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  • Her Treasured SEAL by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Her Treasured SEAL by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Wedding.   A Baby.  But Will His Enemies Destroy Their Happiness?  Drake Avery has not gone out on a mission with his Navy SEAL team in months, instead he stayed by his woman's side as she fought for her life. Now Karen is home and recovering and it's time for Drake to go back to work. Joining his team to stop the Boko Haram in Africa, Drake faces his ultimate challenge...
  • Cheating the Devil  (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Samantha A. Cole

    Cheating the Devil (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Samantha A. Cole

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ***This book was previously published in Amazon Kindle Worlds*** Delta Force Colonel Bradley “Tank” Barton never expected to fall for a woman with a bad-ass past, but fate had other plans, and he certainly wasn’t complaining. Avery Knapp had worked as an undercover agent before burning out after twenty years...
  • Rescuing Moira: Ex-Military Special Forces Hostage Rescue (Guardian Hostage Rescue Specialists) by Ellie Masters

    Rescuing Moira: Ex-Military Special Forces Hostage Rescue (Guardian Hostage Rescue Specialists) by Ellie Masters

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    MOIRAI’ve been to hell and back,And back again.It's a never-ending cycle for me.Every time I think the worst is over,I get knocked right back down again.I grew up on the streets. I've been traded in and out of men's beds,I thought that was my lowest moment, but I was wrong.I was taken from one hell and sold into another.I'm calloused, hardened, and hopeless...
  • The Heart of a Hero by Susan May Warren

    The Heart of a Hero by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jake Silver may not be able to put the memories of his time as a sniper and Navy SEAL behind him, but at least he can put his skills to use as a part of the Jones Inc. rescue team. Saving the life of pediatric heart surgeon Dr. Aria Sinclair on Denali helped too...
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    family  grief  military  realistic  war  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Tied Up in Knots by Mary Calmes

    Tied Up in Knots by Mary Calmes

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Miro Jones is living the life: he’s got his exciting, fulfilling job as a US deputy marshal, his gorgeous Greystone in suburban Chicago, his beloved adopted family, and most importantly, the man who captured his heart, Ian Doyle. Problem is, Ian isn’t just his partner at work—Ian’s a soldier through and through...
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    drama  family  military  nevada  north-america  urban  usa  war
  • Whose Waves These Are by Amanda Dykes

    Whose Waves These Are by Amanda Dykes

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In the wake of WWII, a grieving fisherman submits a poem to a local newspaper asking readers to send rocks in honor of loved ones to create something life-giving but the building halts when tragedy strikes. Decades later, Annie returns to the coastal Maine town where stone ruins spark her curiosity and her search for answers faces a battle against time...
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    drama  family  grief  military  north-america  usa  war  20th-century
  • Wild Man Creek by Robyn Carr

    Wild Man Creek by Robyn Carr

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Colin Riordan came to Virgin River to recuperate from a horrific helicopter crash, the scars of which he bears inside and out. His family is wonderfully supportive, but it's his art that truly soothes his troubled soul. Stung personally and professionally by an ill-advised affair, PR guru Jillian Matlock has rented an old Victorian with a promising garden in Virgin River...
  • Hot SEAL, Cold Beer by Cynthia D'Alba

    Hot SEAL, Cold Beer by Cynthia D'Alba

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An ex-Navy SEAL agrees to play fake lover for the Maid of Honor at a destination wedding only to discover that what happens on a Caribbean Island can sometimes follow you home. Nicholas Falcone, aka Nikko, aka Falcon, is five months out from active SEAL duty, putting his pre-service accounting degree to use while going to law school at night...
  • Trouble in Paradise by Carolyn Brown

    Trouble in Paradise by Carolyn Brown

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    After her divorce, best-selling romance author, Mary Jane Marsh Simmons decided to move all seven of her girls out of the big city and back home to her hometown, Nacona, Texas. So when the last remaining relative of Miz Raven died and the Paradise was put on the market, she bought it, an old house that had been a brothel during the cattle trial days in Spanish Fort, Texas...
  • Living with the Single Dad by Whitley Cox

