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  • Ravenous by Helen Hardt

    Ravenous by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Bryce Simpson did the only thing he could. He spurned Marjorie Steel. Even though he’ll be living on her ranch, he is determined to stay away from her. She’s worthy of more than he can even think about giving, especially now that long-buried memories are surfacing and he’s learning that his father’s sins may go even deeper than he imagined...
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    age-gap  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Breathless by Helen Hardt

    Breathless by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Marjorie Steel, sister of Talon, Jonah, and Ryan, takes center stage in Breathless, the highly anticipated next installment of the Steel Brothers Saga. #1 New York Times, #1 USA Today, and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Helen Hardt has captivated readers with the twists and turns of the Steels, and Marjorie’s story promises to deliver even more heat and surprises...
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    age-gap  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Unraveled by Ivy Layne

    Unraveled by Ivy Layne

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Summer Evers Sinclair is dangerous. One flash of that teasing smile, and I know he’s going to ruin me. He makes my body shiver and my brain melt. He’s also a huge mistake. Girls like me don’t land guys like Evers. But every time he knocks on my door, I let him in. I thought we understood each other. I thought we were playing the same game. I was wrong...
  • Her Shadows, His Secrets by C.C. Monroe

    Her Shadows, His Secrets by C.C. Monroe

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    HannaI hid in the shadows all my life. That was where I felt I belonged the most, because I was ridiculed by the ones I loved, by society’s view of women like me.But now I believe someone is out to hurt me, yet I don’t know who it could be. I didn’t think I had anyone to fear, except for in the shadows, the same ones that used to keep me safe...
  • Saving Daddy by Laylah Roberts

    Saving Daddy by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A Daddy in need of someone to cherish and call his own . . .Hack has a job he loves. Great friends. Stability.And no one special in his life.A caregiver and protector, he needs someone to take care of.And then Greer Savage walks right on into his life.Incredibly brave, yet also slightly broken. Sweet and funny.He wants to wrap her up tight in his arms and never let her go...
  • Anonymous Acts by Christina C. Jones

    Anonymous Acts by Christina C. Jones

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What’s done in the dark… Murderer is a title she never expected to wear. Friend? Sure. Boss? Hell yes. But murderer? Never. If only she hadn’t threatened exactly that, just before someone winds up dead, and her fingerprints are all over the murder weapon. Always comes to light… All he wanted was to live a quiet life, without all the danger and darkness of his past...
  • Grave Mistake by Eliza Lentzski

    Grave Mistake by Eliza Lentzski

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    William Desjardin was dead: the victim of an interrupted home burglary, according to the police. Cassidy returns to Embarrass with Julia to support her with the funeral details, rehoming Julia’s mother, and settling the Desjardin estate. For Cassidy, being back in the small, northern Minnesotan town has brought back a number of good memories—most starring Julia herself...
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    wlw  steamy  suspense  romance  lgbtq  grumpy-mc  mystery  drama
  • Untamed Daddy by Laylah Roberts

    Untamed Daddy by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A tragedy in his past shaped the man he was today . . .Hard. Ruthless. Possessive.If you were his, Jacob Reyes would protect you with his dying breath.That’s why he let so few people close.Then there was HER.Soft and strong. Sweet and sassy.A Little in trouble who called to his Daddy instincts to protect her...
  • Mi desesperada decisión by Ariana Godoy

    Mi desesperada decisión by Ariana Godoy

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Una noche fue suficiente para cambiarlo todo, para destruirlo todo. Él acabó con mi familia, con todo lo que amo y por alguna razón me dejó con vida, ¿Por qué? Es tan doloroso vivir después de esa noche, tal vez él quería que viviera y sufriera, ese me parece un destino aun más cruel que la muerte...
  • Ignis by K.J .

    Ignis by K.J .

