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  • Daughtry by Cee Bowerman

    Daughtry by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Daughtry Forrester has a good life. He loves his club, his family, and working on custom builds. What he doesn’t love is the pressure the women in his life have put on him to hire a female mechanic. While trying to juggle health problems and a camera crew who’s always underfoot, Daughtry doesn’t put much faith in his new hire...
  • Creed by Cee Bowerman

    Creed by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Creed Tempest is content with the solitary life he’s chosen. The only people he needs around are his siblings. He’s got a handful of friends that are important to him, but there’s no special someone to warm his bed. Oddly enough, he’s fine with that. There’s less drama that way, he tells himself.When a beautiful woman and her children move in next door, Creed’s life is turned upside down...
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    alpha-mc  humor  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  small-town
  • F*ck It by C.M. Owens, S.M. Shade

    F*ck It by C.M. Owens, S.M. Shade

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    What’s a woman supposed to do after watching her cheating ex's wedding implode?Apparently, the answer is get fired.And evicted.And move to another state to start over as an independent woman who would rather stick her tit in a beehive than get into another relationship.It’s fine. Really.The only thing messing with my new, badass single girl life is an encounter with my childhood crush...
  • Claimed By Crayson by Sherelle Green

    Claimed By Crayson by Sherelle Green

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    If there were ever a man who prided himself on always being up front with women, it’s tatted bad boy, Crayson Madden, in the flesh. His world may revolve around sex and cigars, but there’s a lot more to this cigar lounge owner than what meets the eye. Too bad Jordyn Jameson spends more time arguing with him, than seeing beyond his asshole-ish ways...
  • Dickslip by Gwyn McNamee

    Dickslip by Gwyn McNamee

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One wardrobe malfunction. Two lives forever changed. Playing in a star-studded charity basketball game should be fun, and it is, until I literally go balls out to show up my arch nemesis. When I dive for the basketball and my junk slips out of my gym shorts, I know my life and career are over...
  • The Auction by Tiffany Reisz

    The Auction by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    You're invited to New York City's hottest dating event: Kingsley Edge's annual King's Trust Charity Auction.New on the auction block this year is Daniel, a wealthy widower and Dominant. However, he happens to have his eyes on another first-timer in the club's auction: Anya, a strikingly beautiful virgin submissive from his native Canada.Too bad Anya hates him on sight...
  • Double Feature: The Game Plan & Double Dare by R.L. Mathewson

    Double Feature: The Game Plan & Double Dare by R.L. Mathewson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From the NY Times Best Selling Series comes a Double Feature... The Game Plan Spend the next 40 years in prison or break her lease early? Normally she’d be able to say that this one was a no-brainer, but things have definitely changed since she was forced to move in across the hall from Danny Bradford...
  • A Legal Affair (Club Prive) by M.S. Parker

    A Legal Affair (Club Prive) by M.S. Parker

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    All of my friends have hot, amazing men in their lives, but I'm still single… and happy. I've never wanted to settle down. I enjoy going to clubs and hooking up with random men for the night… Then why the hell do I feel like something's missing? When gorgeous rock star Paxton Gorham walks into Leslie Calvin's office, she tells herself that she can't be attracted to him...
  • Trick You by Tracy Lorraine

    Trick You by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I hated to trick her...But I knew she would never go for the real me.She was beautiful, smart and funny—everything I could want.And I was... well. Me.Tattooed, foul mouthed, bad boy.I told one little white lie hoping to meet someone different. And I did.Danniella Abbot...
  • Devoted by Lexi Blake

    Devoted by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A woman’s work Amy Slaten has devoted her life to Slaten Industries. After ousting her corrupt father and taking over the CEO role, she thought she could relax and enjoy taking her company to the next level. But an old business rivalry rears its ugly head...
  • Quitting Time: Nights Like This by AshleyNicole

    Quitting Time: Nights Like This by AshleyNicole

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s raining, it’s pouring– Wait, nobody’s snoring. They’re in the bed, or on the couch, or maybe the counter… and will definitely have a good morning. After five years, Aleigha has walked out of her job. But then her ex-boss gets stuck at her house because of the weather, and thunder won’t be the only thing clapping...
  • The Partnership by Annie Dyer

