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  • R'jaal's Resonance by Ruby Dixon

    R'jaal's Resonance by Ruby Dixon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    R'jaal has waited many turns of the seasons for his khui to resonate, only to be disappointed time and time again. But when he is taken captive by strange beings hiding in the very tunnels of the fruit caves, he wakes up to find himself in a strange underground cage. Also in the cage? A very pretty unfamiliar human female. She says her name is Rosalind. She makes his khui sing...
  • Earth Boys Are Easy by C. Rochelle

    Earth Boys Are Easy by C. Rochelle

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    MicahWhat’s a superhero to do when his own family sees his powers as unimpressive and he’s fifth in line for the throne?Set my sights on getting space married to a hot alien, of course!For science.Ziggy Andromeda is a skinsuit-stealing mercenary who’s so far out of my league he might as well be in another galaxy, but there’s nothing I love more than a challenge...
  • When She's Merry by Ruby Dixon

    When She's Merry by Ruby Dixon

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Homesteading on the remote farm planet Risda III can be lonely. So when I notice that my neighbor isn't doing so well, I ask for help to give her a Christmas celebration to brighten her spirits.Unfortunately, the person helping me is Sinath, the most infuriating male alien ever. He's got a weird sense of humor. He doesn't know what a Christmas tree is. He even tried to exterminate my pet rodent...
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    aliens  forced-proximity  humor  paranormal  steamy  abuse  adult  book
  • When She's Lonely by Ruby Dixon

    When She's Lonely by Ruby Dixon

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Everyone says humans are safe on Risda III.Yeah, right.I was taken from Earth years ago and I’ve learned one thing - a flawed human is a dead human. So I keep my flaws to myself, and I focus on running my farm.At least, I try to. But when I (accidentally) burn the barn down, one of the local officials shows up to help me put it out...
  • Olivia and the Orc by Honey Phillips

    Olivia and the Orc by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An orc guard. A kidnapped human. A treacherous journey…The last thing Olivia remembers is celebrating a friend’s birthday. The next thing she knows, she and her friends are being marched across an alien desert by a gang of small lizardmen - and one very large and forbidding green alien...
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    aliens  humor  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  monsters
  • Teran by Ava Ross

    Teran by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The alien she's hot for seems to hate her. But when they touch, sparks fly. Will their growing love survive a dangerous quest?Emma: I’m pretty sure Teran hates me...
  • Bearly Hanging On by Krystal Shannan

    Bearly Hanging On by Krystal Shannan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The best type of romance is the one that’s forbidden. Owen’s become an outcast for losing his Tribe… and that label is enough to prevent him from claiming his mate under pain of death. Tara won’t understand that he’s a bear, anyway. She’ll be scared. She’ll run away. So he keeps his distance...for now... But Tara’s being hunted by a group of guys who act more like a pack-- because they are...
  • Dirty Daddies 2023 Spring Anthology by Golden Angel, Emily Tilton

    Dirty Daddies 2023 Spring Anthology by Golden Angel, Emily Tilton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This is no April Fool’s Day joke!Some of your favorite Dirty Daddy authors are teaming up to bring you a spring fling of steamy hot and light-hearted Dirty Daddies stories.Scrub Daddy by Kara Kelley- If Mr. Clean was helping naughty little girls shine up their act.Phone Daddy by Lizzy Day - Dial 1-800-Daddy to make a connection...
  • The Dragonlings’ Very Special Valentine by S.E. Smith

    The Dragonlings’ Very Special Valentine by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A batch of heart-shaped cookies stirs the imagination of the dragonlings and their friends when Carmen shares a magical tale of love. It will take a very special Valentine, a few mischievous dragonlings, their best friends, some clueless warriors, and two enchanting Goddesses to help a lonely woman find the dragon who loves her...
  • A Dragonlings' Magical Christmas by S.E. Smith

    A Dragonlings' Magical Christmas by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When Ariel mentions another human holiday, the women get excited. They aren’t the only ones, though. The Dragon Lords, Vox, and Ha’ven decide they want to be part of the planning this time. Things get a little out of hand when the men begin competing with each other to create the best Christmas ever for the Dragonlings, Roam, and Alice. Fuelled with tales of St...
  • Stolen by Tana Stone