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Felicity Davis, principal of Rawson Girls Grammar School, is a passionate educator, an inspirational leader, some say even an ice queen, although she’s not sure about that last one. But one thing Felicity knows is that she is perfectly happy with her life...
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    wlw  age-gap  suspense  fiction  lgbtq  mystery  grumpy-mc  lesbian-mc
  • Tease Me Once by W. Winters

    Tease Me Once by W. Winters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From USA Today and Wall Street Journal best-selling romance author, W Winters, comes a provocative tale of a club designed for wealthy sinners. It’s a story crafted for those of us who crave the villain. 
Not everyone knows about The Club, which is by design. The main floor entertains the elite...
  • The Headmistress by Milena McKay

    The Headmistress by Milena McKay

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A chance encounter. An unforgettable night. And back home, trouble is brewing on the remote island of Three Dragons, where nothing feels like it used to. Alone and lonely, Sam Threadneedle wishes upon a star, hoping for change. But when said change comes, it’s with a roar and not a whimper.Torn between loyalty and lust, Sam is forced to re-evaluate everything...
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    age-gap  steamy  suspense  wlw  workplace  adult  angst  audiobook
  • Sins of the Father: A Ravens Ruin Novel by Marie James

    Sins of the Father: A Ravens Ruin Novel by Marie James

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I’m not misunderstood. I’m not confused about my position in life. I’m not looking for answers to explain why I am the way I am. This is the logic others use to try to make sense of me. According to them, there has to be a reason for my apathy. There has to be some sort of explanation for the calculating way I run my Club. There has to be a root cause for my depravity...
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    age-gap  steamy  suspense  wlw  adult  alpha-mc  anti-hero  biker
  • Sin's Enticement by Ciara St. James

    Sin's Enticement by Ciara St. James

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After years of serving his country, Sin reclaims his life and forms the Ares Infidels MC, with like-minded military brothers. They decide his home town of Tenillo, Texas is the perfect place to build their futures. By forming a club where they get to make the rules and determine what orders to follow...
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    age-gap  steamy  suspense  adult  biker  book  contemporary  crime
  • The Call by Melissa Tereze

    The Call by Melissa Tereze

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A year has passed since Sam Phillips found love again. No longer willing to waste another moment on loneliness, and with life running as smoothly as it could be, neither she nor Luciana were prepared for what was to come...
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    wlw  age-gap  steamy  romance  lgbtq  lesbian-mc  angst  multi-pov
  • Assassin's Promise by Elaine Levine

    Assassin's Promise by Elaine Levine

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Traumatized by her unusual childhood, sociologist Dr. Remington Chase, has made a career out of her lifelong obsession with American cults. Her research often results in pushback from the groups she studies, but not like what’s happening now, with the White Kingdom Brotherhood biker gang shadowing her every move...
  • Reagan's Redemption: Book Eight In The Bodyguards Of L.A. County Series by Cate Beauman

    Reagan's Redemption: Book Eight In The Bodyguards Of L.A. County Series by Cate Beauman

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Doctor Reagan Rosner loves her fast-paced life of practicing medicine in New York City’s busiest trauma center. Kind and confident, she’s taking her profession by storm—until a young girl’s accidental death leaves her shaken to her core...
  • Burned by Rebecca Sharp

    Burned by Rebecca Sharp

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From bestselling author Dr. Rebecca Sharp comes a brother's best friend, protector romance...Rocco Damiani has trust issues. It’s no wonder since he was given a burn notice by the CIA. No work history, no money, no connections. No identity. Not quite the fresh start he was looking for, but at least he has a good job and loyal friends...
  • Coercion by Amelia Wilde

    Coercion by Amelia Wilde

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There’s a fight to the death… and a fight for his heart.COERCION is book three in the Controlling Interest trilogy. Find out what happens in the explosive conclusion of Will Leblanc’s emotional story...
  • Until You: A Brother's Best Friend Standalone (Off-Limits) by Catharina Maura

