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  • Young & Beautiful by Velvetoscar

    Young & Beautiful by Velvetoscar

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Louis, to his horror, attends an elitist university in which the name Zayn Malik means something, Niall Horan doesn't stop talking, there are pianos everywhere, and Harry Styles, only son of a drug-addled, clinically insane ex-rocker, has a perfect smile and empty eyes...
  • Flightless Bird by AudreyHornesHeart

    Flightless Bird by AudreyHornesHeart

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    AU where Louis Tomlinson is a principal dancer with The Royal Ballet. When his rival from ballet school, moody dance prodigy Harry Styles joins the company, old wounds are reopened and old passions reignited...
  • Running on Air by Eleventy7

    Running on Air by Eleventy7

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Draco Malfoy has been missing for three years. Harry is assigned the cold case and finds himself slowly falling in love with the memories he collects...
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    lgbtq  wlw  enemies-to-lovers  romance  fantasy  mlm  mystery  magic
  • Crossed Over: A coming out story by Santana Knox

    Crossed Over: A coming out story by Santana Knox

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From international best-selling author Santana Knox, comes an LGBTQ, women’s fiction, coming out story like nothing you’ve ever read before. A tale that grips the hearts of those who failed to see eye-to-eye with a parent, and anyone who’s ever denied the truth about themselves...
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    wlw  lgbtq  romance  sports  fiction  literary-fiction  book  adult
  • Just Lovers [Like We Were Supposed to Be] by Zeppazariel

    Just Lovers [Like We Were Supposed to Be] by Zeppazariel

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Regulus closes his eyes and shakes his head again, looking pained, then he opens them and sighs. "And your solution to this is me? Pretending to be my boyfriend?""Yeah. It's actually bloody brilliant, if you think about it. Everyone will leave happy...
  • Night Tide by Anna Burke

    Night Tide by Anna Burke

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Tides change, but some feelings can’t be washed away.Lillian Lee doesn’t believe in love at first sight. Hate is a different story—and one she is intimately familiar with. Luckily, she hasn’t seen her arch-nemesis, Ivy Holden, since graduating from veterinary school five years ago. Since then, while her life isn’t going exactly according to plan, she’s happy...
  • A Naughty Offer: A Two For One Special by Kimberly Brown

    A Naughty Offer: A Two For One Special by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “I’m gonna make him an offer her can’t refuse.”—Don CorleonePassion St. Charles and her girlfriend Treasure Langford have always had the closest bond. From best friends to lovers, they’ve settled into a comfortable, loving, and fulfilling relationship...
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    wlw  lgbtq  romance  steamy  polyamory  fiction  book  adult
  • The Songbird and the Sea by MissterMaia

    The Songbird and the Sea by MissterMaia

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fandom: 방탄소년단 | Bangtan Boys | BTSRelationships: Min Yoongi | Suga/Park Jimin, Jeon Jungkook/Kim Taehyung | V, Kim Namjoon | Rap Monster/Kim Seokjin | Jin--------------------------------------------------In a world where dominance of the sea is an endless battle between pirates and mariners, Park Jimin is content living in his little village on a small, uninteresting island by the eastern...
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    lgbtq  wlw  enemies-to-lovers  romance  fantasy  fiction  mlm  outlaws
  • An Unexpected Fate by Skye Von Triessen

    An Unexpected Fate by Skye Von Triessen

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dr. Miranda Hayes never anticipated finding herself in a relationship with a woman, but her undeniable attraction to Lane Remington was too powerful to resist. As she surrenders to this unexpected connection, Miranda is forced to confront new facets of her identity...
  • The Awkward Truth by Lee Winter

    The Awkward Truth by Lee Winter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This funny opposites-attract lesbian romance digs up the awkward truth about what really matters in life.Ambitious ice queen and corporate lawyer Felicity Simmons has spent her life focused on one thing: scuttling up the career ladder. She’s achingly close to taking charge of a media empire for her boss when she’s sent to investigate a South Bronx charity that helps homeless people’s pets...
    Categorized as:
    animals  lgbtq  wlw  adult  bisexuality  book  dogs  fiction
  • When You Least Expect It by Haley Cass

