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  • Dark Alliance Turbulent Waters by I.T. Lucas

    Dark Alliance Turbulent Waters by I.T. Lucas

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When a dangerous foe turns the tables on the clan, complicating the Kra-ell rescue operation in unforeseeable ways, Kian and his crew bet all on a brilliant misdirection.On board the Aurora, Phinas and Jade brace for battle while enjoying a few stolen moments of passion...
  • The Edge of Promise by T.S. Joyce

    The Edge of Promise by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hell has felt like home lately to Naomi Dunbar, but her Maker is about to change everything. She has a secret crush on the man with the glowing gold eyes who saved her life, and gave her the gift of the wolf, but he is distant, and getting quieter by the day. The handsome, dominant Alpha is focused on healing her from the inside out, but it seems like it’s draining him to do it...
  • Under Him by T.S. Joyce

    Under Him by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Tristan is the new Second of the Dart Creek Pack, and trying to support a new Alpha who is recovering from silver poisoning. So much of the Pack’s success rests on his shoulders, so when he is ordered to pair up with a human who has been stalking the Pack, he fights it hard...
  • What He Is Now by T.S. Joyce

    What He Is Now by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Nash Hudson has done it.After years of being a bachelor werewolf, the Second of the Pack has finally used his one Turn to save the life of a quirky beauty he spent a fun night with, and now reality is setting in. She survived it. She really survived it, and now he and Summer have to figure out where they belong in each other’s lives...
  • For The Soul Of An Outlaw by T.S. Joyce

    For The Soul Of An Outlaw by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    **Don’t miss the thrilling final book of T. S. Joyce’s bestselling Outlaw Shifters series** Genie isn’t what people expected. She isn’t just a squirrel, but a shifter in hiding named Tenlee. She’s dug herself into a deep hole, and now her past has come back to haunt her and hurt her friends in the Two Claws Clan. Not only that, but the man she loves had left the ranch, and left her in despair...
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    drama  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  book  children  contemporary  fiction
  • Woodsman Werebear by T.S. Joyce

    Woodsman Werebear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Danger, betrayal, and redemption come together in the sixth installment in T. S. Joyce’s bestselling Saw Bears series. Riley Miller is on the run. In an effort to do something nice, she lands right in the middle of danger. A trek to the wilderness will put her under Damon Daye’s protection, but it’ll also dump her in the direct path of one sexy, snarly lumberjack werebear, Drew...
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    drama  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book  contemporary  dragons
  • Dearest Ivie by J.R. Ward

    Dearest Ivie by J.R. Ward

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In an exclusive ebook novella set in the world of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, #1 New York Times bestselling author J. R. Ward tells the story of a fiery couple . . . doomed by an undeniable passion.   Features a special preview of J. R...
  • Cured by the Dragon by Jessie Donovan

    Cured by the Dragon by Jessie Donovan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dr. Cassidy “Sid” Jackson’s inner dragon went silent over twenty years ago. Ever since, she’s battled episodes that have tested her sanity. Aware she doesn’t have much time left, she prepares for a new doctor to come to Stonefire and take her place. However, before the new doctor arrives, Sid is attacked. Dr...
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    drama  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  dragons  fiction
  • Forbidden Dragon by Charlene Hartnady

    Forbidden Dragon by Charlene Hartnady

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A Dragon Shifter Novel There are secrets that the humans must never find out. Secrets that would bring about the demise of the dragon species. The dragons have something that the humans want and would fight to get. Their weakness to silver is the one area that humans have exploited in the past, almost bringing the dragon species to their knees...
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    drama  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  demons  dragons  fiction
  • Birthmark by Sydney Addae

    Birthmark by Sydney Addae

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When you’re the top wolf on the continent with the backing of the Goddess, how does an enemy topple your kingdom? By challenging you to a fight? No. By changing the rules.After three hundred years of fighting and service to the Goddess, Silas Knight is the Patron, Alpha to the Alphas on the North American continent. As the top wolf, he fears little and has seen most things...
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    drama  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  black-mc  book  contemporary  female-mc
  • Jeremiah by Stasia Black

    Jeremiah by Stasia Black

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ruth was a pain in my neck when she lived under the same roof at the ranch. She’s even worse now that she’s helping my twin brother’s fiancée plan their wedding. It’s no secret that we can’t stand each other...
  • Awakened by the Vampire Prince by Charlene Hartnady

    Awakened by the Vampire Prince by Charlene Hartnady

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Complete Edition: Part 1-3 Author's Suggested Series Reading order:#1 Chosen by the Vampire Kings#2 Stolen by the Alpha Wolf #3 Unlikely Mates #4 Awakened by the Vampire Prince #5 Mated to the Vampire Kings#6 Wolf Whisperer#7 The Bride HuntMost of these serials are available in bundles. See the individual series pages.King Katar is gravely ill...
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    drama  steamy  adult  angels  audiobook  book  contemporary  demons
  • Burning Wild by Christine Feehan

