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  • Legacy by Shannon Messenger

    Legacy by Shannon Messenger

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Illusions shatter—and Sophie and her friends face impossible choices—in this astonishing eighth book in the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Keeper of the Lost Cities series.Sophie Foster wants answers. But after a lifetime of lies, sometimes the truth is the most dangerous discovery. Even the smallest secret comes with terrifying new responsibilities...
  • Doggone Mess by R.J. Blain

    Doggone Mess by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    from the book's foreword: "While Doggone Mess’s beginning was written before Plaidypus, there are important reasons for why I didn’t renumber the series and insert Doggone Mess before Plaidypus. Doggone Mess’s events after Plaidypus require Plaidypus to truly make sense."Originally a novella in the anthology Dirty Deeds published in Jan, 2021, this edition has been expanded into a full novel...
  • Flashback by Shannon Messenger

    Flashback by Shannon Messenger

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    In this unforgettable seventh book, Sophie must let the past and present blur together, because the deadliest secrets are always the ones that get erased.Sophie Foster doesn’t know what—or whom—to believe. And in a game with this many players, the worst mistake can be focusing on the wrong threat...
  • You Can't Fight A Prophecy, Susan: Welcome To Midlife Magic: Book Four by Lauretta Hignett

    You Can't Fight A Prophecy, Susan: Welcome To Midlife Magic: Book Four by Lauretta Hignett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A handsome stranger appears on Susan's doorstep, bringing some devastating news. War is coming. It is inevitable.But first, Susan is going to have to fight some battles far closer to home. Bonds will be tested, some will be broken...
  • 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
  • Shelter Me Home by T.S. Joyce

    Shelter Me Home by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Alaskan wilderness is no home for the faint of heart, but Farrah Fennel has lived in the small town of Cooper Landing before and knows exactly what to expect. At least, she thinks she does. One chance meeting with her high school crush, Aanon Falk, and she’s second guessing her decision to run from the city. Farrah has come home hiding a secret...
  • Triumph Over Fate by Emilia Hartley

    Triumph Over Fate by Emilia Hartley

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kai wants to see Bearclaw Castle razed, but he can’t destroy the place with his sister inside.Not that Kai is ready to forgive Mimi for leaving him alone to deal with their father, but he does still love her. He figures he should at least tell her the old man has died. He doesn’t expect to find Mimi cozying up to their family enemies, though...
    Categorized as:
    humor  magic  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  ghosts
  • Gryphon's Instinct by Elva Birch

    Gryphon's Instinct by Elva Birch

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Single dad Theo has 99 problems, including a brand new gryphon-shifting baby to care for, a surly preteen son who just broke his wrist, and expired truck tags.Wendy at the DMV isn't sure what to make of the must-be-a movie star smuggling a baby gryphon in a car seat, but she's there to save the day when secrets—and lives!—are at stake...
  • Lion on Loan by Zoe Chant, Murphy Lawless

    Lion on Loan by Zoe Chant, Murphy Lawless

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s just lion around on the job..
  • Spell Hound by Lindsay Buroker

    Spell Hound by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Since Morgen Keller arrived in the small town of Bellrock, she’s learned that magic is real, fought battles with werewolves, and managed to turn the local witches into enemies...
  • A Dragon for Christmas by Zoe Chant

    A Dragon for Christmas by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A single mother who wants to give her son a merry Christmas… A dragon shifter cop who doesn’t know the meaning of the word ‘holiday’… And a Christmas resort with a deadly secret. Things have been tough for Georgia. Her husband walked out and she works two jobs to make ends meet...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  dragons
  • Jinxed by Rachel Rener

    Jinxed by Rachel Rener

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I keep telling myself things could be worse.Okay, so my mom's been harboring some hefty family secrets. Big deal.And, yeah, maybe there are still two or three teensy details about Zayn that I don't know – his backstory, his private life, or his real name, for starters.Oh, and let's not forget that there's a bloodthirsty, power-hungry, magical mob boss who's due to appear at any moment. No biggie...
  • Heart Trouble by Jae