    When You Least Expect It by Haley Cass

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Caroline Parker knows three things to be true. First, she is going to be Boston's most sought after divorce attorney by thirty-five. Second, given how terrible her romantic track record is, falling in love isn't in the cards for her. And third, Christmas only brings her bad luck - being broken up with not once, not twice, but three times during the holidays is proof enough of that...
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    lgbtq  wlw  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Making Rounds by J.A. Armstrong

    Making Rounds by J.A. Armstrong

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Raising three children ensures life is never dull for Dr. Brooke Campbell and her wife Tess. Striking the right balance while managing hectic schedules and competing priorities is no simple task. Twins, David and Danielle, are about to turn thirteen. The little baby they were so excited to welcome is quickly becoming a toddler...
    Categorized as:
    wlw  lgbtq  family  lesbian-mc  fiction  book  adult  romance
  • Maverick by Max Ellendale

    Maverick by Max Ellendale

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Renowned doctor, Lauren Lewis, purchases an old Victorian home after the loss of her former residence and channels her energy into restoring the new property. When a wandering antique restorer shows up to take on the job, together, they uncover the secrets the house harbored for a century...
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    wlw  lgbtq  romance  fiction  book  adult
  • Executive Order by JA Armstrong

    Executive Order by JA Armstrong

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Adjusting to life as the first family takes time. As Candace and Jameson learn to embrace their home in the White House, life all around them continues to change. Jameson navigates the sometimes rocky landscape of motherhood with Cooper. Relationships are reinvented as Candace’s adult children look to establish roots in new places. Marianne and Scott make a move to Connecticut...
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    lgbtq  wlw  romance  lesbian-mc  fiction  book  adult
  • Western Shores by Lise Gold

    Western Shores by Lise Gold

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Madison Wilson, a marine biologist, has recently graduated and is ready to start her adult life with her first job as a research technician in Santa Cruz. After moving to Capitola, a sweet and colorful beach town in Northern California, she is immediately enchanted by her new house, as well as her beautiful landlady, Ally...
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    lgbtq  wlw  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  romance
  • Sliced Ice: Lee Winter's Iconic Ice Queens by Lee Winter

    Sliced Ice: Lee Winter's Iconic Ice Queens by Lee Winter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ten short stories based on Lee Winter’s fierce and unforgettable ice queens and villains have been gathered into one anthology containing lesbian love, lust, friendship, and romance.Find out what happened after Lee’s stories ended, and in one case, before it began...
  • Fighting for Control by J.J. Arias

    Fighting for Control by J.J. Arias

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When sparks fly between a tenacious talent agent and a sharp-witted lawyer, a heated rivalry transforms into an irresistible attraction in this sizzling enemies-to-lovers sapphic romance.Lola Barros is a rising talent agent burning with ambition in Miami's glitzy entertainment world. Carmen Vargas is a dedicated lawyer poised to conquer the legal field, anchored by her family's prestigious firm...
  • The Loyal Pin Vol.1 by Mon Maw

    The Loyal Pin Vol.1 by Mon Maw

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Period Girl Love novel in 1950 between Princess Anilaphat and Lady Pilantita. In Sawetawarit Palace, Lady Pilantita has grown up as a well-manner young lady. Throughout her childhood with Princess Anilaphat who always treated her with love and care, their relation turn to be more complicated...
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    lgbtq  wlw  romance  fiction  lesbian-mc  book  adult
  • Fireflies by Lise Gold

    Fireflies by Lise Gold

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Senior purser Mia Donoghue is always on the go, leaving her little time for herself. She doesn’t mind being busy; it provides distraction from painful memories and her daily struggle to stay sober. Captain Ava Alfarsi has just been promoted, carrying more responsibility than she’s ever had before...
    Categorized as:
    wlw  lgbtq  romance  fiction  audiobook  book  adult
  • Graceless by Ruby Landers

