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  • Revealed in Fire by K.F. Breene

    Revealed in Fire by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The DDVN World story continues, largely told from Reagan's point of view, but including all major players.Reagan's trip down to the underworld was never going to remain a mystery. And now Lucifer is actively looking for the woman and her vampire cohort that raised hell in his domaine...
  • It's a Matter of Midlife and Death by Robyn Peterman

    It's a Matter of Midlife and Death by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Midlife is madness—magical, messy and one freaking crisis after another.With a new job I didn’t apply for and an extended family I didn’t know I had—midlife has become somewhat problematic. Gluing ghosts back together is easy compared to my new celestial occupation.The Grim Reaper wants to put a ring on it. Tim wants to be a father...
  • You Light Up My Midlife Crisis by Robyn Peterman

    You Light Up My Midlife Crisis by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Midlife is definitely a journey. The road has massive potholes.And the crisis… it’s the gift that keeps on giving. Being forty is supposed to be freaking fabulous not fatal. Taking on a daunting new job minus the description isn’t the smartest move I’ve ever made, even if it was to save a friend. Hopefully, it doesn’t turn out to be the stupidest… or deadliest...
  • It's A Hard-Knock Midlife by Robyn Peterman

    It's A Hard-Knock Midlife by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Midlife is supposed to be messy, but this is a full-on catastrophic crisis.Just when I thought life might be getting back to normal—normal being a relative word—I couldn’t have been more wrong.Marriage proposal from the Grim Reaper? Yes.Beautiful healthy baby? Yes.Friends and family safe? Yes.Ghost of my worst enemy sitting on my front porch? OMG. Yep...
  • Fifth Grave Past the Light by Darynda Jones

    Fifth Grave Past the Light by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    Never underestimate the power of a woman on a double espresso with a mocha latte chaser high.-T-shirt Charley Davidson isnt your everyday, run-of-the-mill grim reaper. Shes more of a paranormal private eyegrim reaper extraordinaire. However, she gets sidetracked when the sexy, sultry son of Satan, Reyes Farrow, moves in next door...
  • The Facts of Midlife by Robyn Peterman

    The Facts of Midlife by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Midlife is sheer madness, and the facts of midlife are not taught in school. Unfortunately, some lessons are hellishly hard to learn.I thought I had it figured out. I was wrong.Proving I’m the Angel of Mercy is turning into a sh*tshow of epic proportions.Not too long ago, I was a forty-year-old gal with a stable and boring life ahead of me. Now? Not so much...
  • Love Will Tear Us Apart by C.K. McDonnell

    Love Will Tear Us Apart by C.K. McDonnell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Love can be a truly terrible thing.Marriages are tricky at the best of times, especially when one of you is dead.Vincent Banecroft, the irascible editor of The Stranger Times, has never believed his wife died despite emphatic evidence to the contrary...
  • Wisteria Warned by Angela Pepper

    Wisteria Warned by Angela Pepper

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Zara Riddle is another year older, and busier than ever. She's a powerful witch, a skilled librarian, and the World's Best Mom - according to her coffee mug. It's no wonder the town's detective keeps seeking her help. If you want something done, ask a busy person!Zara partners again with Detective Bentley to investigate a call about a missing person...
  • Whiskers on Kittens by R.J. Blain

    Whiskers on Kittens by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The next time a friend dared her to steal something, Kelsie would say no. Should the friend also be a succubus, not only would she say no, she would run for the nearest border faster than a bat fleeing the dark depths of hell.Under normal circumstances, she didn’t even mind serving community service. It added spice to an otherwise boring day and gave her something productive to do...
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    paranormal  magic  demons  humor  female-mc  angels  alpha-mc  romance
  • Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones

    Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 48 ratings
    Paranormal private eye. Grim reaper extraordinaire. Whatever. Charley Davidson is back! And she's drinking copious amounts of caffeine to stay awake because, every time she closes her eyes, she sees him: Reyes Farrow, the part-human, part-supermodel son of Satan. Yes, she did imprison him for all eternity, but come on...
  • Fury and Ice by Annabel Chase