    Living with the Single Dad by Whitley Cox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A pain so powerful can only be eased by a love even stronger. Welcome to Seattle, the Emerald City and home to The Single Dads of Seattle. Ten sexy single fathers who play poker every Saturday night, have each other's backs, love their children without quarter, and hope to one day find love again.This is Aaron's story ... Single Dad of Seattle, Aaron Steele isn't a single dad at all...
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    family  female-mc  grief  military  war  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Asher by Nyssa Kathryn

    Asher by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She needs his love. He needs her safe.When a workplace romance becomes something deeper for Lexie Harper, she’s devastated to learn Asher Becket is determined to keep their sensual touches and passionate kisses behind closed doors. But that’s not good enough. Lexie won’t be anyone’s dirty little secret…especially when she’s harboring a secret of her own that won’t stay hidden for long...
  • To Live by C.G. Cooper

    To Live by C.G. Cooper

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Elmore Thadeus Nix, it's retirement time. You're sixty-five and ready. Take that final physical and then it's adios to your old life and hello to the new. Not so fast. Sorry, Elmore. Your plan's about to change. It's Elmore's last day of work. As part of his retirement, he heads to the family doctor for the follow-up to a routine physical. That's when the universe shifts on its axis. Cancer...
  • Bayou Baby by Lexi Blake

    Bayou Baby by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A heartwarming contemporary romance set in Louisiana's Butterfly Bayou from New York Times bestselling author Lexi Blake.   Seraphina Guidry loves Butterfly Bayou. A young, single mom, she’s trying to find a place for herself in the town she cherishes, but past mistakes have made her wary. She adores her son but has sworn off men...
  • Protecting Sam by Abbie Zanders

    Protecting Sam by Abbie Zanders

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Where there's "Smoke", there's definitely fire. Former SEAL Steve "Smoke" Tannen is finding the transition back to civilian life more of a challenge than he'd expected. Not only is he dealing with the aftereffects of a horrific ordeal overseas, he doesn’t know what normal is anymore...
  • My Kind of Christmas by Robyn Carr

    My Kind of Christmas by Robyn Carr

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    PATRICK RIORDAN ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT NOTHING COULD MATCH THE ADRENALINE RUSH HE GETS FROM HIS JOB. BUT THIS CHRISTMAS, PATRICK’S PULSE IS REALLY RACING... The Riordan brothers may have a reputation for being rough-and tumble, but Patrick has always been the gentle, sweet-natured one. These days, his easygoing manner is being tested by his high-octane career as a navy pilot...
  • Send Down the Rain by Charles Martin

    Send Down the Rain by Charles Martin

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Allie's second husband is killed tragically when his 18-wheeler crashes into the rocks near their home in Cape San Blas--the tanker was full of fuel and the explosion could be seen on overhead satellites. She'd already lost the beloved waterfront restaurant her parents started and now losing her husband, no matter how unfulfilling their marriage was, might just push her over the edge...
  • It's In His Arms by Shelly Alexander

    It's In His Arms by Shelly Alexander

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Lorenda Lawson has built a safe, sheltered life for her two young sons since their father was KIA several years ago. She has a beautiful cottage and a support network of family and friends. No one in Red River suspects that her marriage to Cam was ever less than perfect. Nobody, that is, except the gorgeous ex-SEAL who’s shown up after a long absence: Cam’s notorious twin brother, Mitchell...
  • Her Hopes and Dreams by Terri Osburn

    Her Hopes and Dreams by Terri Osburn

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    As a newly single mother, Carrie Farmer isn’t quite ready to jump back into the dating pool in Ardent Springs—especially since her last marriage was such a disaster. But if anyone could entice her to wade in a bit, it would be her hunky neighbor, Noah Winchester. He’s the perfect man: strong, protective, and smoking hot...
  • Champagne Widows: First Woman of Champagne, Veuve Clicquot by Rebecca Rosenberg

    Champagne Widows: First Woman of Champagne, Veuve Clicquot by Rebecca Rosenberg

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Champagne, France, 1800. Twenty-year-old Barbe-Nicole inherited Le Nez (an uncanny sense of smell) from her great-grandfather, a renowned champagne maker. She is determined to use Le Nez to make great champagne, but the Napoleon Code prohibits women from owning a business...
  • Five Years Gone by Marie Force, Andi Arndt

