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  • Bad Omens by Wendy Wang

    Bad Omens by Wendy Wang

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The dead leave signs...if you know where to look.After recovering from a near-death experience, Charlie Payne's connection to the dead seems to dry up overnight. But that doesn't stop old ghosts from trying to commune with her. Or a clever serial killer from targeting her and the whole witch community...
  • Mack's Rousing Ghoulish Highland Adventure by A.J. Sherwood

    Mack's Rousing Ghoulish Highland Adventure by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Mack did not sign up for hunting unknown ghost-eating creatures.But that’s what he gets when he and Brandon arrive to help Eli and husbands at an old inn situated in the Scottish Highlands. Now he’s surrounded by terrified ghosts on the run, zombie-ghosts that look eaten, and no one knows what the baddie is...
  • Mack's Perfectly Ghastly Homecoming by A.J. Sherwood

    Mack's Perfectly Ghastly Homecoming by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Mack’s over the moon to not only have Brandon but to finally be done with all their training. With the official FBI stamp of approval, they are ready to start ghost busting. The very last place he wants to be sent to is his hometown of Opelousas, Louisiana, however. But a child is being terrorized, and when he discovers it’s his favorite cousin, all reluctance is forgotten...
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    drama  ghosts  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  action-adventure  adult
  • Jon's Spooky Corpse Conundrum by A.J. Sherwood

    Jon's Spooky Corpse Conundrum by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I’ve investigated some pretty strange cases in my life, but I have to say this is a first. A corpse—a murder victim—has gone missing during the middle of an investigation, and no one has any clue where it went. Psy is called in to clear the investigative team, make sure they’re not an accomplice...
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    drama  ghosts  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  action-adventure  adult
  • The Necromancer's Dilemma by S.J. Himes

    The Necromancer's Dilemma by S.J. Himes

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    International bestselling hit The Beacon Hill Sorcerer series continues with Book #2, The Necromancer's Dilemma...Even love can die without trust.Angel’s brother, Isaac, has returned home, and the pair begins to make slow and awkward attempts back to each other...
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    demons  ghosts  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  action-adventure  adult
  • The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater

    The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 75 ratings
    The fourth and final installment in the spellbinding series from the irrepressible, #1 New York Times bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater.All her life, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love's death...
  • Shaker of Earth by Jordan L. Hawk

    Shaker of Earth by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Charleston is reeling beneath the onslaught of demons unleashed by the vampire spirit Drugoy and his human host Yuri. Alone and drained almost to the point of death, Gray and Caleb must make their way across a city gone mad in hopes of putting an end to Yuri and Dru. But the other drakul isn’t the only enemy they have to worry about...
  • Twelve Bones by Rosie Talbot

    Twelve Bones by Rosie Talbot

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Prepare for more spooky, swoony YA from BookTok star @Merrowchild! Charlie Frith and his new love, Sam, have just saved the dead from the living! Now it's time to focus on being a normal couple - if such a thing exists?But when a new threat lurks in the shadows, this time to the living, and all who Charlie and Sam hold near, they must put everything on the line - including their lives - to work...
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    lgbtq  paranormal  ghosts  magic  mlm  romance  fantasy  young-adult
  • The Reckoning by Kelley Armstrong

    The Reckoning by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 67 ratings
    Chloe Saunders is fifteen and would love to be normal. Unfortunately, Chloe happens to be a genetically engineered necromancer who can raise the dead without even trying. She and her equally gifted (or should that be 'cursed'?) friends are now running for their lives from the evil corporation that created them...
  • Bringer of Night by Jordan L. Hawk

    Bringer of Night by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The vampire spirit Gray and his human host Caleb have sworn never to drink from a human again. But when a woman from one of Caleb’s tour groups is murdered by what appears to be a vampire, Caleb is arrested as the prime suspect. Not only does she have a bite mark on her throat, but security camera footage reveals her murderer looks exactly like Caleb, down to the clothes he was wearing that night...
  • Coldburgh Train Station by Michele Notaro, Sammi Cee

