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Spiced by Jamie Farrell
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDueling neighbors, baby fever, fake boyfriends, and pizza... Life in Bliss has never been better! Pepper Blue wants a baby. Forget the husband. She’s better at training men to be good husbands for other women than she is at getting one herself, so she’s doing this on her own... -
![Fraudulently Ever After by A.R. Casella, Denise Grover Swank]()
Fraudulently Ever After by A.R. Casella, Denise Grover Swank
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe’s cursed to live out romance tropes gone wrong. As a millionaire bad boy looking for a fake girlfriend, he is one. They’re a disaster in the making...and each other’s last hope. Tina I’m cursed.Yes, really. I broke a boy’s heart because he wasn’t romance hero material, and his nonna cursed me to live out my favorite plotlines...without the happy ending... -
![Cowboy Seeking a Second Chance by Janice Whiteaker]()
Cowboy Seeking a Second Chance by Janice Whiteaker
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTen years ago Boone Pace made a mistake out of selfishness and immaturity.He’s regretted it ever since.Competing as a professional rodeo cowboy was everything he wanted. All that mattered. An opportunity he wouldn’t pass by.But it meant leaving his high-school sweetheart behind.Mae Wells was sweet, and innocent, and quiet... -
![Cowboy of Convenience: Moss Creek PD by Janice Whiteaker]()
Cowboy of Convenience: Moss Creek PD by Janice Whiteaker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGrady’s spent his whole life in Moss Creek, Montana, helping out on his family’s ranch and keeping the town he loves safe. There’s nowhere else he’d rather be.Except for Evelyn Warwick’s bed.The newly arrived New Yorker is a breath of fresh air in his stagnant and stale life— one he seeks out at every opportunity...Categorized as:
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![Playing Pretend by Cassie-Ann L. Miller]()
Playing Pretend by Cassie-Ann L. Miller
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFiring my sassy, smart-mouthed assistant should have solved all my problems. Right?Wrong. Turns out we'll need a fake marriage for that. Oh boy!I should have fired Eliza Jenkins the night she overstepped her qualifications in a high-profile client meeting.Or the time she called me stuffy, uptight and grumpy to my face...Categorized as:
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![Melted Hearts by Annie Dyer]()
Melted Hearts by Annie Dyer
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLiam Rosehill was the most arrogant man I'd ever met.He might’ve rocked the charts with his band for more than a decade, but rocking my world was a hard no.I needed him to expand my business..He needed me to polish his image.We were about to stage our wedding to get what we both needed.It was purely a business transaction. With a man who made my anger bubble and something else simmer... -
![Broken Records: A Rockstar Marriage of Convenience Romance (Sparrow Hill Stories Book 1) by Bree Bennett]()
Broken Records: A Rockstar Marriage of Convenience Romance (Sparrow Hill Stories Book 1) by Bree Bennett
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsLucy ran away from home to restart her life and find some peace and quiet at last. Instead, she finds a washed-up rockstar who splits his time between the bottom of a whiskey glass and the front page of the tabloids... -
![The Boy Who Has No Faith by Victoria Quinn]()
The Boy Who Has No Faith by Victoria Quinn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI just landed my dream job as an editor at the esteemed publisher, Astra Books, and my client is the infamous sci-fi writer Derek Hamilton.The greatest writer of our generation--in my opinion.But it's not as wonderful as I thought it would be. I can't get this guy to respond to my emails, texts, or phone calls. Whenever I get him on the phone, he's a jerk that hangs up on me... -
![Forever Mine by Brenda Jackson]()
Forever Mine by Brenda Jackson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAUTHOR BRENDA JACKSON BRINGS YOU THREE UNFORGETTABLE STORIES UNDER HER LOVE, PASSION AND PROMISE IMPRINT THE SWEETEST TABOO The moment Sonya Morrison gazes into Mike Kelly's deep blue eyes she knows that he wants her. But she also knows he is wasting his time. She doesn't do vanilla, and is surprised when he boldly informs her that he's never acquired a taste for chocolate...Categorized as:
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![Too Dangerous by Bethany Lopez]()
Too Dangerous by Bethany Lopez
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJasmine's worked hard to get where she is, a tough, savvy woman in a male dominated business. Shane's just trying to get by. Trying to build a life for himself away from the pitfalls of his past. She's always kept him at arms length, afraid to ignite the passion that sparks whenever he's near. He does everything in his power to remind her of what she's missing... -
![The One I Need by Chelle Sloan]()