    Five Years Gone by Marie Force, Andi Arndt

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    8 hours, 45 minutes The most brazen terrorist attack in history. A country bent on revenge. A love affair cut short. A heart that never truly heals. I knew on the day of the attack that our lives were changed forever. What I didn’t know then was that I’d never see John again after he deployed. One day he was living with me, sleeping next to me, making plans with me. The next day he was gone...
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    drama  family  grief  military  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook
  • Wind Chime Café by Sophie Moss

    Wind Chime Café by Sophie Moss

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When single mother Annie Malone purchases a quirky Main Street café on Heron Island, she thinks she’s finally turned her dream of opening her own restaurant into a reality. Hearing rumors that a developer is about to build a five-star resort on the sleepy Chesapeake Bay island, she plans to transform the café into a premier upscale bistro. But Annie’s life is about to get a lot more complicated...
  • Code Name: Nina's Choice by Natasza Waters

    Code Name: Nina's Choice by Natasza Waters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nina Samson, an analyst working at Coronado Base Command, lands in Navy sniper Mace Callahan’s lap like an I.E.D. Two weeks of fiery passion with the lithe redhead, and the self-proclaimed bachelor raises the white flag. Arriving in San Diego, Nina, a single mother with an eight-year-old daughter, spots danger ahead...
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    drama  family  military  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • SEAL's Deliverance by Elle James

    SEAL's Deliverance by Elle James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Cynical Navy SEAL who once was a cowboy, and a sexy CDC biologist join forces to find biological warfare vials shipped to an unknown location in Montana After a tragic event in his youth, Raymond “Sting Ray” Thompson vowed never to return home to Eagle Rock, Montana, but a trail of treachery leads him back with some of the members of his SEAL team...
  • Heart's Desire: an Angel Fire Rock Romance by Ellie Masters

    Heart's Desire: an Angel Fire Rock Romance by Ellie Masters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An Angel Fire Rock Romance; a Stand Alone Novel When you mix Hot Rockers with Military Special Ops You get the Whole Package! TSgt Ryker Lyons is an elite member of a six-man Special Ops Surgical Team, well five men and one vexing woman. That’s a problem because Major Tia Myers is fierce, competent, utterly breathtaking, and completely immune to his charms...
  • Biker Beloved by Audrey Carlan

    Biker Beloved by Audrey Carlan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From Audrey Carlan, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Calendar Girl series.The day I found out I was going to be a father was the scariest, most shocking moment of my life. Worse, my brand new baby girl was dropped off in the arms of my motorcycle club, abandoned by her mother while I was fighting in Afghanistan...
  • Ask Him Why by Catherine Ryan Hyde, Amy McFadden

    Ask Him Why by Catherine Ryan Hyde, Amy McFadden

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    From the bestselling author of Pay It Forward comes the stunning and emotional story of a young soldier’s unthinkable act…and the bonds of a sister and brother’s love.Ruth and her little brother, Aubrey, are just teenagers when their older brother ships off to Iraq. When Joseph returns, uninjured, only three and a half months later, Ruth is happy he is safe but also deeply worried...
  • An Honorable Seduction  (The Westmoreland Legacy) by Brenda Jackson

    An Honorable Seduction (The Westmoreland Legacy) by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This navy SEAL is on a top-secret mission of seduction…David Holloway is used to hard assignments. Now he faces his most difficult yet: cozying up to the soft curves of Swan Jamison. He wants to know the island beauty…in every way. But romancing Swan as part of his SEAL team’s mission tests his honor, even as his feelings become increasingly real...
  • The Ferry Girls by Rosie Archer

    The Ferry Girls by Rosie Archer

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A young German girl finds friendship, camaraderie and even love while working on Gosport's ferries in the height of World War 2 - but will her new friends desert her if her nationality comes to light? For fans of Daisy Styles and Nadine Dorries...
  • The Great Santini by Pat Conroy

    The Great Santini by Pat Conroy

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Step into the powerhouse life of Bull Meecham. He's all Marine --- fighter pilot, king of the clouds, and absolute ruler of his family. Lillian is his wife -- beautiful, southern-bred, with a core of velvet steel. Without her cool head, her kids would be in real trouble. Ben is the oldest, a born athlete whose best never satisfies the big man...
  • Deadly Intent by Pamela Clare