    Fury and Ice by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Welcome to Chipping Cheddar where supernaturals are hidden in plain sight.When a woman is murdered behind the library, Chief Fox realizes the victim was more than she seemed and enlists the aid of Chipping Cheddar’s resident Federal Bureau of Magic agent, Eden Fury...
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    angels  demons  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal  adult  animals
  • The Trouble with Twelfth Grave by Darynda Jones

    The Trouble with Twelfth Grave by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Grim Reaper Charley Davidson is back in the twelfth installment of Darynda Jones’ New York Times bestselling paranormal series.Ever since Reyes escaped from a hell dimension in which Charley accidently trapped him, the son of Satan has been brimstone-bent on destroying the world his heavenly Brother created. His volatile tendencies have put Charley in a bit of a pickle...
  • Sixth Grave on the Edge by Darynda Jones

    Sixth Grave on the Edge by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    Few things in life can come between a grim reaper and her coffee, but the sexy, sultry son of Satan is one of them. Now that Reyes Farrow has asked for her hand, Charley Davidson feels it's time to learn more about his past, but Reyes is reluctant to open up...
  • Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet by Darynda Jones

    Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    Welcome to the world of grim reaper extraordinaire Charley Davidson. Try as she might, there’s no avoiding her destiny.Sometimes being the grim reaper really is, well, grim. And since Charley’s last case went so awry, she has taken a couple of months off to wallow in the wonders of self-pity...
  • Fashionably Dead in Diapers by Robyn Peterman

    Fashionably Dead in Diapers by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    And I thought being half Vampyre/half Demon was hard…That’s nothing compared to being a mother. Sweet baby Moses in a boob tube, there aren’t any books on raising True Immortals so let me give you a few tips…~Make a map of every closet and bathroom in your home if you enjoy having sex. Sleep deprivation can cause confusion and a map will help if you only have seven minutes and thirty-one seconds...
  • Whose Midlife Crisis Is It Anyway? by Robyn Peterman

    Whose Midlife Crisis Is It Anyway? by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A Paranormal Women's Fiction with a bit of class, and a lot of sass, for anyone who feels like age is just a number!Midlife's a journey. Enjoy the ride. Crisis included.Never knew that life after death was far more dangerous than real life.Never in my forty years did I think my new normal would be gluing body parts back onto ghosts and hosting a houseful of dead squatters...
  • My Midlife Crisis, My Rules by Robyn Peterman

    My Midlife Crisis, My Rules by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    My midlife crisis. My rules. And if it doesn’t put me six feet under, I plan to live it up in style—possibly for the rest of eternity…After a Luke Skywalker/Darth Vader moment, I discovered I do indeed have a father. He comes with a hell of a lot of baggage, but I’ve decided to keep him. Not only do I have a father, I have a kickass new sister, a ghostly family, and super powers to boot...
  • Fashionably Dead Down Under by Robyn Peterman

    Fashionably Dead Down Under by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Welcome to Hell.Literally.The Hell where the Prince of Darkness is hotter than Hades, Hell Hounds smell like brownies and the Seven Deadly Sins are addicted to Facebook... Not to mention the soundtrack in the Underworld is Journey. For real...
  • Three's A Charm by Robyn Peterman

    Three's A Charm by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What’s a witch to do when her magic is on the fritz and there’s a huge pile of laundry to be done? Easy. Flood the entire house. Everyone wants a bubbly indoor freakin’ swimming pool… right? Just when everything is right in my life, something has to go wrong—times three. Number one: an unknown evil force wants to steal my power...
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    alpha-mc  demons  humor  magic  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book
  • For the Love of Cupidity by Raven Kennedy

    For the Love of Cupidity by Raven Kennedy

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    First comes love, then comes mating, then comes the baby and some cupid training. Cupidville is overrun with new cupid recruits, and it’s up to me to train them in time for Valentine’s Day. Too bad I have four mates who keep insisting that it’s time for me to take a break...
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    alpha-mc  angels  demons  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal  adult
  • As The Underworld Turns by Robyn Peterman

