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Start a War by Elle Thorpe
Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratings“Do you want some Goldfish crackers, Bliss?”Those were the last words my brother said to me before he was shot execution style. A childhood code only he and I knew, and one that had a single, clear meaning behind it.Run. I’m not going anywhere. Not when his murderer is still out there... -
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Toxic Creek by K.C. Kean
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“It’s so nice when toxic people stop talking to you. It’s like the trash took itself out.”I had everything I ever wanted, until my life was flipped upside down. Now, I’m suddenly being forced to live in my parent’s hometown, with complete strangers. Like my heart isn’t broken enough. Could I fall any further?Yes. Yes, I could.Why might that be?The Allstars... -
![F*ckboy Psychos: A Dark & Spicy Romance by C.M. Stunich]()
F*ckboy Psychos: A Dark & Spicy Romance by C.M. Stunich
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhoa, there. Stop right now. You don’t want to read this.Trust me: you really, really don’t want to read this. So back away slowly, hands up, and I won’t have to kill you.They might, though. They might be willing to warm my bed, but I wouldn’t say I trusted them. Just a bunch of psychos, really.My three f*ckboys, my three psychos.Alexei Grove... -
![This Fearless Girl: An Enemies-to-Lovers College Romance by E.M. Moore]()
This Fearless Girl: An Enemies-to-Lovers College Romance by E.M. Moore
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJOIN THE HUNT...Categorized as:
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![Twisted Creek by K.C. Kean]()
Twisted Creek by K.C. Kean
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI have nothing left to give this twisted town, not a single ounce. I’ve let them beat me down, almost break me, but it’s time I fixed my ‘Grady’ jersey, and show them I will do anything to protect what is mine.Trying to survive Knight’s Creek without Xavier, Hunter, and Tobias is harder than I care to admit. I have to give it my all and try again; I have to run... -
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SAVAGES by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHumpty Dumpty sat on a wallSavages rising, watch how they fall.All of the heartache and all of the pain.Couldn't put me back together again. There’s nothing quite like the smell of a decaying body... -
![These Reckless Hearts: An Enemies-to-Lovers College Romance by E.M. Moore]()
These Reckless Hearts: An Enemies-to-Lovers College Romance by E.M. Moore
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsStone Jacobs must…help me. My life has always been defined by two interconnected things:I’m a Wilder.I’m a treasure hunter.What happens when both of those things are threatened? When who I am gets pulled out from under me and my greatest enemy of all destroys me even further?Lance and his mercenaries aren’t going to stop... -
![Saving Graves by Drew Sera]()
Saving Graves by Drew Sera
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNeglected. Tortured. Abused. Unloved. I was left for dead at seventeen and learned to protect myself the only way I knew how…by not letting anyone get close to me — not anyone. Discovering Club Irons has been like finding home for the first time in my life. It’s been a beacon of light in my dark life, and it’s where I finally belong . I’m the most sought after Dom at Club Irons... -
![Those Heartless Boys: An Enemies-to-Lovers College Romance by E.M. Moore]()
Those Heartless Boys: An Enemies-to-Lovers College Romance by E.M. Moore
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsStone Jacobs must die.Okay, okay. Maybe just maim him a bit. Peel off his perfectly chiseled handsome looks until he knows what it feels like to be normal. And while I’m at it, I’ll throw his friends in, too. They all deserve to be taken down.I should’ve seen it coming. I should’ve felt it in my gut. The moment my treasure hunter father went missing, my arch enemies sprang into action...Categorized as:
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![Here Loves a Sociopath: A Dark Bully Academy Romance by C.L. Matthews]()
Here Loves a Sociopath: A Dark Bully Academy Romance by C.L. Matthews
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHere Lives a Corpse is book one of a five-book series. You do have to read all to understand. Each one ends on a cliffhanger.We all have demons, some of us know how to befriend them rather than defy them.They always speak of me… whispers of a devil with a charming smile.But they don’t know me, what truly lies beneath... -
![Unstoppable by Sheridan Anne]()
