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  • Paladin's Kiss by Elizabeth Hunter

    Paladin's Kiss by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It’s the vampire wedding of the century… and maybe the end of an empire.The upper echelons of immortal society have gathered in New Orleans, all of them curious to witness the joining of Gavin Wallace, the immortal business mogul, to the human woman who captured his heart...
  • Jim Butcher Box Set #2 by Jim Butcher

    Jim Butcher Box Set #2 by Jim Butcher

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher of the Dresden Files The fourth, fifth, and sixth novels of the Dresden Files-available together in one boxed set...
  • A Stone-Kissed Sea by Elizabeth Hunter

    A Stone-Kissed Sea by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    An immortal wanderer. A brilliant scientist. A centuries-old menace written in blood. Lucien Thrax, son of the earth and child of the ancients, is a healer of immense power. But years of work on a deadly vampire virus have not led to a cure, nor have they softened the wall he built around his heart...
  • Blood Bond: 12 by Helen Hardt

    Blood Bond: 12 by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Clues are everywhere, but they don’t seem to add up, especially when a contact at the fingerprint lab gives Erin Hamilton and Dante Gabriel news that can’t possibly be accurate. Another visitor arrives with more information…and an unexpected family tie. In the midst of everything, Erin does what she can to comfort Dante, who is changing before her eyes...
  • Dead Statues by Tim O'Rourke

    Dead Statues by Tim O'Rourke

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    With the Skin-walkers closing in, Kiera and her friends flee across the English countryside. Learning Potter has been keeping secrets from her, Kiera makes the painful decision to split from the group and leave her friends behind to go in search of her father...
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    paranormal  vampires  alpha-mc  book  female-mc  fiction  horror  magic
  • Loved Up by A.A. Albright

    Loved Up by A.A. Albright

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For the Wayfair Witches, the romantic season is beginning. Unfortunately, it’s beginning with a murder.When Nancy Berry is killed during spring celebrations, the reason seems clear to her coven leader. Will Berry believes that Nancy was killed as a threat, to force him to vote the right way in an upcoming election.But Wanda thinks there’s a far more fiendish reason for Nancy’s murder...
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    paranormal  vampires  adult  animals  book  cozy  fiction  mystery
  • Swotting Up by A.A. Albright

    Swotting Up by A.A. Albright

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    College isn’t quite as much fun as Wanda Wayfair had hoped. But when a dead body turns up in the library, it seems like her crime-solving life might be calling her back. There’s more at risk, though, than finding the killer. Wanda and the gang also need to track down a Bad, Bad Book – quite possibly the worst book of all. But as more murders take place, it seems like time might be running out...
  • Acting Up by A.A. Albright

    Acting Up by A.A. Albright

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Wanda Wayfair does not believe in prophecies… There’s a murderer on the set of Be My Witch, and Wanda is afraid that all the wrong people are being killed. Because in the vision she saw, Mandy Parker was the one who died. With the help of the victims’ familiars, Wanda races to solve the case...
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    paranormal  vampires  adult  animals  book  cozy  fiction  mystery
  • A Little Bit Vampy by A.A. Albright

    A Little Bit Vampy by A.A. Albright

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The battle is on … Aisling and her friends have been trying to find the leader of Vlad’s Boys for a long time. Now, they finally know the truth behind the vampire gang. Unfortunately, they also know that Vlad’s Boys have a new, unknown source of power to rely on, and beating them seems like an impossible task. But there are other troubling things happening in Riddler’s Edge...
  • Beachside Burglary by Tegan Maher

    Beachside Burglary by Tegan Maher

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life's a beach, at least until a king's crown goes missing.Destiny's been trying to hunt down a thief for a couple of weeks, but up 'til now, it's been all small potatoes - sometimes literally. Since she's certain it's a local and suspects there's a method to the thievery, she's tried to keep it on the down-low in order to flush the petty criminal out...
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    paranormal  vampires  adult  book  cozy  fiction  ghosts  mystery
  • Shadowstrut by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Shadowstrut by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes fear of the dark can keep you alive. Grey and Koda have a lead on the supplier of Redrum X—a new strain of the deadly drug that creates UV resistant vampires. Preventing the streets of New York City from being flooded with the mindless creatures was only the first step. Each night as darkness falls, body counts rise. Someone or something has made nights in the city…fatal...
  • Lucky Witches by A.A. Albright