    Graceless by Ruby Landers

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Savannah Grace is on top of the world. She’s back to selling out stadium tours and winning Grammys, and she’s just arrived home from her honeymoon after marrying the love of her life… nothing could burst this bubble. Except, of course, her estranged family...
  • The Art of Us by K.L. Hughes

    The Art of Us by K.L. Hughes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Eighteen-year-old Charlee Parker met the love of her life in a parking lot—a leggy brunette with a valedictorian medal hanging from her rear-view mirror and an attitude as biting as a Boston winter. Alexandra Woodson was guarded, a nineteen-year-old orphan set on a bright future in hospitality administration...
  • Coming Home by K.J .

    Coming Home by K.J .

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    What would happen if your regular, ordinary, safe, everyday existence suddenly became…not any of those things? When Samantha Markson, Ordinary Person, is thrust into the life of Abigail Taylor, Not At All Ordinary Person, it proves to be an experience like she’s never had before...
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    lgbtq  wlw  romance  audiobook  fiction  family  book  adult
  • Unbelievers by AgnesBellex

    Unbelievers by AgnesBellex

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    It’s Louis’ senior year, and he’s dead set on doing it right. However, along with his pair of cleats, a healthy dose of sarcasm and his ridiculous best friend, he’s also got a complicated family, a terrifyingly uncertain future, and a mortal enemy making his life just that much worse. Mortal enemies “with benefits” was not exactly the plan...
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    lgbtq  enemies-to-lovers  wlw  romance  steamy  fiction  new-adult  mlm
  • Back in Your Arms by Monica McCallan

    Back in Your Arms by Monica McCallan

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Seventeen years ago, Quinn McKinley left her small town of Kingsford for a shot at a happier life. Now a successful real estate agent in New York City, she’s brought back on behalf of a client, begrudgingly accepting her return home in order to close the deal of a lifetime...
  • The Life Coach by Sienna Waters

    The Life Coach by Sienna Waters

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    It's time to let a little sunshine into your life...Meet Vivien Curtis, a divorced, depressed, reclusive true crime addict. All she wants is to be left alone, and for the kids to stay off her lawn.Until Alice Knowles appears. A young life coach hired by Viv's best friend Evie to get Viv back on her feet again, Alice wants nothing more than to meet Ms. Right, get married, and start adopting cats...
  • Two Hearts Forever by Harper Bliss

    Two Hearts Forever by Harper Bliss

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After overcoming their difficulties in Two Hearts Together, Anna and Zoe are nurturing their relationship, letting it grow slowly but surely. When a surprise visitor shows up in Donovan Grove, things threaten to go off course...
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    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  family  fiction  romance
  • The Fireworks by Nicole Pyland

    The Fireworks by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This is book #3 in the Holiday Series.Aria Bancroft had been in love exactly one time. It didn’t go well, and ever since, she’s been floundering. Choosing sex over relationships and working as a freelance editor more to have something to do than anything else, worked for a time...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  second-chances  wlw  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  lesbian-mc
  • Sun Catcher: Book Two by Giselle Fox

    Sun Catcher: Book Two by Giselle Fox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love can find you … even when you’re hiding Taylor is on the run from Stinger James, her drug-crazed criminal of a husband. Along with her mother and her baby boy, she hides out in a small town where she hopes they’ll all be safe. One of her new neighbors, a woman named Jericho, soon enchants Taylor with her kindness and charm...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  fiction  mystery  romance
  • The Planck Paradox by T.J. Dallas

    The Planck Paradox by T.J. Dallas

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Cole Maclean is a philosophy teacher who also fosters service dogs through puppyhood. While she trains cute little Paradox to help a paraplegic friend, she can’t help but notice the pretty new professor with whom she finds herself sharing a supply closet.Kenzie Philips teaches physics and likes her world to be grounded in the hard sciences...
  • The Queens of Crime by Sienna Waters