    As The Underworld Turns by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    What does a forty-year-old former child star do when she finds out she’s a Demon?A sitcom, of course.Age is just a number unless you’re an actress of a certain age trying to make a comeback in La La Land. Back in the day, I was the child star of the hit show Camp Bites. Today, I’m still living it down...
  • All The Write Moves by Robyn Peterman

    All The Write Moves by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Going to Hell has never been on my bucket list… until now.The fact that I can speak that sentence without laughing or losing my mind is absurd. However, my life has veered into a very tricky tale that rivals any of my books.The villain has been banished. I’ve written her right into an infernal doom...
  • Seventh Grave and No Body by Darynda Jones

    Seventh Grave and No Body by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    Twelve. Twelve of the deadliest beasts ever forged in the fires of hell have escaped onto our plane, and they want nothing more than to rip out the jugular of Charley Davidson and serve her lifeless, mangled body to Satan for dinner. So there’s that. But Charley has more on her plate than a mob of testy hellhounds...
  • The Call by Maggie M. Lily

    The Call by Maggie M. Lily

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    AVAILABLE ON KINDLE UNLIMITED! Matilda was having a bad day. Caught in a bad Chicago storm, she was tossed into a disgusting drainage puddle while watching her workbag, with her laptop and phone, get run over by a bus.  No one would blame her for giving up on the day and skipping the career make-or-break sales pitch meeting she had scheduled.But, Matilda's an alpha female...
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    female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal  adult  billionaire  book  comedy
  • The Dirt on Ninth Grave by Darynda Jones

    The Dirt on Ninth Grave by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    I see dead people. No wait. I take that back. I see people I want dead. —eCardCharley Davidson is living in New York City as Jane Doe, a girl with no memory of who she is or where she came from. So when she begins to realize she can see dead people, she’s more than a bit taken aback...
  • The Billionaire Shifter's Final Redemption by Diana Seere

    The Billionaire Shifter's Final Redemption by Diana Seere

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Asher Stanton has devoted his entire, long life to protecting the shifter world — but he couldn't save his own beloved human wife and child. Walling off his emotions and turning his life into a mission to consolidate power, he is ruthless, determined — and most definitely never falling in love with another human again...
  • Moonshine & Menace by Kathleen Brooks

    Moonshine & Menace by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Polly Lurie had been battling evil for centuries, but everything changed when she was selected to teach Zoey Rode how to use her new powers. Together they defeated evil and Zoey took her place among the witches, even finding love with the dark and dangerous Slade. Polly wishes to find that same love. Only the one man she’s interested in doesn’t seem to think of her as anything but a friend...
    Categorized as:
    humor  magic  paranormal  adult  book  comedy  contemporary  fiction
  • A Beginner’s Guide to the Care and Feeding of Demons by Shannon Mae

    A Beginner’s Guide to the Care and Feeding of Demons by Shannon Mae

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Beelbufo has lived a comfortable life as a pet frog for two decades, enjoying pets, human food, and horror movie nights with his favorite human, Gabe. But when Gabe and Az fall head over heels in love, they decide Beel needs a companion too. Little does Beel know that the charming pet shop owner, Jon, is about to become his unsuspecting caretaker...
    Categorized as:
    demons  paranormal  magic  angels  humor  romance  fantasy  mlm
  • Ecstasy in Darkness by Gena Showalter

    Ecstasy in Darkness by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Growing up poor on New Chicago’s meanest streets, Ava Sans had two options: be the predator or be the prey. No contest. Now, working for Alien Investigation and Removal, she’s been ordered to capture the biggest, baddest warrior of all—a vampire too beautiful to be real, with the ability to manipulate time...
  • A Tale of Two Witches by Robyn Peterman

    A Tale of Two Witches by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Three waxed cats, one Cookie Witch, a brazilian gone bad and the last name, Bermangoggleshitz... not the best ingredients for a successful spell. Or is it? Avoiding the truth has been working out just fine for most of my life. I'm finally happy. I have friends and a kangaroo shifter who adores me...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  demons  humor  magic  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book
  • Beelzebelle by Heide Goody

