didn’t care.

“Roxie, I’ll share that secret with you another day but for now just listen to me.  Your hairdressing salon has been broken into three times in the last three weeks, you and the cops have no clue who’s doing it and you could really do with the help that J’s offering you.  I know you prefer to do things your way and I know you can be a stubborn bitch, but don’t do that this time.  Accept help for once in your life.”

“I’m fine on my own, really I am,” I promised her.  The last thing I wanted was for  a bossy man like J telling me what to do in my own business.  No, I’d sort this shit out on my own. 

She sighed.  “I do love you, but you’re hard work.  You know that, right?”

“You wouldn’t be the first person to tell me that,” I muttered, and handed the phone back to J.  He wasn’t the only one who had better things to do than to keep going over this.

He was silent while Madison said something to him.  A pained look crossed his face and then he said, “Fine, I’ll see you at home tonight and we’ll talk about this then.”  He ended the call and shoved his phone back in his pocket.

“Good, that’s sorted,” I said, my hands on my hips, waiting for him to leave. 

His angry glare didn’t leave my face and he replied, “If you think that’s Madison done, you don’t know her very well.  As far as I’m concerned we’re done, but when my wife gets an idea in her head she doesn’t let it go till she has her way.  And unfortunately for me, and you too, if she doesn’t end up getting what she wants, she has ways of making me come to the party, so I doubt this is the fucking end of it, babe.”

“Trust me when I say that I’m not a pushover either, J.  I won’t be pushed into something I don’t want,” I assured him.

“Well it looks like we’re in for fun, fucking times then, doesn’t it,” he grumbled as he strode out the front door.  He left without a backwards glance and I slammed the door behind him.  Men!

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S
ix hours later, I was elbow deep in hair colours, cuts and shitty customers.  To say my day wasn’t going that well was an understatement.  As soon as five o’clock hit, I was locking the front door, heading down to the pub on the corner and drowning my sorrows.

“Roxie!”

I turned at the sound of my name.  Bobby, one of my hairdressers, was motioning for me to come over to the front counter.  I lifted a finger in the air to indicate I’d be with him in one minute.  Shifting my attention back to my client, I decided not to rush.  Bobby could be the biggest drama queen sometimes.  I loved him to death but boy, he did my head in some days.

“Roxie, if you don’t get that padded ass over here right this minute -”

I whipped my head around and glared at him.  “Did you just say that my ass is padded?”

He fixed a smile on his face and nodded.  “Yes doll, that’s exactly what I said.  Now get over here so I can show you something.”

I stalked over to where he was, ready to punch him.  He knew me well though, and raised his hands in a defensive gesture. 

“I work this ass hard and you fucking know that -” I began to say before he cut me off.

“Settle petal, I didn’t mean it.  I just needed to get your bloody attention.”  He pointed outside.  “Look at that beautiful specimen of man meat.”  He ended his statement on a sigh and I turned my gaze in the direction he’d pointed.

“Holy shit,” I murmured; he was right.  Walking towards us was a tall, well built guy who was covered in tats; he looked like sex on legs.

“Oh good Lord in man heaven, I think he’s coming in here!” Bobby exclaimed.  He narrowed his eyes on me.  “He’s mine sweet cheeks, and don’t you fucking argue.  You got to talk to that sinfully sexy biker dude this morning so it’s only fair that this one is for me.”