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Something Like Family by Heather Burch
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAbandoned by his mother when he was young, twenty-two-year-old Rave Wayne knows all about loss. That doesn’t mean he’s used to it. After he’s dumped by the girlfriend he assumed he’d spend his life with, Rave is longing more than ever to connect.Then, as if by miracle, he receives an invitation from his grandfather, a man he thought was long gone, to come for a visit to rural Tennessee... -
![The Canal Boat Café Christmas: Starboard Home by Cressida McLaughlin]()
The Canal Boat Café Christmas: Starboard Home by Cressida McLaughlin
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Christmas special continuing the charming and heart-warming story of The Canal Boat Café, the runaway bestseller Summer and Mason take their upbeat and feelgood Canal Boat Café to London for Christmas, with unexpected results. Starboard Home – Summer and Mason find themselves unexpectedly spending the entire Christmas holiday in Little Venice when the canal freezes over... -
![What Does It Feel Like? by Sophie Kinsella]()
What Does It Feel Like? by Sophie Kinsella
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom #1 bestselling author Sophie Kinsella, an unforgettable story—by turns heartbreaking and life-affirming—of a renowned novelist facing a devastating diagnosis and learning to live and love anew.“The bravest book you’ll read all year.”—Jodi Picoult “What Does It Feel Like? is fiction, but it is my most autobiographical work to date. Eve’s story is my story... -
![Finding My Way by Judith Keim]()
Finding My Way by Judith Keim
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDarcy Sullivan and her two sisters continue to work hard at the Salty Key Inn, the small, Florida hotel they unexpectedly inherited. In order to inherit the rest of Uncle Gavin’s sizeable estate, they must meet his challenge to open the neglected hotel by the end of the year... -
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![The Bookshop of Hopes and Dreams: A charming tale of heartbreak and healing by Hannah Ellis]()
The Bookshop of Hopes and Dreams: A charming tale of heartbreak and healing by Hannah Ellis
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Tara Fitzpatrick tells a string of lies during the world’s most informal job interview she has no idea of the path she’s set herself on. Renovating the rundown bookshop with her new boss, James, turns out to be more fulfilling than she could ever have imagined. Soon, she finds herself falling in love with the quaint little shop. And with James... -
![Notting Hill in the Snow by Jules Wake]()
Notting Hill in the Snow by Jules Wake
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of Covent Garden in the Snow, this is the most romantic and charming book you’ll read this Christmas… Viola Smith, plays the viola in an orchestra (yes really!), she’s bright, bubbly and enthusiastic about absolutely everything. And it’s enough to drive some people crazy…especially if they’re a grumpy widower with an eight-year-old in tow...Categorized as:
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![The Christmas Holiday by Phillipa Ashley]()
The Christmas Holiday by Phillipa Ashley
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLet Sunday Times bestseller Phillipa Ashley whisk you away to the Lakes this Christmas, with a story full of unexpected romance, second chances, snowflakes and starlight!She’s planned the perfect Christmas. But fate might have other ideas… Krystle didn’t have a normal childhood and longed for warm family Christmases with presents under the tree... -
![Christmas Rings by Tess Thompson, Ev Bishop]()
Christmas Rings by Tess Thompson, Ev Bishop
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRandom circumstances brought them together. Love made them family. Kind, funny, successful, and adoring, Jed Marsh is the man of Alissa Mann’s dreams. But Jed’s parents don’t think Alissa, who supplements her kindergarten teacher’s salary as a cocktail waitress at a gentlemen's club, is good enough for their son. And his controlling mother will stop at nothing to keep them from getting married... -
![Lemon Drop Cottage by K.T. Dady]()
Lemon Drop Cottage by K.T. Dady
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to Pepper Bay. A small close-knit community where you’ll find chocolate box cottages, quaint shops, love, drama, and a happily ever after.Snuggle down with this cosy, feel-good, comfort read that whisks you away to a beautiful bay on the Isle of Wight – Perfect for fans of Christie Barlow, Phillipa Ashley, and Holly Martin... -
![Cánh Đồng Bất Tận by Nguyễn Ngọc Tư]()
Cánh Đồng Bất Tận by Nguyễn Ngọc Tư
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCánh đồng bất tận bao gồm những truyện hay và mới nhất của nhà văn Nguyễn Ngọc Tư. Đây là tác phẩm đang gây xôn xao trong đời sống văn học, bởi ở đó người ta tìm thấy sự dữ dội, khốc liệt của đời sống thôn dã qua cái nhìn của một cô gái. Bi kịch về nỗi mất mát, sự cô đơn được đẩy lên đến tận cùng, khiến người đọc có lúc cảm thấy nhói tim.. -