Unstoppable by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTully - If he thinks he can just show up on my doorstep after four long years of radio silence, then he’s got another thing coming. Tully Cage does not bow down for anyone; especially ghosts from the past who insist on crashing back into my life and causing all sorts of havoc. My heart can’t take it. That boy put me through hell and back, and to be honest, I don’t think I ever fully recovered...Categorized as:
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Hunter by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’m a nobody... until everybody realizes who I am and who I’m related to.Then it’s like a giant target is painted on my back. They all think they can use me to climb the Rosewood High royalty ladder.They obviously underestimate me. I won’t cower down or give in.They can’t break me. But he can... without even trying.Zayn Hunter.He doesn’t want to use me.. -
![Glass Heart Broken: A Dark High School Bully Romance by Lindsey Iler]()
Glass Heart Broken: A Dark High School Bully Romance by Lindsey Iler
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLIES. SECRETS. MAYHEM.The campus of Glass Heart Academy will never be the same once we’re through with it.PalmerThey tried to break me, but they underestimated my strength. When Marek says things aren’t always what they seem, I don’t want to believe him. Now, I know the dark truth in his words...Categorized as:
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![Pay the Price by Sadie Hunt]()
Pay the Price by Sadie Hunt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI thought they were my enemies.I was right.I invited the infamous Blackwell Beasts to live with me for one reason: find out if they killed my brother five years go.They did the time, but did they really do the crime?I thought I was prepared for anything, but deep down, I didn’t want to believe they did it... -
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![Party Crashers by Heather Long]()
Party Crashers by Heather Long
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the moment I learned she was coming to our school, I had a gut feeling it would end in disaster. Out of all the schools in the world, why did Kaitlin Crosse have to choose ours? Her presence confused my brothers and created tension between them, but I soon realized my initial assumptions about her were completely wrong...Categorized as:
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![Ruthless Rejection by P.H. Nix]()
Ruthless Rejection by P.H. Nix
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEdgewood threatens to chew me up and spit me out.Since moving to town, my life has been turned on its axis. Everything I thought I knew is a lie, and even as secrets are revealed, more questions arise.I’ve been forced into a ruthless game—one with deadly consequences in order to take care of my siblings in my parents’ absence...Categorized as:
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![Altered by Lead by C.M. Stunich, Tate James]()
Altered by Lead by C.M. Stunich, Tate James
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMy life will never be the same, altered by lead, damaged but not broken.I’m becoming a new me.I won’t run any longer; this time, I’m the hunter instead of the prey.But it takes hard work, skill, and a bit of luck to catch a mob boss.I’m going to need all three to survive this.Especially when I’ve got five gorgeous a**holes for teachers—and occasional bedmates.The Blackbirch Company... -
![Broken Hill Havoc by Sheridan Anne]()
Broken Hill Havoc by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCollege? How did this happen? One minute I'm starting my senior year of high school and the next, I'm in college. Let me repeat myself. How did this happen? I can't even begin to understand the crazy amounts of drama I've suffered through over the past twelve months, but I've never been so happy to say it's over. I’m more than ready for this next step in my life...Categorized as:
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![All the Little Truths by S.J. Sylvis]()
All the Little Truths by S.J. Sylvis
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSeveral months ago, I was the queen of English Prep. The boys stopped in their tracks at the sight of my too-short plaid skirt, and the girls cowered behind their locker doors, envious of me ruling the halls with the most desired boy by my side.But the thing about queens?They often fall to their own demise.The boys no longer spare me a single glance... -
![Descent by Gemma James]()
Descent by Gemma James
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe highly anticipated conclusion of Alex and Rafe's saga is here! We did it. We said the vows, dressed for the occasion, dared to believe in Happily Ever After. Alex Mason. It has a nice ring to it, the promise of forever. Until I awake the morning after to an empty bed and my worst nightmare waiting to strike. Rafe is gone, but his twisted desires leave me with the chance for survival... -
![Watch Me Rise by K.C. Kean]()
Watch Me Rise by K.C. Kean