    The Partnership by Annie Dyer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s setting the rules.She’s breaking them all…Playboy. Poser. Partner.It’s always the first two I’ve been known for. With the rest of my siblings in grown-up relationships, I decided it was time to prove I was more than just my reputation, and take my partnership in my family’s law firm seriously.Ambitious.Hardworking.No more spilling coffee on the photocopier...
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    humor  legal  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Matchmaking a Single Dad by Angela Denise, Angela Casella

    Matchmaking a Single Dad by Angela Denise, Angela Casella

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They’re all wrong for each other…but sometimes two wrongs do make a right.ColeThe only woman I need in my life is my eight-year-old daughter, Jane. As a widowed brewery owner, I don’t have the time or inclination for anything more serious than a one night stand...
  • Zach: A Brash Brothers Romance by Jenna Myles

    Zach: A Brash Brothers Romance by Jenna Myles

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An image-conscious playboy hires a frumpy, shoe-losing, directionally challenged virgin. Let the chaos commence!Smooth, Playboy, Billionaire.All labels people apply to me. But the only label I actually care about is Brother.Everything I do is for them. For the empire we built together. Women are an enjoyable distraction, that’s all...
  • The Pecker Briefs by Sawyer Bennett

    The Pecker Briefs by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I never thought a pecker would get me in so much trouble. I mean, sure… if you’re talking about a certain anatomical feature of mine that the ladies just love. Given my bachelor status and appreciation for all things curvy and feminine, I could absolutely see that. But a different pecker is making my life much harder than it needs to be...
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    alpha-mc  humor  legal  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Afternoon Delight by Piper Rayne

    Afternoon Delight by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    SPECIAL RELEASE PRICE of $2.99 for a LIMITED TIME! "I just kept flying through the pages, heart in my throat." ~ Nerdy, Dirty and Flirty Book Blog  The perfect man for me is the one who broke my heart. #thanksbutnothanksOnce bitten.Twice shy.Yeah, I wish.I'm on a mission to find myself a nice, solid, respectable man...
  • Club Prive Complete Series Box Set by M.S. Parker

    Club Prive Complete Series Box Set by M.S. Parker

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Who is Gavin Manning and why does he keep showing up wherever I go? What does he want from me? These are just a few of the questions law student Carrie Summers asks herself after running into devastatingly handsome Gavin for the third time at the opening of the hottest new club in town, Club Privé...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  humor  legal  steamy  adult  age-gap  anthologies  audiobook
  • Forever, Please by Willow Summers

    Forever, Please by Willow Summers

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    **Preorder Only Sale** Will he consent to forever… I know that he loves me, that’s not the problem. And I know that he’ll be there for me. But he hasn’t mentioned forever. Not only that, but he refuses to tell his mother. Some scars run too deep, and this one is the deepest of all. I have everything on the line. To lose him now would be to lose it all...
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    alpha-mc  humor  steamy  workplace  adult  audiobook  billionaire  book
  • Nathan by Carly Marie

    Nathan by Carly Marie

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s true that you catch more bees with honey than vinegar… but what if I’m looking for a unicorn?Elliot’s life has been planned out for him: college, job, marriage, family. Going through life on autopilot, he’s rarely done anything for himself. When his sham marriage falls apart, he has to rebuild from the ground up and is faced with admitting the thing he’s hidden from everyone: He’s gay...
  • Cocky Playboy by Alex Wolf, Sloane Howell

    Cocky Playboy by Alex Wolf, Sloane Howell

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    "I drowned in this story. In these words, and in this world. A five star read from the very first page." - Amo Jones, USA Today Bestselling Author of the Elite Kings Club Series He's a bastard in Burberry. Decker Collins knows how to do one thing--win. When his billion-dollar law practice moves to merge with a firm out of Dallas, she shows up to oversee the transition...
  • Because Beards by Alexis Alvarez, Kacey Shea

