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  • Marred: Kyle and Violet by Tess Thompson

    Marred: Kyle and Violet by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kyle Hicks started with nothing. Now he's a self-made man. And as luck would have it, his latest project as a real estate developer lands him in Cliffside Bay with his very best friends, The Dogs. At the end of his grueling work days, Kyle's got just enough time left for his buddies and not much else...
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    family  sad  adult  anthologies  contemporary  drama  epic  female-mc
  • See You by Dawn Lee McKenna

    See You by Dawn Lee McKenna

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sometimes the promise of something is so good that it's worth having, even when you know that you can't keep it. See You is not a romance, but it is a love story; one filled with the rawness of and risk and redemption and the dry humor that is the backbone of the South.Emma has loved Jack since she was a little girl...
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    family  sad  adult  book  contemporary  female-mc  fiction  humor
  • Nicholas Sparks Collection by Nicholas Sparks

    Nicholas Sparks Collection by Nicholas Sparks

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    True Believer, A Walk to Remember, The Wedding, At First Sight and The Guardian...
    Categorized as:
    sad  romance  fiction  book  adult
  • The Last Day of Winter by Shari Low

    The Last Day of Winter by Shari Low

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    One December wedding. One runaway bride. One winter's day to bring everyone together again. Today is the day Caro and Cammy are due to walk up the aisle. But Caro's too caught up in the trauma of her past to contemplate their happy ever after. Stacey's decision to return from L.A. is fuelled by one thing – telling Cammy how she feels, before it's too late...
    Categorized as:
    family  sad  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  holidays  humor
  • Always You by Belle Brooks, Karen Harper

    Always You by Belle Brooks, Karen Harper

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “I will breathe for you.” Some people’s bodies are built to run marathons. Others to lift and labour. And some are made so graceful their footsteps are barely heard. My body was built to be a vessel. It was Always You. Maybelline Connors knows stars are not always as faultless as they appear...
  • Blue String by Tess Thompson

    Blue String by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She's a single mom happily raising her son with the help of her family. He's a country music star reeling from tragedy. When he shows up on her doorstep asking for a safe place to hide from the world, will she let him into her heart and family?Costume designer Teagan Lanigan only has time to love her work and the young son she’s raising by herself...
    Categorized as:
    family  sad  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • Fireflies & Family Ties by Rachel Hanna

    Fireflies & Family Ties by Rachel Hanna

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When Meg shows up at her mother's door, she has no idea how to break the news to her. She's come home from France, pregnant. At just nineteen years old, this wasn't where she saw her life going.Now, trying to hide her growing belly and figure out her next decision, she moves in with her mother, sister and aunt on Seabreeze Island...
  • Brie Visits Master's Italy by Red Phoenix

    Brie Visits Master's Italy by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Brie’s After Graduation Series #7Brie has many exciting lessons yet to learn. There’s a session on belts, an introduction to Master’s new skill and the unwelcomed challenge of jealousy. Master shares his father’s Italian hometown with his little sub. While exploring the island they discover something that has remained hidden for years, waiting for Master’s return...
    Categorized as:
    sad  family  romance  steamy  contemporary  alpha-mc  fiction  epic
  • Family: The Club Girl Diaries Book 5 by Addison Jane

    Family: The Club Girl Diaries Book 5 by Addison Jane

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Family came first—that’s what the Brothers by Blood MC believed in. They fell in love, they battled the odds, and they fought through the danger that threatened to tear them apart, but it wasn’t over yet. Their stories were just the beginning, and now they were determined to continue to build their families and the next generation of the MC...
  • More Pleasure than Pain by Kristen Ashley

    More Pleasure than Pain by Kristen Ashley

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
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  • 27 Truths About Their First Goodbye by M.J. Fields

    27 Truths About Their First Goodbye by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Once Upon A Time I dreamed of growing up and being just like her. I dreamed of having an adoring husband, two kids, and a beautiful home where my family would come together and enjoy all of our happy ever afters. But fate had other plans My road wasn’t easy, it was heartbreaking, and she was there, in the distance, silently supporting me...
    Categorized as:
    family  sad  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  multi-pov  new-adult
  • Amish Farm Mayhem by Samantha Price

