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  • The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

    The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 67 ratings
    Mara Dyer knows she isn't crazy. She knows that she can kill with her mind, and that Noah can heal with his. Mara also knows that somehow, Jude is not a hallucination. He is alive. Unfortunately, convincing her family and doctors that she's not unstable and doesn't need to be hospitalised isn't easy. The only person who actually believes her is Noah...
  • Ashes to Ashes by Karina Halle

    Ashes to Ashes by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    It’s been two months since Perry Palomino and Dex Foray’s relationship reached a new turning point, two months since Perry started a new life in Seattle, and two months since their Experiment in Terror show took on a new partner, ex-Wine Babe Rebecca Sims, and found a new level of success. But whenever there is light in their lives, the madness still has a way of coming back in...
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    dark  drama  family  gothic  steamy  suspense  action-adventure  adult
  • Eleventh Grade Burns by Heather Brewer, Z Brewer

    Eleventh Grade Burns by Heather Brewer, Z Brewer

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Things have taken a darker turn for the half-human teenager with an appetite for blood. Joss, a vampire slayer and Vlad's former friend, has moved back to Bathory. A mysterious and powerful new vampire, Dorian, appears with a shocking secret and an overwhelming desire to drink Vlad's blood. And Vlad's arch enemy, D'Ablo, has a sinister plan to eliminate Vlad once and for all...
  • As Dead As It Gets by Katie Alender

    As Dead As It Gets by Katie Alender

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    In the terrifying final installment of the Bad Girls Don't Die series, Alexis battles a more powerful ghost than she's ever faced before... and one whose fate is tied to hers in ways she couldn't possibly imagine...
  • Sinister Legacy: An erotic horror novel by Harleigh Beck

    Sinister Legacy: An erotic horror novel by Harleigh Beck

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    KeiraI was born with darkness in my veins.My name is Keira Hill. I’m the daughter of one of the country’s most notorious serial killers.I hide in plain sight. Pretending to fit in. Pretending I’m not haunted by my father’s skeletons.In two months’ time, he’s scheduled to be executed...
  • Nicu II and Victoria's Incestuous Romance by Kenneth Jarrett Singleton

    Nicu II and Victoria's Incestuous Romance by Kenneth Jarrett Singleton

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    With love for one another resting within their inseparable hearts, and a secret occupying their active, yet silent souls, seventeen-year-old Prince Nicu II and his sixteen-year-old sister Victoria, First Princess of Exubertis, must make a choice between their incestuous love affair, and the maintaining of stability within their royal family...
  • The Pagan Stone by Nora Roberts, Dan John Miller

    The Pagan Stone by Nora Roberts, Dan John Miller

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts’ electrifying trilogy comes to an end, as three men and three women join forces—and hearts—to battle the ultimate evil.Years ago, after their blood brother ritual, Gage, Fox, and Caleb each emerged from the woods with a piece of bloodstone. Now, it will become their weapon in the final fight against the demon they awakened...
  • Cold Calculation by Cole McCade

    Cold Calculation by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ABOUT THIS EPISODE How do you profile a serial killer who keeps changing his pattern? A body encased in ice and a cryptic message make Malcolm, Seong-Jae, and Aanga Joshi question everything they thought they'd learned about the Golden Ratio Killer. If their suspect can change his methods and alter his patterns, he could easily disappear... ..
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    dark  drama  family  suspense  adult  age-gap  angst  bisexuality
  • Pandemonium by Katie May

    Pandemonium by Katie May

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ELLIEFor so long, secrets have ripped us apart.But slowly and surely, I’m learning to put my trust in the five dangerous men who’ve captured my heart.Shocking revelations prove just how deadly the Paragons of Prosperity truly are.By taking the Paragons on, I must decide what I’m willing to give up to destroy them once and for all...
  • Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

    Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    The conclusion to the Cat and Mouse Duet is here...The DiamondDeath walks alongside me,But the reaper is no match for me.I'm trapped in a world full of monsters dressed as men, and those who aren't as they seem.They won't keep me forever.I no longer recognize the person I've become,And I'm fighting to find my way back to the beast who hunts me in the night...
    Categorized as:
    dark  steamy  suspense  gothic  romance  horror  contemporary  fiction
  • The Church by Celia Aaron