    The Queens of Crime by Sienna Waters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s a match to die for…Best-selling American crime novelist Adelaide Park is running away. Until an altercation with a tractor leaves her stuck in the little English town of Whitebridge with no driver’s license and nowhere left to run to.Whitebridge bookstore owner Anthea Monroe has been dumped for the umpteenth time and has now officially sworn off women for good...
  • Pas de deux by E.J. Noyes

    Pas de deux by E.J. Noyes

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Caitlyn Lloyd has the world at her feet. Or more accurately—under her horse’s hooves. With the 2016 Rio Olympics just around the corner, nothing is going to derail her long-held dream of winning a medal or two in Olympic dressage. Not even the reappearance of a childhood so-not-a-friend throwing her perfectly balanced life into disarray...
  • Let Go by Nicole Pyland

    Let Go by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This is book #1 in the Boston Series.Gretchen Carpenter didn’t come from money. She didn’t have a lot growing up in her small town. As the black sheep of her family, instead of staying home and taking over the family business, she moved to Boston, got into Harvard Law School, and is about to graduate when she gets an internship at a personal injury law firm...
  • Vesting Period by Monica McCallan

    Vesting Period by Monica McCallan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    App designer Carter Montgomery has thrown herself into being a successful co-founder of LadyLuck for the last half decade. Until now, she’s been content to focus on work mixed with a little light fun. It takes a horrible date with an infuriating woman to make her realize that maybe she isn’t so satisfied with things and that it’s time she got serious about investing in her love life...
  • Back to the Start by Monica McCallan

    Back to the Start by Monica McCallan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When Remy’s grandmother dies, it means leaving her life in San Francisco and returning to a town she swore she'd never revisit, forced to confront a world she'd worked hard to put behind her over the last twelve years...
  • Beautiful Dreamer by Melissa Brayden

    Beautiful Dreamer by Melissa Brayden

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Who says you can’t go home again? Philadelphia real estate broker Devyn Winters is at the peak of her career, closing multimillion-dollar deals and relishing it. She’s pretty much blocked out her formative years in Dreamer’s Bay, where the most exciting thing to happen was the twice a year bake sale. Unfortunately, a distress call hauls her back home and away from the life she’s constructed...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • KELABU by Nadia Khan

    KELABU by Nadia Khan

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Senang kalau hidup dalam dunia hitam putih.Baik-buruk, betul-salah, cinta-benci,lelaki-perempuan.Apa jadi pada yang tengah-tengah?Apa jadi pada orang-orang macam aku?Bila Jun datang pada aku, menawarkan posisi sebagai 'boyfriend kontrak', aku tak tolak...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  fiction  romance
  • Intentions by Susan X. Meagher

    Intentions by Susan X. Meagher

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    New Book - Intentions is the ninth installment of the twenty-six book serial novel I Found My Heart in San Francisco. In this book, Jamie tries to acclimate to her changing relationship with her father, Jim. Despite his promise to honor and respect her and Ryan's relationship, she has her doubts-both about his sincerity and his ability to follow through...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • From the Hat Down by Andi Marquette

    From the Hat Down by Andi Marquette

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Meg Tallmadge is a veterinarian at a clinic in Laramie, Wyoming. She’s got a great job, great friends, deep ties to the family ranch, and big plans for her vet future. Sure, there are bumps in the road, like her mom’s continued denial about who Meg is and her painful and infuriating attempts to make Meg a “proper” woman...
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    animals  lgbtq  second-chances  wlw  adult  audiobook  book  fiction
  • Ariana: Love always finds a way home by Emma Nichols

    Ariana: Love always finds a way home by Emma Nichols

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On the back of an unhappy marriage and bitter divorce, stressed out Ariana Carter-Cruz, returns to the remote Greek island of Sakros, to claim the estate of her late grandmother, Sophia. A straightforward affair - go there, sell the house, get out - and start a new life with her daughter...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  second-chances  wlw  adult  angst  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Love's Witness by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Love's Witness by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Frankie Shaw moves 250 miles south, hoping to start a new life without the ghost that haunts her, the last thing she expects to see is her ex-girlfriend Lisa Bittern.Because Lisa was murdered fourteen years ago...
  • Snowed Inn with Madelyn by Chelsea M. Cameron