    Amish Farm Mayhem by Samantha Price

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    family  adult  book  fiction  romance
  • Breathe With Me by Red Phoenix

    Breathe With Me by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When life gets too rough, breathe with me… Tono Nosaka, the Kinbaku rope master, has known heartache and loss—never defeat. He is determined to claim his soulmate. Miss Autumn is courageous and talented, but she hides a personal secret that binds her heart. Just when the walls start to come down, Tono has a dream about Brie so shocking he would make any sacrifice to ensure it never comes true...
    Categorized as:
    family  sad  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  disability  epic
  • Seabreeze Book Club by Jan Moran

    Seabreeze Book Club by Jan Moran

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A new bookshop on the beach. A sizzling summer ahead. Join a new book club at the Seabreeze Inn.**From a USA Today bestselling author.**When sisters Ivy and Shelly Bay form a book club to help support a local bookshop on the beach, friends and guests of the inn are eager to join. Yet nothing is quite as it seems in the book club.Meanwhile, a discovery in the historic beach house inn causes a stir...
    Categorized as:
    family  sad  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  female-mc  fiction
  • Andai Itu Takdirnya by Siti Rosmizah

    Andai Itu Takdirnya by Siti Rosmizah

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Aleya, seorang gadis yang cantik dan berlatarbelakangkan keluarga sederhana, dalam diam menyimpan perasaan pada seorang anak tokoh korporat yang ternama yang juga merupakan rakan sekuliahnya di universiti di United Kingdom, Syed Adam Aizril. Syed Adam Aizril, wajahnya yang tampan menjadikan dia kegilaan ramai gadis...
    Categorized as:
    sad  adult  book  female-author  fiction  romance
  • Suloisimmat hetket by Virginie Grimaldi

    Suloisimmat hetket by Virginie Grimaldi

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Hurmaava tarina äidinrakkaudesta ja naisista elämän taitekohdissa.Kun kuopus muuttaa pois kotoa, Élise tuntee itsensä merkityksettömäksi. Lapset vastaavat viesteihin viiveellä, ja seurana on vain masentunut koira. Uutta sisältöä elämään löytyy tanssikurssilta ja vapaaehtoistyöstä vauvaperheiden parissa...
    Categorized as:
    family  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Nicholas Sparks Love Stories Three Book Set  (A Bend In The Road, The Rescue, Message In A Bottle) by Nicholas Sparks

    Nicholas Sparks Love Stories Three Book Set (A Bend In The Road, The Rescue, Message In A Bottle) by Nicholas Sparks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nichaolas Sparks Love Stories Three-Book Set (A Bend In the Road, The Rescue, Message in a Bottle) For a limited time get three of Nicholas Sparks' popular fiction titles in one easy-to-order package, including the bestseller, Message in a Bottle...
    Categorized as:
    sad  adult  book  fiction  realistic  romance
  • Brie Surrenders her Heart by Red Phoenix

    Brie Surrenders her Heart by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Brie’s submissive journey has been marked with self-discovery, humor, and sexual exploration. To her delight, Brie is about to enjoy the best scene ever with Master, carrying her to heights never imagined. Friendships deepen, a challenge is accepted, and her film career is launched. But life is a balance..
  • Seabreeze Shores by Jan Moran

    Seabreeze Shores by Jan Moran

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    As Ivy is adjusting to a new marriage, she must also welcome spa guests and deal with more secrets her old beach house reveals—this time, from the Roaring Twenties.Plus, her sister Shelly is nervous about having her first baby...
    Categorized as:
    family  sad  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  cozy  fiction
  • Red Dirt Christmas by N.R. Walker

    Red Dirt Christmas by N.R. Walker

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    **14,500 words, gay romance** Travis had been here at Sutton Station for just over a year. We were technically engaged, not that we’d told anyone. He was happy just knowin’ I’d said yes, and I had some head-clearin’ stuff to work through. Knowing I was good enough for Trav was one thing, but knowing if I was good enough to be a husband and father was somethin’ else entirely...
  • Last Chance to Fall by Kelsey Kingsley

    Last Chance to Fall by Kelsey Kingsley

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “You look at me like I’m the last woman in the world...
    Categorized as:
    family  sad  adult  book  contemporary  epic  fiction  humor
  • Sunset by Jessie Cave