![A Baby Changes Everything by Isabelle Grace]()
A Baby Changes Everything by Isabelle Grace
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDrew Blackwood’s seen his fair share of babies born—he just never imagined the next could be his own!Veterinarian Drew is the only one of the four Blackwood brothers to have left Hickory Ridge for greener pastures. Though he adores the gentle, rolling mountains that cradle his family’s sprawling Virginia farm, his plans for the future don’t include a permanent return any time soon...Categorized as:
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![Winter Trees by Kim Stokely]()
Winter Trees by Kim Stokely
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMeet the residents and staff of Marigold Manor Assisted Living: Ginny, the grieving Activities Director; Chester, the facility’s friendly chef with a secret; Edith, the practical farmer’s widow; and Frank, the retired Navy Admiral. Ginny struggles to make the holidays joyful for the residents, while still mourning the death of her fiancé. Edith and Frank decide it’s time for an intervention...Categorized as:
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![New York, New Year, New You by Rachael Bloome]()
New York, New Year, New You by Rachael Bloome
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes it takes starting over to discover who we really are…Have you ever found yourself at a crossroads, forced to choose between who you used to be and who you want to be?And whichever path you choose will wind up hurting someone you love?Well, if you haven’t, I can tell you firsthand: it’s the worst.But it’s exactly where I find myself...Categorized as:
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![What Happened to the McCrays? by Tracey Lange]()
What Happened to the McCrays? by Tracey Lange
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Tracey Lange, a poignant story about the resilience of family, the importance of community, and the magic of middle school hockeyWhen Kyle McCray gets word his father has suffered a debilitating stroke, he returns to his hometown of Potsdam, New York, where he doesn’t expect a warm welcome... -
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![Moonlight and Promises by Michele Brouder]()
Moonlight and Promises by Michele Brouder
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRead the generational saga about three sisters and their grandmother and her friends in the beachside town of Hideaway Bay.Always the rebel and the oldest of the Monroe sisters, Isabelle returns to Hideaway Bay at the request of one of her sisters. She’s never stayed long enough in any one place. The last thing Isabelle Monroe wants is to be tied down...Categorized as:
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![Two of a Kind by Abbie Zanders]()
Two of a Kind by Abbie Zanders
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSpencer Dumas is an asshole, and he’s fine with that. As the CEO of Dumas Industries, the billionaire playboy couldn’t care less what people think of him. He’s got money, power, prestige, and plenty of female attention to keep him satisfied. In fact, he wants for nothing, except possibly the one thing his wealth and privilege won't allow: a life of his own... -
![Oh Crumbs (Choc Lit) by Kathryn Freeman]()
Oh Crumbs (Choc Lit) by Kathryn Freeman
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAnother fun, fabulous read from Kathryn Freeman. You'll want to lock yourself away with this one! Sometimes life just takes the biscuit … Abby Spencer knows she can come across as an airhead – she talks too much and is a bit of a klutz – but there’s more to her than that... -
![You Are Here by David Nicholls]()
You Are Here by David Nicholls
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMarnie is stuck.Stuck working alone in her London flat, stuck battling the long afternoons and a life that increasingly feels like it's passing her by.Michael is coming undone.Reeling from his wife's departure, increasingly reclusive, taking himself on long, solitary walks across the moors and fells... -
![Coming Home to Hideaway Bay by Michele Brouder]()
Coming Home to Hideaway Bay by Michele Brouder
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen Lily Ford returns to her lakeside hometown of Hideaway Bay for her grandmother’s funeral, the reunion with her estranged sisters is anything but easy as old wounds surface quickly. Recently widowed and still reeling from the secrets her late husband left behind, Lily finds herself at a crossroad, questioning everything about herself and the people she thought she knew... -
![Snowflakes at Lavender Bay by Sarah Bennett]()
Snowflakes at Lavender Bay by Sarah Bennett
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings‘Delightfully romantic and touching.’ Phillipa Ashley on Sunrise at Butterfly CoveThe most wonderful time of the year…Libby Stone has lived in Lavender Bay all her life...Categorized as:
