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Hi, my beautiful readers. I'm still here. Still alive and still writing. I know I haven't published in almost two years. Last year sucked. That's my reason. It just blew big donkey balls.

But this year, 2020, it's going to rock!

I'd been on a nerve pain medication (non-narcotic) and I missed two doses in a row. I sat down at my computer and I wrote. I wrote like I hadn't in a long time. It felt good, no more than good, it felt amazing.

That night I took my medicine and the next day I sat down to write and I yawned and just couldn't. So I didn't take my medicine again. So, drats I'm in some pain, but I'll deal because, after that day, I have been working my toosh off!! I finished writing Explosive and it's currently with Beta readers. I have the Lay All Your Books on Me signing in March and my goal is to have Explosive published and out by then!

The signing is in Cleveland. Cleveland is where I'm from. (I feel like I hear a Bone Thugs in Harmony song in my head when I say that. It's okay if you have no idea what I'm talking about.)

Explosive is the second book in The Bleeding Scars MC. It is Ace and Alejandra's story. Add it to your Goodreads! Hang Le is working on the cover. She's done all of mine and she is amazing.

Since I'm on a writing roll, I'm also working on The Last Goodbye. It is sitting at 20k, but not for long. I'm about to slay this book! I added that to Goodreads too so you know I'm seriously going to publish this year!! Add this to your TBR as well! Goodreads Link.

Also, I'm on an awesome weight loss journey. I know maybe you don't care, but this, like my title, says is my year! I'm currently down 24lbs since October! That's a huge number! I'm doing keto and if you have any questions please join me in my reader group. I talk about that sometimes. My group is called Abby's Awesome Allies.

So, there you have it! I'm going to put out books! I'm going to get to a place where hopefully pain doesn't bug me as much! I'm going to rock 2020. Join me in the journey!

With Love, Abby McCarthy

Explosive synopsis

Alejandra
There’s been one truth in my life-one thing that I’ve always known. My body is not my own. I’m a bargaining chip, used by my family’s business to seal a deal or impress a client. I’ve never had a real family, no mother to wipe my tears. Sure, I have a sperm donor, but he’s only seen me a handful of times and not a single time was he fatherly. One day, he shows up and offers me a gift, my freedom for informing on my brother. I had no clue I even had a brother. I want to know him, but the idea of freedom is something I’ve longed for.

Ace
As a former Marine, going into a hostile situation and retrieving a target was a specialty I excelled at until I was captured and held as a POW, cutting my military career short. Adjusting as a civilian was difficult until I met my “brothers” and we formed The Bleeding Scars MC. When my VP, Gunner, discovers he has a sister, I know it has to be me that saves her. Not only do I need to rescue her for Gunner, but once I see her picture and learn how she’s been locked up most of her life, I can relate to the lost look in her eyes. Rescuing Alejandra is the hardest mission I’ve ever had to accomplish.

No war has ever been won alone. The battles we face will be more than a little difficult, they’ll be explosive. Once the dust has settled and the war is finally over, I know deep in my soul, that it will all be worth it.

Releasing March 13th

Cover Design by Hang Le

 

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Excerpt

"I sleep like shit. I have for a long time, but I'm not exactly sure what the trigger is. The VA gave me sleeping pills, but I won't take them. I'd rather get up and work out than not have my senses about me."

"What's the VA?" I was guessing it was a doctor's office, but I really was unsure.

Ace tilted his head to the side, and even though it was still dark, I could see his features soften. "You know, sometimes you seem like such an old soul, and then other times, there is this innocence about you." 

I didn't say anything to that. What could I say? I surely didn't feel innocent. 

"The VA is a hospital for veterans. I'm just a dime a dozen there. Every soldier has some type of wound, whether it's mental or physical, if they've been in the thick of it, then they’ve got scars.

"Your MC name?" I questioned because I'd wondered for some time why Bleeding Scars, but this conversation made me feel like I got it a little. 

"Yeah, babe. Shane, Gunner, and I, we all got a past. A past that's left its mark but made us who we are. Our MC is about knowing our past and doing what the fuck we want, the way we want, because of it. The thing with scars, though, they leave a reminder not to make the same mistake twice. You look down at your scar and know you did something to mark you, you're not doing that a second time."