    Burning Wild by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Dark Carpathian novels now returns to the exotic, sensual and dangerous world of her bestseller Wild Rain. This time, what goes on between male and female is wilder than animal instinct-and twice as hot.Born into a world of twisted monsters, Jake Bannaconni is shaped and molded into a cold, revenge driven man...
  • Black Magic Bear by Bianca D'Arc

    Black Magic Bear by Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    And then, there was one… Jack is happy to see his two older brothers mated and settled in Grizzly Cove, but he’s definitely the odd man out—the lone bachelor of their tight-knit family. He takes a job and a mission to track down the problems at a paper plant in Pennsylvania...
  • Toughest Deal by Alessa Thorn

    Toughest Deal by Alessa Thorn

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The occult group Aurora is closing in on the Edgeworths, and they are going to need Altun, the Sorceress of Istanbul, to help them if they are going to stay alive. 'Toughest Deal' is the third book in 'Mercenaries and Magic,' a fast-paced, contemporary fantasy series full of morally gray characters, found family, passionate romance, and dark humor...
  • Caught by the Wolves by Milly Taiden

    Caught by the Wolves by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to the world of the Alpha Claimed. Each story features a strong woman and the man or men that love her. Every book is standalone, but once you read one you’ll want to read the others. Jade Candy’s life is anything but sweet. She’s become an instant mom to her teenage nephew, Ben, and just started a new job...
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    drama  steamy  adult  angels  audiobook  book  contemporary  demons
  • Forget Me Not by Jordan Castillo Price

    Forget Me Not by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    No two people are exactly alike, but Elijah Crowe is very, very different. Elijah is on the autism spectrum, so the tasks of day-to-day life most people breeze through are a challenge for him. His career suffered because he never got the hang of schmoozing, and now his talents are being wasted teaching classes at the mall...
  • South of Surrender by Laura Kaye

    South of Surrender by Laura Kaye

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She's the only one who can see through his golden boy façade to the broken god within...Chrysander Notos, Supreme God of the South Wind and Summer, is on a mission: save Eurus from his death sentence, and prove his troubled brother can be redeemed...
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    drama  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  angst  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Oh, My Dragon by Lani Lynn Vale

    Oh, My Dragon by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The reclusive Ian barely participates in life, only doing so when his powers demand that he use them or pay the consequences. It seems that there’s not a single person on this planet who doesn’t want something from him, but the pain and suffering of others is nearly unbearable at times, leaving him no choice but to act...
  • Beyond Solitude by Kit Rocha

    Beyond Solitude by Kit Rocha

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When a motorcycle accident leaves Derek Ford riding a desk at the O’Kane compound, the last thing he needs is a sexy new assistant upending his office and his life. But Mia isn’t scared of her domineering boss. The friction between them generates an undeniable heat—but Mia will not be kept, and Ford will do anything to protect what’s his...
  • Glacier by Laurann Dohner

    Glacier by Laurann Dohner

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Since that fateful day she was snatched from her job and turned into a Vampire, Mandy's life has sucked-literally. Forced to become an assassin for the Vampire Council, she finds solace in taking out the scumbag rogues she's often assigned to kill. Things go south when she realizes her next mark is an old coworker from her human days…a seriously hot one, who she had deep feelings for...
  • Firefighter Pegasus by Zoe Chant

    Firefighter Pegasus by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A curvy pilot wary of flighty men + a firefighter pegasus shifter determined to win her heart + a high speed air race with even higher stakes = one explosive romance! Curvy pilot Connie West hates taking risks. But when her reckless father stakes her beloved airplane in a bet with a ruthless loan shark, Connie is forced to enter the Rydon Cup, a dangerous high-speed air race...
  • Wild Fire by Christine Feehan

    Wild Fire by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Leopard shifter Connor Vega carries the scent of a wild animal in its prime, and bears the soul-crushing sins of past betrayals. Isabeau Chandler's never forgiven him-or forgotten him. The mating urge is still with her, and hotter than ever. Dangerously hot..
  • Broken Visions by Jessica Sorensen

    Broken Visions by Jessica Sorensen

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Gemma thought Alex was dead, that she’d made an irreversible mistake and would never see him again. But then her father resets time and she’s given another chance to be with Alex, if she can save the world and get rid of the star.Gemma decides to follow in her father’s footsteps and attempt to change the vision of the end of the world...
  • Bears With Me by Sam Hall

    Bears With Me by Sam Hall

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    My ex tried to take everything from me.My last chance at happiness.One of the men I've given my heart to.But while before he was content to terrorise me to get what he wants, now his ambitions have widened. He's got the whole town in his sights and he doesn't care who he has to hurt to get what he wants.But that's OK...
  • For the Hope of a Crow by T.S. Joyce