    Stolen by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When they told her she’d been abducted from Earth as a tribute bride for a badass alien warrior, Hope thought it was the craziest thing she’d ever heard. That was before she was kidnapped by space pirates.Hope didn’t buy the idea of being a tribute bride. After all, she’d never been into commitment...
  • Alien Beast by Lili Zander

    Alien Beast by Lili Zander

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This human I’m saddled with is… happy.Cheerful, even.She likes to sing to the cat.Kill me now.A year ago, an explosion – the same explosion that killed my best friend – destroyed me.Ruined me.Made me look like a monster.I’m a shadow of the man I once was.I want to be left alone.Instead… there’s Bella.Bella, who sings when she’s happy.Who likes to talk...
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    aliens  humor  paranormal  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary
  • Dragon VIP: Pyrochlore by Starla Night

    Dragon VIP: Pyrochlore by Starla Night

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Smokin’ hot dragon shifters have no idea what to do with these sassy Earth females — but claiming them as mates will change the universe! Bad boy dragon shifter Pyrochlore “Pyro” Onyx is the acting CEO of the Onyx Corporation — and for the smokin’ hot billionaire playboy, it definitely feels like an act...
  • Wed to the Basilisk by Layla Fae

    Wed to the Basilisk by Layla Fae

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    No one touches my bride. No one but me.I am the last basilisk on Alia Terra. As I roam my lands, loneliness muddles my mind and pumps violence into my veins until I don’t recognize myself. Soon I’ll become a feral beast – unless I mate.The matchmaking temple is the only way a creature like me, scaly, fanged, and with lethal eyes, can marry. Soon, I have a match...
  • Claimed by the Alien Bodyguard by Tiffany Roberts

    Claimed by the Alien Bodyguard by Tiffany Roberts

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A retired alien bodyguard. A luscious human female he craves. He’ll do whatever it takes to make her his by Christmas.Gabriela Romero is a single mother struggling to make ends meet. With Christmas fast approaching, she’s lost work, she’s late on rent, and the zeroes in her bank account are on the wrong side of the decimal point...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  humor  paranormal  steamy  adult  bodyguard  book  contemporary
  • Alpha Collects by Milana Jacks

    Alpha Collects by Milana Jacks

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It takes a special kind of Omega to bring an Alpha to his knees. Kind. Sweet. Beautiful. With legs that go on forever, colored eyes, perky protruding nose, funny ears, and… Were was I? Ah yes, I collected one such Omega, and I’m bringing her before my king. I am Tayseer, the Collector, the Legend. And I will deliver my people the queen...
  • Sinta by Honey Phillips

    Sinta by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sinta is coming to town - but this time he’s the one receiving a gift.An unexpected inheritance comes at the perfect time for Holly. Her on-again, off-again relationship is off for good, her Christmas plans have been canceled, and her parents have decided to spend the holiday traveling. But the remote mountain cabin she inherited is not the idyllic paradise she remembers from her childhood...
  • Knot for Nest by V.K. Ludwig

    Knot for Nest by V.K. Ludwig

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    LucyAs an omega, I have certain talents—like dripping money from my ladyparts. Selling slick-soaked panties is my way to freedom, safety, and independence. Until a high-testosterone alpha more or less accidentally knocks my bodyguards out. He says I owe him money, but, the way I see it, he owes me a couple of good growls. After all, I have quotas to meet...
  • His Human Assistant by Michele Mills

    His Human Assistant by Michele Mills

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I’m a corporate whistleblower running for my life, so I take the first job I can find off planet. Now I’m a lowly assistant for some rich devil named Hannibal Hellstone? And when I say “devil,” I mean DEVIL. As in this guy’s skin is dark red, he has shiny black horns, sharp fangs, silver-tipped claws and a barbed tail. This Hyrrokin is scary AF and his eight-year-old son looks just like him...
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    aliens  humor  paranormal  steamy  adult  audiobook  billionaire  book
  • Bedside Manners For Aliens by Dane Griggs

