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Jewel by Beverly Jenkins
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA proposal she had no choice but to accept . . . Though Eli Grayson is one of the most handsome, charming, and intelligent men in Grayson Grove, no one will take a chance on a confirmed bachelor. Unwilling to give up his dreams, Eli convinces his friend Jewel to pose as his wife. Their masquerade is to last just one night . .Categorized as:
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![You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian]()
You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAn emotional, slow-burn, grumpy/sunshine, queer mid-century romance for fans of Evvie Drake Starts Over, about grief and found family, between the new star shortstop stuck in a batting slump and the reporter assigned to (reluctantly) cover his first season—set in the same universe as We Could Be So Good.The 1960 baseball season is shaping up to be the worst year of Eddie O’Leary’s life... -
![All About That Duke by Merry Farmer]()
All About That Duke by Merry Farmer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLady Chloe O’Shea lives life with her head in the clouds—or, rather, the stars. As a budding astrologer, she thinks the course of the world and her life is written in the stars, and if she just looks hard enough, she can see where the future will take her. But the last thing she saw coming was a handsome duke with a secret...Categorized as:
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![Peter Cabot Gets Lost by Cat Sebastian]()
Peter Cabot Gets Lost by Cat Sebastian
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSummer 1960:After years of scraping by, Caleb Murphy has graduated from college and is finally getting to start a new life. Except he suddenly has no way to get from Boston to Los Angeles. Then, to add to his misery, there's perfect, privileged Peter Cabot offering to drive him...Categorized as:
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![Shaken to the Core by Jae]()
Shaken to the Core by Jae
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKate Winthrop, the only child of a wealthy shipping magnate, has the course of her life charted for her by her parents. She’s expected to marry well and produce a successor to the Winthrop empire. But Kate has a very different path in mind. Her true passion lies with photography—and with women...Categorized as:
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![Into Deep Waters by Kaje Harper]()
Into Deep Waters by Kaje Harper
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFor Jacob and Daniel, two young gay men aboard a Navy ship in WWII, the risks were high. Not just the risks of injury and death from Japanese planes and submarines, but the risk of discovery, of discharge, imprisonment or worse. Only a special kind of love was worth taking that chance. But from the moment Daniel met Jacob's eyes across a battle-scarred deck, he knew he had to try...Categorized as:
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![One Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah MacLean]()
One Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah MacLean
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe second in the incredible new Rules of Scoundrels series from New York Times bestselling author Sarah MacLean. Lady Philippa Marbury is odd. The bespectacled, brilliant fourth daughter of the Marquess of Needham and Dolby cares more for books than balls, flora than fashion and science than the season...Categorized as:
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RNWMP: Bride for Gilbert by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMadelyn White finds herself in a difficult position. She is living in a large city for the first time in her life, and her boss is showing a very inappropriate interest in her. When she meets Miss Hazel—matchmaker to the Mounties—she worries that she’s being too hasty by even talking to the woman... -
![Lady Lilias and the Devil in Plaid by Julie Johnstone]()
Lady Lilias and the Devil in Plaid by Julie Johnstone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFree-spirited Lilias Honeyfield has a secret. She’s certain the rich and powerful Duke of Greybourne is meant to be hers. He just needs to reappear in her life and stop denying his love for her before she’s forced to wed another...Categorized as:
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![We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian]()
We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsCasey McQuiston meets The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo in this mid-century romdram about a scrappy reporter and a newspaper mogul's son--perfect for Newsies shippers. Nick Russo has worked his way from a rough Brooklyn neighborhood to a reporting job at one of the city's biggest newspapers. But the late 1950s are a hostile time for gay men, and Nick knows that he can't let anyone into his life... -
