REVIEW: Fighting My Bully by Amanda Meuwissen (Fighting for Love #4)

FIGHTING MY BULLY

Fighting for Love - Book Four

by Amanda Meuwissen

Release Date: January 12, 2023

Review

It’s true when they say most bullies are hiding from themselves or the world and use violence as a mask.

I loved this second chance story. It required some work on Corbett's part to convince Fred to even give him the time of day. But they are so lovely together, I’m glad he did.

It’s not just the bullying he faced in school, but also an attack by muggers, that gives him pause to letting someone into his life that may still be the same boy he was back then.

But Corbett has truly changed and he’s ready to prove it.

I truly enjoyed the journey both these men took to be together. The healing and rebuilding of trust. The love.

It was a wonderful story

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Synopsis

Second chances can hit where it hurts—especially between a bully and his victim.

Fred

When people say, “Live your best life,” the ideal at thirty-three doesn’t account for bisexual awakening, divorce, unemployment, and being beaten to a pulp by muggers all in the span of a few weeks. Five months later, my therapy of choice—or rather, my sister, Franny’s, choice—was to work through my physical and emotional trauma at Knockout Gym with a personal trainer who specializes in my exact kind of baggage.

Only he’s part of my baggage too. Corbett Jahns, the prick who bullied me in high school and caused what were probably my first signs of bi awakening long before I was ready to deal with it.

The universe hates me.

Corbett

Freddy Bard walking back into my life, when I finally had everything together, felt like a prank by the universe. My first male crush, but instead of being brave enough to admit that back in high school, I was the stereotypical repressed bully. No excuses but believe me when I say I’ve paid for those mistakes.

In college, an injured rotator cuff ruined my dreams of playing pro ball. I turned to drugs. Drinking. Hookups. Knockout Gym saved my life. I’ve been the bookkeeper and a trainer there for years now and helped a lot of people, but helping Fred after all I did to him would mean more than any of it.

Even if he hates me.

Fighting My Bully is an MM standalone novel in the multi-author series Fighting for Love. All stories take place at the shared gym, Knockout MMA Training Facility. At Knockout Gym, happily ever afters are hard-won. This hurt/comfort romance about overcoming past traumas might heal both former bully and his bi-awakened victim, as they turn the enemies to friends to lovers trope on its head.

About Amanda Meuwissen

Amanda Meuwissen is a queer author with a primary focus on M/M fiction and romance. As the author of LGBTQ+ Fantasy #1 Best Seller, Coming Up for Air, LGBTQ+ Horror #1 Best Seller and #1 New Release, A Delicious Descent, and several other titles through various publishers, Amanda regularly attends local comic conventions for fun and to meet with fans, where she will often be seen in costume as one of her favorite fictional characters. She lives in Minnesota with her husband, John, and their cat, Helga.

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