    Lucky Witches by A.A. Albright

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Just because Detective Quinn is on holiday does not mean that the rest of Riddler’s Edge gets to take a break. And it definitely doesn’t mean that Aisling misses him. But even if she did miss him – ever so slightly, mind you – she has far more urgent things to worry about...
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    paranormal  vampires  adult  animals  book  cozy  fiction  mystery
  • Dead Push by Tim O'Rourke

    Dead Push by Tim O'Rourke

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When two enemies push back together!“…Most of them just sit as if waiting for someone to join them on their impending journey. Others are rushing for their train as if late for some important meeting. They can’t wait to board one of those trains below ground...
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    paranormal  vampires  angels  book  fiction  ghosts  horror  mystery
  • Dead Water by Tim O'Rourke

    Dead Water by Tim O'Rourke

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    With Sam and Kayla missing, Kiera, Potter and Murphy head for the Dead Waters. Here they hope to find their missing friends and the answers to why their flesh keeps cracking like that of a statue. Knowing Potter has lied to her, Kiera is struggling with her feelings for him. Therefore, Kiera tries to keep Potter at a distance, scared that she might get hurt again...
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    paranormal  vampires  alpha-mc  book  female-mc  fiction  horror  magic
  • Blood Bond: 13 by Helen Hardt

    Blood Bond: 13 by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Erin Hamilton follows Dante Gabriel back into hell—the underground compound where he was held for a decade—to confront the woman who held him captive. Finally unmasked, she seems to hold Dante under her influence. Erin has faith in Dante’s strength and determination, though, especially when the mysterious Vampyre Texts reveal their first secret...
  • Blood Bond: 15 by Helen Hardt

    Blood Bond: 15 by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Erin Hamilton follows Dante Gabriel back into hell—the underground compound where he was held for a decade—to confront the woman who held him captive. Finally unmasked, she seems to hold Dante under her influence. Erin has faith in Dante’s strength and determination, though, especially when the mysterious Vampyre Texts reveal their first secret...
  • Wicked Moon by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox

    Wicked Moon by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Samantha Moon is back and doing what she does best: solving crime, finding killers, and helping those who can't help themselves...For years, Samantha Moon has wanted to be normal. It seemed an impossible dream—right up until it happened.Well, sorta happened; after all, normality is a relative thing for a vampire detective.With the final defeat of Elizabeth, Sam's world was rocked again...
  • Dead Angels by Tim O'Rourke

    Dead Angels by Tim O'Rourke

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Fleeing Hallowed Manor and being hunted by the Skinwalkers, Kiera and her friends take shelter from a storm in a deserted railway station set in a remote valley. As they spend the night hiding from those who are hunting them, Isidor tells his friends a story about how he had come across the word PUSH some years before on his first journeys above ground...
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    paranormal  vampires  alpha-mc  book  female-mc  fiction  horror  magic
  • Dead Night - Potter's Secrets by Tim O'Rourke

    Dead Night - Potter's Secrets by Tim O'Rourke

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Potter disappears from Hallowed Manor for twenty-four hours, he goes in search of the only person he thinks will be able to give him answers as to why the world has been pushed. That person is his first love, Sophie. But Sophie has been pushed, too, and is running for her life. In a world where wolves live amongst humans, Potter must save Sophie while trying to search for answers...
  • Blood Bond: 9 by Helen Hardt

    Blood Bond: 9 by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Erin Hamilton and Dante Gabriel are living together and are more in love than ever, but the mysteries surrounding them continue to evolve. When two more women go missing—Dante’s sister and Erin’s best friend—they dive in more deeply, recruiting Erin’s brother to help. Despite his quest for information, Dante resists falling prey to his former captor’s drive to control his mind...
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    paranormal  vampires  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  mystery  steamy
  • Blood Bond: 7 by Helen Hardt