The One I Need by Chelle Sloan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYou’re cordially invited to the wedding of Oliver Price and Izzy McCall…That’s how my wedding invitations should have started. I should know, I’ve had my wedding planned since I was ten. I should’ve been wearing a designer tuxedo, not a tuxedo t-shirt. The wedding should’ve been in a church with family and friends, not in a 1960’s style chapel with Elvis as the officiant... -
![Never Been Worse by Morgan Elizabeth]()
Never Been Worse by Morgan Elizabeth
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHarper Abbott’s reputation has never been worse. The one time she tries to be spontaneous ends with her and her two best friends getting arrested for a prank gone wrong. Now, her cheating ex and his new girlfriend are on a mission to ruin her fledgling career as a fashion designer... -
![Off the Record by Chelle Sloan]()
Off the Record by Chelle Sloan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFans of the Nashville Fury come to me for all things regarding their favorite professional football team. Stats, rumors and even what the players like on their pizza. What they don’t turn to me for is information about how their offensive coordinator is in the bedroom. The answer? It’s too hot for print... -
![Something Borrowed, Something You by Vi Keeland]()
Something Borrowed, Something You by Vi Keeland
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNo Strings Attached meets Me Before You in SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING YOU, a slow-burn, swoony romance from #1 New York Times bestseller Vi Keeland.My relationship with Hunter Delucia started backwards.We met at a wedding—him sitting on the groom’s side, me sitting on the bride’s. Stealing glances at each other throughout the night, there was no denying an intense, mutual attraction... -
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![Suite on the Boss by Olivia Hayle]()
Suite on the Boss by Olivia Hayle
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFake dating my billionaire boss to get revenge on my ex? Yes please. But falling for him? That’s something I vowed never to do again. Isaac Winter is the fourth-generation owner of the legendary 5th Ave hotel that bears his last name. He’s at the top of New York high society… and I’ve just left it behind... -
![Dating Roulette by D. Kelly]()
Dating Roulette by D. Kelly
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBexley Seven Dates. Seven chances to win my heart. It’s not hard – Don’t put ketchup on your eggs. Don’t wear tassely loafers. For the love of all that’s Holy, don’t ogle the waitress. See? Simple… Yet no one can get it right. Tristan Dating Roulette. It’s Bexley’s game. Correction - it’s her life. A constant rotation of dates... -
![Fake It Baby One More Time by Logan Chance]()
Fake It Baby One More Time by Logan Chance
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Fake Romance Box Set Collection including The NewlyFEDS, Break Me, and Graham. Including BONUS material... -
![Marry Christmas by Kat Baxter]()
Marry Christmas by Kat Baxter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Second Chance/Marriage of Convenience Curvy Girl Romance She’s the one who got away. The one I’ve never been able to forget. The one who can never forgive me for the mistakes I’ve made. Now, it’s my grandmother’s dying wish to see Maggie and I married. If we can stay married for year, there’s a fortune on the line...Categorized as:
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![Just for Kicks by Tracy Solheim]()
Just for Kicks by Tracy Solheim
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMilwaukee Growlers Football Book 1It was supposed to be just for kicks...Andi Larsen learned early on there is no such thing as fairy godmothers. A childhood spent in foster care will do that to a girl. She’s working her way through night school and is on the cusp of establishing her own business without help from anyone, thank you very much...Categorized as:
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![Save the Last Text by Delancey Stewart, Marika Ray]()
Save the Last Text by Delancey Stewart, Marika Ray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTheir dance video--and their love--is about to go viral...Dalton Cunningham has always been the comic relief in his family. And he's worried they may never see him as anything else, and that they might be right. It might be too late for his father to see Dalton prove himself as an adult capable of helping build the family business, but it's not too late to show his brothers and his mom... -
![The Proposal Play by Lauren Blakely]()
The Proposal Play by Lauren Blakely
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy plan when I win a date in Vegas with my brother’s hockey star best friend? Poker and go to sleep early. Instead, I wake up with a ring on my finger and the sexy athlete naked in my bed.But Asher’s my best friend too so we’ll get this annulled and laugh about this secret for years to come.Trouble is our wedding pics went viral overnight.Now everyone thinks we’re a real couple... -
![Escapade by Dolce.]()
Escapade by Dolce.