    Bedside Manners For Aliens by Dane Griggs

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    an alternate cover edition can be found hereMe: I just can’t stop thinking about you. I know we can’t go further, but I have an idea. Maybe we could sext?L’Vect: What is that?Me: Sexting is when you tell the other person how you want them to touch themselves, and that person describes what it feels like. It’s a sex game.L’Vect: Yes. I want to sext. What do we do next?Me: I will go first...
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    aliens  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  sci-fi  romance
  • Loved by A.M. Arthur

    Loved by A.M. Arthur

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kell Iverson Cross never imagined he’d find so much joy in his life, and he doesn’t take a single moment for granted. His tireless work championing omega rights have made him a bit of a celebrity across the territory, so when his brother Braun suggests Kell be the first omega to run for public office, Kell doesn’t say no right away...
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    age-gap  paranormal  steamy  abuse  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Mal's First Birthday by Starla Night

    Mal's First Birthday by Starla Night

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Will Mal’s mother recognize her first grand dragonlet? Or, will she subject him to the same lifelong rejection, loneliness, and low class destiny forced upon the Onyx siblings — and Mal? This is a super sweet “happily ever after” bonus story for the full length science fiction romance novel Dragon VIP: Malachite...
  • Help Wanted: Wife by Cara Bristol

    Help Wanted: Wife by Cara Bristol

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They have nothing to lose except their hearts. The only thing keeping widower Larth from succumbing to grief is running the fledgling bakery founded by his late wife. He intends to make the business the biggest, best bakery in all of Caradonia. But he can’t do it alone. Unable to find affordable help, he turns to Cosmic Mates and advertises for a wife in-name-only...
  • Escape Clause by Cara Bristol

    Escape Clause by Cara Bristol

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The only thing they can’t escape is love… After a nano-virus devastates Caradonia, leaving the planet in desperate need of women, leader Krogan launches a last-ditch effort to save their civilization—convince men to accept human brides through Cosmic Mates.Krogan himself has no time or desire for a wife...
  • Stalked by the Alien Assassin by Tiffany Roberts

    Stalked by the Alien Assassin by Tiffany Roberts

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    An alien assassin. A tempting human female he can’t resist. But what can a killer offer to the woman he longs to claim?Avery Watson moved to Denver to escape her controlling mother. Sure, it’s not easy, and she has to budget every penny, but it’s honest work...
  • Twisted by Evangeline Anderson

    Twisted by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nikki Davis is having a terrible time. Her three sons are in trouble in school and her husband is divorcing her while a nasty coworker steals her best commissions at work. Is it any wonder she's thinking of offing herself? But when she steps into the foaming surf of Clearwater Beach, she feels something hard under her foot...
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    aliens  humor  paranormal  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Hitting The Target by Evangeline Anderson

    Hitting The Target by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A girl sent to kill the one she is dreaming of Her target? A Kindred warrior with a beast inside Can Mia complete her mission? Or is Trey Hitting the Target when he aims for her heart? Ormyu Five is the world divided in two To the north, a police state ruled by the heavy hand of The EYE, which spies on its people constantly and keeps iron control over their lives...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  humor  paranormal  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Never Cuff an Alien by V.K. Ludwig

    Never Cuff an Alien by V.K. Ludwig

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My alien concubine refuses to please me.That gruff, muscled Vandalar saikh I bought myself keeps running away. So I do what every lonely woman in her thirties would: I cuff him to my bed until he comes to his senses. At least now I don’t have to chase behind him in high heels, and can concentrate on starting my mail-order-saikh business...
  • Turn Left for Stars by V.K. Ludwig

    Turn Left for Stars by V.K. Ludwig

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A SciFi Alien RomCom. It’s hard to find the right alien concubine… Finding three of them? Impossible! Watching the future saikhs practice their penetration angles at the saikhmenti alone doesn’t cut it to make a decision. What about other things like… I don’t know. Personality? What I need is insider information. That saikh-in-training who keeps failing his assessments? He’s offering it up freely...
  • Alien General's Beloved by Vi Voxley