    For the Hope of a Crow by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Ramsey Hunt is caught in a spiral no one can save him from, and he’s taking his entire Clan of crow shifters down with him. A broken mating bond has him going insane, and all he can do is try to hold onto his Alpha position as long as possible. But when a spirited beauty comes waltzing into his MC’s clubhouse demanding an audience with him, he can’t help but think he’s dreaming her up...
  • Vaulcron by Ditter Kellen

    Vaulcron by Ditter Kellen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    *****This is a previously published book, revised to be appropriate for all readers*****On a mission to save his people from being destroyed, Vaulcron must team up with a human reporter known as the Great White Shark. She's beautiful, cunning, and definitely hiding something. Vaulcron will do anything for his family, even if it means breeding with the one woman who can destroy them all...
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    drama  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book  contemporary  dark
  • Zaureth by Ditter Kellen

    Zaureth by Ditter Kellen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A legendary healer fully devoted to his people, Zaureth is one of the most powerful Bracadytes in Aukrabah. But his gifts come with enormous responsibilities and a heavy price-a vow of peace and celibacy. From the moment he meets Amy, a tiny human female born without sight, those vows are threatened...
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    drama  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Secret Bear by Harmony Raines

    Secret Bear by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Secret Bear is set in Bear Creek and can be read as a standalone book Ion is passing a bar in a seedy part of town, when he is hit by the mating bond. Unable to resist tracking his mate, he finds her inside a bar, about to be auctioned! What's a bear to do? Bid on her of course, because no one gets between a bear and his mate...
  • Marrok by Julia Mills

    Marrok by Julia Mills

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Insatiable Hunger…Desire Beyond Compare…An Alpha on the hunt for his fated mate…Marrok Kilbride has faced insurmountable odds - returned from the dead, killed those threatening his pack and even watched his sister find the mate of her heart but never has he experienced anything like the voracious, mindless hunger dogging his every step, and it all started with…her...
  • Wild Rain by Christine Feehan

    Wild Rain by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    With a new identity, a staged death, and a chance to flee the treachery that stalks her, Rachel has escaped from a faceless assassin. Now, thousands of miles from home, under the lush canopy of the rainforest, she’s found sanctuary. But in this world teeming with unusual creatures walks the most exotic of them all. His name is Rio...
  • Dreaming of the Wolf by Terry Spear

    Dreaming of the Wolf by Terry Spear

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Book 3 in Terry Spear's Silver Town Wolf SeriesA FIERCE HUNTER...Alicia Greiston is a no-nonsense bounty hunter determined to bring a ring of mobsters to justice. Her dogged pursuit of the crime family has forced her to avoid relationships- any man would only become a target for retribution...
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    drama  steamy  adult  animals  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • Taken By Moonlight by Violette Dubrinsky

    Taken By Moonlight by Violette Dubrinsky

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When she agreed to go camping with her twin to honor a birthday milestone, Vivienne Bordeaux imagined itchy mosquito bites, the possibility of West Nile, and perhaps foot-fungus, but she never anticipated just how much her life would change. After almost dying under the snapping jaws of a rabid wolf—go figure—Vivienne is saved by a gorgeous, dark-haired man, who may just belong to a cult...
  • Havenfall Harbor: Book Two by Albany Walker

    Havenfall Harbor: Book Two by Albany Walker

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Havenfall was never just a job to me, and that was before I knew I was mated to two powerful supernaturals. I’m settling into my new life, but our problems haven’t disappeared with my acceptance. In fact, they may be far bigger than we ever imagined.Classes are in session, but something is wrong within the walls of the school...
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    drama  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Call of the Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Call of the Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When tragedy brings former childhood sweethearts Samantha Young and Bronson Cress together in the town they grew up in, Samantha learns that things are not always what they seem. Six years ago, Samantha was devastated when Bron made a decision that shattered their relationship. Determined not to fall for him again, she must avoid the man who broke her heart...
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    drama  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  fiction  paranormal
  • Wen by Laurann Dohner

    Wen by Laurann Dohner

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    When Gerri’s VampLycan stepfather died, her mother moved them far from his clan. As a teen, it was the most devastating day of her life, because it took Gerri away from Wen, the boy she’d loved since childhood...
  • 'Til Death by S.C. Stephens

    'Til Death by S.C. Stephens

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    With two kids, an amazing husband, and an incredible family, Emma's life was everything she’d ever hoped it would be. But there was a downside to having everything you’ve ever wanted, a downside that Teren and Emma couldn’t possibly have been prepared for. When you have everything you want…then you also have everything to lose...
  • The Genius and the Muse by Elizabeth Hunter