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![An Unexpected Gift by Melanie Moreland, M. Moreland]()
An Unexpected Gift by Melanie Moreland, M. Moreland
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn unplanned journey A change of direction The meeting of two lost hearts When Evan Brooks sets out to repair his fractured relationship with his family, a broken-down car and an unplanned detour lead him to Holly Cole. Her eyes captivate him. Her words comfort him. Her heart warms him...Categorized as:
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![The Christmas Letters by Jenny Hale]()
The Christmas Letters by Jenny Hale
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsElizabeth Holloway's sparkling world comes crashing down around her when her boyfriend of seven years drops the bomb that he’s leaving her—at Christmas. In an attempt to piece her life back together, she suddenly finds herself seven hundred miles from her New York City home, trudging through the snow, back at her childhood farm in the Great Smoky Mountains... -
![The Bluebell Girls: An absolutely gorgeous and uplifting summer romance by Barbara Josselsohn]()
The Bluebell Girls: An absolutely gorgeous and uplifting summer romance by Barbara Josselsohn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree generations. One summer that will change everything.Growing up in Lake Summers, Jenna and her mother Sweet were known as the bluebell girls. Jenna was carefree, always running barefoot through their wildflower garden, and no one expected her to live in their little lake house in the Adirondack Mountains forever... -
![Turtle Reef by Jennifer Scoullar]()
Turtle Reef by Jennifer Scoullar
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan Zoe protect the reef she loves? Or will fighting to save it mean she loses everything? From the bestselling author of Billabong Bend, Brumby’s Run and Currawong Creek comes a wonderful novel set against the spectacular beauty of Queensland’s far north coast. Unlucky-in-love zoologist Zoe King has had enough of Sydney...Categorized as:
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![The Ones That Got Away by Suanne Laqueur]()
The Ones That Got Away by Suanne Laqueur
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPlenty of fish in the sea. But none like the ones that got away.Author Suanne Laqueur gives her readers an intimate, guided tour of the award-winning novel, The Man I Love. From the embryonic chapters written over twenty years ago to scenes cut from the final draft, you’ll witness the crafting of an emotional journey and the evolution of the beloved characters within The Fish Tales...Categorized as:
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![Love and Lies at the Village Christmas Shop by Portia MacIntosh]()
Love and Lies at the Village Christmas Shop by Portia MacIntosh
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBlast the Michael Bublé, wrap your hands around a cinnamon latte and enjoy this warm, hilarious Christmas novel! Ivy loves Christmas... -
![The Farmhouse: A Hickory Grove Novel by Elizabeth Bromke]()
The Farmhouse: A Hickory Grove Novel by Elizabeth Bromke
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA desperate hairdresser. Her handsome friend. And a farmhouse full of secrets. When Maggie Devereux is served an unexpected eviction notice, everything falls apart. Out of options, the nearly divorced forty-something stumbles across an unopened letter regarding her late aunt's estate: a ramshackle farmhouse on the outskirts of town... -
![The Teacher by Meg Gray]()
The Teacher by Meg Gray
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn life, there are no certainties. Emma Hewitt finds herself facing a number of uncertain challenges as she tries to find her footing in the big city of Portland, Oregon. The safety and simplicity of the small town she once knew is a distant memory as she embarks on her toughest year of teaching in her young career... -
![The Lilac House by Barbara Josselsohn]()
The Lilac House by Barbara Josselsohn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCan one summer house bring two broken hearts together? Summer escapes to Lilac House have always been a source of comfort for Anna Harris. Though things will never be the same since her husband’s death, she knows that it is there, nestled in Lake Summers in the heart of the Adirondack Mountains, that she and her children Zac and Evie can begin to build a new life... -
![Winter's Fairytale by Maxine Morrey]()
Winter's Fairytale by Maxine Morrey
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsStep into a winter wonderland and fall in love in the snow this Christmas… Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow… A few weeks before Christmas and a sudden blanketing of snow has closed the roads and brought public transport grinding to a halt, stranding Izzy miles from home and in desperate need of rescuing... -