    The Church by Celia Aaron

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Trapped. Beaten. Broken. Adam destroyed himself to save me. At first, I doubt if I have the strength to go on. But with every second that passes, I see the and curse the Prophet. My time as a Maiden is over. I refuse to be a toy in his game any longer. But there’s always more ways for the Prophet to get to me, to use me, and to keep me under his influence...
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    classics  dark  drama  family  gothic  steamy  suspense  abuse
  • The Souls of Lost Lake by Jaime Jo Wright

    The Souls of Lost Lake by Jaime Jo Wright

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Wren Blythe has long enjoyed being among the Northwoods, helping her father with programming at a youth camp. But when a little girl in the area goes missing, an all-out search ensues, reviving the decades-old campfire story of Ava Coons, the murderess, who still roams the woods. Joining the search, Wren stumbles upon the Coons cabin ruins and a rotting porcelain doll...
  • The Shadow by Sylvain Reynard

    The Shadow by Sylvain Reynard

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author of the Gabriel trilogy comes the hotly anticipated follow-up to The Raven, a sensual novel set in Florence featuring the dangerously intoxicating coupling of Raven and William…Raven Wood’s vampyre prince has returned, pledging his love and promising justice for every wrong done to her...
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    dark  drama  gothic  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult  alpha-mc
  • The Arrangement 14: The Ferro Family by H.M. Ward

    The Arrangement 14: The Ferro Family by H.M. Ward

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Sean Ferro is a liar. Everything he’s ever told me melts away until only the truth remains and I don’t like what I see. Gabe tried to warn me, but I didn’t understand the depths of Sean’s corruption until he let them take me away. After everything we’ve been through, I’m crushed, but I refuse to accept this fate. Screw that, I’m not dying tonight...
    Categorized as:
    dark  drama  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  anthologies
  • Counts of Eight by Brynn Ford

    Counts of Eight by Brynn Ford

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    RELEASE DATE: May 31, 2020ARCs sign-up open through May 18, 2020: bit.ly/CO8ARCsAll of my choices had been stripped from me except for one.Dance or die.Three years ago, I was taken, stolen away, far from the world I knew, far from civilization. I became a slave, forced to serve one of the four families with my talent. I'd been abused, battered, tortured in isolation...
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    dark  gothic  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult  age-gap  book
  • BONES by Yolanda Olson

    BONES by Yolanda Olson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Content advisory: The following book contains vivid depictions of gore, graphic sexual violence, endless mind games, will induce strangely beautiful feelings of paranoia, and lots of bad things. Really bad things. It's not recommended eating before, during, or after reading this story. Prepare for a one way trip to Hell. I'm haunted. Not by ghosts, but by a face I can't quite remember...
  • Chaos by Ashlynn Author

    Chaos by Ashlynn Author

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’m Jade Rivers, Devil Incarnate’s Club princess. This isn’t your typical love story. I have a crazy ex who won’t let me go. A mafia prince who has signed his death warrant, an obsessive Cartel enforcer, and last but not least, the senator's son, who I’m not sure if he wants me dead or alive.Junior year at Whitestone Academy was supposed to be my year of freedom from club life...
  • Beg For Mercy by Lucian Bane

    Beg For Mercy by Lucian Bane

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The fight is on in this installment, Mercy is holding nothing back in her endeavor to prove to Sade he can experience love and pleasure. Sade,however has other plans and his darkness is front and center in them. Meanwhile, Father Abraham is still on the loose with a score to settle with them all and no one is safe from his wrath...
  • The Headmaster  (Shivers) by Tiffany Reisz

    The Headmaster (Shivers) by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A fever dream of desires fulfilled.Nestled in the shadow of the Appalachians is where Gwen Ashby stumbles upon the William Marshall Academy, and she's given a trial position as a literature teacher. The gothic boarding school seems trapped in time yet it feels like home the moment Gwen arrives...
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    dark  drama  gothic  high-school  steamy  suspense  adult  age-gap
  • Mud Vein by Tarryn Fisher