    Alien General's Beloved by Vi Voxley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Only one general can stand between an ancient nightmare and the safety of his people... This is a 100 k full scifi romance novel featuring a BBW human heroine and a growly alpha male Brion warrior general. It can and should be read as a standalone and has a guaranteed HEA ending! Grab it now for 99 Cents for a limited time! Lana Cormac is a woman with a mission...
  • A Kiss on Kaidava by S.J. Sanders

    A Kiss on Kaidava by S.J. Sanders

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cara has been looking forward to her happily ever after. With no living family, it is all she has wanted for years and she thought she found it with the love of her life, Ben...
  • Alpha Unhinged by Olivia T. Turner

    Alpha Unhinged by Olivia T. Turner

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They call me the hot-headed brother.Mean. Fierce. Disgruntled. Prick.It's easy for them to judge.They're not the only ones on the ranch left without their mate.They're not tormented by a furious Kodiak bear.With the heat barreling down on us from our past,They need a vicious bastard like me...
  • Sheltered by the Orc: Monster Brides by Sandra R. Neeley

    Sheltered by the Orc: Monster Brides by Sandra R. Neeley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fall through an ancient Fae portal to a time when Orcs ruled the Irish countryside. Stumble into an arranged marriage with an Orc who wants you less than you want him. And when it’s all said and done?Frantically search for a way to travel through time back to his side...
  • Imprisoned by Evangeline Anderson

    Imprisoned by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A girl dressed as a boy In a Triple Max prison full of savage predators A Kindred warrior undercover, trying to protect What he thinks is an innocent boy. Lathe can't understand why he is so drawn to Ari But when her secret comes out, will it kill them both? You'll have to read Imprisoned to find out..
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    aliens  humor  paranormal  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary
  • Healing The Broken by Evangeline Anderson

    Healing The Broken by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kindred Tales Sarah Michaels is running for her life! Abducted into a cult called The Brotherhood of Peace at age twelve, she has grown up in an abusive system. Now as an adult, she is desperate to get away before she must become a “Bride of the Prophet” and is forced to have sex with the leader, the lecherous Father Caleb...
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    aliens  humor  paranormal  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • War for Earth by Erin Raegan

    War for Earth by Erin Raegan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Three weeks ago, an alien species called the Vitat, invaded the earth. They broke through the earth’s atmosphere and decimated the human population in moments. Their goal? Nothing but destruction and to feed their endless appetites. Their hive queen orbits earth in their warship, waiting until her hive have taken over the planet and she can consume earth’s sun to grow her massive hive...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  aliens  paranormal  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Alien Mate by Sadie Carter

    Alien Mate by Sadie Carter

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    With all the drama and trouble behind her, Zoey is looking forward to arriving on Zerconia and settling down into a normal life as Dex’s mate. Normal? What was she thinking? There is nothing normal about being mated to a sinfully sexy, often times arrogant and overprotective Zerconian warrior. But then normal is overrated, right? Trouble follows Zoey to Zerconia, threatening her very life...
  • One Big Bite by Michele Mills

    One Big Bite by Michele Mills

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “Who stole my lunch?” Cannibal’s carefully packed work lunches keep disappearing day after day. Only his. Grrr. Someone obviously appreciates expert cooking, but this constant thievery is about to throw him into a berserker rage. He has to track down this atrocity.“Don’t feed it,” his brothers warn, “you’ll just encourage it to scavenge...
  • Switched by Evangeline Anderson

    Switched by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A warrior with a talent that could get him killedA girl transported to a new existence with no warningWhen the two of them trade lives, it places them in mortal peril...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  humor  paranormal  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Claimed by an Alien Warrior by Tiffany Roberts

    Claimed by an Alien Warrior by Tiffany Roberts

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    An otherworldly warrior desperate to escape Earth. A curvy human female who’s his only hope—and his deepest desire.After losing her job, apartment, and boyfriend in one afternoon, Zoey doesn’t think things can get any worse. Then an uninvited passenger—green, four-armed, and sexy as sin—proves her wrong by dragging her into his frantic escape...
  • Interstellar Love Song by C. Rochelle