    Coldburgh Train Station by Michele Notaro, Sammi Cee

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Do you hear bumps in the night? Get unexplained chills? Feel like someone’s watching you when you’re all alone? Don’t stay scared! Shoot RIPP a message for all your spooktacular needs!DaneI only go along with Rory and Thad’s crazy plan of checking out an abandoned train station because they seem so excited, and I honestly don’t care what we do for our film class project...
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    ghosts  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Irregulars by Nicole Kimberling, Josh Lanyon

    Irregulars by Nicole Kimberling, Josh Lanyon

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It’s a secret international organization operating in cities on every continent. It polices relations between the earthly realm and those beyond this world, enforcing immigration laws, the transfers of magical artifacts, and crimes against humanity.The agents who work for the NATO Irregular Affairs Division can’t tell anyone what they do, or how hard they work to keep us safe...
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    demons  ghosts  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  action-adventure  adult
  • Wolf's Bane by Kelley Armstrong

    Wolf's Bane by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Paperback & ebook release of 2018’s serialized novel about the teen children of Elena & Clay from my Otherworld series. When Kate and Logan Danvers are targeted by a pack of Australian werewolves, they aren’t nearly as concerned your average sixteen-year-olds might be. The twins are werewolves themselves, children of the American Pack Alpha and her enforcer mate...
  • Grave Decisions by Lily Harper Hart

    Grave Decisions by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Halloween has always been one of Maddie Graves’ favorite days, and this season things are going to be more special than ever because it’s her first big holiday with her live-in love Nick Winters. Nick is keen to make sure Maddie has the time of her life, but the arrival of a popular author and purported psychic in Blackstone Bay has him working overtime to provide protection...
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    drama  ghosts  magic  paranormal  action-adventure  adult  book  cozy
  • Bleeding Hearts by Alyxandra Harvey

    Bleeding Hearts by Alyxandra Harvey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Watch Alyxandra talking about her new book 'Bleeding Hearts'The Drakes and friends will be tested when an infestation of deadly vampires threatens Violet Hill.Lucy's cousin Christabel has come to live in Violet Hill, and adjusting to the difference between life in a small mountain town and her home in the city is difficult enough. The strict curfew that Lucy's parents enforce is the worst part...
  • Defiance by Lili St. Crow, Lilith Saintcrow

    Defiance by Lili St. Crow, Lilith Saintcrow

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Now that sixteen-year-old Dru's worst fears have come true and Sergej has kidnapped her best friend Graves, she'll have to go on a suicidal rescue mission to bring him back in one piece. That is, if she can put all of Christophe's training to good use, defeat her mother's traitor, Anna, once and for all, and manage to survive another day..
  • Storm by Skye Knizley

    Storm by Skye Knizley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On a rainy night in 1971 the cruise ship Crescent Star vanished in the North Atlantic without a trace. No crew, no lifeboats and no wreckage was ever found, in spite of a three-week search. Two days ago, she crashed through and sank a pleasure yacht off the coast of New York, leaving five people dead. The ship has answered no hails and no one appears to be aboard...
  • Unholy by Morgan Brice

    Unholy by Morgan Brice

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A cycle of ritual murders. A coven of dark warlocks, drawing their immortality from the magic of their dead master. Two men sworn to stop the deaths, destroy the warlocks, and avenge the victims. Except this time, the killer flips the script. Seth Tanner swore vengeance on the dark witches who killed his brother, Jesse...
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    demons  ghosts  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  action-adventure  adult
  • Raven by Skye Knizley

    Raven by Skye Knizley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All Hallows Eve approaches and for once Raven Storm has plans to spend the holiday enjoying a party at Isle of Night with family and friends, something she hasn't done since high school.But someone has other plans and Raven is called to investigate the grisly murder of Monsignor Quinn, a priest left to drown in his own blood...
  • The Final Formula Collection by Becca Andre