    The Genius and the Muse by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    This is an alternate cover edition for B007Y6IZWS When Kate Mitchell decided to research the mysterious portrait in the student gallery, she had no idea how her life would change. She thought she knew what she wanted. She had a great boyfriend, a promising career, and a clear path.
How could one simple portrait change all that?A photograph. A sculpture. A painting...
  • Lavos by Laurann Dohner

    Lavos by Laurann Dohner

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Jadee Trollis knows a little something about things that go bump in the night. Thanks to a father obsessed with myths, legends, and the paranormal, Jadee was dragged around the world in his pursuit of everything from ghosts to Sasquatch as a child. She got away from all that craziness in her teens, seeking a normal life as an adult...
  • Healed by the Dragon by Jessie Donovan

    Healed by the Dragon by Jessie Donovan

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Arabella MacLeod was tortured by dragon hunters a decade ago. Ever since, her clan coddled and tip-toed around her, most especially her older brother. Desperate for a chance at freedom, she volunteers to foster with the Scottish dragon-shifter clan. She's determined to stay clear of the charming Scottish leader, but not only does he keep crossing her path, her dragon is drawn to him...
  • Bloodlines by S.C. Stephens

    Bloodlines by S.C. Stephens

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Teren Adams was everything Emma had ever wanted in a man—kind, caring, loyal, loving, and on occasion, a hopeless romantic. True, he was also a “little bit” vampire, and had recently joined the ranks of the undead, but to Emma, that wasn’t important...
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    drama  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  family  fiction
  • Coveted by the Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Coveted by the Bear by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Damaged goods, unlikely friends, good intentions, and dark deeds come together to create T. S. Joyce’s newest full-length, stand-alone shifter romance novel, Coveted by the Bear.Mira Fletcher is crazy. At least that’s what her sleepy hometown thinks. She lives in a dilapidated house in the wilderness with her imaginary uncle, talks to soup cans, and rumor has it she’ll eat anything...
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    drama  steamy  abuse  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  humor
  • Soul Deep by Lora Leigh

    Soul Deep by Lora Leigh

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    * Book #5 of Breeds series / Book #1 of Coyote Breeds seriesMother Nature has a way of making the most unlikely couples ‘fit’. And what could be more unlikely than a sassy, independent President’s daughter who doesn’t know when to keep her mouth shut and a loner Coyote Breed with a hunger for a cute rosebud mouth that he’s determined to still. The vote for Breed Law is coming down the pike...
  • Revealing the Dragons by Jessie Donovan

    Revealing the Dragons by Jessie Donovan

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    This novella is not a standalone. Please read the boxed set of Sacrificed to the Dragon first. Melanie Hall-MacLeod finally releases her book about the dragon-shifters. The reception of her book, however, is anything but peaceful. Tristan wants nothing more than to whisk his mate and two children off to safety, but Mel refuses to hide...
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    drama  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  dragons  fiction
  • Reap the Night by Debbie Cassidy

    Reap the Night by Debbie Cassidy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Stay close or leave.Unfortunately, the choice is no longer mine.Orina’s story continues in Reap the Night...
  • Afraid of the Dark by H.P. Mallory, J.R. Rain

    Afraid of the Dark by H.P. Mallory, J.R. Rain

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Do you believe in love after death? I didn’t, until now…Looking for a fresh start, I just became the proud owner of a piece of New Orleans history: an Antebellum-era two-story house in the Garden District.It’s going to take time and a fat wallet to restore the fixer-upper to its former glory, but after my recent divorce, I could use the distraction...
  • The Caster's Alpha by Claire Cullen

    The Caster's Alpha by Claire Cullen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As the last unmated alpha in his pack, all Ronan wants is a mage and a bond… but be careful what you wish for.With no wolf mage and no magic, Ronan knows he’s holding Samhain back. When he wakes up in the forest with a mage, a bond, and no memory of what happened, it seems he’s been given everything he wanted—so he knows it’s too good to be true...
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    drama  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  lgbtq  magic
  • Bash, Volume III by Candace Blevins

    Bash, Volume III by Candace Blevins

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book three of the Bash trilogy… Will Angelica save herself, or will she have to be saved? Either way, knowing what Bud and Bash are capable of, do we want to know the repercussions?Follow Bash, Angelica, and the rest of the MC for the exciting conclusion...
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    drama  steamy  adult  biker  blackmail  book  contemporary  crime
  • Bash, Volume II by Candace Blevins

    Bash, Volume II by Candace Blevins

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Their lives just got complicated, but neither of them are the type to travel the easy road...
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    drama  steamy  adult  biker  book  contemporary  crime  dark
  • Savage by B.N. Toler

    Savage by B.N. Toler

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Before reading Savage it is strongly recommended that you read Healer and Hybrid first. A savage is barbaric. It attacks without restraint or pity. It is fierce, merciless, and brutal. Aldo has let that part of herself take over, drive her actions. I thought saving her from Bridge was my biggest problem.I was wrong. Something happened while she was missing...
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