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEmerson Grove is supposed to be my fresh start, a chance at a new beginning and a better future, yet my past is a force I never saw coming. Now my head and my heart are at odds, my future is unknown, and everything I thought I knew is in disarray.Jameson, Ezra, Leo, and Jagger are ghosts from a different time, a different me. One night changed everything and I’m not the girl they once knew... -
![Slateview High - The Complete Series: A Dark High School Romance by Eva Ashwood]()
Slateview High - The Complete Series: A Dark High School Romance by Eva Ashwood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"You're in our world now, Princess. You're ours."My whole life, I’ve been groomed as American royalty, raised to be the perfect daughter of the wealthy elite.On my sixteenth birthday, my father bought me an Aston Martin.And on my seventeenth birthday, the Feds took everything away... -
![Brutal Boys on Devils Night by Daniela Romero, Becca Steele]()
Brutal Boys on Devils Night by Daniela Romero, Becca Steele
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBoys can be brutal. Wicked. Savage. Corrupt. What starts as a game, a night full of mischief, turns out to be something darker. More sinister. More depraved. There’s foreboding in the air on Devil’s Night – the night before Halloween when brutal boys come out to play. Only this year … it’s going to be so much worse. I can hardly wait...Categorized as:
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![Watch Me Fall by K.C. Kean]()
Watch Me Fall by K.C. Kean
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome to Emerson Grove, with our fantastic university, suburban lifestyle, and the city nearby, you’re never going to want to leave. I almost believe their slogan, until my ride drives off, leaving me on the doorstep of a pretty house to reveal a blast from the past.Leaving one lion’s den, I’ve fallen straight into another. I didn’t agree to this part. To…them... -
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![Wicked Deceit by Aly Beck]()
Wicked Deceit by Aly Beck
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy enemy is The Apocalypse Society: Three brothers, a hidden agenda, distorted masks, and minions who do their dirty work.They tried to kill the rabbit.They injured two of the men I love.They thought they could cut me down.Not only my life, but the lives of my four men, are now in danger.Time is running out. The rabbit is almost in their trap. The next time they may succeed in killing me...Categorized as:
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![Fragile Things by Samantha Lovelock]()
Fragile Things by Samantha Lovelock
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPoe Halliday was an accident. A chance meeting that changed my life forever.My mother didn't have secrets; her secrets had her. After she disappeared, I had nothing.Or so I thought.When the invitation arrived, the opportunity to learn about my mother's past was too great to pass up. Heading west to meet an aunt I had never heard of, I knew I was taking a risk, but I craved answers...Categorized as:
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![Kings of Linwood Academy - The Complete Box Set: A Dark High School Romance Series by Callie Rose]()
Kings of Linwood Academy - The Complete Box Set: A Dark High School Romance Series by Callie Rose
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCOMPLETE REVERSE HAREM SERIESRich boys don’t fraternize with the help.They don't torture the help.They don't crave the help.For as long as I can remember, my mom and I have lived on the edge of ruin, so when she finally gets a decent job offer, she moves us cross-country to take it...Categorized as:
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![Brutal Revelation by P.H. Nix]()
Brutal Revelation by P.H. Nix
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSchool’s out, but the fun never arrived.The enemy is no longer on our doorstep. They’re inside, wreaking havoc in the form of both perceived friends and known foes.Making what was supposed to be a summer of celebration into an endless string of heartache that led us to one Brutal Revelation.Brutal Revelation is a novella in the Edgewood Academy Elite Series... -
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Problem Child by Heather Long
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsEnrollment begins this autumn. Born into Hollywood royalty, I’ve been making the hot sheet and generating internet buzz since before I could even walk. Doesn’t matter that my parents divorced prior to my second birthday, I can’t escape the shadows—or scandals—of my movie star mother and my rock star father...Categorized as:
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![Broken Hill Honor by Sheridan Anne]()