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Lady Guinevere And The Rogue With A Brogue by Julie Johnstone
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLady Guinevere Darlington has spent the last five years trying to forget the beautiful rogue who stole her heart and then crushed it under his shiny black hessian... -
![The Coal Miner's Daughter by Maggie Hope]()
The Coal Miner's Daughter by Maggie Hope
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA wealthy landlord’s son and a coal miner’s daughter . . . Growing up in poverty, one of six siblings, Hannah Armstrong never thought she’d know anything other than her little mining town. But then she falls for Timothy Durkin, a wealthy Oxford student. Following her heart, Hannah sacrifices everything she holds dear and follows her new husband to Oxford...Categorized as:
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![RNWMP: Bride for Kendall by Kirsten Osbourne, Mail Order Mounties]()
RNWMP: Bride for Kendall by Kirsten Osbourne, Mail Order Mounties
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJoAnn Becker, a wealthy socialite from Ottawa, has devoted her life to music and teaching others. She is content with her unmarried status, still living at home with her parents. That is until one of her closest friends moves west to marry the Mountie of her dreams. Once her friend is gone, she feels a bit lost and confused... -
![If You Wannabe My Marquess by Merry Farmer]()
If You Wannabe My Marquess by Merry Farmer
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLady Colleen O’Shea simply cannot stand Lord Benedict Boleran. He is overbearing, he is arrogant, he is opinionated, he is handsome and has lovely eyes and a fine form and...oh dear. But no, she most definitely cannot abide him. And she won’t fall victim to her brother’s marriage machinations and marry the man...Categorized as:
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![The Silver Ladies of London by Lesley Eames]()
The Silver Ladies of London by Lesley Eames
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings1920's London. Featuring four attractive heroines, a scandal, a secret and a silver Rolls Royce. This is a heart-warming story of friendship, loyalty, courage and love. Perfect for the fans of Elaine Everest and Daisy Styles...Categorized as:
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![Destination Unknown by Bill Konigsberg]()
Destination Unknown by Bill Konigsberg
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom Stonewall Award winner Bill Konigsberg, a remarkable, funny, sexy, heartbreaking story of two teen boys finding each other in New York City at the height of the AIDS epidemic.The first thing I noticed about C.J. Gorman was his plexiglass bra. So begins Destination Unknown. It's 1987 in New York City, and Micah is at a dance club, trying to pretend he's more out and outgoing than he really is... -
![The Rogue to Ruin by Vivienne Lorret]()
The Rogue to Ruin by Vivienne Lorret
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Bourne Matrimonial Agency has one rule: Never fall in love with a client, which shouldn't be a problem when one’s faking an engagement to the rogue across the street . . . Ainsley Bourne needs the family business to succeed. But one obstacle stands in her way—Reed Sterling, the huge, handsome, former prize fighter and owner of the gaming hell across the street... -
![When You Call My Name by Tucker Shaw]()
When You Call My Name by Tucker Shaw
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTucker Shaw’s When You Call My Name is a heartrending novel about two gay teens coming of age in New York City in 1990 at the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Named "this summer's most powerful LGBTQ+ novel" by GAY TIMES, this book is perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Mary H. K. Choi.Film fanatic Adam is seventeen and being asked out on his first date—and the guy is cute... -
![Ziggy, Stardust and Me by James Brandon]()
Ziggy, Stardust and Me by James Brandon
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIn this tender-hearted debut, set against the tumultuous backdrop of life in 1973, when homosexuality is still considered a mental illness, two boys defy all the odds and fall in love. Now in paperback. The year is 1973. The Watergate hearings are in full swing. The Vietnam War is still raging. And homosexuality is still officially considered a mental illness... -
![Wingmen by Ensan Case]()
Wingmen by Ensan Case
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJack Hardigan's Hellcat fighter squadron blew the Japanese Zekes out of the blazing Pacific skies. But a more subtle kind of hell was brewing in his feelings for rookie pilot Fred Trusteau...Categorized as:
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![Ruby by Kirsten Osbourne]()