    Sunset by Jessie Cave

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The debut adult novel from Jessie Cave is a spry yet reflective comedy of sisterhood, loneliness and second chances as a rootless young woman starts to piece her life back together again.Sunset is an unconventional love story about putting yourself back together when the sky has fallen in.Ruth and Hannah are sisters. They build each other up, and tear each other down...
  • To Trust by Carolyn Brown

    To Trust by Carolyn Brown

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Dee Hooper and Jack Brewer grew up next door to each other in sleepy Buckhorn Corner, Oklahoma. From the time they were less than a year old they'd been best friends, but then Dee eloped with a man from Pennsylvania...
    Categorized as:
    family  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • No Place Like Home by Barbara Samuel

    No Place Like Home by Barbara Samuel

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Twenty-one years ago, Jewel Sabatino left her childhood behind and never looked back. After a magical taste of fame, she found herself alone with a son to raise and very few options. Now she has left New York for the hills of Colorado, unsure if her family will welcome her back. For Jewel, coming home is falling into a world that smells of Italian restaurants and home-baked pies...
    Categorized as:
    family  sad  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  drama  fiction
  • Seabreeze Summer by Jan Moran

    Seabreeze Summer by Jan Moran

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Two sisters. One unforgettable summer.While renovating an old beach house, Ivy and her sister, Shelly, suddenly have full occupancy after fire forces Summer Beach residents from their homes. Even the mayor, Bennett Dylan, who was Ivy's high school crush, moves in. As the summer heats up, attractions simmer and feuds erupt...
  • Time Stamps by K.L. Kreig

    Time Stamps by K.L. Kreig

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Time stamps. Our life is marked by them. Significant milestones to the seemingly mundane. All of them have a place. A purpose. Moments and chapters stacking on each other, building scars and memories. Creating stories that are only ours to tell. But those stamps are finite, pre-determined. And eventually our allotment runs out. This is our story. Our collection of time stamps...
    Categorized as:
    family  sad  adult  angst  book  contemporary  drama  epic
  • Beauford Bend: The Complete Series by Alice Hunter Pace

    Beauford Bend: The Complete Series by Alice Hunter Pace

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Meet the four sexy brothers of Beauford Bend in this enchanting new Southern series by USA Today best-selling author Alicia Hunter Pace! Nearly thirty miles from Nashville sits the boutique town of Beauford, known for its artisan craft shops and colorful personalities - especially the renowned Beauford brothers...
    Categorized as:
    family  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Maintenance Required: A small town romance by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Maintenance Required: A small town romance by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    EricI live my life by a certain standard. There are right and wrong ways to do things, and I always make sure that I'm on the right side. My brothers call me a wet blanket. They say I'm buttoned-up, boring, and that I don't know how to let loose. There's a reason I'm that way, and she just walked through my door. With one wild night, I've thrown all my moral guidelines out the window...
    Categorized as:
    family  sad  adult  book  contemporary  drama  fiction  grief
  • Enchant Me by J. Kenner

    Enchant Me by J. Kenner

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    FROM NEW YORK TIMES AND #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR J. KENNER comes a seventh full-length novel in the fast-paced saga that began with Release Me, Claim Me, Complete Me, and Anchor Me. It was supposed to be a new beginning for billionaire Damien Stark, his wife Nikki, and their family...I thought I knew everything about my beloved husband, Damien Stark...
    Categorized as:
    family  sad  adult  billionaire  book  contemporary  epic  fiction
  • Sweet Love by Rachel Hanna

    Sweet Love by Rachel Hanna

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Things aren't always what they seem... sometimes, they're better. Laura Bennett is bored. Divorced and grieving after the death of her mother, she takes the advice of her adventurous best friend and does the craziest thing she's ever done in her life. Sawyer Griffin is a country music superstar who has burned out and gone home to January Cove for a break...
    Categorized as:
    family  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Letters to Lincoln by Tracie Podger

    Letters to Lincoln by Tracie Podger

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What do you do when your husband dies unexpectedly? You write him a letter, of course. What do you do when someone answers that letter? Dani was mid-thirties when she found herself alone and without her soulmate. Coming to terms with her loss took all her strength and her voice. If Dani thought she’d experienced the worst life could throw at her, she was wrong...
  • A Summer of Secrets by Kay Correll