    Snowed Inn with Madelyn by Chelsea M. Cameron

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nothing says “Merry Christmas” more than arriving at the adorable inn your mom has booked for your family and seeing your former babysitter, and first crush, sitting behind the desk. Turns out Madelyn Hawthorne is the owner, and after a massive snowstorm traps us, we’re all going to be getting pretty cozy for the next week...
  • Karma by Susan X. Meagher

    Karma by Susan X. Meagher

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Karma is the eleventh book in the I Found My Heart in San Francisco series. Love can be a dangerous game. When to risk, when to run, when to submit. Jordan and Mia have been playing the game as nonchalantly as they can manage, but their feelings are harder and harder to dismiss. Jim and Catherine have had so many ups and downs that they’ve lost track...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Puppy Love by Cara Malone

    Puppy Love by Cara Malone

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Marley wants nothing more than a wife. Blaire has already had one not-so-happily ever after. Newly divorced and having lost her social circle to her ex, the only thing on Blaire’s mind is having a little fun. But when she brings her dog to Marley’s vet clinic, sparks fly and their connection is undeniable...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  wlw  animals  contemporary  fiction  poc-mc  humor  medical
  • Peaches and Cream by Georgia Beers

    Peaches and Cream by Georgia Beers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As a kid, Adley Purcell dreamed of owning Get the Scoop ice cream shop, and now that she does, she’s worried it could go under. She’s trying to focus on her love of ice cream, but she’s edgy and stressed. And how the hell she’ll survive national dessert chain Sweet Heaven opening a store less than two blocks away, she has no idea...
  • It Was All Just a Game by write_me227, We-have-problems

    It Was All Just a Game by write_me227, We-have-problems

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fandom: Harry PotterRelationships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter, Pansy Parkinson/Blaise Zabini, Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley--------------------------------------------------When Draco comes up with an idea to mess with Harry during the Triwizard Tournament, will he be the one who will get burned in the...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  wlw  enemies-to-lovers  romance  fantasy  mlm  magic  fiction
  • Elite Connections: an LGBTQ Romance Charity Anthology by Ana Ashley, B.A. Tortuga

    Elite Connections: an LGBTQ Romance Charity Anthology by Ana Ashley, B.A. Tortuga

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Every need met. Every desire fulfilled.Welcome to Elite Connections, the secret, exclusive service where money is no object and your every wish is guaranteed to come true.Fake dates, arranged marriages, or just some company for the night, whatever it is, with Elite you are covered...
  • Water Under Bridges by Harper Bliss

    Water Under Bridges by Harper Bliss

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can you build a future if you don't let go of the past?   Louise Hamilton has returned to Sydney after her long term relationship broke down in Brisbane and she's loving her new job at Glow, Darlinghurst's freshly opened yoga studio. She's found new friends in her boss Amber and the gang at the Pink Bean and feels like her life is finally back on track...
  • The Date by T.B. Markinson

    The Date by T.B. Markinson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What happens when a prickly cat lady runs into the new dog owner next door?Brittny Parker, an American graduate student, is moving to London with her lovable Boston Terrier, Cooper, in time for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the 2012 Olympics. Could life get any better? How about adding a super sexy woman next door? The problem is her snooty neighbor is not a dog person...
  • Can't Fight Love by K.C. Luck

    Can't Fight Love by K.C. Luck

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The hardest thing to protect is your heart…Can’t Fight Love is an enemies-to-lovers romance intertwined with the thrill of sports, the importance of family, and the power of falling in love.Alexa Knight has one more battle before she retires as an undefeated mixed martial arts champion. When ESPN wants to film her preparation for the final match, she reluctantly agrees...
  • Up Against Her by Lisa Elliot

    Up Against Her by Lisa Elliot

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Skye, Head of Qualitative Research, loves her job exploring what makes people tick and generating insights for her clients. She’s worked her way up and is on the brink of a promotion at her top market research consultancy. But when she’s forced to merge her department and compete for the job she thought was hers, she’s seriously displeased...
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