Ruby by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEighteen year old Ruby has known for years that she would eventually marry her childhood sweetheart. When she's forced to move to Texas, it throws a kink in her plans, but she still knows that David will send for her, and they'll marry. After a year of living in Texas she receives a letter changing her whole world... -
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Hope by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHope Sanders is a no-nonsense girl who believes her straight-shooting ways will keep her single for the rest of her life. She has a fast-paced job, working for the only doctor in Nowhere, Texas. When her doctor’s nephew comes to apprentice with her, she is immediately frustrated, because they see things so very differently. Stephen Bennett has a great deal of compassion for others... -
![Naughty Earls Need Love Too by Merry Farmer]()
Naughty Earls Need Love Too by Merry Farmer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMaeve Sperrin considers herself a modern woman, but she’s not ready to abandon the rules of society yet. She is determined to marry well and be a good and loyal wife. Her best friend since childhood, Alice Woodmont, has similar aims but far wickeder ideas about how to achieve them... -
![All the Single Viscounts by Merry Farmer]()
All the Single Viscounts by Merry Farmer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMiss Erica Joyce is missing something. Her whole life, she has believed that a woman should be meek, modest, and dedicated to domesticity, especially when she is the daughter of a parson. But she had always dreamed of breaking out of her quiet, dutiful life and doing something truly wicked.Enter the dragon.. -
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![Dorothy by Kirsten Osbourne]()
Dorothy by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDorothy Sanders absolutely adores her life in Nowhere, Texas with her sisters and their devoted, eccentric adoptive parents. When she is hired by a young lawyer to do his bookkeeping, she is immediately drawn to his sharp intellect and good looks. Carter Reeves simply wanted a girl to help out with his filing for the summer... -
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Betsy by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBetsy Sanders loves her life. She has a wonderful and often boisterous family. She has a job for a man who makes her a bit crazy, but it’s good honest work, and she makes a decent wage. When a new man starts working for the auction house, she feels immediately drawn to him. Charles Brooks has been left with the burden of four younger siblings to raise...Categorized as:
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Gertrude by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGertrude Sanders is completely devoted to her family and her job as the librarian of the Nowhere, Texas library. When a man starts parking his book wagon outside the library, she makes it her business to force him to leave town. It doesn’t take her long to discover that most of the people in town are happier to go to the book wagon than go to the library...Categorized as:
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![Burning Season by Rachel Ember]()
Burning Season by Rachel Ember
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe year is 1972. Dylan Chase is nineteen, and most days he’s lucky enough to ride a tough bronc, have a beer with his friends, and maybe even sleep under the stars on his family’s third-generation cattle ranch. Dylan’s life would be perfect if it weren’t for his forbidden itch. An itch he’s only scratched once… with Bo, a hitchhiker he never thought he’d see again... -
![Scandal in Spring by Lisa Kleypas]()
Scandal in Spring by Lisa Kleypas
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsAn unexpected desire. Quirky and fun-loving American heiress Daisy Bowman is the last unmarried Wallflower. Her exasperated father has informed her that if she can’t find a husband by the end of her third London season, she will be forced to marry a man she hates—the ruthless entrepreneur Matthew Swift.Daisy is horrified... -
![Yesteryear by Dorothy Garlock]()
Yesteryear by Dorothy Garlock
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAddie Hyde spent four years waiting to see if the high-spirited husband she had married in haste would come back after the South lost the war. Yet Kirby Hyde was never among the Confederates in rags and tatters straggling through Arkansas. Addie always had spunk, but now she also had a young son, two foster children she cherished, and trouble...Categorized as:
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![RNWMP: Bride for Theodore by Kirsten Osbourne, Mail Order Mounties]()
RNWMP: Bride for Theodore by Kirsten Osbourne, Mail Order Mounties