    Beelzebelle by Heide Goody

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    To the devil a daughter! Parenthood can come as a shock to some. It’s especially shocking if you are Satan, the Prince of Hell, and are trying to live a quiet life of semi-retirement in suburban England under the name of Jeremy Clovenhoof...
    Categorized as:
    angels  demons  humor  adult  book  comedy  contemporary  fiction
  • Catnapped by R.J. Blain

    Catnapped by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When someone steals Diana’s cat, a former lab animal rescued from death’s door, she calls on one of the most dangerous beings in the universe for help. Cutting a deal with the devil isn’t the smartest move, but there’s no way in hell she’ll abandon Mr. Flooferson the Magnificent to his fate...
    Categorized as:
    angels  demons  humor  magic  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book
  • Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones

    Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 47 ratings
    Charley Davidson, Grim Reaper Extraordinaire, is back in this sexy, suspenseful novel of supernatural shenanigans When Charley is rudely awakened in the middle of the night by her best friend who tells her to get dressed quickly and tosses clothes out of the closet at her, she cant help but wonder what Cookies up to...
  • Demons in Disguise by A. Kirk, E. Kirk

    Demons in Disguise by A. Kirk, E. Kirk

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    It's the Gotta Have Book 3 in the Bestselling Divinicus Nex Chronicles! Continuing the action-packed Divinicus Nex Chronicles, Aurora and fan-favorite hotties The Hex Boys are back with more mystery, non-stop action, romance and laugh-out-loud humor that makes this thrilling series irresistible. Come along for the ride where..
  • The Unyielding by Shelly Laurenston

    The Unyielding by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Stieg Engstrom, Angriest Viking Ever, has got big problems. The human Viking Clans of earth are in danger of being obliterated—along with the rest of the world—and the only one who may be able to save them is a super pain-in-the-ass Crow...
  • Fury Godmother by Annabel Chase

    Fury Godmother by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Welcome to Chipping Cheddar, where supernaturals are hidden in plain sight Be careful what you wish for... I've only been back home a few weeks and already strange events are happening all over town. Wishes are coming true to the delight of those affected. Despite the seemingly good fortune, I need to put on my Federal Bureau of Magic badge and get to work...
    Categorized as:
    demons  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal  adult  animals  audiobook
  • Crimes of Cupidity by Raven Kennedy

    Crimes of Cupidity by Raven Kennedy

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    What do you get when you have four mates, one psychotic prince, a horde of rebels, and a cupid who just got yanked out of the realm? A big freaking problem, that’s what. I was supposed to take on my first real mission as a spy. I was supposed to go find my missing mate and discover who our real allies are for the war that’s brewing in the fae realm...
  • A Beginner's Guide to Christmas Miracles by Shannon Mae

    A Beginner's Guide to Christmas Miracles by Shannon Mae

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nachielus (not Nicholas) may have gotten into a bit of trouble over unsanctioned miracles, ending up on the upstairs’ naughty list. Sure, maybe he’d gotten a little carried away with the whole Christmas thing, but he hadn’t meant to become a part of folklore, and surely that wasn’t a reason to bury him in centuries of paperwork...
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    angels  paranormal  magic  demons  humor  romance  fantasy  mlm
  • Drop Dead Demons by A. Kirk, E. Kirk

    Drop Dead Demons by A. Kirk, E. Kirk

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The Boys Are Back In Town! And as HEXTRAORDINARILY SEXY AS EVER! - It's the exciting Sequel to DEMONS AT DEADNIGHT! Continuing the thrill-ride adventures of Aurora and the Super Sexy HEXY KNIGHTS! -------------------------Survival. It's an on-going battle.GOING ON A TREASURE HUNT...Aurora Lahey finally knows why supernatural slayers salivate to slaughter her, but how to stop them? Not so much...
  • The Undoing by Shelly Laurenston

    The Undoing by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    A risk worth taking…   No one would ever accuse Jace Berisha of having an easy life—considering her husband…you know…killed her. But that was then! Now she fights for mighty Viking gods with the spectacular and vicious Crows.   But things are turning very bad, very quickly because a vengeful, ancient goddess has come into the world with just one thing on her mind—ending it...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angels  demons  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal  abuse
  • Fowl Play by R.J. Blain