    Heart Trouble by Jae

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Award-winning author Jae’s newest lesbian novel is a medical romance with a few unexpected turns.Dr. Hope Finlay loves her job as an emergency room physician, especially since it allows her only brief encounters with her patients. She learned early in life not to get attached to anyone because it never lasts.Laleh Samadi, a waitress at her aunt’s restaurant, is the exact opposite...
    Categorized as:
    humor  lgbtq  magic  paranormal  slow-burn  wlw  adult  angst
  • Unlocked by Shannon Messenger

    Unlocked by Shannon Messenger

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Book 8...
  • Alpha by Audrey Faye

    Alpha by Audrey Faye

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A pack broken. A pup in danger. A submissive wolf who will fight with her last breath. Hayden Scott doesn’t know his stroll in the woods is going to start with a backpack full of watermelon and end with him the new alpha of the Ghost Mountain Pack. A very traumatized pack, and those are only the shifters he can see. Too many are missing, hiding in the woods or worse. His wolf doesn’t care...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  lgbtq  magic  paranormal  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  animals
  • Found by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast

    Found by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Fog rolls into Tulsa, and with it comes Darkness. Zoey knows something is up, and that the something involves Neferet, but Neferet can't possibly be freed, right?Other Neferet and her companion, Lynette, arrive in Woodward Park to set this world's Neferet free from her grotto prison, and discover there may be those who sympathize with their cause...
  • Stone Song by Tricia O'Malley

    Stone Song by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From New York Times Bestselling author, Tricia O’Malley, comes a riveting new magickal romance set in modern day Dublin. Clare MacBride has her life in exactly the order she wants it. In a year, she’ll have finished her geology dissertation, though she’s no closer to figuring out the answer to one question that plagues her...
  • Ginger by Lucy McConnell

    Ginger by Lucy McConnell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Christmas Magic is changing and the Kringle Family scrambles to keep up in this fun and romantic, sweet Christmas romance from Author Lucy McConnell. When Ginger Kringle is branded to wear the magic red suit, she has to fall in love and get married before Christmas Eve to save the family business. After being given a list (Santas love lists!) of potential Mr...
  • The First and Last Adventure of Kit Sawyer by S.E. Harmon

    The First and Last Adventure of Kit Sawyer by S.E. Harmon

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    In the archaeology community, Christopher “Kit” Sawyer’s family is a legacy. And while he may be a historian, not a treasure hunter, he thinks he does a pretty good job of living up to the Sawyer name. He's a book-smart research fanatic and does his best work at his tidy desk. No fedora and whip for him, if you please—a nice cup of coffee and a comfy chair will do...
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    paranormal  lgbtq  humor  slow-burn  magic  romance  mlm  contemporary
  • A Valentine's Chase by Layla Nash

    A Valentine's Chase by Layla Nash

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Meadow Crawford sees things that no one else does. When a blind date goes badly wrong, she discovers that the world of fae and a city full of shifters actually exist. And that Rafe O'Shea isn't the kind of man to let a disastrous first date deter him from asking for a second...
  • Spirited Situation by Louisa Masters

    Spirited Situation by Louisa Masters

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When you can talk to ghosts, things are bound to get spirited. The ghosts have been there since before I can remember. When I was a kid, they doted on me, but as I got older, they got more demanding. I’ve spent my whole life seeing and talking to dead people and trying to pretend I’m not, because the living just don’t understand. Nobody wants to be around the freak who claims to see ghosts...
    Categorized as:
    humor  lgbtq  magic  paranormal  slow-burn  adult  audiobook  book
  • Which Witch is Which? by Cynthia St. Aubin, Cindy Stark

    Which Witch is Which? by Cynthia St. Aubin, Cindy Stark

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Four identical sisters are prophesied to hold the fate of the entire world in their powerful hands.Meet the Witches of Port Townsend...Moira. A water witch, Moira has always been a healer, but the one soul she can't mend is her own...
  • Grantham by Taylor Rylan