    Mud Vein by Tarryn Fisher

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    When reclusive novelist Senna Richards wakes up on her thirty-third birthday, everything has changed. Caged behind an electrical fence, locked in a house in the middle of the snow, Senna is left to decode the clues to find out why she was taken. If she wants her freedom, she has to take a close look at her past. But, her past has a heartbeat... and her kidnapper is nowhere to be found...
  • Don't Look Back by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Don't Look Back by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Samantha is a stranger in her own life. Until the night she disappeared with her best friend, Cassie, everyone said Sam had it all - popularity, wealth, and a dream boyfriend. Sam has resurfaced, but she has no recollection of who she was or what happened to her that night. As she tries to piece together her life from before, she realizes it's one she no longer wants any part of...
  • Splinters of You by Anne Malcom

    Splinters of You by Anne Malcom

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Words are my weapon.Stories wrap around my soul, choking me, capturing you.I don't work in dreams.I don't offer escapes.I cage you within my nightmares.Magnolia Grace is a horror writer, despite what the name might suggest.One of the best in the business, if you asked around.Pressure comes with that title. Expectation for the next nightmare. The next bestseller.Sickness.That's what it is...
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    dark  steamy  suspense  adult  biker  book  captivity  contemporary
  • The Perfect Cover by Charlotte Byrd

    The Perfect Cover by Charlotte Byrd

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Tyler McDermott escapes from prison, he takes me hostage.No, I do not fall in love with my captor.Tyler is an innocent man who was framed for a heinous double murder.Of course, I do not know that yet.All that I know is that he has a knife to my throat. All that I know is that if I want to live, I have to let him in...
  • Apathy by L.K. Reid

    Apathy by L.K. Reid

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There were sicknesses in this world even holy water couldn't wash away.In vicious nights, beautiful monsters lay.Some with faces known, some ready to play.Unsure of a friend, unsure of a foe,Be certain of nothing you think you know,Because what once enters Winworth,never leaves again.Skylar Blackwood thought she knew what monsters looked like.But in Winworth, nothing is what it seems...
  • Discovering by Wendy Corsi Staub

    Discovering by Wendy Corsi Staub

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After finally learning who was behind her mother's death, Calla still doesn't understand why it happened. Somewhere out there, someone seems to share the powerful psychic abilities that allow Calla to see not only into the past, but to the Other Side-someone who apparently doesn't want to be found...
  • Every Soul by L.K. Collins

    Every Soul by L.K. Collins

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    This novel is NOT part of the Life . Destiny . Fate series. More to come.... When you lose the one person who grounds your existence, your whole world changes. In life, it is said that everything happens for a reason...
  • Finders Keepers by Fern Michaels

    Finders Keepers by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels thrills us, once again, with the story of an unforgettable young woman who was stolen as a toddler from a poor but loving family, and who must journey through a maze of heartbreak before she can reclaim her true identity. Raised in a magnificent Charleston house, Jessie Roland wants for nothing...
  • The China Garden by Liz Berry

    The China Garden by Liz Berry

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When Clare moves with her mother from London to Ravensmere, an historic English estate, she can't shake the feeling that the residents already know her, especially Mark, a maddeningly attractive biker. Clare also feels compelled to take midnight walks in Ravensmere's abandoned China Garden. Then her mother reveals that their own past is tragically linked to the estate...
  • Empathy by Ker Dukey

    Empathy by Ker Dukey

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Blake:I am a brotherI am a police detectiveI am a contract killerI don’t want to loveI don’t want to feelI don’t want … EMPATHY. They say some people are born with decreased activity in the front central lobe causing them a deficiency in empathy...
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    dark  drama  family  love-triangle  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult
  • What We Saw by Aaron Hartzler

    What We Saw by Aaron Hartzler

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Kate Weston can piece together most of the bash at John Doone’s house: shots with Stacey Stallard, Ben Cody taking her keys and getting her home early—the feeling that maybe he’s becoming more than just the guy she’s known since they were kids.But when a picture of Stacey passed out over Deacon Mills’s shoulder appears online the next morning, Kate suspects she doesn’t have all the details...
    Categorized as:
    dark  drama  family  high-school  realistic  suspense  abuse  book
  • Chasing Brooklyn by Lisa Schroeder