    Fowl Play by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    alternate cover edition of ASIN B07F6Y9M9BInstead of a quiet dance retreat where she could escape the insanity of being the daughter of an angel, a succubus, and a lycanthrope, Emma Sansaul plummets into the middle of murder, mayhem, and mischief...
    Categorized as:
    demons  humor  magic  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  comedy
  • Darkest Hour by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot

    Darkest Hour by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    What - or who - is buried in Susannah's backyard?When the nineteenth-century ghost of Maria de Silva wakes her up in the middle of the night, Suze knows this is no ordinary visitation - and not just from the knife at her throat, either. In life, Maria was the fiancée of Jesse - the same Jesse who was murdered a hundred and fifty years before. The same Jesse Suze is in love with...
  • Saving Evangeline by Nancee Cain

    Saving Evangeline by Nancee Cain

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Evangeline is the town pariah. Everyone knows she’s crazy and was responsible for the death of her last boyfriend. Even her mother left her and moved cross-country. Lonely and desperate, Evie decides to end her life.Rogue angel Remiel longs to return to earth, but there’s just one problem. He tends to invite trouble and hasn’t been allowed back since Woodstock...
    Categorized as:
    angels  humor  paranormal  adult  book  comedy  contemporary  fiction
  • A Spell in the Country by Heide Goody, Iain Grant

    A Spell in the Country by Heide Goody, Iain Grant

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dee is a Good Witch but she wonders if she could be a better witch. She wonders if there’s more to life than Disney movie marathons, eating a whole box of chocolates for dinner and brewing up potions in her bathtub...
    Categorized as:
    demons  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book
  • Amethyst by C.Y. Jones

    Amethyst by C.Y. Jones

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Amethyst is a curse worker on the run after hexing her ex. (He he that rhymes) On the bus to Silver Springs, she meets a set of hot twins but with a vengeful ex after her and a group of pissed off vampires, she’s a little distracted...
    Categorized as:
    angels  demons  humor  magic  paranormal  21st-century  book  comedy
  • West Side Gory by Elise Sax

    West Side Gory by Elise Sax

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “With quirky characters reminiscent of Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series and a small-town heroine redolent of Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse.”—RT Book Reviews*Gladie is back with the sixth installment of the hilarious Matchmaker Mysteries series.*Life is going great for Gladie Burger...
  • Godsquad by Heide Goody, Iain Grant

    Godsquad by Heide Goody, Iain Grant

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Team:Joan of Arc, the armour-plated teen saint of Orleans.Francis of Assisi, friend to all the animals whether they like it or not.St Christopher, the patron saint of travel who by papal decree has never existed – no matter how much he argues otherwise.The Mission: An impossible prayer has been received by Heaven and it’s a prayer that only Mary, Mother of God, can answer...
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    angels  demons  female-mc  humor  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book
  • Satan's Shorts by Heide Goody

    Satan's Shorts by Heide Goody

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Curious about the day that Saint Christopher found out he'd been declared non-existent by the pope? What exactly is a cat in Hell's chance? How would an annual Christmas present exchange between Heaven and Hell work out? Find out the answers to these and other pressing questions in this collection of short stories from the world of Clovenhoof...
  • The Deadliest Bite by Jennifer Rardin

    The Deadliest Bite by Jennifer Rardin

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    I have two choices. Carve Brude's name into Hell's bile-encrusted gates. Or lose my soul.After an assassination attempt on Vayl, I find myself pulled into a tangled web that takes the gang to Romania...
  • Real Vampires Don't Wear Size Six by Gerry Bartlett

    Real Vampires Don't Wear Size Six by Gerry Bartlett

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After Glory St. Clair kicked out the demon that had set up shop in her body, she had a serious fallout with longtime lover Jeremy Blade. But before Glory can win him back, she has some issues of the hellish variety to deal with. When Lucifer himself offers Glory the ultimate temptation-work for the devil and he'll make her a size six-the curvy vampire's not sure if she can resist...
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