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Too Good to Be True

by A. S. Kelly

Publication date: July 23rd 2025

Genres: Adult, Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Romance

Blurb:

Seth Graham needs help. His eccentric job and troubled past will not help him get custody of his nephews. With their grandmother now stepping in to claim them, Seth needs a solution.

Seth canโ€™t bear another loss. He has already said goodbye to too many people; he canโ€™t give up the only family he has left.

Rowan Kennedy doesnโ€™t need anything, especially not another lost cause. His career is finally taking off, and the last thing he has time for is helping a young single father desperate to keep his kids. He has no interest in getting caught up in a custody battle, especially when heโ€™s never even had a real family of his own. He doesnโ€™t know what itโ€™s like to have someone willing to fight for you with everything they have.

But Seth is desperate, and Rowan seems to be his only chance, and these children need a home, love and something Rowan never had: a father who would give anything to see them happy. Plus, Seth is bloody adorable, with his dimples and his blue eyes and the way he creates chaos even when he sleeps, and his sweetness and his desire to be the father the children deserve. And then thereโ€™s the way he practically begs Rowan not to walk away now that falling in love might actually be on the tableโ€ฆ

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Excerpt:

โ€œI donโ€™t know whatโ€ฆ Iโ€™m not usually emotional.โ€

Itโ€™s bullshit. Iโ€™m usually so emotional.ย 

Why do I lie? Why do I care what he may think of me?

โ€œTry taking deep breaths and drinking some more water.โ€

I do as he says while he takes off his glasses and lays them on the desk, revealing his beautiful green eyes to me.ย 

I had not noticed them before.

I have a weakness for green eyes.

And I have a soft spot for strong men, with strong arms and tough looks, the kind you hope will be tender inside and in private and only with you.

Am I fantasising about my lawyer?ย 

โ€œFirst, starting tomorrow, please switch to decaffeinated.โ€

โ€œWhat? Oh, the coffee. Sure. Decaf. Duly noted. Sorry. I was distracted for a moment.โ€

โ€œSecond, stop apologising. You wonโ€™t go anywhere with that attitude.โ€

โ€œOhโ€ฆ O-okay, Iโ€™ll try.โ€

โ€œWill you try?โ€

โ€œI will do my best.โ€

He sighs, his face tense.

โ€œThey will tear you apart in court.โ€

How does he think this revelation will help my agitation?

โ€œWork on it. A lot.โ€

โ€œI will work on it,โ€ I assure him.

โ€œAnd thirdโ€ฆโ€

Oh God! Is there also a third point? I donโ€™t think I can even do the first two!

โ€œIโ€™m very sorry for your loss.โ€

โ€œOh.โ€

I didnโ€™t expect this, and I donโ€™t react well to unexpected things.

โ€œPlease donโ€™t cry again.โ€

โ€œIโ€™m sorry.โ€

The lawyer gives me a dirty look.

โ€œOh god! Iโ€™m so, so sorry!โ€

He shakes his head several times, but I could swear I see him lifting one corner of his mouth.

โ€œIโ€™ll calm down, I swear.โ€ I take another tissue and blow my nose again. โ€œI canโ€™t control my tongue and tears when Iโ€™m agitated. I will do my best to be careful. I solemnly promise.โ€

โ€œIโ€™m not comfortable with tears.โ€

โ€œOh, sure, I understand. Iโ€™m not comfortable with tears, either. Especially if they are my own.โ€

This time, he laughs. He canโ€™t hide it!

Although it was not my intention to make him laugh, I must say that I donโ€™t mind him in this role at all.

There. Another point against me.

Mr Kennedy can laugh, and he does it well. I donโ€™t know if itโ€™s possible to do it badly. I mean, thatโ€™s something positive in itself, isnโ€™t it? Unless he laughs at me, then it becomes something else entirely.

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Author Info:

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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