![The Cinnamon Peeler: Selected Poems by Michael Ondaatje]()
The Cinnamon Peeler: Selected Poems by Michael Ondaatje
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMichael Ondaatje’s new selected poems, The Cinnamon Peeler, brings together poems written between 1963 and 1990, including work from his most recent collection, Secular Love. These poems bear witness to the extraordinary gifts that have won high praise for this truly original poet and novelist...Categorized as:
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![Christmas at the Little Wedding Shop by Jane Linfoot]()
Christmas at the Little Wedding Shop by Jane Linfoot
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratings‘Just like the perfect wedding cake…beautifully crafted and wrapped in romance’ Heidi Swain, bestselling author of The Cherry Tree CaféThe snow is falling around Brides by the Sea, Cornwall’s cutest little wedding shop, and wedding dress designer Seraphina East is in her cosy studio designing exquisite dresses to make even the most demanding bride’s dreams come true... -
![McKellan's Run by Nicole Hurley-Moore]()
McKellan's Run by Nicole Hurley-Moore
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYears ago, Violet Beckett made the mistake of falling for the wrong McKellan brother and both she and her younger sister, Lily, paid the price. Now eight years later, fate has brought Violet and her daughter, Holly, back to the house Violet grew up in. As soon as Violet runs into James 'Mac' McKellan, she wonders if she should run all the way back to the city... -
![Christmas on the Coast (The Off Season) by Lee Tobin McClain]()
Christmas on the Coast (The Off Season) by Lee Tobin McClain
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere’s no better place to spend Christmas than on the Chesapeake Bay, where it’s always the perfect season to start over. Former police officer Paul Thompson has come to the little town of Pleasant Shores to heal his PTSD. The prescription involves volunteering, therapy and, most of all, a stable routine for his young son. Falling for Amber Rowe, however, would make that stability impossible... -
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![The Long Dance Home by Julie Mayerson Brown]()
The Long Dance Home by Julie Mayerson Brown
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs Cece Camden reaches her 29th birthday, her life takes an unexpected turn that throws the level-headed, disciplined, former ballerina into turmoil. After a chance encounter with an old dance rival who makes an surprising request, Cece discovers a secret about her past and makes a life-changing decision...Categorized as:
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![Touched by Sabre Rose]()
Touched by Sabre Rose
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings– Lauren –Instead of walking down the aisle, I was starting over.New home. New job. New life.Blocked memories.There was no choice.But I wasn’t expecting him.Gabe was nothing more than a fantasy. Young. Irresponsible. Charming.I wasn’t looking for anything, too busy licking my wounds.Nothing could happen. Nothing should happen.But it did . . -
![Christmas at the Gin Shack by Catherine Miller]()
Christmas at the Gin Shack by Catherine Miller
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWelcome in the festive season with love, laughter and the perfect G&T in Christmas at the Gin Shack – the most uplifting holiday read of 2017! Gingle bells, gingle bells, gingle all the way… Olive Turner might have lived through eighty-four Christmases, but she’ll never get bored of her favourite time of year. And this one’s set to be extra-special... -
![The Magic of Christmas Tree Farm by Erin Green]()
The Magic of Christmas Tree Farm by Erin Green
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe scent of pine fills the crisp air as local villagers select their perfect tree. Picking the tree is the easy bit, creating a perfect Christmas is a bit trickier... Nina has the most magical job in the world, matching customers with their perfect Christmas tree. Working at Christmas Tree Farm is always fun and full of laughter but the weight of past tragedy bears down on her... -
![A Good Time by Shannyn Schroeder]()
A Good Time by Shannyn Schroeder
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA passionate free spirit and a sweet-talking playboy sound like a match made in heaven—until life gets in the way of all the fun and games… Indy Adams values her freedom above all else. She works hard to support herself, moonlighting as a waitress while she fights for her first big sale in the Chicago real estate market... -
![Losing You by Susan Lewis]()
Losing You by Susan Lewis
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTwo lives. Two families. One tragedy.Lauren Scott is bright, talented and beautiful. At eighteen, she is the most precious gift in the world to her mother, and has a dazzling career ahead of her.Oliver Lomax is a young man full of promise, despite the shadow his own, deeply troubled, mother casts over him.Then one fateful night, Oliver makes a decision that tears their worlds apart... -
