What Doesn't Destroy Us

Devil's Dust Series, Book 1

De: M. N. Forgy

Narrado por: Joe Arden, Maxine Mitchell

When Dani's sheltered life is turned upside down by her mother's secrets, she finds protection with her estranged outlaw father. Against all warnings, she falls for bad boy biker Shadow. He is beast and beauty sealed in a leather cut with a gun holster. Can Dani learn to live within the club rules? Is she more like her father than she could imagine?

Shadow has grown up among drug addicts, whores, and murderers. The only family he's ever trusted has been the Devil's Dust motorcycle club. He will do anything for a brother, even kill. In fact killing is so easy, he's made a career of it. His one regret is not being able to kill his own worthless mother. When Dani shows up with her provocative temper and innocent charm, Shadow begins to question his violent lifestyle. But can he trust her with his demons?

Will Dani and Shadow let family ties destroy them?

©2014 M. N. Forgy (P)2015 Tantor

Amazing!

Dani is going crazy with her mother breathing down her neck until one day she takes them both to an MC club to hide out from her ex. Dani meets her father, the MC leader and she also meets shadow. Dani's life is about to change and she's caught up in a whirlwind of emotions and love. This is a first M. N. Forty for me and I know there will be many more! On to book 2 for me...
Joe Arden and Maxine Mitchell are brilliantly perfect!!

Great story

This is truly a great story, but it shouldn't be split into two different books.

LUST TEARS & LOVE + THRILLS & DRAMA MC STYLE

The non-stop drama kicks right off from the first few words and from then on I was gripped as 21 yr old Dani's sheltered and naive world comes crashing down around her.... sometimes brick by brick and sometimes in great big damaging and hurtful chunks. As she's thrown into the shocking new world of the Devil's Dust MC it's sink or swim time which awakens her dormant kick-ass genes and sexual desires and before she knows it Dani's met her Father, lost her virginity, had jealous rages, fought with Club whores, clambered for respect, fallen out and split with her controlling hateful Mother, met the love of her life and now wears the Patch of an Old Lady.

The Patch says she's the property of Shadow, the MC Sargent-at-Arms, who's as handsome as sin, as deadly as a viper, is dark and brooding because of a childhood packed full with hurts and regrets, his life holds secrets and he is a possessive Alpha bad-ass. It wasn't a smooth ride for him and Dani but as soon as he saw her she brought light into his dark unforgiving world, added explosive chemistry followed by hot sex and he started to trust, to hope and to believe that he too could have a piece of Heaven in his dark and lonely Hell.... until one terrible fateful night when he was suddenly proved wrong.

ANYONE who loves the MC world of sexy leather-clad Alpha Bikers, Old Ladies, Cuts, Patches, Sweetbutts (Club whores), raw passion, hot sex, moody heroes, angst, murder, revenge, drama and an action-filled plot will love this. Plenty of character growth as Shadow tries to be worthy of Dani and she has uncorked her bad side making them perfect for each other. There's scenes where knuckles, fists and/or guns were used and a WTF of a CLIFFHANGER ending which will have you gasping in horror because you'll never ever ever see it coming and it'll have you frantically looking for book 2 (which is happily available now). Packed full of interesting characters, dual POV's and the narrators did a fantastic job with all the voices and brought the good, the bad and the ugly scenes to life.

Worth a credit? Loved it, didn't want to stop it, am raving about it and YES I found it very creditworthy.

Love Dani and Shadow!

I have to share that I don't normally like MC books. They are to violent or to unbelievable. This one I loved. The men are bad-asses that wants someone to love and the women are trying to hold to their independence while still depending on their men.

There are a few characters that I truly want someone to put a bullet in their head. Lady for one I don't understand how she can call herself a mother. Locks who needs his privates removed and Cassie there is no words.

I believe if you like MC books you will love this one. Enjoy!

Unexpected Twists Propel Story

Right from the very first word, the story is moving. The storyline is unique, and though sometimes I was confused, the intrigue and unknown kept me on the edge. As soon as I finished, I was ready for book two. With the ending so unsettled, be prepared to go right onto the next book!

-1 ⭐️ because of the cliffhanger

I think authors that use a cliffhanger as a way to ensure more book sales, must not be confident about their writing skills. A confident writer knows that a reputation of good writing skills, ensures continued book sales and the use of a cliffhanger isn’t necessary to coherence a reader/listener into buying another book, so that they will get the entire series.

Other then the cliffhanger, I really enjoyed this storyline. I loved experiencing the character development of both the Hero and the Heroine. I also really enjoyed watching their love and trust bloom. However, the cliffhanger ending added the type of angst to the story, that I really hate; betrayal of the people you should always be able to count on. I also disliked the immediate negative reaction, of the Hero, who claimed to love the Heroine, to a situation that the Heroine had no hand in. If the Hero doesn’t have to experience deep shame, over his actions, in the next book, I will be very disappointed.

The narration: Joe Arden is always a flawless narrator. Maxine Mitchell, however, has the unique ability to make me cringe because of her habit of making the Heroine sound extremely stupid and immature. I acknowledge that she has talent but the genre that I think would suit her best would be Young Adult books.

I’m off to book 2 to see if our Hero pays for his lack of faith in the woman he claims to love.
-V from Kansas

Great Start to the series

Shadow meets Dani and wants her until he realizes that she is the Presidents daughter and is off limits.
Can he stay away or will he take the risk and introduce her to all of his crazy.

Great new series!

Would you consider the audio edition of What Doesn't Destroy Us to be better than the print version?

Have not read the print version.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Dani and her character is only getting better. She starts off so mild and unknowing but as time goes on Dani becomes a woman with depth and character.

What does Joe Arden and Maxine Mitchell bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Great narrators and will listen to them again.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I would have loved to listen to this book in all one setting but sleep had to come. Already downloading the next book in the series.

excellent

Loved it !! this story. the narrator is so fantastic it's like your really there!! After listening to this story,. I totally enjoyed reading this book. It’s well written and the characters were uniquely fantastic. I would suggest this book to my friends that like this sort of genera. this was a good book. The narrator was great.

Part One of Two

I have had this in my library for several months and have been shelving it because it has a CLIFFHANGER, and I just don't like that, especially when it's the first impression I get from a new-to-me author. I got Book 4 in this series, and it was good, so I figured it was time to give this a try. However, having tragically just wasted 2 credits to complete a trilogy that also started with a cliffhanger (I really need to check the reviews on EVERY purchase from now on), I decided to listen to the very end before deciding on whether to get Book 2 this time.

This is a good MC romance series with well-written characters and lots of layers. Both Shadow and Dani are relatively likable, even though they are certainly flawed. There's plenty of drama, some more authentic than others, but all within the realm of believability. I don't like spoilers, so if you want more, give it a listen. The verdict? I got Book 2 within a minute or so of finishing this one, and I didn't regret it.

The narration is very good. Both narrators do a great job of performing the various emotions and voices well. They make a good team and would definitely be the plus that would sway me to hit "Add to Cart" if ever I'm on the fence about a book.