    Deadly Intent by Pamela Clare

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Secrets buried in the sand… Former US Army Captain Mia Starr has built a new life for herself in Denver, far away from camel spiders and sand—and the terrible secrets of her first deployment to Iraq. She isn’t looking for a relationship, especially not with an intrusive photojournalist...
  • Running On Empty by Christy Reece

    Running On Empty by Christy Reece

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Running On EmptyAn LCR Elite NovelThe Danger Has Only BegunHaving survived a brutal childhood, Sabrina Fox believed she could handle anything. That was before she watched the love of her life die before her very eyes. Brokenhearted, her emotions on lockdown, she finds purpose and hope as an LCR elite operative rescuing victims from some of the most volatile places in the world...
  • Healed By Love by Melissa Foster

    Healed By Love by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    HEALED BY LOVE is a USA TODAY BESTSELLER In HEALED BY LOVE... Nate Braden has loved his best friend's younger sister Jewel for as long as he can remember, but between their age difference and his respect for Rick, he's always kept his feelings at bay. Now he's back in Peaceful Harbor, and Jewel is no longer sixteen years old--but there's an even bigger obstacle standing in his way...
  • Out of Time by Jen McLaughlin

    Out of Time by Jen McLaughlin

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Desperate to keep him...I've finally gotten everything I ever wanted: love, freedom, happiness, and, most importantly, Finn. Our love is everything I expected it to be and more. We've finally found each other, but the world seems determined to tear us apart. We thought my father was the only obstacle between us, but now it's the military...
  • Christmas in Cedar Cove: An Anthology by Debbie Macomber

    Christmas in Cedar Cove: An Anthology by Debbie Macomber

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    First, drop in at 5-B Poppy Lane, where you'll get a chance to visit with Helen Shelton, her granddaughter Ruth and Ruth's husband, Paul. They'll offer you a cup of mulled cider and the story of how they metand they'll share Helen's breathtaking adventures during the Second World War. Then drive out to Grace and Cliff Harding's place. They have a small horse ranch not far from Cedar Cove...
  • Nauti And Wild by Lora Leigh, Jaci Burton

    Nauti And Wild by Lora Leigh, Jaci Burton

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    You've seen them. Looking for trouble, and looking irresistible. Boys with an edge so hard it takes a special kind of woman to satisfy them. But some women are made for it..
  • The Target by David Baldacci

    The Target by David Baldacci

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The President knows it's a perilous, high-risk assignment. If he gives the order, he has the opportunity to take down a global menace, once and for all. If the mission fails, he would face certain impeachment, and the threats against the nation would multiply. So the president turns to the one team that can pull off the impossible: Will Robie and his partner, Jessica Reel...
  • SEAL'd Perfection The Complete Collection: A Navy SEAL Romance by K.B. Winters

    SEAL'd Perfection The Complete Collection: A Navy SEAL Romance by K.B. Winters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Get all five novellas in the best selling series, SEAL'd Perfection by KB Winters all in a box set! PLUS a never-before-released Exclusive Bonus only found in this Collection! Two years after a brutal divorce, Kat Ryan is making the best of her new life and focusing on being the best mom to her three year old son, Jax...
  • The Drinker of Horizons by Mia Couto

    The Drinker of Horizons by Mia Couto

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The scintillating conclusion to the critically acclaimed historical saga: the Jan Michalski Prize–winning Sands of the Emperor trilogy."[Couto's] life has been woven into the history of the nation, and he has become the foremost chronicler of Mozambique’s antiheroes: its women, its peasants, even its dead...
  • Speed King by Ahren Sanders

    Speed King by Ahren Sanders

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All it took was four little words…“Um, hi. Achilles right?”The moment I turned at the sound of her voice, my world shifted. Nervous, sweet, and completely off-limits, Harley Jacobs, was standing there, eyeing me with purpose.Once the fiery beauty claimed me, I didn’t stand a chance.She became my siren, a constant that kept away my darkness. Gave me a shot at a beauty I’d never thought possible...
  • Tilly's Family by Sheila Newberry

    Tilly's Family by Sheila Newberry

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For fans of Katie Flynn and Sheila Jeffries, Tilly's Family is a heart-warming novel from the Queen of family saga, and author of Bicycles and Blackberries, Sheila Newberry. 'I have long been a fan of Sheila Newberry's novels. I love their wonderful warmth and charm...
  • Falling For His Badass by Jessika Klide