    Interstellar Love Song by C. Rochelle

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    MicahIf there’s one thing I can confirm, it’s that shacking up with a bodysnatching space mercenary has made life infinitely more exciting.But now it’s time to get space married!And… space mpregged?Unfortunately for my end game plans, a looming threat is hanging over the universe, and I do mean looming over the entire universe—threatening us all...
  • Taliz by Alana Khan

    Taliz by Alana Khan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Taliz avoids people for a reason… his untamed predator. But when a stranded human arrives, can he restrain his inner beast before his monster decides she’s his prey?ZaydieI’ve traveled all the way to planet Hallion to research their winter holiday...
  • The  (Alien) Nanny for Christmas by Amanda Milo

    The (Alien) Nanny for Christmas by Amanda Milo

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Hi. I’m Gwen. I’m a single mom to two growing boys—and now I’m the brand new owner of an alien whose greatest wish in life is to become a live-in nanny. It’s been kind of a weird day. I wholeheartedly recommend adding an alien to your household though. He cooks, he cleans—and the kids love him...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  humor  paranormal  steamy  adult  book  children  contemporary
  • The Cowboy Encounter by Kristy Tate

    The Cowboy Encounter by Kristy Tate

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An alternate cover edition of ASIN B00UM6B7TK can be found here.By these waters we do sleepClothed in night so dark and deepLady Moon who doth guide our dreams,Shroud us in your silvery beams.Take us to a distant time When love and hearts doth combine...
  • Wrath by Evie Mitchell

    Wrath by Evie Mitchell

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Post-apocalyptic MC romanceWrathFive years ago, I walked away from the woman I loved.She told me she loved another.She lied.In the before she had protections.In the after, I am her protection.And there is nothing that’ll keep me from taking what’s mine.Trigger warning: This is a darker series than my other books and contains some violence...
  • Secret Santa Surprise by Evangeline Anderson, MacKenzie Cartwright

    Secret Santa Surprise by Evangeline Anderson, MacKenzie Cartwright

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Listening Length: 5 hrs and 46 minsSeries: Kindred Tales, Book 29, Brides of the Kindred, Book 25.3One lonely older woman...Two younger warriors who think she’s beautiful...Add some spiked punch and a mix-up with the Secret Santa Gifts,And who knows what might happen? Melanie Jameson is afraid it’s going to be a lonely Christmas...
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    age-gap  aliens  humor  paranormal  steamy  adult  audiobook  book
  • Deep in Your Shadows by Darien Cox

    Deep in Your Shadows by Darien Cox

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s been three months since the team were instructed to stay off the mountain, and Christian is going a little stir crazy. Until one rainy afternoon an object crashes into the water in Singing Bear Village, creating temporary chaos and confusion in the peaceful lakeside community...
  • Stranded Temptation by Milly Taiden

    Stranded Temptation by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kara is ready to kill her boss, Max. She also wants him so badly it’s making her nuts. He’s a workaholic, and finds ways to keep her on the job late, ruining any love life she could have. Plus, he’s never shown the least bit of interest in her and that’s how she wants it, right? Maybe. Things change when their plane crashes on their way to a meeting, leaving them stranded on a deserted island...
  • An Alien for Christmas by Regine Abel

    An Alien for Christmas by Regine Abel

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The best gifts come in big packages.Meet Kathleen: a thirty-six-year-old Plain Jane extraordinaire, with a Ph. D in Xenobiology and another in Spinsterhood. This year, yet again, her sorry self is stuck working on Mars for the holidays. Aside from dodging the unrequited attentions of a certain cringe-worthy bachelor on the station, she mentally prepares for yet another lonely and boring Christmas...
  • Build-A-Daddy by Maren Smith

    Build-A-Daddy by Maren Smith

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When an impromptu trip to Build-A-Bear leads to getting caught in a snowstorm, Aubrey knows she’s in trouble. Stranded at a rest stop, who should come to her unexpected rescue but the cowboy Daddy-Dom of her dreams. Is it just her Little desires talking or is her deepest, most secret wish about to come true? Sometimes it’s a Little bit of magic. Sometimes, it’s a whole lot more...
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