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Take It EASY
When Easy meets runaway in trouble Mano at his mother’s truck stop in Nashville, he falls hard and fast and the feeling seems mutual. The two are as different as night and day, and happy endings don’t always come easy, even if that's your name. While Easy is out on the road, Mano is arrested and taken back to Tampa. Mano is in shock, knowing he didn’t commit the crime, but unable to prove it. Easy has to get down to Tamps, find Mano, figure out who did do it, and protect Mano and his mother at the same time, especially with the real criminals working hard to make sure Mano stays in jail. Love is wonderful, exciting, fulfilling, and sexy, but is it enough to keep Mano out of prison for murder?
164 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2009
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November 27, 2009
4.25 Stars
I had the pleasure of reading this book a few days ago and I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed it. Firstly I must admit I was coming off a rather feel good high and this book just hit the spot for me with it swings between the lowlife and the highlife – I was ready for a book like this.
The book starts immediately-with angst and Easy, a gentle giant of a man who has just come home from a long run on the road. Home for Easy is with his mother Sally, other wise known as Mama Sasy, she runs a trucker stop in Nashville that also acts as a safe house for gay men. The beginning tension is immediate and before long I was introduced to the entire little set up at the truck stop.
With the ultimate aim of providing a safe place for abused men, Mama Sasy is again awaiting a new arrival at her place. Being a busy truck stop she is always on her feet – but when her awaited charge walks in with her son all she thinks about is wrapping him up in love and affection, because that is just how she was. Easy on the other hand is of mixed feeling, he has never thought of Mamas boy’s as any thing more than young men needing help – this new arrival however makes him not only feel things he has not felt in years but he is wanting to do sexy sexy things to this little man if his dream are anything to go by.
Manolito is bruised, scared, tired and hungry, making it to Mama’s place was the only thing that has pushed him forward for the past few days. Now that he was here – it takes a man much bigger than himself to offer that last hand of support that he needs to go inside. Mano is amazed at how welcomed he is made to feel by everyone at the truck stop, but despite this he is still skittish and who wouldn’t be, after all his life before coming to the truck stop has not been a bed of roses.
Mano despite his situation is not unaware of how attractive Easy his and of course notices how gentle and considerate he is of him. Sooner rather than later the men are all hot and heavy over each other and a new page his turned in Mano books despite some concerns he still has.
This idyllic life does not last long, Mano past come bursting into his present and he is right back where he started - scared, angry and feeling alone. From the moment Easy called Mano his own he was in Mano’s corner – Easy now has to convince Mano that he is with him for the long haul and make him realise that he is important to alot of people and he just about heads the list.
I have condense that summary to the bare minimum because this review is a little hard to write without giving away the main crust of the book. Right from the books start there is a feel good attitude to this book and I will admit I am a huge fan of AKM Miles works so was happy to carry on expecting nothing new to jump out at me – I was so wrong.
Opposite attraction are always a winner for me and in every way you can imagine Easy and Mano are opposite, Easy is a giant of a man, both in size and temperament. Easy is a Mama’s boy as well but he was man enough to be mean enough not to be messed with. Gay for as long as he can remember he supports his mother one hundred percent in her safe house that she has developed over the years. He is almost laid flat now not only by the fact that he is so attracted to Mano, the bruised and edgy young man that is the latest addition under Mama’s roof, but he is more surprise just by the fact that he is unwilling to wait to make this young man his.
Mano on the other hand from the moment I met him, I knew he was going to give my heart a ride. He is the arty type very agile and fluid in his form and everything he does is centered around creativity or beauty and I love him. Don’t get me wrong, he's not all sweetness and kindness, he was so naive and trusting at times that I just wanted to slap him a good one. Despite that he is the one that gels this books together with a rather tragic past that seems to be behind him for the time been, he takes the first chance he gets to follow up on a attraction with a man that is literally sex on a stick as well as explore a world that has never been available to him before.
The two together are fun and I kept smiling and thinking – enjoy this boys, it wont last long, something is going to go wrong – and so said so done, Ms. Miles then dragged me into Mano’s past and into the underbelly of a community in fear. With very descriptive language and blow by blow tension filled scenes she opened up a world and a life that is just hell if not worse. I will say that portion of the book was certainly one of the highlight of the book for me.