"Wow, that's pretty deep for bikers," I joked, running my free hand up and down his chest, stroking my fingertips along his scar. 

Ace grabbed my wrist and pulled me closer to him. "You want deep from a biker, you got to go deep. You might not like everything you find, but it won't matter. You see me and my imperfections, you know I'm going to do everything I can to learn from my past and make sure what we're building is solid. I'm going to get deep in you, Princess, in every fuckin' way possible."

He was kissing me. It was deep and hard. His tongue plunged into my mouth. Swirling. Creating desires, feelings, and want.

God, how I wanted him. 

I'd never wanted anyone. 

But so help me, I wanted him.

About the author


Abby McCarthy is an Ohio born reader and a lover of words. She is a blogger turned author and released her first novel in May 2014. She is a mother of three, a wife and a dog person. She has always written, sometimes poetry, sometimes just to vent about failed relationships, however in parenthood she has found her voice to help keep her sanity. She loves to write and read romance because isn't that something we all yearn for? Whether its flowers and hand holding or just the right tug on your hair. Isn't that what life is about? The human connection?

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Explosive, the next standalone in Abby McCarthy's emotional and action-packed Bleeding Scars MC series is NOW LIVE!

 

Alejandra

There’s
been one truth in my life-one thing that I’ve always known. My body is not my
own. I’m a bargaining chip, used by my family’s business to seal a deal or
impress a client. I’ve never had a real family, no mother to wipe my tears.
Sure, I have a sperm donor, but he’s only seen me a handful of times and not a
single time was he fatherly. One day, he shows up and offers me a gift, my
freedom for informing on my brother. I had no clue I even had a brother. I want
to know him, but the idea of freedom is something I’ve longed for.

Ace

As a former Marine, going into a hostile situation and retrieving a target was a
specialty I excelled at until I was captured and held as a POW, cutting my
military career short. Adjusting as a civilian was difficult until I met my
“brothers” and we formed The Bleeding Scars MC. When my VP, Gunner, discovers
he has a sister, I know it has to be me that saves her. Not only do I need to
rescue her for Gunner, but once I see her picture and learn how she’s been
locked up most of her life, I can relate to the lost look in her eyes. Rescuing
Alejandra is the hardest mission I’ve ever had to accomplish.

No
war has ever been won alone. The battles we face will be more than a little
difficult, they’ll be explosive. Once the dust has settled and the war is finally
over, I know deep in my soul, that it will all be worth it.









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Check out this sample of Explosive!

 

The sun was beginning to set, and the sky had started to turn. I
returned to where Alejandra was still sitting in that contemplative way,
absently staring out at nothing. 

I sat behind her with one leg on each side of her. It was
intimate, more so than I deserved, more so than I should've taken. We'd shared
two kisses—one she took because she was proving something to herself and the
other I took because I was proving something to her. Who was I kidding? I was
scared out of my mind that something could've happened to her because she
didn't listen to me by staying put, so I had no other choice than to kiss her.
I wanted—no; I needed to feel her lips against mine. It was either that or turn
her around and spank her. She should've done what I told her. There's no way
she should ever put her life in jeopardy for me. If something had happened to
her... No, I couldn't go there. 

"Where are you?" I whispered to her, hoping to pull
her thoughts out of whatever darkness they seemed to be stuck in. 

She sat motionlessly and eventually let her head fall against my
shoulder. I couldn't help but smell the faint scent of flowers in her hair.
Moments ticked by where all we could hear was the lapping of waves against the
shore. It took her some time to answer me, and as I waited, the sun slowly
began to sink into the sky.

"I'm not sure. I'm out there on a boat in the sea. I'm in a
room by myself waiting. I'm bound with leather cuffs, designed to keep my skin
free from marks."

She was baring her pain to me, and all I could think to do was
remind her she was free. Remind her we were almost home and almost safe. We
would make it.

"You're here with me. You're not back there. You're free,
Alejandra. They'll never touch you again.