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Sometimes I reread a book because it's fabulous and sometimes I reread it because I love the characters and the lives they lead. This time it's because of both reasons that I'm back with this novel, even if the cover is not a fair representation of what goes on and the kind of love both main characters share is so very hard to find in the real world.
 

All That Lies Within by Lynn Ames is such a terrific novel! We're 
talking sigh-and cry-inducing, good old-fashioned romance. Plus, it has smarts and great chemistry.

Sure, it's sensual and romantic, but it's also incredibly endearing and adorable and I already want to read it again. Rebecca (whose sensitive personality sometimes doesn't jive with her more sharpened professional take on life) is an interesting enigma and a woman I can understand Dara Thomas helplessly falling in love with despite her reservations.

Both women are fascinating characters and it's interesting the way they come together. The letters they exchange once Rebecca seeks out Constance Darrow (Dara's very secret Pulitzer Prize-winning alter ego) are very insightful and a great set-up for all that follows.

Dara's initial standoffishness then incredible foray into desperately needing and inexplicably wanting to protect Rebecca is one of the sexiest things about All That Lies Within. _This_ is what good romance should aspire to, this is what makes a book so good you keep it on your Kindle so you can read it again as soon as you have the time.

The only downside to this book is the little longing it leaves behind in your heart, making you wish love like this could happen in real life!:)