    Until You: A Brother's Best Friend Standalone (Off-Limits) by Catharina Maura

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Left without a job and evicted from the house she so carefully turned into a home, Aria is offered two choices: move back in with her brother… or take the job her brother’s best friend offers her.Their lives weren’t meant to collide — but everything changes when Grayson realizes that Aria is the mysterious woman behind a wildly popular vigilante platform...
  • Restoration by Tate James

    Restoration by Tate James

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It’s always been about the chase. The prize. The puzzle. The Game. I became the best of the best, Hermes, because no one could catch me. No one could touch me.No one had.Until her.She’s everything I never knew I wanted.She is my life.It’s been one bad call after another in this Game. It’s cost the woman I love more than I ever wanted her to have to pay...
  • Marrow by Trisha Wolfe, Brynne Weaver

    Marrow by Trisha Wolfe, Brynne Weaver

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Two rival serial killers. One common enemy. Forensic anthropologist Dr. Jack Sorensen is the perfect serial killer. In the bright lights of his public persona he’s a respected scientist, a leader in the field of human decomposition. But in his shadowed secret life he’s a ruthless and elusive killer, unseen by the authorities who have failed to follow his faint trail of destruction...
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    age-gap  steamy  suspense  workplace  adult  book  dark  dark-academia
  • Secret Men by Adira August

    Secret Men by Adira August

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Hunter Dane Investigation. Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead ... Powerful men determined to keep their secrets. Detective Lieutenant Hunter Dane, determined to know it all. "The farmhouse has been sealed up since the last murder. Almost twenty years. Doors and windows intact. No sign of entry, forced or otherwise," Hunter said...
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    age-gap  steamy  suspense  adult  book  fiction  humor  law-enforcement
  • Rock Reclaimed by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Rock Reclaimed by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’m the black sheep son. The one no one ever knew about. The one your mum wouldn’t want you to bring home. I have the Kagan face and the Kagan voice and let’s be real—the legendary Kagan d!ck. And now I was a rockstar too, on my way up. Soaring so high no one could rip me back down to earth. Finally, I had it all…and then there was Zoe...
  • Claire and the Lady Billionaire 6 by Giselle Fox

    Claire and the Lady Billionaire 6 by Giselle Fox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The long-awaited continuation of Claire and Camille’s epic love story.Claire struggles to stay focused after Molly’s fiery attack. With Camille in Singapore, the separation is harder than ever. The school year is almost over and Claire must prepare for her summer internship...
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    age-gap  steamy  wlw  workplace  adult  billionaire  book  celebrity
  • His Destiny by Sheila Kell

    His Destiny by Sheila Kell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From Romantic Suspense BEST-SELLING Author • What happens when his destiny leads him into the arms of the woman he doesn’t think he deserves? In Sheila Kell’s passionate novel of distrust and desire, a damaged man and a broken woman are connected by heartbreak and danger… and the heat of possibility.Despite their secrets, he’ll discover she’s always been his destiny...
  • Say My Name by Logan Chance

    Say My Name by Logan Chance

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Logan Chance comes a thrilling and sizzling romantic suspense that will have you heating up as you race to uncover the truth!Devereaux Huxley has a problem his billions can’t fix…me...
  • Claire and the Lady Billionaire 7 by Giselle Fox

    Claire and the Lady Billionaire 7 by Giselle Fox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book 7 in Claire and Camille’s epic love storyClaire and Camille must find a way through the wreckage that brother Bryce left behind with his bombshell tape release. With the media pounding outside its doors, a crisis ensues at Vermillion Global just as Camille is forced to take the reigns. Johnathon is confined to his home in secrecy and Claire must decide where she is needed most...
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    steamy  wlw  age-gap  workplace  romance  drama  lgbtq  contemporary
  • Black Promises by C.J. Thomas