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJessica Sanderson knows what it means to love unconditionally. She has doted on the same man for over a decade, and she’s in her early twenties. When that man’s mother asks her to be her traveling companion, she gladly accepts. She doesn’t want to spend the rest of her life sitting in a bank, after all... -
![Lady Gouldian by Calia Read]()
Lady Gouldian by Calia Read
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI was just eight-years-old, looking up at the clouds, when Asa Calhoun became my one true love. He was my brother’s best friend. He was stoic and solemn, and always believed everything in life had to be perfect. But I saw past his eccentric mannerisms. I found him fascinating. I was seventeen when I had my debutante ball. Throughout the years, there was a gradual shift between us...Categorized as:
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![While Love Stirs by Lorna Seilstad]()
While Love Stirs by Lorna Seilstad
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter graduating from Fannie Farmer's School of Cookery in 1910, Charlotte Gregory is ready to stir things up. She is thrilled to have the opportunity to travel, lecture, and give cooking demonstrations on the very latest kitchen revolution--the gas stove--and certainly doesn't mind that the gas company has hired the handsome Lewis Mathis to perform at her lectures... -
![The Carnivorous Lamb by Agustín Gómez Arcos, William Rodarmor]()
The Carnivorous Lamb by Agustín Gómez Arcos, William Rodarmor
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe latest in the Little Sister’s Classics series resurrecting gay and lesbian literary gems: a viciously funny, shocking yet ultimately moving 1975 novel, an allegory of Franco’s Spain, about a young gay man (the self-described “carnivorous lamb”) coming of age with a mother who despises him, a father who ignores him, and a brother who loves him... -
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![Cinders to Satin by Fern Michaels]()
Cinders to Satin by Fern Michaels
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the bestselling historical romance writer Fern Michaels, author of TEXAS RICH and TEXAS HEAT, comes this exciting saga of Callie James, a brave immigrant girl from squalid Dublin, who battles her way through the hard world of late nineteenth century New York on a passion-filled, bittersweet journey to make her dreams of passion and success come true...Categorized as:
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![Daniel Cabot Puts Down Roots by Cat Sebastian]()
Daniel Cabot Puts Down Roots by Cat Sebastian
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNew York City, 1973Daniel Cabot doesn’t really know what he’s doing with his life. He’s lost faith in himself, his future, and maybe the world. The only things he knows that he cares about are the garden in the empty lot next to his crumbling East Village apartment building and his best friend.Alex Savchenko has always known that he’s…difficult. Prickly, maybe, if you’re feeling generous... -
![Whistling in the Dark by Tamara Allen]()
Whistling in the Dark by Tamara Allen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNew York, 1919. His career as a concert pianist ended by a war injury, Sutton Albright returns to college, only to be expelled after an affair with a teacher. Unable to face his family, he heads to New York with no plans and little money–only a desire to call his life his own.Jack Bailey’s life has changed as well... -
![Skybound by Aleksandr Voinov]()
Skybound by Aleksandr Voinov
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGermany, 1945. The Third Reich is on its knees as Allied forces bomb Berlin to break the last resistance. Yet on an airfield near Berlin, the battle is far from over for a young mechanic, Felix, who’s attached to a squadron of fighter pilots. He’s especially attached to fighter ace Baldur Vogt, a man he admires and secretly loves... -
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Breathless by Beverly Jenkins
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA strong-willed beauty finds herself in the arms of the handsome drifter from her past, in this second book in the sizzling series set in the Old West, from USA Today Bestselling Author Beverly JenkinsAs manager of one of the finest hotels in Arizona Territory, Portia Carmichael has respect and stability—qualities sorely missing from her harsh childhood...Categorized as:
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![It Happened One Midnight by Julie Anne Long]()
It Happened One Midnight by Julie Anne Long
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMore than one beautiful woman’s hopes have been dashed on the rocky shoals of Jonathan Redmond’s heart. With his riveting good looks and Redmond wealth and power, the world is his oyster—until an ultimatum from his father and a chilling gypsy prophesy send him hurtling headlong toward a fate he’ll do anything to avoid: matrimony... -
![The Ruin of a Rake by Cat Sebastian]()