    Because Beards by Alexis Alvarez, Kacey Shea

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Be it a little scruff or a full length beard, there’s nothing more attractive than a man with a well-groomed face. Masculine. Powerful. Sexy. Devoted. Lose yourself in this tantalizing collection of original short stories by your favorite romance authors in support of a great cause...
  • Resisting the CEO: Office Second Chance Romance by Emelia Blair

    Resisting the CEO: Office Second Chance Romance by Emelia Blair

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Kendal’s hired to a job she never applied for, will she recognize her new boss?On the verge of homelessness, Kendal accepts the golden job she’s offered by theCEO of Starr Enterprises. But her new boss, Caleb, looks too familiar…and seems determined to start a flame between them.While Caleb works to steal her heart, Kendal accidentally discovers who he really is...
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    alpha-mc  humor  workplace  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  sad
  • Wild Night by Mari Carr

    Wild Night by Mari Carr

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Frenemies RomanceConfirmed bachelor Colm is living the good life with a thriving law practice and all the freedom the playboy has come to enjoy. Until a city-wide blackout and the greatest sex he’s ever had has him reconsidering his single status. Unfortunately, he doesn’t realize the woman of his dreams is actually his lifelong frenemy, Kelli...
  • Risk: Part 1  (The Vault) by Nina Levine

    Risk: Part 1 (The Vault) by Nina Levine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A sexy office romance from USA Today bestselling author Nina Levine. I’m comfortable with risk. I deal with it every day of my life. Hell, I fucking live for the adrenaline rush it gives me. The challenge. The gamble. The conquest. When Charlize Cohen walks into my life, she proves to be the biggest risk I’ll ever take. I throw all my strategies out the window...
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    alpha-mc  humor  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  insta-love
  • Tripp by Alex Wolf, Sloane Howell

    Tripp by Alex Wolf, Sloane Howell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tripp Patton is not the guy you take home to meet your mom.He is the number one sports agent in the world, and he didn’t get there by playing nice.On the verge of signing the biggest player of his career, someone gets in his way.Lennon Edwards, a younger agent trying to make a name for herself. She’s hungry for success, relentless, and drop-dead gorgeous...
  • Total Surrender by Opal Carew

    Total Surrender by Opal Carew

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An Erotic Romance Collection From New York Times Bestselling Author Opal Carew whose books have won numerous awards, comes this collection of sizzling erotic romances tales. Surrender to your deepest desires in Total Surrender. PLAYED BY THE MASTER Jacqueline will do anything she can to save her brother-in-law. Race Danner is the only one with the power to help...
  • Ale's Fair in Love and War by Sylvie Stewart

    Ale's Fair in Love and War by Sylvie Stewart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An Enemies-to-Lovers RomanceHollis Hayes is the worst neighbor in the entire history of neighbors.She’s also the hottest.F.M.L.I don’t have time to fight with the dog groomer next door. There’s a brewery to run, siblings to rein in, and a mom to look after. So if Hollis thinks I’ll roll over and let her drive me out of business, she’s not nearly as smart as she thinks she is...
  • The Trouble with Love and Ink by Harriet Ashford

    The Trouble with Love and Ink by Harriet Ashford

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Emily Lane is supposed to be on vacation. Instead, she’s in a meeting where a new hire steals the promotion she’s been slotted for. To make matters worse, the promotion thief is a bit of a jerk both inside and outside cubicle walls.Needing an escape, Emily takes on her sister’s dare to work for her calligraphy company. After all, Emily has been perfecting her pointed pen skills for over a decade...
  • Primal Heat by Piper Davenport

    Primal Heat by Piper Davenport

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    StoneyI am what I am. A man who likes to f*ck, and a biker who is loyal solely to my club and my brothers. But someone has stolen what’s rightfully mine and I plan to bring the world down upon their head until I get it back. Only, things aren’t quite what they seem, and my world is about to implode as everything I’m familiar with is threatened...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  enemies-to-lovers  humor  secrets  steamy  adult  biker  book
  • Wild by Hannah Cole

    Wild by Hannah Cole

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It didn’t start out as the worst day of my life. But it was certainly in the top three.The promotion I worked so hard for turned out not to be mine at all but handed to Nick Marks, some social media wunderkind. So, I got mad. I got drunk. Then made the epic decision to blow off a little steam with a wild night out, one night stand included...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  steamy  workplace  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  poc-mc
  • Wright Rival by K.A. Linde