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwenty-nine-year-old Lucas Thompson is at the top of the corporate ladder. But when his lifelong friend and ex-boyfriend invites him to his last-minute destination wedding in the Bahamas, Lucas realizes his corporate success can’t hide his private loneliness. Nor will he be able to escape seeing his family at the wedding—and having to explain, yet again, why he’s rich, handsome… and still single... -
![Shut Up And Kiss Me by Lauren Blakely]()
Shut Up And Kiss Me by Lauren Blakely
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a scorching one-night stand between best friends absolutely, definitely shouldn’t happen again...How to resist sleeping with your best friend when you’re stuck in a hotel room in Vegas with the charming, glasses-wearing hottie.1. Slather your face in a grapefruit mask2. Wear a big, fluffy robe3. Make him do the same.Oops.Didn’t work. Turns out our libidos had other plans.But, no biggie... -
![The Very Worst by Julia Wolf]()
The Very Worst by Julia Wolf
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJames O’Malley is hot.Built like a lumberjack with a beard to match, I can’t take my eyes off him.I really should be able to, considering we had the very worst sex of my life six months ago. But he won't stop looking at me with his broody, soulful gaze every time I take a seat at his bar and I’m quickly becoming addicted to it... -
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![King Size: A Royal Bad Boy Romance by Lexi Whitlow]()
King Size: A Royal Bad Boy Romance by Lexi Whitlow
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy one-night-stand wants me to pose as his queen.He's insufferable. Cocky. And hotter than sin itself.I'll say yes--to get my family out of debt. Then I'm gone.But I'm pregnant with two heirs to the throne.And this king-size lie is starting to feel real. Owen: I never wanted to be king--and I never planned on having a wife...Categorized as:
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![Can't Get You Off My Mind by Emma Roman]()
Can't Get You Off My Mind by Emma Roman
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe rule: Get married and have a baby.When Grandpa Stinson dies, he expects nothing more than to keep his grandsons together, running the family's multibillion-dollar business. But he's got just one unfaltering rule: they have to get married and have a baby first. The brothers disagree...wholeheartedly.But it's set in stone. Follow the rule or you're the one grandson out of luck..Categorized as:
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![The Unintended Fiance by Miranda P. Charles]()
The Unintended Fiance by Miranda P. Charles
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe arranges a fake engagement to win against his business rival. Bradley Mead has one overriding goal: to succeed over his fiercest business enemy. To boost his chances of winning a lucrative contract over his competitor, he must first assure his potential client that he is not after the client's new wife--a woman he used to date and who still loves to flirt with him... -
![First to Fall by Jenny B. Jones]()
First to Fall by Jenny B. Jones
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen I woke up this morning, I became aware of two things:One, I felt hungover, and I knew I hadn’t had a drop of liquor.And two, I was pretty sure I had accidentally married someone.I, Olivia Sutton, have a Ten Year Plan. It’s air-tight and written in permanent ink. You know what’s not on the plan? Getting married to the man I used to love to hate...Categorized as:
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![Engaging the Office Enemy by Kristin Canary]()
Engaging the Office Enemy by Kristin Canary
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI hate fakers—and Dax Nyhart is as fake as they come.I also hate to lose.My nemesis has been stealing all the best clients for the last year at the marketing firm where we both work—and not because he’s better than me. Because 1) his uncle is the boss and 2) he kisses up to people.And I’m sick of it.So when he asks me to fake an engagement so he can land another job—far away from me—I agree...Categorized as:
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![Best Enemies Forever by Olivia Hayle]()
Best Enemies Forever by Olivia Hayle
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMarrying the man I hate is bad enough. But falling for him? That'll be the death of me.Gabriel Thompson and I are like oil and water. Our New York families control two of the nation's largest companies and the business rivalry is decades old. We've carried the torch ourselves since childhood. But then we bump into each other after a conference in Vegas... -
![Marrying Hope by Vikki Jay]()
Marrying Hope by Vikki Jay
