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$25 #Giveaway The Only Man by A.S. Kelly @askelly_writes Ends 3.31

March 20, 2022 By Mary 35 Comments

 

 

The Only Man
A.S. Kelly
(From Connemara With Love, #4)
Publication date: March 21st 2022
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

I was a different man, once.
I was a man with only one woman on my mind – the only woman I wanted to hold in my arms.
I was her man.
But things change. Life changes you. Choices, mistakes, resentment: they all change you.
So do unkept promises.
We hurt each other. We loved each other, then hated each other, then missed each other, then grew apart.
And then…
One day, we found each other again.
At the wrong time, in the wrong place.
Because the two of us are wrong together – we’re too far apart, too incompatible.
We’re the main characters of a story that doesn’t belong to us.
But I still keep loving her, even though she hates me.
And she keeps hating herself, because she can’t help but love me.
And we keep searching for each other, even though we’re destined to lose each other.

I wish I could be a different man, just once.
I wish I could be the kind of man who’s ready to give everything for the woman he loves.
Someone who was ready to let her go.
Because I want her to be happy more than I want her to be mine.

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EXCERPT:

“I hope, Darcy,” I tell her, honestly, “that you do forget about me, one day. I don’t want you to, but I hope you do.”
“That’ll never happen.” Her fingers slide into my hair and her red lips move close to mine. “I couldn’t forget you when I hated you,” she says, her voice trembling. I can hear it, even beneath the music. “So there’s no way I’d be able to forget you now.”
“Why not?” I ask, pain hammering in my chest, climbing up my throat and seeping into my temples.
“I think you know why.”
I don’t want to hear her say it, but I need to hear it. I need to remind myself what happens when you stop believing in the only thing you should believe in.
“Say it.”
“It’s too painful.”
“For me? Or for you?”
She smiles sadly. “Both.”
“Then don’t say it.” I rest my thumb on her lips, and Darcy parts them, sending a shiver through every vein in my body. “This is enough. You’re enough. Tonight is enough.” I’m lying, but I try, anyway. “Just tonight.”
“And then?” Her lips move against my thumb.
And then I’ll keep loving you from here, from afar, at the safe distance we have to put between ourselves so that at least one of us can have a chance. And it has to be you.
I didn’t do all this so that, one day, you’ll come back to me.
I didn’t give up on us to watch you give up on yourself.
“There is no ‘then’. And there’s no ‘tomorrow’.”
I drop my hand, and she looks at me, pity in her eyes.
“There’s no future for us.”
She rests her forehead against mine and lets herself go; my arms are holding her tightly, rocking her gently. We’re not dancing. We’re not following the music, or paying any attention to the world around us.
All we have is tonight, a handful of hours to breathe in. Nothing else has ever mattered compared to this moment.

Author Bio:

A. S. Kelly writes Rom-Com, Romantic Fiction and Family Saga.
Avid reader, hopeless romantic, lover of yoga, knitting and home baking.
She was born in Italy but lives in Ireland with her husband, two children and a cat named Oscar.

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Comments

  1. Deborah D says

    March 20, 2022 at 9:26 pm

    What a unique take on romance.

    Reply
  2. Zetaret says

    March 20, 2022 at 10:13 pm

    Good author!

    Reply
  3. Marcy Meyer says

    March 21, 2022 at 4:40 am

    The blurb and excerpt sound great. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  4. Maria Malaveci says

    March 21, 2022 at 5:28 am

    Love the cover! Looking forward to reading it!

    Reply
  5. Rita Wray says

    March 21, 2022 at 5:50 am

    Sounds like a good read.

    Reply
  6. Angelica Dimeo says

    March 21, 2022 at 6:35 am

    cute cover

    Reply
  7. Cathy French says

    March 21, 2022 at 7:01 am

    Nice cover. I’m hoping this is a second chance romance but it seems she still “hates” him.

    Reply
  8. Julie Bickham says

    March 21, 2022 at 9:17 am

    Looks like a cute series. I look forward to reading it!

    Reply
  9. Marisela Zuniga says

    March 21, 2022 at 10:46 am

    This sounds really good

    Reply
  10. wendy hutton says

    March 21, 2022 at 11:21 am

    great cover, this sounds very interesting

    Reply
  11. Bea LaRocca says

    March 21, 2022 at 1:11 pm

    I like the cover, synopsis and excerpt, this is a must read book and series for me. Thank you so much for posting

    Reply
  12. Nancy says

    March 21, 2022 at 1:56 pm

    The Only Man by A.S. Kelly sounds like a book that has a lot of romantic conflict.

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  13. heather says

    March 21, 2022 at 2:19 pm

    This sounds like one I would love to read this springtine and I love the cover too.

    Reply
  14. Susan Smith says

    March 21, 2022 at 4:54 pm

    Sounds like a great book. I like the cover.

    Reply
  15. Latifa Morrisette says

    March 21, 2022 at 5:43 pm

    Sounds like a good read.

    Reply
  16. Bonnie says

    March 21, 2022 at 8:26 pm

    What an interesting book! Great excerpt. I’d love to read more.

    Reply
  17. Sarah L says

    March 21, 2022 at 9:31 pm

    Good book for Spring reading.
    Thanks for the contest.

    Reply
  18. Margaret Smith says

    March 22, 2022 at 6:35 am

    Sounds like an enjoyable story.

    Reply
  19. Sara Zielinski says

    March 22, 2022 at 10:21 am

    Thanks for telling me about this book

    Reply
  20. Barbara Montag says

    March 22, 2022 at 10:33 am

    I enjoy reading romance stores.
    This promises to be a great one!
    Thank you for sharing this with us.

    Reply
  21. Abigail Gibson says

    March 22, 2022 at 1:07 pm

    Sounds like a great book!

    Reply
  22. paige chandler says

    March 22, 2022 at 2:13 pm

    Very cute cover for a fun fantasy. Good work.

    Reply
  23. Dianne Casey says

    March 22, 2022 at 2:33 pm

    Sounds like a fun read.

    Reply
  24. David Hollingsworth says

    March 22, 2022 at 3:21 pm

    The cover is really cute.

    Reply
  25. Ann Fantom says

    March 22, 2022 at 4:09 pm

    This sounds like an interesting book and I also like the cover.

    Reply
  26. Deb Pelletier says

    March 22, 2022 at 9:34 pm

    Nice book cover and the book sounds interesting.

    Reply
  27. Cynthia C says

    March 23, 2022 at 10:29 am

    The excerpt is interesting. Thank you for sharing it.

    Reply
  28. Laurie Nykaza says

    March 23, 2022 at 7:52 pm

    Such a great cover this sounds like a book i would enjoy reading

    Reply
  29. turtle says

    March 24, 2022 at 4:09 am

    excted!

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  30. Antoinette M says

    March 24, 2022 at 10:54 am

    Lovely cover & excerpt!

    Reply
  31. Chrystina Williams says

    March 27, 2022 at 12:00 pm

    Sounds awesome! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  32. clynsg says

    March 28, 2022 at 11:02 am

    That blurb sounds sad–toxic relationships do exist, and not always because one or both are horrible people.

    Reply
  33. Daniel M says

    March 29, 2022 at 11:07 am

    sounds like a fun one

    Reply
  34. Jolanda says

    March 29, 2022 at 10:45 pm

    Sounds like a good read.

    Reply
  35. Amy Green says

    March 30, 2022 at 7:25 pm

    Craving a story with characters you care about that’s worth re-reading? Then this’ll be the ‘ONLY’ one for you!

    Reply

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