    Blood Bond: 7 by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Breaking into a cemetery isn’t anything Dante Gabriel ever thought he’d do, but he has no choice. He must recover his father’s body so he can claim his estate. Help arrives from two unexpected sources, but their plan is interrupted. Erin Hamilton’s best friend is a wolf shifter. The man she loves is a vampire. His father is a ghost. She can deal with all of that, but new worries have surfaced...
  • Blood Bond: 8 by Helen Hardt

    Blood Bond: 8 by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dante Gabriel has developed some abilities never before seen in a vampire his age. Without Erin Hamilton, he’d be on the brink of insanity, but she’s always there, always willing to give him what he needs, and he’s determined to keep her safe from the vampire thugs who want her. His questions are still unanswered, and he considers turning to an evil source for results...
  • Fallen Star Series by Jessica Sorensen

    Fallen Star Series by Jessica Sorensen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Books 1-3 of the Fallen Star Series. In Book One, The Fallen Star, eighteen year-old Gemma's life has never been normal. Up until recently, she has been incapable of feeling emotion. And when she’s around Alex, the gorgeous new guy at school, she can feel electricity that makes her skin buzz. Not to mention the monsters that haunt her nightmares have crossed over into real-life...
  • Saint's Passage by Elizabeth Hunter

    Saint's Passage by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Everyone said that Lupe Martínez was a good kid. She listened to her mom, she helped at the homeless shelter, she got good grades, and she had a bright future ahead of her.Until she disappeared.Now no one knows what to think. The police are sure she ran away; her mother is sure she didn’t. Days have passed and no one knows what to do until her family priest suggests they call in an old friend...
  • Vampalicious! by Sienna Mercer

    Vampalicious! by Sienna Mercer

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Ivy and Olivia can't lose each other again!Even though twin sisters Ivy and Olivia, separated at birth, have only been reunited for a few months, they can't imagine life without each other. But Mr...
  • Soulfire by Annabel Chase, A. Blythe

    Soulfire by Annabel Chase, A. Blythe

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Alternate cover for this ASIN can be found hereThe final book in the Magic Bullet series is here... Alyse Winters never thought she could hack life as a human. With her friends by her side, though, she feels more powerful than ever before. When a PAN asset turns up dead on her doorstep, it sets off a chain of events no one expects, least of all Alyse...
  • Samantha Moon Forever: Including Books 8, 9, and 10 in the Vampire for Hire Series by J.R. Rain

    Samantha Moon Forever: Including Books 8, 9, and 10 in the Vampire for Hire Series by J.R. Rain

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Books 8, 9, and 10 in the international #1 bestselling series, Vampire for Hire: MOON RIVER Seven years ago federal agent Samantha Moon was the perfect wife and mother, your typical soccer mom with the minivan and suburban home. Then the unthinkable happens, an attack that changes her life forever. And forever is a very long time for a vampire...
  • Forget Me Knot by A.A. Albright

    Forget Me Knot by A.A. Albright

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All is well in Riddler’s Cove. There’s no crime, no illness, and Wanda Wayfair is engaged to Will Berry, the greatest Minister for Magical Law that the world has ever known. Hey, wait a minute … that doesn’t sound quite right, does it? Maybe things aren’t going so well in Riddler’s Cove, after all...
  • Rocking Out by A.A. Albright

    Rocking Out by A.A. Albright

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Call of the Wild are the most famous werewolf rockers in the supernatural world – but that might be about to change, seeing as their fans are turning up dead. When the bodies of two young superfans are discovered, all evidence points to the Call of the Wild. Wanda hopes that the rockers aren’t the real killers – especially since her best friend has a thing for their singer...
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    paranormal  vampires  adult  animals  book  cozy  fiction  mystery
  • The Cyn and Raphael Novellas: Betrayed, Hunted, Unforgiven, and Compelled by D.B. Reynolds

    The Cyn and Raphael Novellas: Betrayed, Hunted, Unforgiven, and Compelled by D.B. Reynolds