    Grantham by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They’ve been betrayed by loved ones before. Together, they learn to forgive.Since leaving his birth coven, Grantham has found his home with Master Edison’s warlocks. Though the Amherst Coven has been blessed by the Fates and its members are finding their fated ones, will he find that perfect One that belongs with him?Theodore is on the run with an omega that isn’t his mate...
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    humor  lgbtq  magic  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Scenes from the Holidays by K.D. Edwards

    Scenes from the Holidays by K.D. Edwards

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Scenes from the Holidays consists of short Tarot Sequence vignettes, released serially beginning in December 12, 2020, on K.D. Edwards’ Twitter account. The scenes take place between the end of THE HANGED MAN and the start of the forthcoming third book, THE HOURGLASS THRONE. The scenes center around Sun Estate activities during an Equinox celebration...
    Categorized as:
    magic  lgbtq  paranormal  humor  romance  fantasy  urban-fantasy  mlm
  • Forgotten by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast

    Forgotten by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Before he was freed by Neferet, Kalona was imprisoned within the earth for centuries because of the Darkness in his heart. But what happened to the Other World's Kalona? It's as though he's been forgotten, or maybe he never existed at allIn the present, Other Neferet may have left her House of Night, but she has far from given up her goal of immortality and world domination...
  • A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth

    A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Half-fae Arlo becomes entangled in the courtly intrigue at the Seelie Summer palace as danger for ironborns mounts in this gripping sequel to A Dark and Hollow Star that’s The Cruel Prince meets City of Bones.After thwarting the man behind the gruesome ironborn murders—and breaking several fae laws to do so—all Arlo wants is a quiet summer...
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    lgbtq  magic  paranormal  wlw  book  contemporary  dark  fae
  • Fern Valley by T.L. Haddix

    Fern Valley by T.L. Haddix

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rachel Campbell is doing just fine on her own. The forty-seven-year-old divorced single mother of a nearly grown teenager, she's also a shape shifter. She isn't opposed to the idea of love, but she isn't looking for it, either. But then state trooper Lee Harrison moves in across the street...
  • Kathy by T.L. Haddix

    Kathy by T.L. Haddix

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Women's Fiction Romance Life changed forever for Kathy Browning one tragic, fateful day in 1960 when her husband murdered their children, another man, and himself in front of her. Three years later, she's battling serious depression, still trying to pick up enough shattered pieces of what's left to continue living...
  • The Slightly Supernatural Sheriff by Ardy Kelly

    The Slightly Supernatural Sheriff by Ardy Kelly

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    How long does a man have to wait for his happy ending?Sheriff Chet Thompson has seen the future. He's even met his mate-to-be, built a dream house (with a nursery), and kept an eye on Lone Wolves Ranch for the man of his visions to return.But it's been two years. And all he's gotten in that time is the nickname Chastity Chet...
    Categorized as:
    humor  lgbtq  magic  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  fae
  • Foundations by Sara's Girl

    Foundations by Sara's Girl

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When one door closes, another one opens – with a bit of a push. Life, love and complications...
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    lgbtq  magic  paranormal  wlw  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Bounty Hunter: Ryder by Kim Fox

    Bounty Hunter: Ryder by Kim Fox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ryder and his crew have a job. Capture a wild polar bear shifter and get a cool two million dollars that they desperately need to save the family ranch. But when a rival bounty hunter comes crashing into his life, he realizes the job is going to be anything but easy...
    Categorized as:
    humor  magic  paranormal  adult  animals  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Potions and Pajamas by Keira Blackwood

    Potions and Pajamas by Keira Blackwood

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger, and hungrier, and a whole lot weirder.The ring on my finger was supposed to be a promise to spend our lives together. But my fiancé decided that wasn’t what he wanted.So he buried me alive.To my fiancé’s dismay, I’m not dead, or at least mostly not. I’m starting over.I’ll do things differently this time...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  magic  humor  female-mc  romance  fiction  mystery  death
  • Common Sense, Where Art Thou? by A.J. Sherwood