A few side stories run right along side the main plot, all dealt with individual issues of life changes and the chances the characters are given and what they do with those options when they are presented to them. The side stories made me push my imagination and immediately I simply wanted to know more - I have already forwarded an email off to the author wanting to find out “What the hell next is going to happen” – she probably is still laughing her arse off…
TAKE IT EASY is definately a pacey and character driven book and despite the gravity of the situation that Mano was in or even the areas of concerns that came up in this book – the larger than life personalities with their mannerisms, their need for fairness and their sense of fair play pushed this book right along for me.
For fans of Ms. Miles work you will find shades of “Solider” (from the book SOLIDER) in Easy and even when I closed this book I found myself ticking off my likes and dislike between them and I have to say they both came up high on my scale of likable hero…. new comers to Ms Miles work, don’t let the cover turn you off – TAKE IT EASY is so worth the ride.
I had the pleasure of reading this book a few days ago and I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed it. Firstly I must admit I was coming off a rather feel good high and this book just hit the spot for me with it swings between the lowlife and the highlife – I was ready for a book like this.
The book starts immediately-with angst and Easy, a gentle giant of a man who has just come home from a long run on the road. Home for Easy is with his mother Sally, other wise known as Mama Sasy, she runs a trucker stop in Nashville that also acts as a safe house for gay men. The beginning tension is immediate and before long I was introduced to the entire little set up at the truck stop.
With the ultimate aim of providing a safe place for abused men, Mama Sasy is again awaiting a new arrival at her place. Being a busy truck stop she is always on her feet – but when her awaited charge walks in with her son all she thinks about is wrapping him up in love and affection, because that is just how she was. Easy on the other hand is of mixed feeling, he has never thought of Mamas boy’s as any thing more than young men needing help – this new arrival however makes him not only feel things he has not felt in years but he is wanting to do sexy sexy things to this little man if his dream are anything to go by.
Manolito is bruised, scared, tired and hungry, making it to Mama’s place was the only thing that has pushed him forward for the past few days. Now that he was here – it takes a man much bigger than himself to offer that last hand of support that he needs to go inside. Mano is amazed at how welcomed he is made to feel by everyone at the truck stop, but despite this he is still skittish and who wouldn’t be, after all his life before coming to the truck stop has not been a bed of roses.
Mano despite his situation is not unaware of how attractive Easy his and of course notices how gentle and considerate he is of him. Sooner rather than later the men are all hot and heavy over each other and a new page his turned in Mano books despite some concerns he still has.
This idyllic life does not last long, Mano past come bursting into his present and he is right back where he started - scared, angry and feeling alone. From the moment Easy called Mano his own he was in Mano’s corner – Easy now has to convince Mano that he is with him for the long haul and make him realise that he is important to alot of people and he just about heads the list.
I have condense that summary to the bare minimum because this review is a little hard to write without giving away the main crust of the book. Right from the books start there is a feel good attitude to this book and I will admit I am a huge fan of AKM Miles works so was happy to carry on expecting nothing new to jump out at me – I was so wrong.
Opposite attraction are always a winner for me and in every way you can imagine Easy and Mano are opposite, Easy is a giant of a man, both in size and temperament. Easy is a Mama’s boy as well but he was man enough to be mean enough not to be messed with. Gay for as long as he can remember he supports his mother one hundred percent in her safe house that she has developed over the years. He is almost laid flat now not only by the fact that he is so attracted to Mano, the bruised and edgy young man that is the latest addition under Mama’s roof, but he is more surprise just by the fact that he is unwilling to wait to make this young man his.
Mano on the other hand from the moment I met him, I knew he was going to give my heart a ride. He is the arty type very agile and fluid in his form and everything he does is centered around creativity or beauty and I love him. Don’t get me wrong, he's not all sweetness and kindness, he was so naive and trusting at times that I just wanted to slap him a good one. Despite that he is the one that gels this books together with a rather tragic past that seems to be behind him for the time been, he takes the first chance he gets to follow up on a attraction with a man that is literally sex on a stick as well as explore a world that has never been available to him before.
The two together are fun and I kept smiling and thinking – enjoy this boys, it wont last long, something is going to go wrong – and so said so done, Ms. Miles then dragged me into Mano’s past and into the underbelly of a community in fear. With very descriptive language and blow by blow tension filled scenes she opened up a world and a life that is just hell if not worse. I will say that portion of the book was certainly one of the highlight of the book for me.