Broken Hill Honor by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBeing with Tora Roberts has been nothing but a wild ride, one I never want to get off. At twelve, I knew I loved her. By seventeen, I’d made her life a living hell. She hated me. She stole my heart completely at eighteen. And now at twenty-six, she still hasn’t given it back, and what’s more, I don’t want her to. It’s about time I make her mine… Officially...Categorized as:
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![Orientation by C.M. Stunich]()
Orientation by C.M. Stunich
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA Burberry Prep x Adamson Academy Crossover Novel!This is the FINAL story for both the Rich Boys of Burberry Prep series, AND the Adamson All-Boys Academy series . . . all in one volume!Harem versus harem.How often does one university entertain two coeds with harems of rich boys on their heels?My name is Marnye Reed and this, this is Charlotte Carson.Girl, just call me Chuck...Categorized as:
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![Lost Royal by Lily Wildhart]()
Lost Royal by Lily Wildhart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNothing about my return to Echoes Cove was what I expected, but I wasn’t prepared for the darkness that’s threatening to devour us all.A stalker, patient and cunning, hunting in the shadows.Powerful forces determined to control my every move and bend me to their will.And them.Lincoln, Maverick, Finley and Easton. I’m not sure how I’ll survive them without losing myself, or my heart, along the way... -
![Caged Royal by Lily Wildhart]()
Caged Royal by Lily Wildhart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe worst part about betrayal, is it never comes from your enemies.I should have known better, I should have seen the signs, but now all I'm left with is heartache and disappointment.They may think they've got the better of me, but I won't go down without a fight. Especially when it comes to the ones I love.Even if I have to protect them from themselves... -
![When Rivals Lose by J.L. Beck, C. Hallman]()
When Rivals Lose by J.L. Beck, C. Hallman
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHARLOW Darkness surrounds me. Who am I? I don’t remember anything. Every memory of my life gone. I wake in a hospital not knowing my own name. I don’t know these people who claim to be are my parents, but they take care of me, they show me pictures… and introduce me to my fiancé? I guess I was living a perfect life before my accident. I had it all, so I try to remember... -
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![Revenge by J.L. Weil]()
Revenge by J.L. Weil
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWelcome back to Elmwood Academy. The conclusion begins. And the drama continues...Categorized as:
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![Turmoil by J.L. Weil]()
Turmoil by J.L. Weil
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThey call themselves the Elite—four boys from the wealthiest and most prominent families in Elmwood, which somehow gives them the right to be righteous A-holes.Gorgeous.Arrogant.No regard for rules.And Brock Taylor is the worst of them all.I wish I had known that before I slept with him. A night I just want to forget.But Brock won’t let me.They aren’t just high school boys...Categorized as:
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![Empire of Ruin by Eva Ashwood]()
Empire of Ruin by Eva Ashwood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmpire of Ruin is the heart-pounding final installment in the Dirty Broken Savages series.Note: The blurb below contains spoilers, so I'd highly recommend not reading it until you're caught up on the series, starting with book one, Kings of Chaos. You've been warned!***I was a good girl once, but now I’ve got bloody hands and a broken heart... -
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Twisted Selection by P.H. Nix
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEdgewood Elite rule this town, but that doesn’t mean they can rule me.After my dad goes missing, my family falls apart. News of an inheritance from a long-lost relative gives us the restart we need. At least, that’s what I think until we get there.Edgewood Academy is ruled by the town’s four heirs.Wes, broody and stuck up, wants me run out of town...Categorized as:
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![Glass Heart Hero by Lindsey Iler]()
Glass Heart Hero by Lindsey Iler
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLoyalty. Corruption. Family.A gauntlet rooted in love and jealousy may be the destruction of the students at Glass Heart Academy.DelaneyParts of me were stolen in the confines of a dark room. No matter how hard I fought, I got nowhere. The damage has already been done.Now I find myself in the arms of an unexpected boy... -
![Raven River Academy: Complete Series by Ruby Vincent]()
Raven River Academy: Complete Series by Ruby Vincent