    Falling For His Badass by Jessika Klide

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    If you believe chivalry is dead, you haven’t dated a Navy SEAL. I'm always in a hurry, so when I turned to leave the dinner table for the restroom, I accidentally crashed into a wall of a man. When I say ‘wall,’ I mean wall! He was solid, hard, massive, handsome as hell, and scary AF. Lucky for me, he was also fast as lightning and strong as the hulk...
  • Mack's Witness by Myla Jackson

    Mack's Witness by Myla Jackson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A red-hot fling leads to peril on the Emerald Isle...Hearts & Heroes, Book 2 Tired of eating sand and dodging bullets, Marine Captain Mack Magnus is ready to relax and enjoy his brother s Dublin wedding. If that involves a few pints in a quaint Irish pub and getting laid by a pretty Irish lass, all the better. Instead he winds up getting ordered around by the cousin of the bride...
  • Protecting Bobbi (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Kat Mizera

    Protecting Bobbi (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After the unexpected death of his sister, Ron Marshall is wholly unprepared to take custody of his two-year-old niece. Between his classified position as a member of the U.S. Marine Corps Force Recon unit and his role as a single father, he hasn’t thought about women or sex in the six months since he got custody...
  • The Corsican Woman by Madge Swindells

    The Corsican Woman by Madge Swindells

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sybilia turned as if sleepwalking and, trance-like, walked down the stone steps to the living room. She shuddered as she took the rifle from the peg on the wall, but after only a moment's hesitation, she loaded it and went outside. Sybilia Rocca is beautiful, gentle and intelligent...
  • Two Hearts Unspoken by Tamara Ferguson, Adriana Hanganu

    Two Hearts Unspoken by Tamara Ferguson, Adriana Hanganu

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    #1 Two Hearts Wounded Warrior Series From The Bestselling Mother's Day Magic AnthologyMulti-Award Winning, Bestselling AuthorWINNER 2015 TRR Readers' Choice Award New Adult Romance WINNER 2016 TRR Readers' Choice Award Anthology RomanceThe single mom of a severely autistic son, Elizabeth Bowen is a full-time accountant in Illinois...
  • The Fox and The Hound by Wren Michaels

    The Fox and The Hound by Wren Michaels

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jayla “Fox” McFadden 'MacGyvered' her way through college and right onto the radar of the CIA. Instead of getting busted, she got offered a job. She's a chemist by day, but moonlights on special missions utilizing her unique talents when needed, everything from bomb building to booby traps...
  • Heart of a SEAL by Dixie Lee Brown

    Heart of a SEAL by Dixie Lee Brown

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They're brothers in arms, Navy SEALS risking their lives for their country . . . and the women they love. This is Luke Harding's story.Six months in a desert hellhole taught Navy SEAL Luke Harding things he never wanted to learn about life and death. Only tender memories of the beautiful brunette he met a few weeks before his deployment helped get him through the torturous days and nights...
  • Home Fire Inferno [Burn, Baby, Burn!] by Suzanne Brockmann

    Home Fire Inferno [Burn, Baby, Burn!] by Suzanne Brockmann

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Please note: A dollar of the author’s royalties from each copy sold of this edition of Home Fire Inferno will go to organizations supporting veterans. (Thank you so much!) Also note: Home Fire Inferno is a Troubleshooters short story. It’s around fifty pages long, and was originally published in the charity anthology Way of the Warrior, which is no longer available in most e-formats...
  • Honor And Pride by Ann Lister

    Honor And Pride by Ann Lister

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    * * * TRIGGER WARNING * * * The story line within this book deals with the topic of college hazing, which could be a trigger for some readers. Please consider this a warning as this may not be a book you’d be comfortable reading. * * * Fizzbo is used to taking care of people...
  • Dream Boy by Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Dream Boy by Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He was the handsome stranger at the bar. I was the jilted bride sobbing into the train of my wedding dress. It was supposed to be one night...Fate had other plans. "Come up to my room with me..." The invitation came in a deep, husky voice as I was sobbing into my floral arrangement and consuming all the alcohol during the lowest night of my life. I should have said 'no'...
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