    The Final Formula Collection by Becca Andre

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When magic returned almost two decades ago, it found a modern world rooted in science, and those beliefs colored the way new abilities manifested. This New Magic is in sharp contrast to Old Magic, which has always been around, hiding in the dark and forgotten places. Addie isn’t magical, but she can wield power with the best of them...
  • Saint Odd by Dean Koontz

    Saint Odd by Dean Koontz

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    The future is haunting Odd Thomas.The carnival has returned to Pico Mundo, the same one that came to town when Odd was just sixteen. Odd is drawn to an arcade tent where he discovers Gypsy Mummy, the fortune-telling machine that told him that he and Stormy Llewellyn were destined to be together forever.But Stormy is dead and Pico Mundo is under threat once more...
  • The Hollow and the Haunted by Camilla Raines

    The Hollow and the Haunted by Camilla Raines

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In this darkly magical, romantic YA fantasy debut, a closeted teenage psychic in small-town Washington foresees the death of his sworn enemy, and is forced to work with him to save his life. Sparks fly, but the dead are restless, and some ghosts don't want to stay buried...Perfect for fans of The Raven Cycle, Cemetery Boys and Sixteen Souls...
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    lgbtq  paranormal  mlm  magic  high-school  ghosts  romance  fantasy
  • Unseen by Jordan L. Hawk

    Unseen by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Librarian Sebastian Rath and his lover Vesper Rune are tasked with seeking and containing the evil Books of the Bound. But one of the Books has been freed from its prison—and is in the hands of a killer.As more bodies turn up, Sebastian finds himself tempted to use forbidden magic to locate the Book and stop the murderer...
  • The White Night by Desmond Doane

    The White Night by Desmond Doane

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Yes, you should be afraid of the dark…A mighty demon sits at the right hand of Satan, and he knows paranormal investigator Ford Atticus Ford by name. Mike Long, too, but what the vile creature covets most lies with little Chelsea Hopper.As Ford wrestles with the uncertain nature of his future, a different kind of evil storms into his world, proving that not all demons are inhuman...
  • Dangerous by Kelley Armstrong

    Dangerous by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This novella is no longer published online but can be found inDarkest Powers Bonus Pack 1How Derek and Simon’s dad disappeared and they ended up at Lyle House...
  • Gray's Shadow by K.A. Merikan

    Gray's Shadow by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    --- There can be no shadow without the man to cast it. --- Gray. Lost his twin. Will never be complete. Works alone. Shadow. Monster? Human? Exists to be Gray’s one true companion. After losing his twin brother, Gray has devoted his life to the Kings of Hell MC. He will do anything to protect his family and that means anything. Even sell his own shadow to the devil...
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    demons  drama  ghosts  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  action-adventure
  • My Soul to Steal by Rachel Vincent

    My Soul to Steal by Rachel Vincent

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Trying to work things out with Nash—her maybe boyfriend—is hard enough for Kaylee Cavanaugh. She can't just pretend nothing happened. But "complicated" doesn't even begin to describe their relationship when his ex-girlfriend transfers to their school, determined to take Nash back.See, Sabine isn't just an ordinary girl. She's a mara, the living personification of a nightmare...
  • The Kill by L.J. Smith

    The Kill by L.J. Smith

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The bestselling author of The Vampire Diaries now completes her terrifying romantic horror trilogy. Before disappearing into the Shadow World, Julian takes Jenny Thornton's boyfriend and cousin. To get them back, she must go on a treasure hunt. To lose means paying the devil himself. Consumer sweepstakes...
  • Marked by Shadows by Lissa Kasey

    Marked by Shadows by Lissa Kasey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    MM Paranormal Romance Mystery. Who would have thought a crafting retreat could turn deadly? An escape from the exciting life of New Orleans ghost tours sounded like a good idea at the time. Micah invites Alex along to experience a few days of crafts, fabrics, and hanging out with friends. Except the group is more interested in ghost hunting than costume making...
  • Shallow Grave by E.A. Copen