    Common Sense, Where Art Thou? by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “How about we just negotiate hazard pay here and now?” Ross isn’t one for seizing the day, he prefers poking at it with a stick. So, with the gas station in ashes, he makes the only logical choice: agree to an interview with Glenn to be his PA.The welcome party that starts before he’s even accepted the job is a little worrying, but rather sweet...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  magic  humor  lgbtq  slow-burn  romance  mlm  vampires
  • definition of insanity by bizarrestars, Zeppazariel

    definition of insanity by bizarrestars, Zeppazariel

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Pretty, straight boys will tease, and they will tangle you all up with feelings you can't even describe; they will give you hope the way you give them an in inch and they take a mile; they will twist you around their fingers just to see you dance, just for the entertainment, just because they're bored; they will like you, and like you, and like you so much as a person, like being around you and...
  • Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens

    Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Two rival apprentice sorcerers must team up to save their teachers and protect their own magic in this lively young adult romantic adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of In Deeper Waters and So This Is Ever After.Edison Rooker isn’t sure what to expect when he enters the office of Antonia Hex, the powerful sorceress who runs a call center for magical emergencies...
  • Ruth and the King of the Giants by S.E. Smith

    Ruth and the King of the Giants by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The King of the Giants has met his match… When her brother goes missing, Ruth Hallbrook follows the only lead that she has – a story told to her by a strange woman she meets in town. Armed with a ‘magical’ shell that will supposedly guide her, all she has to do is repeat the words she hears when she puts it to her ear...
  • The Wolf's Secret by Claire Cullen

    The Wolf's Secret by Claire Cullen

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When is a wolf not just a wolf? When he has magic running through his veins. Fleeing Samhain Pack to protect them from his berserker nature, Barrett is alone in the wilds—and lost to himself. Until he tracks a most interesting prey and finds himself face to face with a mage. But Evan is not just a mage, he’s something their pack desperately needs—a healer...
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    lgbtq  magic  paranormal  slow-burn  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Not Over Yet by Barbara Elsborg

    Not Over Yet by Barbara Elsborg

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me… One pissed off Santa…A whole heap of trouble…The last thing Phin feels like doing is going to a New Year’s Eve party. After a day dealing with sick animals, all he wants is a glass of red wine, some food and his bed. But as he drives home down a steep, snow-covered hill, he skids and hits a guy dressed as Santa Claus...
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    humor  lgbtq  magic  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  dragons
  • Santa's Secrets by K.C. Wells

    Santa's Secrets by K.C. Wells

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Anthony has a secret.One Christmas Eve when he was twelve, he found Santa laying presents under the tree.He never told a soul. And the following year he snuck out of bed to see if he could repeat the event.Every Christmas Eve for more than forty years, he and Santa have met, only now, they’re friends. But although Anthony is ageing, Santa hasn’t changed since that first night...
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    humor  lgbtq  magic  paranormal  adult  age-gap  audiobook  book
  • Her Lucky Love by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Her Lucky Love by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Brayden Cooper has always been lucky. It's in his blood and in the coin that he has hanging on a leather tie around his neck. He has everything in the world he could ever want: money, a job, brothers he loves, and the luck that comes with his powers. Yet he's empty. Everyone but him knows he loves Allison, yet it's going to take something stronger than luck to bring them together...
    Categorized as:
    humor  magic  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Secrets of Blackthorn Hall by Cassandra Clare

    Secrets of Blackthorn Hall by Cassandra Clare

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Julian and Emma are on their travel year when the Clave sends Julian a message: clean up Blackthorn Hall or ownership reverts back to the Clave. Amidst the clutter and disrepair they discover secrets that Blackthorn Hall has kept hidden for years... They find out something... or someone... else might be sharing the space with them...
  • Kiss My Witch by Amy Boyles, Angela Dawe