The Ruin of a Rake by Cat Sebastian
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsRogue. Libertine. Rake. Lord Courtenay has been called many things and has never much cared. But after the publication of a salacious novel supposedly based on his exploits, he finds himself shunned from society. Unable to see his nephew, he is willing to do anything to improve his reputation, even if that means spending time with the most proper man in London... -
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Liberation by Ellie Midwood
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrance, 1942 Having suffered a devastating blow from the Gestapo, Etienne Delattre’s Resistance cell is slowly recovering its strength. Giselle Legrand travels to Lyon to work in its infamous Montluc prison under her third alias, helping the Resistance in organizing prisoners’ escapes...Categorized as:
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![The Holly Groweth Green by Amy Rae Durreson]()
The Holly Groweth Green by Amy Rae Durreson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s Christmas 1946 and wounded doctor Laurence is struggling to find a way to live during peacetime. Lost in the Hampshire countryside on a snowy Christmas Eve, Laurence stumbles across lonely Mistletoe Cottage and its owner: Avery. Avery is bright and beautiful, welcoming Laurence to his home with warmth and joy. But Laurence can’t stay forever, and Avery’s secrets mean he can never leave... -
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Tobias by Emma Lang
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA broken man. A woman who needs a hero. A love that should never have been.Rebecca Graham always knew she was to marry a hero and leave home in blissful happiness. She chose that man when she was seventeen. Unfortunately, her family hated him. In a fury over being swindled by someone else, Tobias burned down the Circle Eight, her family's ranch... -
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![Hotel of Secrets by Diana Biller]()
Hotel of Secrets by Diana Biller
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDuring ball season, anything can happen, even love.It’s ball season in Vienna, and Maria Wallner only wants one thing: to restore her family’s hotel, the Hotel Wallner, to its former glory... -
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RNWMP: Bride for Ernest by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Josephine McClain finds out she is losing the only home she’s ever known, she doesn’t know what she should do. She soon meets Miss Hazel while walking around Ottawa, a woman who is building a reputation as a matchmaker to the Mounties. Within minutes of meeting the older woman, Josie is offered a letter to read from a Mountie looking for a bride... -
![Let's Face the Music and Dance by Merry Farmer]()
Let's Face the Music and Dance by Merry Farmer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Marquess of Vegas made a deal with the devil, and now his sons must pay the price.In order to restore the family fortune he lost, Lord Vegas has ordered his sons to marry money, and to marry it fast. But the four of them are determined to strike back at their father by marrying the most unsuitable brides they can find.. -
![When Skies Have Fallen by Debbie McGowan]()
When Skies Have Fallen by Debbie McGowan
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWinner of the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Romance.For many in war-torn 1944, love blossoms in the dance hall, and airman Arty Clarke is no exception. He’s a thinker and a dreamer; however, it’s not the beautiful, talented dancer in his arms—his best friend Jean—who inspires his dreams. For when his gaze meets that of Technical Sergeant Jim Johnson, Arty dares to imagine a different dance...Categorized as:
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Lessons in Discovery by Charlie Cochrane
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCambridge, 1906. On the very day Jonty Stewart proposes that he and Orlando Coppersmith move in together, Fate trips them up. Rather, it trips Orlando, sending him down a flight of stairs and leaving him with an injury that erases his memory. Instead of taking the next step in their relationship, they’re back to square one...Categorized as:
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![The Road Between Us by Nigel Farndale]()
The Road Between Us by Nigel Farndale
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings1939 : In a hotel room overlooking Piccadilly Circus, two young men are arrested. Charles is court-martialled for 'conduct unbecoming'; Anselm is deported home to Germany for 're-education' in a brutal labour camp. Separated by the outbreak of war, and a social order that rejects their love, they must each make a difficult choice, and then live with the consequences...
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