A few side stories run right along side the main plot, all dealt with individual issues of life changes and the chances the characters are given and what they do with those options when they are presented to them. The side stories made me push my imagination and immediately I simply wanted to know more - I have already forwarded an email off to the author wanting to find out “What the hell next is going to happen” – she probably is still laughing her arse off…
TAKE IT EASY is definately a pacey and character driven book and despite the gravity of the situation that Mano was in or even the areas of concerns that came up in this book – the larger than life personalities with their mannerisms, their need for fairness and their sense of fair play pushed this book right along for me.
For fans of Ms. Miles work you will find shades of “Solider” (from the book SOLIDER) in Easy and even when I closed this book I found myself ticking off my likes and dislike between them and I have to say they both came up high on my scale of likable hero…. new comers to Ms Miles work, don’t let the cover turn you off – TAKE IT EASY is so worth the ride.
November 9, 2014
An underground LGBT shelter? LOVE!
March 11, 2011
I adore AKM Miles' work and her books are an auto-buy for me. They're like cotton candy, popcorn and rootbeer floats all rolled into one. Oh yeah.
Take It Easy is one of my favorites by AKM. There's a bit of a mystery so I'm not really going to recap the plot.
First come Easy; he's huge, he's sweet but tough and he loves his momma. Easy is a truck driver whose mother owns a truck stop diner doubling as a safe haven for young gay men. Easy's mother's name? Mama Sasy. There's also the diner's short order cook, Boddie.
Mano is a small Latino man who's come all the way from Tampa. He's homeless, scared, beat up and needs some help. Someone told Mano that he'll get all the help he needs at Mama Sasy's place, so when we meet Mano he's hiding in a dark alley and trying to work up the courage to enter the diner.
The way that Easy finds Mano really fits the kind of person Mano is. You see, Mano is not only small but he's a dancer who can sing his butt off and a gymnast. Easy finds Mano when he hears the little dude singing an old showtune from a musical. How cute is that? I'll tell you how cute, really frickin' cute.
Mano's an adorable character. I liked how he knows he's beautiful but doesn't let it go to his head. He's resilient but vulnerable. He's honorable too and makes it clear that he wants to work and not just mooch. Mano also rambles but instead of being annoying, it's endearing.
Mano and Easy together is perfection. AKM is good at making two characters really fit together in their relationship. Easy wants to make Mano happy and Mano wants to make Easy proud to be in a relationship with him.
As per usual with AKM's books the conflict comes from outside of the relationship and the two MCs stick together and battle all evil side-by-side.
AKM unapologetically writes sweet-and-happy. Take It EASY doesn't stray from that formula. Want to smile? Read this book.
Take It Easy is one of my favorites by AKM. There's a bit of a mystery so I'm not really going to recap the plot.
First come Easy; he's huge, he's sweet but tough and he loves his momma. Easy is a truck driver whose mother owns a truck stop diner doubling as a safe haven for young gay men. Easy's mother's name? Mama Sasy. There's also the diner's short order cook, Boddie.
Mano is a small Latino man who's come all the way from Tampa. He's homeless, scared, beat up and needs some help. Someone told Mano that he'll get all the help he needs at Mama Sasy's place, so when we meet Mano he's hiding in a dark alley and trying to work up the courage to enter the diner.
The way that Easy finds Mano really fits the kind of person Mano is. You see, Mano is not only small but he's a dancer who can sing his butt off and a gymnast. Easy finds Mano when he hears the little dude singing an old showtune from a musical. How cute is that? I'll tell you how cute, really frickin' cute.
Mano's an adorable character. I liked how he knows he's beautiful but doesn't let it go to his head. He's resilient but vulnerable. He's honorable too and makes it clear that he wants to work and not just mooch. Mano also rambles but instead of being annoying, it's endearing.
Mano and Easy together is perfection. AKM is good at making two characters really fit together in their relationship. Easy wants to make Mano happy and Mano wants to make Easy proud to be in a relationship with him.
As per usual with AKM's books the conflict comes from outside of the relationship and the two MCs stick together and battle all evil side-by-side.
AKM unapologetically writes sweet-and-happy. Take It EASY doesn't stray from that formula. Want to smile? Read this book.
April 19, 2013
2011 & 2012 Review:
Okay, this one went straight to the heart. In the best way. Characters you grow to love very fast because they are simply so lovable and fairly unique. And you also love to see them from the other guy’s perspective because then you grasp how awesome they are on the outside too.