    Kiss My Witch by Amy Boyles, Angela Dawe

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Dylan must face an entire convention of witches? It's enough to make a girl run for cover … except there's no place to go that they can't find her. Every time Dylan Apel casts a spell, disaster strikes—from conjuring a giant swarm of bloodsucking mosquitoes, to exploding the electrical grid. When witches flood her peaceful hometown for a convention, Dylan is in no shape to protect herself...
  • Verse and Vengeance by Amanda Flower

    Verse and Vengeance by Amanda Flower

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    USA Today bestselling author and Agatha Award winner Amanda Flower turns the charm up to ten in her fourth Magical Bookshop mystery. With the help of Walt Whitman's works, magical bookshop owner Violet Waverly puts her pedal to the metal to sleuth a bicycle-race murder that tests her mettle. A bicycle race is not Charming Books proprietor Violet Waverly's idea of a pleasant pastime...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal  adult  animals  book  contemporary
  • Pumpkin Spice & Poltergeist by Ali K. Mulford, K. Elle Morrison

    Pumpkin Spice & Poltergeist by Ali K. Mulford, K. Elle Morrison

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Get ready for a bewitching tale of love, laughter, and supernatural shenanigans in the heart of Maple Hollow!The last thing apothecary witch, Jordyn, had on her mind was romance, but when she got witchy-wasted, she cracked open the coffin of her love life and conjured the ghost of her ex-girlfriend...
    Categorized as:
    wlw  lgbtq  paranormal  magic  humor  romance  fantasy  cozy
  • Forbidden Hunger by Teresa Gabelman

    Forbidden Hunger by Teresa Gabelman

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A shifter without a pack, Janna Lawson goes in search of the man who her mother died trying to protect. What she finds is Garrett Foster, a man who has the power to decide her fate and causes a hunger inside her that is forbidden to them both...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal  adult  alpha-mc  animals  book
  • Apple Pies and Other Amends by ToEatAPeach

    Apple Pies and Other Amends by ToEatAPeach

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Fandom: Harry PotterRelationship: Draco Malfoy/Hermione Granger--------------------------------------------------Sometimes you're sad. Sometimes you need dessert. And sometimes, it's a little of both. Runner-Up of the Winter 2017 Dramione Fanfiction Awards, "Best Epic-Sized Fic...
    Categorized as:
    magic  wlw  slow-burn  paranormal  romance  fantasy  fiction  cozy
  • OctoBEARfest by Murphy Lawless

    OctoBEARfest by Murphy Lawless

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome to Renaissance, Colorado, a new shifter city by the author of (and set in the same world as!) the best-selling Virtue Shifters books!Grizzly shifter Bill Torben has spent his life working for his family's brewery and has loved every minute of it, although he's a liiiittle bit envious of his younger brother leaving town and almost immediately finding his fated mate...
  • The Darkest Night by A.D. Starrling

    The Darkest Night by A.D. Starrling

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hana Mae Jin does not believe in magic. Unfortunately, magic believes in her.  When the hospital where Mae Jin works is attacked by terrifying monsters, a power the mortuary assistant never knew she possessed awakens, sending a wave of magic across New York that has unforeseen repercussions.  Nikolai Stanisic has only one wish...
  • The Escape Plan by Katie Bailey

    The Escape Plan by Katie Bailey

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When there’s no escaping the plans life has for you…Beckett McCarthy’s beloved Gran always taught him to find magic in mundane, everyday things. But since she died, he no longer feels any magic.In fact, he feels nothing at all.So, when he has an opportunity to spend a summer abroad in Serendipity Springs, he’s expecting little more than a change in scenery...
  • Bearing Scars by Layla Nash

    Bearing Scars by Layla Nash

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kara flees a rogue pack to save her own life, but knows she has to go back to save her brother, Nick. Leaving him behind forever, in the evil alpha's clutches, isn't an option. When the rogue wolves chase her, though, Kara faces a lonely death in the woods -- until an enormous bear shifter races in to save her...
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