Hi peeps, we have AKM Miles stopping by today to celebrate the re-release of All in the Details, we have a fantastic excerpt and my review for you to enjoy, so come and help AKM celebrate with her short blog tour! <3 ~Pixie~ 

 All in the Details

A.K.M. Miles

Beau Garner meets Nash Tyler under very strange circumstances. Beau’s so not the gun type. Their relationship develops over a period of time filled with one wild ride after another. Beau, with his OCD, is the owner of a successful event planning company called Details. Beau’s fairly simple life of planning parties, showers, and so on, with his well-chosen staff, changes to nearly getting arrested, to saving a young woman, to becoming the victim of hate crimes, and then things really get beyond bizarre.

Excerpt

The store was quaint, with old fashioned mason jars full of pickles and preserves on shelves right along with the Pop-Tarts and Red Bull? Now that was a pairing. He guessed with the minimal space, they had to cram things together.

He found the aisle and was looking at some of the toys they had for kids. He’d just found the bags of balloons and was reaching for the three bags of white ones when he heard children’s voices from the next aisle over.

He didn’t think anything about it until one of the little boys said, “Pick it up.”

Another child said, “You pick it up. I’m not gonna pick it up. You think it’s real?”

The first one replied, “It looks real. Wonder what it’s doing under there? I’m gonna pick it up.”

“No. What if it goes off and shoots you in the foot? Or what if you drop it and it hits both of us? I’m tellin’ Mom.” The second one was getting a little louder.

“Don’t you dare, chicken. I’m gonna get it.” The first one grunted like he was bending down to the floor.

Beau was stunned for a second and then the whole thing made sense and he hurried around the end of the aisle. He saw two little boys, maybe four and five. The bigger one was bending and reaching for a gun that was just under the bottom shelf on the floor.

“Hey. Leave that alone.” He couldn’t let the boy pick up the gun and take the chance that it was indeed real.

They gasped and froze, looking at him. Beau moved closer and bent to pick the gun up before the young boy could reach any farther under the shelf for it. He picked it up and was surprised at how heavy it felt to him. He had no doubt this was a real gun.

All hell broke loose. Both boys screamed at the top of their impressive lungs. Beau nearly dropped the gun himself at the cacophony. Both boys were now standing right there, looking at him like he was going to shoot them when a woman came around the corner, sliding to a stop when she saw the tableau in front of her. Her screams added to theirs and Beau was now as frozen as the boys. Of course, the only thing that would add to the idiocy of the moment was the lady behind the counter.

She held a shotgun in her hands and yelled over the others, “Y’all shut up! Now, Marie, bring those boys over here to me and put them behind the counter. You join them and all of you sit on the floor. Now, stop screaming, you hear? My gun’s bigger than his.”

Beau spoke for the first time. “Ma’am, this is not my gun. I heard the boys talking and they were going to pick it up and I was afraid one of them might get hurt.”

“Uh-huh. But you’re holding it and the police are on their way, so just you stand there, nice and easy until they get here.” Mabel was calm and steady. Beau was shaking like a leaf.

“Really? Do I look like someone who would own a gun?” he asked.

From behind the counter a small voice jumped in with, “You look like a fag.”

Beau was so shocked he nearly dropped the gun. His hand was shaking. He heard the mother, Marie, say, “John David, you hush right now. I’m sorry, mister, he’s only five. Please don’t, uh, do anything you might regret.”

Beau was simply stupefied. “The only thing I regret is that I’m going to be late to Shana Wainwright’s sixteenth birthday party. They’re not going to have the white balloons we need. Damn, try to do a good deed and oh, yes, I hear the sirens. What fresh hell is waiting for me now?”

“Could you not cuss so much in front of the boys, please?” Marie was full of requests from the floor behind the counter.

“Sorry.”

A Tanner Police Department cruiser pulled up out front, lights and sirens stopping abruptly. Beau sighed in relief, though it was short-lived. Two officers came bursting through the door, guns drawn, and the younger one yelled, “Put the gun down, lie down on the floor, hands clasped behind your head.”

From behind the counter, Beau swore he heard one of the boys say, “Cool.”

About A.K.M.