    Wright Rival by K.A. Linde

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A sexy enemies-to-lovers romance set in the world of the Wrights about Hollin & Piper from USA Today bestselling author K.A. Linde…No one on this planet pushes my buttons like Hollin Abbey.I don’t know if it’s the rugged, sexy cowboy look or the Harley Davidson motorcycle or the cocky swagger. Or just him.But whenever we’re together we fight like cats and dogs...
  • Make Me Lose: a small-town enemies-to-lovers romance by Ember Leigh

    Make Me Lose: a small-town enemies-to-lovers romance by Ember Leigh

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Grayson Daly and I aren’t just rivals. We’re enemies. Born minutes apart on the same day in the same hospital, our parents thought this meant we were somehow destined to be together. We knew were we just destined to beat each other. Competition boiled over until junior year, when the cold war turned into an unexpected peace offering...
  • Crave by Evelyn Sola

    Crave by Evelyn Sola

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sandra Before THAT night, the over the top party and the cake incident, I spent Saturday nights with girlfriends, lamenting my life over margaritas. I wasn’t ready for Jacob Clark. He was sin and dark edges, wrapped in regret. He was my Kryptonite. His words oozed over me like warm honey. His dark eyes pricked my soul, and his touch….those fingers set my skin on fire...
  • Romancing the M.D. by Maureen Smith

    Romancing the M.D. by Maureen Smith

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Landing an internship at prestigious Hopewell General is a dream come true for Tamara St. John. She struggled hard to get where she is—and isn't about to risk it all because of arrogant Victor Aguilar. Tamara and Victor constantly lock horns, but the sinfully seductive doctor is driving her crazy…with desire. Tamara knows that dating a colleague is a prescription for disaster...
  • One to Chase by Tia Louise

    One to Chase by Tia Louise

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Paris fashions,Chicago nightlife,Secrets and lies...Welcome to the North Side. Marcus Merritt doesn't chase women. He doesn't have to. But when the spirited and sexy blonde who left him wanting more shows up in his office looking for work, little things like the rules seem ready to be rewritten. Amy Knight is smart, ambitious, and back home in Chicago to care for her mother...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  humor  legal  steamy  adult  billionaire  book  contemporary
  • Ego Trip: A Cocky Boss Romantic Comedy by Tabatha Kiss

    Ego Trip: A Cocky Boss Romantic Comedy by Tabatha Kiss

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Two weeks on the road with my boss? Business as usual. Two weeks on the road with my newer, hotter boss that I had a one-night stand with four years ago? A disaster waiting to happen.It was a one-time thing with a man I knew from work. His name was Oliver Black. The rich and handsome manager of the Botsford Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas. Dark hair. Icy blue eyes...
  • Shattered by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Shattered by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book 4 in the NEW ADULT rockstar series, LOST IN OBLIVION He’s shattered…and she’s the only woman who can help him pick up the pieces. Nick Crandall has everything he ever thought he wanted. Tons of money, a glamorous lifestyle, professional admiration for making music. But all his success doesn’t erase the memories of who and what he’s lost on the road to fame and fortune...
  • Pierced by J.A. Huss, Johnathan McClain

    Pierced by J.A. Huss, Johnathan McClain

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    MYRTLE I’m a just an erotic woman who likes control. And edgy sex. And hard men. At the same time. So starting an outreach class at the TDH community center to teach other women how to put the dom in dominatrix was inevitable. Even if I was only doing it to use my boss, Pierce, as my submissive example and pay him back for humiliating me in front of the whole world last summer...
  • Control by K. Bromberg

    Control by K. Bromberg

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author K. Bromberg comes a new story in her Everyday Heroes series… Control is something Desi Whitman abhors. Why live life in black and white perfection when you can messily color outside the lines? But when she comes face to face with SWAT officer Reznor Mayne, he’s about to show her just how good control can feel...
  • Wednesday by E. L. Todd