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter scamming most of our town out of their life savings, my folks disappeared in the middle of the night. Forced to take me in, my estranged aunt and uncle shipped me off to Raven River Academy the first chance they got. In my town, the line between the haves and the have-nots is actually a twelve-foot gate that keep the unwanted where they belong...Categorized as:
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![Hunting Pretty by Sienna Blake]()
Hunting Pretty by Sienna Blake
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWatch her. Crave her. Covet her. I’m the monster in the shadows—but she’s addicted to monsters.She looks so pretty when she cries out in her sleep. I’m obsessed by her gasps when she hears me coming for her. I'm hooked on the way she fights me when I pin her down... -
![Angelview Academy: The Complete Trilogy by E.M. Snow]()
Angelview Academy: The Complete Trilogy by E.M. Snow
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA complete dark bully romance trilogy! Contains exclusive bonus content! At Angelview Academy, Saint Angelle is considered God.But don't be fooled by his ridiculous name or that pretty face because Saint? He’s as wicked as they come.I should know.I'm the new girl who pissed him off.The nobody who called out his crew of vicious tyrants.The mortal who wouldn't bow then and sure as hell won’t now...Categorized as:
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![Queen of Fire by Steph Macca]()
Queen of Fire by Steph Macca
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEverything has changed.I fought against the darkness and tried to convince myself that I lived life on the edge in the grey. But I was wrong. Being in the dark was in my blood.They changed me.They may think they have ruined me but my desire for danger was a fire inside, and they just poured gasoline on it. I was always told never to play with fire or I'd get burnt...Categorized as:
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![Evading Darkness by K.M. Baker]()
Evading Darkness by K.M. Baker
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen they say the past always finds a way to catch up to you, they aren't lying.I spent years on the run, trying to hide from my father and our society. I was careful and never stayed in the same place for very long, but when I landed in Braxton Falls, I couldn't leave.I fell in love, made my first real friend in years, and let my guard down... -
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![Four Steps by Stephanie Brother]()
Four Steps by Stephanie Brother
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTen years ago, my four stepbrothers left without a backward glance. Now they've returned, and they're not looking at me like a little sister anymore.When I was a shy, awkward teen, my stepbrothers were my world. As my protectors and my best friends, they provided an escape from the noisy drama of our parents’ tumultuous marriage... -
![Eight Brothers' Fiancée by Nicole Casey]()
Eight Brothers' Fiancée by Nicole Casey
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe haughty twins and their six brothers knew exactly how to get me.I didn’t realize men could change so much.The twins I resented in college, along with their 6 brothers are now here to make my life a misery.The media had shown me their wild side.Now that they’re my bosses, I’m seeing something different.It was supposed to be nothing more than a job to me, a chance for a scoop... -
![STEPDORK by A.E. Murphy]()
STEPDORK by A.E. Murphy
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRaven and Travis sitting in a tree, doing things they shouldn’t be. HA… yeah, right. Raven hates her stepbrother with a passion, and she’s certain Travis returns the sentiment because he makes life at home with him hell. He ruined her favorite T-shirt, damn it... -
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![Savage Kings by L.M. Harrison]()
Savage Kings by L.M. Harrison
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThree beautiful, cruel boys rule Kingsworth Prep. And I'm the girl who almost ruined them...It all started with that video I posted of them—you know, the one that went viral. But that was before I knew who they were. Ezra Covington, Bellamy Thorn, and Dashiell Laurier. Three untouchable royals who were just… well, royally touched...Categorized as:
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![Touched By The Devil by Angel Lawson, Samantha Rue]()
Touched By The Devil by Angel Lawson, Samantha Rue
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFights, sex, and fast cars. Those are what Sebastian Wilcox is all about.On the outside he’s easy smiles and a quick temper, but on the inside, a war rages on. He told the Devils his biggest secret; during a vicious fight, he accidentally hurt someone who didn't deserve it. For months now, he's been cursed by the memory of her screams. But that’s not his only hidden truth...
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