AKM Miles loves reading the M/M genre and decided to write what she loves. You can expect there to be a happy ending every time. You can expect for the two men to find each other and choose to be together fairly early on, and then face conflicts, trials, and experiences as a couple. Her books can be found at Torquere Press, Totally Bound, and MLR Press.She loves to throw children in the mix, along with pets and wacky and wonderful friends. Hopefully, readers will love the emotional love stories that fill her head and spill onto her computer.AKM loves to hear from her readers and has formed a good relationship with many who have loved her characters over the years. Feedback is very important to this author.

Website: https://akmmiles.wordpress.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/akm.miles

Review

Title: All in the Details

Author: A.K.M. Miles

Genre: Contemporary

Length: Novel (219pgs)

ISBN: MLR-1-02015-0369

Publisher: MLR Press (30^th January 2015)

Heat Level: Moderate

Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥ 4 ½ Hearts

Reviewer: Pixie

Blurb: Beau Garner meets Nash Tyler under very unique circumstances and he goes from planning his events to nearly getting arrested, to saving a young lady, to becoming the victim of hate crimes, and then it really gets bizarre.

Beau Garner meets Nash Tyler under very strange circumstances. Beau’s so not the gun type. Their relationship develops over a period of time filled with one wild ride after another. Beau, with his OCD, is the owner of a successful event planning company called Details. Beau’s fairly simple life of planning parties, showers, and so on, with his well-chosen staff, changes to nearly getting arrested, to saving a young woman, to becoming the victim of hate crimes, and then things really get beyond bizarre.

Note: This work has been previously published.

Purchase Link: http://www.mlrbooks.com/ShowBook.php?book=AKMMAITD

Review: This story is a 2^nd edition and there are no changes from the 1^st. Beau is just trying to get to work when he’s nearly arrested, it’s an inconvenience but he makes the acquaintance of a shy deputy, Nash. Beau gets to meet the cute deputy again when Beau comes to the rescue of a young lady in distress, and again when Nash comes to explain an accident one of Beau’s employees was involved with and Beau gets finally gets his wish and is asked out for lunch. As they begin to date Beau becomes targeted by a redneck bigot, he juggles his business and his OCD, and during an errand his life changes forever. Nash and Beau plan to make things work but someone wants to make Beau’s life miserable, will Nash and Beau’s fledgling relationship hold out against that nasty bigot who seems determined to drive them apart?

This is a lovely story that has a sweet romance with just a touch of mystery and angst. Beau is neurotic about details and he has made it work for him by putting it to good use in his party planner/event organiser business Details. On the way to a sweet sixteen party he stops for some last minute bits and nearly gets arrested for a good deed, on the bright side he meets a delicious deputy who has the most adorable blush. Nash is just going about his business when he meets a man who has an amazing mind for details, approaching the cute event organiser is difficult especially when with his small minded partner. They finally hit it off but it isn’t the end of the bizarre things that seem to happen to Beau.

I really enjoyed this story, it was truly lovely to see Beau and Nash connect and embark on a relationship. Beau has OCD but makes it work for him, he is a lovely caring man who will do anything to make others dream events come true, he can be uptight at times as he works to control everything but his innate goodness shines through. Nash is adorable with his slight shyness; he is a good man who always tries to treat people with kindness and respect. Together these two men make a fantastic couple, and they face the threat together even as their relationship is still new and blossoming.

The storyline is great with a series of events that conspire to bring Beau and Nash together, a misunderstanding involving a gun, a rescue of a distressed young lady and an accident with the van. Their relationship moves sweetly along and although they are only seeing each other for a short amount of time it feels natural that their relationship has progressed quickly, that these two men were meant to be together. This story is written perfectly with the characters personalities’ shining through, the feelings that they have are clearly portrayed; fitting in perfectly with the mounting circumstances that they find themselves in. I’d love to tell you more of what exactly happens but I loved the direction the story went in and the surprise I felt as events unfolded so I will let you discover and love those events’ yourself.

I recommend this to those who love wonderful love stories, fantastic characters, a great storyline, sweet love, a touch of mystery and angst and a very happy ending that makes you smile and sigh.