    Wednesday by E. L. Todd

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It took me a long time to forgive Hawke—a very long time.But now that I have, I feel nothing but unbridled joy. Everything is exactly as it should have been two years ago. He’s just what I need, and not just now, but forever.Until disaster strikes...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  humor  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • That Wild Player: A Standalone Bad Boy Billionaire & (Former) Good Girl Romantic Comedy by Nadia Lee

    That Wild Player: A Standalone Bad Boy Billionaire & (Former) Good Girl Romantic Comedy by Nadia Lee

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I'm a good girl. I work hard, follow the rules, and only want a future with Mr. Right, complete with a white picket fence, 1.5 children and a dog. What do I have instead? A "Dear Jane" email from my ex, who CCd it to my best friends and their fiancés. My friends realizing that I've never had an orgasm is the cherry on the train-wreck cake of my love life...
  • #1 Rival by T. Gephart

    #1 Rival by T. Gephart

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Lauren Harper wanted four things. Respect. Success. Happiness. And to annihilate Roman Pierce. Sure, he was a smooth, smart and sexy attorney who made the senior partners at their law firm cream their pants. But he was also an annoying cocky jerk who she’d been competing with since they had both been hired over a year ago...
  • Doctor Bad Boy by Ainsley Booth, Sadie Haller

    Doctor Bad Boy by Ainsley Booth, Sadie Haller

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Max: The first time I met Violet Roberts, she gave me her submission for the night. The second time I met her, it was across a boardroom and man, was she pissed. Now she insists we have a “conflict of interest”. She wants us to “move forward like grown-ups...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  humor  legal  steamy  workplace  adult  billionaire  book
  • Possessive Playboy by Sloane Howell, Alex Wolf

    Possessive Playboy by Sloane Howell, Alex Wolf

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Policy: Don't sleep with your brother's secretary.Problem: Deacon Collins is a wealthy playboy and does what he pleases.It started out innocent.He yanked her into the supply closet and lost his briefs. Not the legal kind.Now, he wants more.More of her soft curves and sweet mouth.More than just quickies against a cabinet...
  • Bossy Playboy by Sloane Howell, Alex Wolf

    Bossy Playboy by Sloane Howell, Alex Wolf

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Policy: Don't sleep with your brother's secretary.Problem: Deacon Collins is a wealthy playboy and does what he pleases.It started out innocent.He yanked her into the supply closet and lost his briefs. Not the legal kind.Now, he wants more.More of her soft curves and sweet mouth.More than just quickies against a cabinet...
  • Taming Mr. Walker by Rosa Lucas

    Taming Mr. Walker by Rosa Lucas

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Mr. Walker, my big brother’s arrogant, powerful, handsome, and completely unobtainable best friend.He’s a millionaire tech tycoon, and I take calls from angry clients who can’t reset their passwords.He lives in a Grade II listed mansion with holiday homes worldwide, and I rent a room in a flat-share with my best friend and mice.Our worlds couldn’t be farther apart.Falling for him is not an option...
  • Booty Camp by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook

    Booty Camp by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Booty Camp [boo-tee-kamp] noun: Two people isolating themselves to get better at the deed.The issue: She's a virgin and crushing on a player.Her hang-up: Wants experience before she makes a move.The solution: Teach her everything I know.My idiotic move: Falling for the girl who wants the other guy.Mila Crawford thinks she needs lessons to be ready for the douchebag she's eyeing...
  • Resisting the Brit: Office Enemies to Lovers Romance by Emelia Blair

    Resisting the Brit: Office Enemies to Lovers Romance by Emelia Blair

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’ve been forced to work alongside the newly hired arrogant cold Englishman, and now I’m torn between fury and attraction. When Oliver comes to work with the company, I’m not about to stand idly by while he starts getting rid of people. I burst into his office to confront him, not expecting the man I’m about to see...
  • Maverick Mogul by Lila Monroe

    Maverick Mogul by Lila Monroe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Lincoln by V.H. Nicolson

    Lincoln by V.H. Nicolson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love is for suckers.It’s one of the reasons I’m here in L.A. on the other side of the world from my home in Scotland and the five-star hotel I run with my dad.I’m sick of watching everyone else’s happy ever afters from the sidelines...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  humor  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  small-town
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