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From Vampires in America . . . For the first time together in one collection . . . BETRAYED, HUNTED, and UNFORGIVEN, The Cyn & Raphael NovellasThese novellas can stand alone or be enjoyed as part of the series. BETRAYED: Vampires in America 5.5Love. Loyalty. Betrayal.Love . . . the ache in your heart when you meet The One...
  • Blood Bond: 14 by Helen Hardt

    Blood Bond: 14 by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Erin Hamilton follows Dante Gabriel back into hell—the underground compound where he was held for a decade—to confront the woman who held him captive. Finally unmasked, she seems to hold Dante under her influence. Erin has faith in Dante’s strength and determination, though, especially when the mysterious Vampyre Texts reveal their first secret...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  vampires  adult  book  fiction  humor  mystery  steamy
  • Winter Moon by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox

    Winter Moon by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A trickster god, a famous sword, and the mother of all storms.All while looking for a werewolf on the run..
  • Outlaw by Annabel Chase

    Outlaw by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A ticking clock… A visit to ancient caverns with my Spellslingers classmates yields a find that leads to danger, both in and out of the paranormal realm. When I'm accused of a crime I didn't commit, a king grants me one week to prove my innocence or face the sword...
  • Witchy See, Witchy Do by A.A. Albright

    Witchy See, Witchy Do by A.A. Albright

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There’s been another unfortunate death in Riddler’s Edge. And just like last time, this one definitely wasn’t a murder. Or was it? When Heather Flynn is found hanging from the church bell, it seems clear that she killed herself. But Aisling Smith is convinced otherwise – and not just because it appears that Heather’s death was a resurrection spell gone wrong...
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    paranormal  vampires  adult  animals  book  contemporary  cozy  fiction
  • Blood Bond: 10 by Helen Hardt

    Blood Bond: 10 by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Vampires can’t levitate. At least that’s what Dante Gabriel always thought, until he finds himself floating above his bed along with his lover, Erin Hamilton. As he continues to exhibit unusual powers, more memories from his time in captivity surface, leaving him fearing what he might have done while imprisoned. When a new and unexpected temptation arises, he finds himself unable to resist...
  • Blood Bond: 11 by Helen Hardt

    Blood Bond: 11 by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Darkness tempts Dante Gabriel at every corner, and he struggles to maintain the control he was never taught when he came of age. His ghost father, his cousin, and the voodoo priestess under Claiborne Bridge continue to help, even as he descends further toward madness. Erin Hamilton is more in love than ever...
  • Witch Magic by Kelley Armstrong

    Witch Magic by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fiction...
  • Crossing the Lines by Nancy Warren

    Crossing the Lines by Nancy Warren

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Seattle witch Quinn Callahan knew she wasn’t supposed to mess with death. Now, the Grim Reaper’s turned up at her book club and he’s not there for the gossip and the cheese plate...
  • Bloodlust Blonde by Steve Higgs

    Bloodlust Blonde by Steve Higgs

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jane Butterworth doesn’t believe in normal, but then she used to be a vampire, and she works at a paranormal investigation agency. Oh, and she’s a boy. When a name from her past suddenly surfaces, Jane knows that she is the only one that could solve the case...
  • Apple of My Eye by Alyssa Day

    Apple of My Eye by Alyssa Day

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A detective who turns into a tiger. A pawn shop owner who can see how you'll die. The criminals never had a chance. If you enjoyed Sookie Stackhouse and True Blood, you’ll love Tess Callahan and the Tiger’s Eye mysteries. Tess and sexy shapeshifter Jack solve mysteries with supernatural flair, and the laughs fly as fast as the clues...
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    paranormal  vampires  adult  book  cozy  female-mc  fiction  mystery
  • Catching Echoes by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Catching Echoes by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I preferred it when life came in tidy packages. When it didn’t — when something went awry — I was exceedingly skilled at packaging it back up. It was my job to do so after all. I was a reconstructionist. I collected the puzzle pieces, then I gave those pieces to an investigative team to sort out. I didn't ask questions. I didn't offer answers. I saw. I recorded. I moved on...
  • Dresden Files Roleplaying Game: Vol 1: Your Story by Leonard Balsera, Jim Butcher