A name like Easy for a guy like him was pure genius.
Only about a quarter in I realized who the author was. Heh. She really has a hit and miss record with me, but I gotta admit I don’t freaking care right here. This made me smile. A lot. All the time. Something that makes me happy is just wonderful.
Only, why does every nice person have to be physically beautiful?
I do sense a second story there as well, a sequel of sorts. That might be fun but I really, really got into the protagonists here. Easy with his big, gentle ways and Mano with his eagerness, his chatter and emotional nature. So physically active; that was fun. I really got a sense of the energy there. Finally not a wimpy little bottom either, although with this author it’s usually a both-ways things anyhow.
So yeah, this one was a definite success, like Soldier.
No epiphanies to add during the re-read.
If you don’t mind the speechy and unrealistic style of dialogue, the endless repetitions, the way good people are beautiful and bad people are ugly, and the tendency to hammer any point home, it was a pretty nice book.
The author definitely has her heart in the right place. Best way to explain it might be that it’s like comfort food.
Okay, this one went straight to the heart. In the best way. Characters you grow to love very fast because they are simply so lovable and fairly unique. And you also love to see them from the other guy’s perspective because then you grasp how awesome they are on the outside too.
A name like Easy for a guy like him was pure genius.
Only about a quarter in I realized who the author was. Heh. She really has a hit and miss record with me, but I gotta admit I don’t freaking care right here. This made me smile. A lot. All the time. Something that makes me happy is just wonderful.
Only, why does every nice person have to be physically beautiful?
I do sense a second story there as well, a sequel of sorts. That might be fun but I really, really got into the protagonists here. Easy with his big, gentle ways and Mano with his eagerness, his chatter and emotional nature. So physically active; that was fun. I really got a sense of the energy there. Finally not a wimpy little bottom either, although with this author it’s usually a both-ways things anyhow.
So yeah, this one was a definite success, like Soldier.
No epiphanies to add during the re-read.
If you don’t mind the speechy and unrealistic style of dialogue, the endless repetitions, the way good people are beautiful and bad people are ugly, and the tendency to hammer any point home, it was a pretty nice book.
The author definitely has her heart in the right place. Best way to explain it might be that it’s like comfort food.
November 12, 2013
AKM Miles has written another sweet story. Both Easy and Mano are absolutely adorable characters, and I love the way Miles creates characters who are truly good-hearted people. I've said before that her characters are the kind of people whom anyone would be lucky to have as friends. Not only are Easy and Mano just wonderful, I think everyone needs a mother like Mama Sasy.
I can't wait to find out what happens with Nick's son. I hope we don't have to wait too long for that story. I'm not a very patient person when it comes to the authors I love. :)
If you need a feel-good story where the good guys are honestly nice people and the underdog wins, then you should give this book a chance. It's a keeper.
I can't wait to find out what happens with Nick's son. I hope we don't have to wait too long for that story. I'm not a very patient person when it comes to the authors I love. :)
If you need a feel-good story where the good guys are honestly nice people and the underdog wins, then you should give this book a chance. It's a keeper.
November 23, 2011
I enjoyed the story line. I like the idea of the underground network to get whomever need it to Mama Sasy's, and how all that came about. Unfortunetly the writing fell a bit short for me. The whole thing seemed very rushed and flat. It felt like that there was a lot more that could have happened but it just wasn't there. It didn't seem to roll from one scene to the next there didn't seem to be a lot of blending, very jumpy.
On a side note though, I would love to read about what happened with Daniel, if Nick found him and how his story goes. I hope she writes the story because like I said I liked the story line just not how it was delivered.
On a side note though, I would love to read about what happened with Daniel, if Nick found him and how his story goes. I hope she writes the story because like I said I liked the story line just not how it was delivered.
September 6, 2012
I loved this story. The characters were so sweet and were just basically good people. Micah was adorable and I was so happy he finally got a break and found someone to love him and Easy was just what Micah needed, strong, kind and sexy. It's the kind of book that leaves you with a good, happy feeling.
January 16, 2018
this could have been so good. I like the thought of the book with the truck stop helping "lost boys" but I just about choked on allt the sugar sweet love. I sat here and cringed at all the declarations of never dying love...I just couldn't enjoy it.
September 18, 2011
4.5 ... I loved the idea of a safe place for boys who need to start new life.
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