    Shallow Grave by E.A. Copen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dead men tell no tales...Unless you're a necromancer. Then they never shut up. Life is finally going right for Lazarus Kerrigan, necromancer and Pale Horseman. Business is booming, and no gods have tried to kill him for a whole month. But the past is catching up to him.There's a serial killer on the loose in New Orleans, one that targets children and leaves behind only bones...
  • Any Port in a Storm by Emmie Mears

    Any Port in a Storm by Emmie Mears

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After months of training a budding army of human/demon hybrids, Ayala and Carrick have worked out most of their differences. Who gets to use the bathroom first in the morning. Who’ll feed the bunny before they go out to make mayhem. Who gets to keep the jeeling claw they found in Forest Hills. You know, the important stuff...
  • Dark Rivers by Morgan Brice

    Dark Rivers by Morgan Brice

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One hundred years ago, a sheriff’s posse killed dark warlock Rhyfel Gremory, but his witch-disciples escaped, and their magic made them nearly immortal. To keep their power, each year one of the witch-disciples kills a descendant of one of the men in the posse, a twelve-year cycle that has cost dozens of lives, including that of Seth Tanner’s brother, Jesse...
  • Find the Jinn by Maz Maddox

    Find the Jinn by Maz Maddox

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Wilde Contract Killing and Fish Training, how can I help you? Murder contract? Piece of cake.Find a jinn? No problem.New necromancy powers while being followed by an unwanted vampire bodyguard?Not so much.Trained to handle even the most fierce undead, Dallas Wilde took out a powerful necromancer without breaking a sweat...
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    mlm  paranormal  lgbtq  demons  magic  romance  fantasy  vampires
  • The Witch and the Englishman by J.R. Rain

    The Witch and the Englishman by J.R. Rain

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Witch and psychic Allison Lopez returns in THE WITCH AND THE ENGLISHMAN...and her powers are stronger than ever, thanks to her close association with an immortal friend, and her coaching by a ghost witch. In book #2 of this series, Allison is asked to look into a murder mystery that's much, much more than she ever bargained for. Luckily, she's not alone in her battle against an ancient evil...
  • The Watchers by Lynnie Purcell

    The Watchers by Lynnie Purcell

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sixteen-year-old Clare has spent her life traveling from town to town, never knowing a home, content to live from city to city. So, when her mom decides to drag Clare back to her hometown, Clare is skeptical. But, it is there, she learns the power of home, the meaning of the secret she has kept since birth, and the future of her role in a world far from normal...
  • Winter by Josh Lanyon

    Winter by Josh Lanyon

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Since Alan died, Flynn isn't eating, isn't sleeping, and isn't spending a lot of time looking in mirrors...
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    drama  ghosts  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  action-adventure  adult
  • The Benson by Karina Halle

    The Benson by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A short, sexy and scary read.The Benson hotel in Portland, Oregon might look like your ordinary, swanky turn-of-the century hotel, but deep in the heart of this historic icon, lie a few restless souls with secrets that won't stay buried...
  • My Soul to Keep by Rachel Vincent

    My Soul to Keep by Rachel Vincent

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Kaylee has one addiction: her very hot, very popular boyfriend, Nash. A banshee like Kaylee, Nash understands her like no one else. Nothing can come between them.Until something does.Demon breath. No, not the toothpaste-challenged kind. The Netherworld kind. The kind that really can kill you. Somehow the super-addictive substance has made its way to the human world...
  • Oblivion by Kelly Creagh

    Oblivion by Kelly Creagh

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    This electrifying conclusion to the Nevermore trilogy takes one last trip to the dream world of Edgar Allan Poe to reveal the intertwined fates of Isobel and Varen.The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? —Edgar Allan PoeThe fine line between life and death blurred long ago for Isobel Lanley...
  • The Little Shop of Curiosities The Music Box - Part 1. by Vawn Cassidy

    The Little Shop of Curiosities The Music Box - Part 1. by Vawn Cassidy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Music Box - Part 1.Despite being raised and well loved by his two adoptive fathers Harrison Ames has always felt alone. As an incredibly powerful witch he’s never come across anyone else who can do the things he can. Moving to London from Devon, he’d hoped that if he finally gathered the courage to confront the biological mother who’d given him up as a baby, he might finally have some answers...
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    mlm  paranormal  magic  ghosts  lgbtq  demons  romance  fantasy
  • In the Arms of the Beast by K.A. Merikan

