A.S Kelly – The Only Man @rararesources @askelly

I’m thrilled to say I am part of the blog tour for The Only Man you A.S Kelly on behalf of Rachel’s Random Resources. Thanks to both Rachel and

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.

The Only Man by A.S Kelly is part of a series but this is the only book I have read from it. I found it easy enough to read without confusion or feeling like I was lost. The character list included in the book is a handy thing for any new reader to the series.

Brian and Darcy are the characters under the spotlight in this book. They are two people who aren’t strangers as we start the book, they do have a past. One that we are made subtly aware of before everything is revealed. Such a clever way to keep the reader hooked to the story.
I was so intrigued with what really happened between them in the past. It made me wonder how this situation would be between Brian and Darcy, and what difference the past could make for them.

The Only Man is my first time reading any A.S Kelly books and her characters are easy to connect with. I was invested in these two, they have had a tough time and nothing is easy. This really is relatable to me and it could see certain parallels so I was hooked. I didn’t want to put it down after a certain point. It was an engrossing story, one that held up food for the family for about an hour or something.

I think this author’s writing is fantastic. Her ability to rip your heart out and stamp on it makes this a book you want to tell everyone about. I do hope I have the chance to read more of this series.