    Black Promises by C.J. Thomas

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It was a race against the clock. And our time was nearly up. Investigative reporter, Sylvia Neil, was out for revenge. She'd fooled me once, but couldn't fool me twice. Someone had me in their crosshairs and when Kelly and Giselle discovered a kill list inside Sylvia's apartment, I was terrified I would be the next to die. Kelly Black promised to keep me safe...
    Categorized as:
    steamy  suspense  romance  mystery  fiction  book  adult
  • Captured by A.K. Rose

    Captured by A.K. Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She was a liar. A deceiver. A seductress. And now Helene King is a Daughter of the Order.Under the guise she was headed for the place where Halestrom Hale held our sister she is forced into a truck.Only that wasn’t where she was headed.A new breed of evil rose. One that told us exactly what Hell waited for her...
  • Red Sky At Morning by Melissa Good

    Red Sky At Morning by Melissa Good

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A connection others don't understand... A love that won't be denied... Danger they can sense but cannot see... Dar Roberts was always ruthless and single-minded...until she met Kerry Stuart. Kerry was oppressed by her family's wealth and politics. But Dar saved her from that. Now new dangers confront them from all sides. While traveling to Chicago, Kerry's plane is struck by lightning...
  • For Logan by Soraya Naomi

    For Logan by Soraya Naomi

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Although part of the Chicago Syndicate world, For Logan is a complete standalone and can be enjoyed either with or without reading the rest of the series.After a lifetime of loss, Logan Wade has no faith in things such as justice. He screws and discards women with ease, and deep down, he doesn’t even know who he is anymore. He’s an agent who’s defecting to the Chicagoan mafia, the Syndicate...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  steamy  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  crime
  • What He Confides  (What He Wants, Book Twenty-Four) by Hannah Ford

    What He Confides (What He Wants, Book Twenty-Four) by Hannah Ford

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Introducing WHAT HE CONFIDES, book twenty-four in the hot and sexy bestselling WHAT HE WANTS series by Hannah Ford... Twenty-one-year-old law student Charlotte Holloway isn’t the type of girl to lust after things she can’t have...
  • Roman by K.J. Dahlen

    Roman by K.J. Dahlen

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Roman Broken. Scarred. Powerless. I’ll destroy that fker even if i have to come back from hell He defaced my childhood innocence The monster, arrogantly spent out his years doing to same I’ll never be that vulnerable child again. Barely surviving a life on the streets that took my brother For years, I thought I was living...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  steamy  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book  crime  family
  • Silver Lining by Aleatha Romig

    Silver Lining by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Your task is not to seek love, but merely to seek and find all barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” ~ RumiLena Montgomery’s time and energy is spent making her dreams of wealth and power a reality, no matter who she leaves in her wake. She’s taken risks, climbed the ladder, and doesn’t intend to take a step back...
  • Fresh Start by Nicole Pyland

    Fresh Start by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Alyssa Masters had been accused of a horrible crime she didn’t commit and was now the most hated woman in America. She’d lost people she’d loved, her credibility and part of her life. To get it back on track, she returns home to live with her mother and has all but given up on any hope at a normal life...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  steamy  suspense  wlw  adult  book  california  fiction
  • The Billionaire's Promise by Lia Hunt

    The Billionaire's Promise by Lia Hunt

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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  • His Lady by Jane Henry, Maisy Archer

    His Lady by Jane Henry, Maisy Archer

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Elena Slater grew up on the streets of New York City, as the baby sister of Alexander “Slay” Slater. She knows how to hold her own, and she’s anything but submissive...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  steamy  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book  crime  family
  • Reaching for Normal by Jemi Fraser

    Reaching for Normal by Jemi Fraser

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Enjoy this opposites-attract romance and discover the quirky town of Bloo Moose where love is always worth the risk!Former SEAL Sawyer Banks lost his team in a nightmare attack. Now, he’d rather spend his time in the woods surrounding his secluded home...
  • GLORIA: The Trilogy by Nelle L'Amour