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA sinfully rich and wickedly hot businessman like Zach Teager has no business in my bland, rickety world. Yet, he barges in like a storm, leaving everyone mesmerized by his charms.Every evening I find him at my doorstep in the pretense of a silly promise he’s made to my son. And let’s not talk about my boy, Ray who believes Zach is some sort of a Prince and maybe he is. But not of my story...Categorized as:
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![Tanner by Katy Regnery]()
Tanner by Katy Regnery
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Katy Regnery is back with an addictive six-book series featuring the Stewarts of Skagway!When Tanner Stewart learns his crazy ex is returning for a summer in Skagway, he places a personal ad, looking for someone to pose as his fiancée for the summer. Enter McKenna Cabot, a commitment-phobic college professor from Seattle caring for her aging grandmother...Categorized as:
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![Mr. Notting Hill by Louise Bay]()
Mr. Notting Hill by Louise Bay
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt’s the most embarrassing night of my life. Not only did I literally run into the hottest guy I’ve ever laid eyes on in a hotel lobby, but the ice-cold water and whipped cream I’m carrying (don't ask) end up all over me.If that wasn’t enough, that same guy -- the hottest one of all time -- donates twenty-five thousand pounds during a charity auction... to win a date with me... -
![The Buy-In by Emma St. Clair]()
The Buy-In by Emma St. Clair
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"You can't Schitt's Creek a town, Tank.""And you can't verb a noun, son."When a family of former pro football players buy a small Texas town, they didn't intend to start a war with its residents ... or to fall in love. Ever since his career-ending injury, Pat has bounced from job to job, idea to idea, short-lived relationship to short-lived relationship...Categorized as:
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![Simply Irresistible by Deborah Cooke]()
Simply Irresistible by Deborah Cooke
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTyler has had enough... Going to his fourth sister's wedding without a date will only encourage his female relations to "help" him find romance. Ty's ready to wait for Ms. Right, and doesn't want anyone meddling in his love life. When he learns that the quiet cute woman who works in his building has the same predicament, he's sure they can each provide a solution for the other... -
![Sweet Surrender by K. Bromberg]()
Sweet Surrender by K. Bromberg
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA sexy, rock star, marriage of convenience romance by New York Times bestselling author K. Bromberg. Jase Gizmodo is the wild card of the world-famous band BENT. He drums like a legend, lives like a rebel, and attracts headlines like a magnet... -
![Never While the Grass Grows by Betty Neels]()
Never While the Grass Grows by Betty Neels
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWould it really be a convenient marriage? Lucas van de Weijnen didn't ask Octavia to marry him—he told her. Octavia's father had just died and she wasn't in any state of mind to make a rational decision. Besides, Lucas wasn't a man to take no for an answer... -
![Knocked Up Mistake by Roxy Reid]()
Knocked Up Mistake by Roxy Reid
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI'm knocked up by my fake husband,But I'm keeping it a secret... for now.One knee-trembling night togetherPlus a marriage mix up,And I'm stuck playing house with the billionaire.As far as mistakes go, this one takes the wedding cake.It wouldn't be so bad... if he wasn't so achingly hot.Seriously, what's with all the strutting around the apartment half-dressed.. -
![How To Fake an Engagement with the Best Man by London Casey]()
How To Fake an Engagement with the Best Man by London Casey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe's the best man at his brother's wedding. She's in the wedding party. He needs someone by his side to look the part of being committed. She needs a good scandal to revamp her acting career. With a diamond ring on her finger, they tell biggest lie of their lives... only to realize a bigger one is on the horizon: the lie that they aren't actually falling for each other... -
![How to Marry Your Single Dad Neighbor by Camilla Evergreen]()
How to Marry Your Single Dad Neighbor by Camilla Evergreen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI guess I’m a mother now?What do you do when your next-door neighbor’s daughter, who you probably shouldn’t be talking to about your fantasy romance books, hands you a guide and asks you to marry her father? Apparently, social disaster that you are, you do it...Categorized as:
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![Rogue Romeo by Pamela O'Rourke]()