    Chasing Brooklyn by Lisa Schroeder

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Restless souls and empty hearts Brooklyn can't sleep. Her boyfriend, Lucca, died only a year ago, and now her friend Gabe has just died of an overdose. Every time she closes her eyes, Gabe's ghost is there waiting for her. She has no idea what he wants or why it isn't Lucca visiting her dreams. Nico can't stop. He's always running, trying to escape the pain of losing his brother, Lucca...
  • Heaven by V.C. Andrews

    Heaven by V.C. Andrews

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Of all the folks in the mountain shacks, the Casteels were the lowest — the scum of the hills.Heaven Leigh Casteel was the prettiest, smartest girl in the backwoods, despite her ragged clothes and dirty face...despite a father meaner than ten vipers...despite her weary stepmother, who worked her like a mule. For her brother Tom and the little ones, Heaven clung to her pride and her hopes...
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    classics  dark  drama  family  gothic  high-school  realistic  steamy
  • The Captive Part II / The Power by L.J. Smith

    The Captive Part II / The Power by L.J. Smith

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Caught in the struggle between good and evil . . .Cassie has joined the most alluring—and deadly—in-crowd imaginable. But power comes with a price, and it's more dangerous than she knows...
  • The Storyteller by Antonia Michaelis

    The Storyteller by Antonia Michaelis

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Anna and Abel couldn’t be more different. They are both seventeen and in their last year of school, but while Anna lives in a nice old town house and comes from a well-to-do family, Abel, the school drug dealer, lives in a big, prisonlike tower block at the edge of town. Anna is afraid of him until she realizes that he is caring for his six-year-old sister on his own...
  • Dark Angel by V.C. Andrews

    Dark Angel by V.C. Andrews

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Second in the Casteel family saga series set in Virginia and Boston. As Heaven moves away from home she is determined to leave her traumatic past behind...
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    classics  dark  drama  family  gothic  high-school  realistic  suspense
  • Deadly Little Games by Laurie Faria Stolarz

    Deadly Little Games by Laurie Faria Stolarz

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    High school juniors Camelia and Ben have discovered a powerful bond: They both possess the power of psychometry, the ability to see the future through touch. For Ben, the gift is a frightening liability. When he senses a strong threat or betrayal, he risks losing control. Camelia's gift is more mysterious. When she works with clay, her hands sculpt messages her mind doesn't yet comprehend...
  • Right Behind You by Gail Giles

    Right Behind You by Gail Giles

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When he was nine, Kip set another child on fire. Now, after years in a juvenile ward, he is ready for a fresh start. But the ghosts of his past soon demand justice, and he must reveal his painful secret...
  • Gothikana by RuNyx

    Gothikana by RuNyx

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    An unusual girl. An enigmatic man. An ancient castle. What could go wrong?An outcast her entire life, Corvina Clemm is left adrift after losing her mother. When she receives the admission letter from the mysterious University of Verenmore, she accepts it as a sign from the universe...
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    dark  drama  gothic  high-school  steamy  suspense  adult  age-gap
  • Initiated by Steffanie Holmes

    Initiated by Steffanie Holmes

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    They were my tormenters. Now, they’re all that stands between me and my nightmares. Trey, Quinn, and Ayaz—the king, the joker, and the enigma. Three guys who’ve flipped my life upside down, set my heart on fire, and shown me that nothing is as it seems. Last quarter, they broke me. I thought that was the worst it could get at Miskatonic Prep. I was wrong...
  • Phantom by Laura DeLuca

    Phantom by Laura DeLuca

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The “Phantom” was a musical phenomenon that Rebecca had always found enchanting. She had no idea that her life was about to mirror the play that was her obsession. When her high school drama club chooses “Phantom” as their annual production, Rebecca finds herself in the middle of an unlikely love triangle and the target of a sadistic stalker who uses the lines from the play as their calling card...
  • Cadence by D.H. Sidebottom, Ker Dukey

