Marie:I married a monster — a member of a motorcycle club. I was okay with him blurring the lines until the lines he crossed turned against me. He wasn’t always a monster, or he hid it well. I wouldn’t have married him if I’d known. By the time his true colors showed, I was pregnant with no way out. Until one day, years of planning paid off, and I was able to run away with my daughter.I found my … daughter.
I found my footing in the foothills of Pennsylvania, thinking I would be far from any MC. I was wrong.
Mickey:
As a member of The Devil’s Crusaders, not much escapes me in Wakeman. Especially not the tiny, fiery redhead who strolled into town, so obviously hiding from something. She made my blood boil in the best way possible. I’d avoided taking an old lady, instead, choosing to spend my years raising my daughter. Not anymore. Not since Marie. I was ready, and she was it for me. I just had to find out what she was hiding from before it finally catches up to her.
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Anxious. Anticipation. Waiting on the shoe to drop. THIS is what caused me to spend an afternoon and evening devouring the pages, because I just knew something big was going to happen. Only to have to force myself to go to bed without finishing the last 15%! This book does NOT disappoint. It’s a really great story line with strength and great characters. It’s different from other MC books.
This book can cause triggers due to the domestic violence.
This is the first book I’ve read by this author, but I’ll be reading more from her!
Stronger Than This is the first book that I have read by Abby McCarthy and I loved it.
So, this book kind of showed up on my kindle as an ARC. I must have signed up for it to review. But, I can’t find anywhere that I did. It isn’t on my calendar or spreadsheet. I thought I was tired of MC romances but, “Stronger Than This” was very good. And, I think it has gotten me back in the game of reading them.
I fell in love with Mickey. Marie had been married to a “monster”. She had to run away with her daughter or maybe the next time he will kill her. This is the 2nd book in less than a week that I have read with domestic abuse in it. Stronger Than This is a story that is well written. And, I felt it was a page turner. It held my attention all the way through it. Even though my head is a little fuzzy with a cold.
I will be following Abby McCarthy now. I loved the book and I give it 5 stars.
Stronger Than This by Abby McCarthy is a standalone MC romance set in the world first introduced in her fabulous Wrecked series. Told in dual POV between Mickey and Marie this story is an emotional hard-hitter that will have you on pins & needles waiting to see what happens next.
Marie left a bad life in search of a better one and she thought, when Drake found her, that he was it. That was the biggest mistake of her life. After years of abuse she finally gets the courage to leave him and run. But finding a safe place for her and her teenage daughter isn’t easy.
The new woman in town has caught Mickey’s attention in a way no woman ever has, not even Maura’s mum. He can see the haunted look in her eyes. He can tell that she has been through something extremely traumatic but he is determined to do all he can to make feel at ease and to start to trust him.
Powerful, emotional, and heartbreaking. This book will run you through ALL the emotions but it has a happy ending. It is a hard-earned one but it is well worth it. Enjoy!
Stronger Than This is the stand-alone story of Mickey McCafferty. His story will grab your heart strings and pull them right out of your chest! Mickey has been a major figure in the Wreck You series. He is Maura’s dad. I have not read Wreck You (yet), but was able to follow along fine. I devoured this story in one sitting!
Life is good for Mickey McCafferty. He is Sargent of Arms for the Devil’s Crusaders. He works, he plays, he has a tight knit “family” around him. He doesn’t need anything more.
Marie Bettinger is not so lucky. She was raised in an abusive house and left home at sixteen, never looking back. At twenty two she meets Drake, a member of the Raiders MC, and rides off on the back of his motorcycle never imagining how her life would change. By the time she realizes what a monster Drake is she is isolated and has a young daughter, Talon. But Marie is a fighter and finds a way to escape the abuse. She flees to a small town in Pennsylvania to start a new life with Talon.
“A man’s word was nothing if he used his fist on you. Marriage vows of promising to honor and respect – obliterated.”
Mickey and Marie’s story was amazing. It was heart felt and emotional. Marie tries to stay under the radar while starting fresh. But she just can’t seem to get away from Mickey. She tries to ignore him, but he can’t be ignored! Mickey is a combination of gentleman and roughly sexy. The chemistry between Mickey and Marie is explosive! The sexy time – HOT HOT HOT!
“I don’t know yer story, but I know myself. I’m the type of man that if he sees a woman needs help, he doesn’t walk away. If a man’s any type of man, he helps.”
Marie has scars both inside and out. She pays a high price for her freedom from Drake. But she is stronger than her hurt and stronger for her daughter. The road to freedom has many bumps and pot holes.
Abby McCarthy writes with her heart. She lays it all out there. And when “The End” is written we get a little piece of her soul.
5 stars