Rogue Romeo by Pamela O'Rourke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"The sunshine after the storm will be all the sweeter if you can learn to dance in the rain."A guy walks into a bar...Yeah, I'm sure you know the jokes. I've told more than my fair share.Until the jokes on me - when I'm that guy.Following the morning from hell, I'd walked into my usual haunt, ready to drown my sorrows.Instead, I found my salvation.Reyna Marquez... -
![The No Kiss Contract by Nan Campbell]()
The No Kiss Contract by Nan Campbell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDespite being the youngest partner at her firm, corporate attorney Davy Dugan is gunning for a recently vacant name partnership—it would mean finally having the power to make a real change in her conservative workplace. But eighty-hour workweeks don’t allow any time with her much younger half-sister, Tally, who doesn’t seem to need Davy in her life anyway...Categorized as:
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![Never Forever by Hailey Shore]()
Never Forever by Hailey Shore
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhoops! I’m pregnant with my enemy’s baby….Matt Sullivan isn't just the grumpiest ferry boat captain in Calico Cove, with sun-kissed hair and broad shoulders - he's also my sworn enemy. In high school, I thought we were endgame but then he broke my heart in the worst possible way. I swore that someday I'd make him regret every cruel word he said to me that night... -
![Making The Save by Hailey Shore]()
Making The Save by Hailey Shore
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou know the thing you’re not supposed to do in Vegas, yeah I did that. One minute this gigantic, bearded hockey player was saving me from being groped at celebrity golf tournament - the next, we were waking up in the same bed.Married!This is beyond a disaster. The whole world thinks I’m a flaky pop star serial dating her way through Hollywood bad boys (not true)... -
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![Until You by M.V. Kasi]()
Until You by M.V. Kasi
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe's a beast. A rude, arrogant bad boy billionaire she is forced to temporarily stay with... to deceive.Dhanush Mahasena is rich, stunningly handsome and a royal. Work, parties and dating beautiful women dominated his life. Women want him and men want to be like him.When an accident made Dhanush retreat to his family estate, he wanted to have a quiet time...Categorized as:
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![Reforming Hunt by Jules Barnard]()
Reforming Hunt by Jules Barnard
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe player has met his match…Hunt Cade likes women. All women.Life is good as long as he's got his boat, the steady line of beautiful women entering his resort, and cold beer nights with his brothers.Until a new kid enters Club Tahoe's children's program and reminds Hunt what it was like to grow up without a father. Not to mention, the effect the kid’s mother has on him...Categorized as:
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![Not Another Manwhore by R.L. Kenderson]()
Not Another Manwhore by R.L. Kenderson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen her family pressures her to bring someone to her cousin’s wedding, he challenges her promise to swear off men forever.As I’m an only child in, my mother me to get married … like, yesterday. But after my last two boyfriends cheated on me, I am done with dating, done with men, and done with romance... -
![One Little Dare by Whitney Barbetti]()
One Little Dare by Whitney Barbetti
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTruth or dare? I always choose a dare. And no matter the dare, I always follow through. Even if it means walking down a busy street in my bathrobe and hair curlers. Or recreating that iconic When Harry Met Sally deli scene while on a crowded subway. Or hitting on a handsome stranger in a bar. And then … marrying that stranger. While in Vegas... -
![Not Another Fake Marriage by R.L. Kenderson]()
Not Another Fake Marriage by R.L. Kenderson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is a previously-published edition of ASIN B08ZJVG7DY. When she helps her ex’s brother and gets her revenge, he’ll show her that love can be better than vengeance.After my husband and I split, he ignored our divorce decree and hasn’t paid me a single dime owed to me...Categorized as:
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![Puckboy by Mickey Miller]()
Puckboy by Mickey Miller
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOlder title & cover edition of ASIN B07Q3QYMNZAmazon Bestselling Author Mickey Miller brings you a sexy new standalone romance.I woke up in Vegas, married to Hockey's biggest playboy...by accident. Oops!I needed a marriage to save my image. Catarina Vidal was in the right place at the right time. In a sexy red dress. She tempted me, and I couldn't resist...Categorized as:
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