    A Summer of Secrets by Kay Correll

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A woman with a secret. A man who will never forgive her. Cece Stuart hadn’t planned on ever finding love and she’s made her peace with that. Really, she has… Zach is over women and their secrets. Really, he is… But fate laughed at them, as it often does, and threw them together finishing up a new wedding venue at Sweet River Lodge...
  • The Nicholas Sparks Holiday Collection by Nicholas Sparks

    The Nicholas Sparks Holiday Collection by Nicholas Sparks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Three of Nicholas Sparks's beloved bestselling novels are now available as a boxed set. TRUE BELIEVER: A skeptical science journalist travels to a small town to investigate ghostly apparitions. When he hopelessly falls in love with a local woman, he must take a giant leap of faith...
    Categorized as:
    sad  romance  fiction  contemporary  book  adult
  • White Locks by Rose B. Mashal

    White Locks by Rose B. Mashal

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When love knocked on Marie's door, she had a hard time denying her heart what it wanted. Especially after she'd found her black keys. Now Marie finally realizes that home is not where she was born, or where she'd lived all of her life. Home is where her Love is. It's time for her to follow her heart...
    Categorized as:
    family  sad  adult  angst  book  contemporary  dark  drama
  • Differently Normal by Tammy Robinson

    Differently Normal by Tammy Robinson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Every family has its issues. For Maddy, life is all about routine. It has to be, to keep her autistic sister happy and healthy. With just Maddy and her mother as Bee’s full time carers, there’s no time in Maddy’s life for complications like friends, let alone a boyfriend...
  • Claiming What Is Mine by Abby Brooks, Will Wright

    Claiming What Is Mine by Abby Brooks, Will Wright

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Meredith Still was the love of my life. My dream girl.Gabe Wilde was my protector. My knight in shining armor.We had our future planned out-together-down to the names of our unborn children. Everything was going according to plan, until it wasn't.Sometimes life happens that way.When I left for college, I never thought I'd be back home for anything longer than a visit...
    Categorized as:
    family  sad  adult  book  contemporary  epic  female-mc  fiction
  • Hearts on Fire by Julia Gabriel

    Hearts on Fire by Julia Gabriel

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "Julia Gabriel does an amazing job with this devastatingly, heartbreaking love story." — RT Book Reviews, 4.5 stars, Top PickReturn to the shores of the Chesapeake Bay in Julia Gabriel’s new series about love, family, and second chances ... The 300-year-old town of St. Caroline, Maryland, is part fishing village and part summer playground for the wealthy and powerful...
  • Finding Me by Judith Keim

    Finding Me by Judith Keim

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sheena Sullivan Morelli and her sisters, Darcy and Regan, receive the unexpected news that their Uncle Gavin Sullivan, the black sheep of the family, has left them a hotel on the Gulf coast of Florida. The gift comes with a twist. They must live together for one year at the hotel and prepare the hotel to receive guests within a year...
    Categorized as:
    family  sad  adult  book  coming-of-age  contemporary  fiction  humor
  • The Beauty of Rain by Jamie Beck

    The Beauty of Rain by Jamie Beck

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Two devoted sisters at a tragic breaking point discover the beautiful and painful truths of being alive in a powerful novel by Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Jamie Beck.Winning the lottery changed Amy Walsh’s life, but the cost was greater than she could bear. In the aftermath, she struggles to find joy and purpose...
  • Our Song by Dani Atkins, Dawn Murphy

    Our Song by Dani Atkins, Dawn Murphy

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The stunning new emotional drama from ebook phenomenon Dani Atkins, author of Fractured - perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes and Dorothy Koomson.This is the story of Ally and Charlotte, whose paths have intersected over the years though they've never really been close friends. Charlotte married Ally's ex and first true love, David...
    Categorized as:
    family  sad  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  drama  fiction
  • The Sight of You by Holly Miller

    The Sight of You by Holly Miller

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The Light We Lost meets How to Walk Away in this romantic and page-turning American debut that poses a heartbreaking question: Would you choose love, if you knew how it would end?Joel has sworn off falling in love. But when he meets Callie, he can't help being drawn to her. In Callie, he sees a second chance at life. And in Joel, Callie discovers the kind of love she'd always hoped was real...
    Categorized as:
    family  sad  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  female-mc  fiction
  • Reality of Life by Shandi Boyes