    In the Arms of the Beast by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    --- The real demons live within --- Laurent. Time traveller. Devoted husband. Stubborn as the devil himself. Beast. Kings of Hell MC president. Will stop at nothing to protect his family...
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    demons  ghosts  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  action-adventure  adult
  • Betrayals by Lili St. Crow, Lilith Saintcrow

    Betrayals by Lili St. Crow, Lilith Saintcrow

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    She’s no angel...Poor Dru Anderson. Her parents are long gone, her best friend is a werewolf, and she’s just learned that the blood flowing through her veins isn’t entirely human. (So what else is new?)Now Dru is stuck at a secret New England Schola for other teens like her, and there’s a big problem—she’s the only girl in the place...
  • The Light by D.J. MacHale

    The Light by D.J. MacHale

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Marshall Seaver is being haunted. It begins with mysterious sounds, a fleeting face outside a window, a rogue breeze - all things that can be explained away. That is, until he comes face-to-face with a character who only exists on the pages of a sketchbook - a character Marshall himself created...
  • The Mortal Bone by Marjorie M. Liu

    The Mortal Bone by Marjorie M. Liu

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    When the bond Maxine Kiss shares with the demons tattooed on her skin is deliberately severed, the demon hunter is left vulnerable and unprotected. For the first time in ten thousand years, the demons have a taste of freedom. And as the little demons grow more violent and unpredictable, Maxine starts to fear they will lose their minds without her...
  • Smoke and Ashes by Tanya Huff

    Smoke and Ashes by Tanya Huff

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This third novel in Tanya Huff's action-packed series features Tony Foster and the crew of "Darkest Night," a TV series about a vampire detective. This time they find themselves facing another supernatural menace, a Demonic Convergence...
    Categorized as:
    demons  ghosts  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  action-adventure  adult
  • The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong

    The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 68 ratings
    Chloe Saunders used to have a relatively normal life.But now she finds herself in the middle of some really strange situations because:~She suddenly starts seeing dead people.~She gets locked up in a group home for unstable teens.~The group home isn't what it seems. My name is Chloe Saunders and my life will never be the same again...
  • Stalked by Shadows by Lissa Kasey

    Stalked by Shadows by Lissa Kasey

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A missing girl, ritual murders, and a shadow stalking every footstep.Alexis Caine survived an attack in the deserts of Afghanistan. An attack the government denied and discharged him for, leaving him broken and in a mental institution. What Alex saw that day in the desert continues to haunts him...
    Categorized as:
    demons  drama  ghosts  lgbtq  magic  mlm  paranormal  action-adventure
  • An Inner Darkness by Ally Blue

    An Inner Darkness by Ally Blue

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    All hell's about to break loose. Literally. Bay City Paranormal Investigations Book 5. After more than a year as a couple-and plenty of bumps along the road-Sam Raintree and Dr. Bo Broussard are finally settling into life together. Bo has come to terms with his sexuality, their business is thriving, and Sam has begun to accept his role as a step-parent of sorts to Bo's sons, Sean and Adrian...
  • Grimm: The Chopping Block by John Passarella

    Grimm: The Chopping Block by John Passarella

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A cache of bones is found in a shallow grave in local woods... Meanwhile missing persons cases in Portland seem to be on the increase. As more bones are discovered, Portland homicide Detective Nick Burkhardt and his partner Hank Griffin investigate - but there seems to be no connection between the victims... A brand-new original story set in the Grimm universe...
  • Hunted by Adam Slater

    Hunted by Adam Slater

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Once every century, the barrier between the human world and the demon realm begins to break down. Creatures gather, anxiously waiting to cross the divide, to bring death and destruction from their world to ours. This time is called The Shadowing.Callum Scott has always known that there is a supernatural world out there—he’s seen ghosts for as long as he can remember...
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