Austin Edmunds is a loner: he doesn’t date, he doesn’t go out much, and he has very few friends. It’s safer for him this way. The one time he allowed someone to get close to him it ended in tragedy. But when he is sent to the Smokey Mountains to do a story, he meets Brack Edge and all that changes. He has never felt this connection to anyone before, and he finds himself at a loss as to how to handle it. His life is in New York, and Brack’s is in the Smokies. Can the men find a common ground to work from or will this just be a fling for them both?

Brackets was a wonderful, sweet, deep story that made me laugh, love, and cry. Brack and Austin are fabulously drawn characters, so multifaceted as to stand up off the page and feel completely real. I loved how both men came from different backgrounds but were a perfect fit for each other. There was very little angst involved, just an almost instant love that built from a powerful attraction. Sure there were a few far fetched elements, Bethany being one, but she was a character that you couldn’t help but love as well. AKM Miles shows brilliant work by building the story from a tragedy to show how love and hope can carry on even after the loss of a loved one. I have liked other stories that I have read by AKM Miles, but this one is my favorite by far!

Reviewed by: Hayley