    Reality of Life by Shandi Boyes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book 2 in the 'Perception' Series.The reality of life is sometimes bad things happen to good people, especially when they least expect it. How will Noah overcome his latest tragic event?Continue to follow Noah on his next journey and see which path his life chooses to take.You will laugh and you will cry, but the story of Noah Taylor will stay with you forever...
    Categorized as:
    family  sad  adult  angst  book  contemporary  female-mc  fiction
  • Heartwood by L.G. Pace III, Michelle Pace

    Heartwood by L.G. Pace III, Michelle Pace

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "When we were kids, my cousins planned for their weddings like they were coronations. Sleepovers revolved around notebooks stuffed with clippings from bridal magazines and elaborate plans scrawled in purple ink. Horse drawn carriages, twenty tiered cakes, groomsmen in tails, and scads of bridesmaids, none of whom were nearly as pretty as the bride...
    Categorized as:
    family  sad  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  humor  male-mc
  • Utterly Wrecked by Liberty Parker

    Utterly Wrecked by Liberty Parker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Shamus O’Leary was born with biker blood running through his veins. He’s an ask no questions, kill ‘em all type of man. He’s loyal to his brothers and sisters. The brotherhood is all he’s known and love was never on the horizon for a man like him, but one look at Star’s photograph, and he was instantaneously smitten...
    Categorized as:
    family  sad  action-adventure  adult  biker  book  dark  fiction
  • Brick: Motorcycle Club Romance by M.L. Nystrom

    Brick: Motorcycle Club Romance by M.L. Nystrom

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the beginning, there was one determined man and one strong woman. In their struggles, they created a dynasty. Brick had one mission since he was a boy: become a Dragon Runner. The motorcycle club meant everything to him. Blood and bone from his brothers paid the Dragon’s dues time and time again. And watching it split apart was more than he could handle. Then he met Betsey...
    Categorized as:
    family  sad  abuse  adult  angst  biker  book  contemporary
  • One More Thing: by Lilliana Anderson

    One More Thing: by Lilliana Anderson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I didn't ask to slip on a piece of gum then fall in love with a man who would die before the ink was dry on our marriage certificate. But that's what fate had in store and it broke me. I vowed I would never fall in love again. Five years later, fate has one more thing in store for me. It wants to play around in my life again. Its tool? Another blasted stick of gum...
    Categorized as:
    family  sad  adult  book  contemporary  death  female-mc  fiction
  • An Amish Surprise (2) (Berlin Bookmobile Series, The) by Shelley Shepard Gray

    An Amish Surprise (2) (Berlin Bookmobile Series, The) by Shelley Shepard Gray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the second installment of the “enjoyable and charming” ( USA TODAY ) Shelley Shepard Gray’s delightful Berlin Bookmobile series, librarian Sarah Anne Miller returns to Berlin to help a childless Amish couple form the family they’ve always prayed for.Miriam and Calvin Gingerich have been trying for a baby for several years, but the Lord hasn’t seen fit to bless them...
  • The Heartwood Inn by Elana Johnson

    The Heartwood Inn by Elana Johnson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Olympia Heartwood is running the family empire, and she works long days and lives at The Heartwood Inn, making her entire life about her job. Which is just fine with her, because the last man she was involved with was married. When the truth came out, her heart shattered, and she's never been the same. And men? She can't trust them. Doesn't need them...
    Categorized as:
    family  audiobook  romance  fiction  book  adult
  • The Sun's Heartbeat by Jonaxx

    The Sun's Heartbeat by Jonaxx

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Marem & Achilles...
    Categorized as:
    sad  romance  season-summer  fiction  book  adult
  • Finding Forever by J.L. Perry

    Finding Forever by J.L. Perry

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nobody said it would be easy, nothing worth having ever is.LOGANAt first glance, she stole all the air from my lungs, and a year later, nothing has changed. There’s no doubt in my mind Brooke’s the one I’ve been longing for. She’s awoken something inside me … something that’s been lying dormant for ten long years...
    Categorized as:
    sad  family  romance  contemporary  billionaire  fiction  book  adult
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