    Cadence by D.H. Sidebottom, Ker Dukey

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Cade. He had her love. Her devotion. He destroyed her with it! Years I loved Faye Avery from a distance, watched my brother have something he didn’t deserve. She was always too good for him. Dante had a need for control and that grew with him from childhood, infecting her to bend to his whim...
    Categorized as:
    dark  drama  family  love-triangle  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult
  • Slashers & Secrets: Hellcrest Heights Book 1 by A.R. Breck

    Slashers & Secrets: Hellcrest Heights Book 1 by A.R. Breck

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From dark romance author who brought the Blackridge Prep Series.Secrets are meant to be buried, until they aren't.And Lakyn Ashford has the biggest secret of all.She thought she could get away with it.She should've known better.I'd never allow her to escape so easily.There is nothing more enjoyable than witnessing her crumble as I taunt her, trick her, and toy with her sanity...
  • Carnival Shadows: A Dark Stalker Romance by Selena Winters

    Carnival Shadows: A Dark Stalker Romance by Selena Winters

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The problem with stalking a predator? Sometimes, they decide to keep you.I study killers for a living. I analyze their methods, dissect their psychology, and share their darkest deeds with my podcast listeners, but I’ve never encountered anyone like Remy.When I spotted him at the carnival, I knew he was different...
    Categorized as:
    dark  steamy  suspense  gothic  romance  contemporary  stalking  crime
  • Shadowface: A Dark College Romance by Rhea Ryan

    Shadowface: A Dark College Romance by Rhea Ryan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He was my nameless monster, lurking in the shadows of my dreams. A constant presence in the depths of the night. A kiss, a caress, and a night so passionate I questioned my sanity. My first day of class at Kinsmen University changes everything. A leaked photo, a dead body, and a man who rises from the grave...
  • The Secret of Cypriere Bayou by Jana Deleon

    The Secret of Cypriere Bayou by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A MANSION OF HORRORS DEEP IN THE LOUISIANA BAYOUS...For Olivia Markham, laMalediction is the ideal setting in which to complete her work. But something is sending a chill up the usually fearless author's spine. There are the unearthly noises, the sliding panels, the hidden passageways...and John Landry, the sexy caretaker who seems less than welcoming...
  • Splintered by Tal Bauer

    Splintered by Tal Bauer

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Everything in Ben's life was perfect. He had it all. The good career. The perfect partner, Evan. The happy home. They were even talking about turning the extra bedroom into a nursery.But things start to splinter. Evan begins missing time, not knowing where he was or how he got there...
    Categorized as:
    dark  suspense  drama  steamy  romance  mlm  paranormal  lgbtq
  • The Deviants by C.J. Skuse

    The Deviants by C.J. Skuse

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When you set out for revenge, dig two gravesGrowing up in the sleepy English seaside town of Brynston, the fearless five – Ella, Max, Corey, Fallon and Zane – were always inseparable. Living up to their nickname, they were the adventurous, rowdy kids who lived for ghost stories and exploring the nearby islands off the coast...
  • Ruthless Valentine by Annika Nofal

    Ruthless Valentine by Annika Nofal

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    KingTeagan’s voice wraps around me like a vise, luring me further into temptation with every word she speaks and with every move she makes. I’ve been watching her for months. Memorizing her daily schedule, her mannerisms, how she interacts. She doesn’t even know I exist. But she will.PhoenixMy brother has it bad for our new stepsister and it doesn’t take me long to realize why...
  • Light Up the Dark by Suki Fleet

    Light Up the Dark by Suki Fleet

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For two years Nicky has wandered the dark empty corridors of the overgrown Thorn Hall, unseen and untouched, feeling like a ghost. His only company, the cold man who promised to keep him safe from harm, Lance. But when Lance dies, Nicky’s assurance of safety disintegrates and his world suddenly becomes a lot more real and a lot more dangerous. Scared to leave the house, Nicky longs for daylight...
    Categorized as:
    dark  gothic  suspense  adult  angst  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Wickingham Way by S.R. Grey

    Wickingham Way by S.R. Grey

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Maddy Fitch discovers there's a hit out on the love of her life--the handsome, but often secretive Adam Ward--she concludes life with such a powerful man may never be normal. But who wants normal? Not Maddy--mystery writer and sometimes-sleuth...
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