![A Family Affair: Spring by Mary Campisi]()
A Family Affair: Spring by Mary Campisi
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Family Affair: Spring is a story of betrayal, forgiveness, and redemption, all wrapped up in the lives of the people we love to love, and even a few we love to hate. Harry Blacksworth is rich, handsome, the ultimate playboy with a killer smile and a clever wit. He’s fought it, denied it, ignored it, but the damn truth won’t go away: He’s fallen in love... -
![A Piece of Heaven by Barbara Samuel]()
A Piece of Heaven by Barbara Samuel
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWith her acclaimed hardcover debut, No Place Like Home , readers enthusiastically welcomed Barbara Samuel into the ranks of bestselling women’s fiction, applauding her stirring novel of loss and redemption... -
![The Christmas Project by Maxine Morrey]()
The Christmas Project by Maxine Morrey
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsProfessional organiser Kate Stone has never – NEVER – been tempted to hit a client over the head with a snow shovel, but Michael O'Farrell is the most obnoxious – and heart-stoppingly gorgeous – man she has ever met. If he weren't her best friend’s brother, she would not have waited on his doorstep in the freezing cold for five minutes, let alone an hour... -
![Holly and Ivy: An Uplifting Holiday Novel by Fern Michaels]()
Holly and Ivy: An Uplifting Holiday Novel by Fern Michaels
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTHE GIFT OF FAMILY The flames of memory always seem to glow a little brighter during the holidays. Perhaps that’s why this time of year is so difficult for airline heiress Ivy Macintosh, as she faces thoughts of yet another festive season alone. Since the plane crash that claimed the lives of her husband and two children eight years ago, she’s been submerged in grief... -
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![Snowfall at Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs]()
Snowfall at Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFiction book written by author in a series of fiction books. After two years of grueling work for the International Criminal Court in The Hague, an international terrorist incident prompts divorced lawyer Sophie Bellamy to recognize that her work is meaningless without her two children—Max, 12, and Daisy, 19—who are living with their remarried father... -
![The Temptation to Be Happy by Lorenzo Marone, Shaun Whiteside]()
The Temptation to Be Happy by Lorenzo Marone, Shaun Whiteside
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCesare is a seventy-seven-year-old widower and cynical troublemaker, a man who has always struggled to care for others and has given up trying. Aside from an intermittent fling with a nurse called Rossana, he avoids contact with his neighbours and even his own children. One day, the enigmatic Emma moves into the neighbouring flat with her strange and sinister husband... -
![Christmas with the Single Dad by Clare Connelly]()
Christmas with the Single Dad by Clare Connelly
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsChristmas is a time for family…A mystery brings Ally Monroe to the idyllic seaside town of Cape Hope, North Carolina. On the quest to find out more about the father who abandoned her, Ally has no intention of getting too involved in the community... -
![Vele hemels boven de zevende by Griet Op de Beeck]()
Vele hemels boven de zevende by Griet Op de Beeck
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsLou is 12, Eva 36, Elsie 42, Casper 46 en Jos 71. Vijf mensen, met elkaar verbonden, vertellen hun verhaal. Over onverwacht geluk dat de dingen moeilijk maakt, over geheimen die te groot lijken, over de complexe kunst van het jong zijn, over obstakels die bergen worden, amper te beklimmen, over blijven proberen, tot waar geen mens meer verder kan... -
![The Christmas Party by Karen Swan]()
The Christmas Party by Karen Swan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Christmas Party is a delicious, page-turning story of romance, family and secrets, by the Sunday Times bestselling author Karen Swan.When Declan Lorne, the last remaining knight in Ireland, dies suddenly, an ancient title passes with him. But his estate on Ireland’s rugged south-west coast is left to his three daughters... -
![Sweet Nothings by Kim Law]()
Sweet Nothings by Kim Law
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJoanie Bigbee, cupcake baker extraordinaire, likes to keep her options open—and she’s good at it. She's started and sold some 30 businesses in her postage stamp-sized Tennessee town, and at the moment she can be found in a short skirt and go-go boots, selling cupcakes out of the back of a converted Volkswagen van. What she moves on to next is anybody’s guess. She knows better than to be tied down...Categorized as:
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