    Dresden Files Roleplaying Game: Vol 1: Your Story by Leonard Balsera, Jim Butcher

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Tell Us Your StoryBeneath the "normal" surface of the world are things and people which most of us don't want to know about, and will do our best to forget about if we ever come near them. People won't see what they don't want to see.But that's most of us. And you-you're not most of us...
  • Eine Kleine Nacht Maggie by Kate Danley

    Eine Kleine Nacht Maggie by Kate Danley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This Oktoberfest, evil has decided to prove there IS something worse than getting a job wearing a dirndl and being forced to listen to an oompah band all night while serving drunk tourists. Maggie, Killian, and your favorites characters are back to bring down the bad guys... and this time, The M-Team is wearing lederhosen. Prost! WARNING: Contains cussing, brawling, and unladylike behavior...
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    paranormal  vampires  adult  book  fae  female-mc  fiction  magic
  • New Moon Rising by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox

    New Moon Rising by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mother, wife, federal agent... mortal.Samantha Moon hadn't always been a vampire. Once, she had been a wife and mother, happily married to her soul mate and raising two adorable kids. Once, she had been a federal agent investigating a world teeming with sophisticated scams, drugs, human trafficking and violence. She had hippie parents and a caring sister...
  • Of Mice and MacKays  (Maggie MacKay Magical Tracker) by Kate Danley

    Of Mice and MacKays (Maggie MacKay Magical Tracker) by Kate Danley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Maggie and Killian have to lie low now that the queen knows Killian is alive. But an escape to wine country reveals a nest of vampires drunk on power and a Medusa who would like to see anyone who opposes Mad King Cole stoned... as in, transformed into stone marble statues. The natural balance is out of whack and as they say: If Mother Nature ain't happy, ain't nobody happy...
  • Vampire in Defiance by Dale Mayer

    Vampire in Defiance by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This was it. For Tessa. For Cody. For Jared. Her family. Her Friends. Moltere's Mountain is collapsing. With Tessa, her friends and family still inside. Tessa won't go down without a fight...and she won't leave the others behind. But as she races to save everyone, time runs out. Grounded with an injured wing, Cody wants Tessa to leave while they still can...
  • Vessel of Destruction by Kel Carpenter

    Vessel of Destruction by Kel Carpenter

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    If there is one truth that I hold to in my life, it is that when it rains, it pours. Perhaps that is why I built myself not for the everyday storms most experience. But for the hurricanes I have had to learn to withstand. I know what it is like to feel your heart crack in half like a tree that snaps under too much pressure...
  • Mallaroy by A.M. Juna

    Mallaroy by A.M. Juna

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Kojarzycie ten moment, kiedy wasza bliźniaczka okazuje się zmiennokształtna, po czym znika, więc musicie podszywać się pod nią w nieludzkiej szkole? Nie? Erin Lanford chciałaby móc powiedzieć to samo. Jadąc do Mallaroy, spodziewała się wszystkiego, nawet własnej śmierci. To znaczy, wszystkiego poza palącym pragnieniem, by pociąć lidera wampirzej elity piłą mechaniczną...
  • Moon Elder by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox

    Moon Elder by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    THE #1 AMAZON BESTSELLING SERIES • Vampire private eye Samantha Moon is back and on the hunt for the Elder Gods in this electrifying paranormal mystery.Wealthy, reclusive families seldom hire private investigators for ordinary jobs.So when a woman from such a family asks Samantha Moon to locate her missing brother, the vampire detective suspects all is not quite as it seems...
  • Potion Sickness by Samantha Silver

    Potion Sickness by Samantha Silver

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Escape to the Pacific Northwest, where magic and mountains meet murder and mayhem.When a vampire is murdered in Mt. Rheanier, Ali is fine with leaving the solving of the crime to the authorities. After all, she didn't even know the victim. But when his family approaches her looking to hire her to find the killer, Ali finds herself embroiled in yet another investigation...
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