    GLORIA: The Trilogy by Nelle L'Amour

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY! The New York Times bestselling series ON SALE for ONLY $2.99! Price goes to $4.99 shortly. Over 700 pages of steamy romance! Gloria Long is the beautiful, self-made CEO of Gloria's Secret, the world's largest retailer of lingerie. While her global emporium is famed for selling erotic fantasies, Gloria's emotional scars inhibit her own sexual desires...
    Categorized as:
    steamy  suspense  adult  bdsm  book  fiction  mystery  romance
  • Wicked as Seduction by Shayla Black

    Wicked as Seduction by Shayla Black

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’ll protect her…even if he has to take her captive to save her.Tech wiz and former elite soldier Forest “Trees” Scott had one mission: Rescue the woman being hunted by a vicious cartel and get her to safety. It should have been simple…but the minute he sees the wary beauty with haunted eyes, his desire for her complicates everything. So does her stubborn refusal to trust him...
  • Submit to Me by Anya Summers

    Submit to Me by Anya Summers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Veronica McGinnis is a single mom, more concerned with her son's homework than dating. She lives quietly on the Scottish coast, writing articles for the local newspaper and raising her child. When her cousin Declan asks her to attend his huge wedding, she doesn't hesitate to accept the invitation. Veronica needs to escape her humdrum existence, if only for a while...
  • A Thief in the Night by K. Sterling

    A Thief in the Night by K. Sterling

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Long ago, Romance was ruled by rakes. The time of the ton came to an end and rakes gave way to new, more modern heroes. What if there were still some rakes left in the world? What if they were every bit as devastating and irresistible as the rakes we’ve loved and longed for but modern? K. Sterling believes there are still some rakes out there and their time has come. The rakes have returned...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  steamy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  crime  dark
  • Gray Matters by Dolores Arden

    Gray Matters by Dolores Arden

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Remy Devereux is an ace homicide detective with the SFPD. At work, she’s embroiled in a months-long murder investigation that has yet to show any signs of breaking. At home, she’s on the skids with her soon-to-be ex-girlfriend, while nightmares of the gruesome murder scene keep her up at night.On the other side of the country, Giana Falco has just made the biggest change in her life...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  workplace  wlw  mystery  lgbtq  crime  fiction  book
  • Heat by Jayne Blue

    Heat by Jayne Blue

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Detective Mitch Gates is sworn to protect the one woman he can’t have. Mitch – When my best friend and brother in blue was killed in the line of duty, I swore an oath to protect the woman he meant to marry. Stella. She was never mine, but I’ve loved her since the day I met her. Now she’s back. Targeted by a dangerous crime syndicate, I have to keep her close to keep her safe...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  steamy  romance  contemporary  mystery  fiction  book  adult
  • Command by Ellie Masters

    Command by Ellie Masters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kate Summers's career on the police force came to an implosive end when the mayor’s wife exposed her secret life as the Mistress of Pain. Kate lost not only her detective’s badge but something much more valuable: she lost her confidence as a Mistress of men. She now scrapes by as a private investigator, feeding off the misery of others...
  • Dead Pretty by Robyn Nyx

    Dead Pretty by Robyn Nyx

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An FBI agent, a TV star, and a serial killer. Love hurts.Special Agent Dak Farrell works cold cases, and she’s damn good at it. She’s always on the move and doesn’t care where the next case takes her. But when the Salt Lake City police department need her help with a new serial killer, she’ll be around a little longer than usual...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  wlw  age-gap  mystery  crime  lgbtq  romance  lesbian-mc
  • Mine to Shield by Kennedy L. Mitchell

    Mine to Shield by Kennedy L. Mitchell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can this broken FBI agent and young professor work together to take down a dangerous cult despite their rocky past or will their true identities be exposed, threatening their lives and future together.Going undercover with the FBI to infiltrate a dangerous cult was the last thing I expected during my week off from teaching. But here I am...
  • Mania by Naomi Loud

    Mania by Naomi Loud

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I have starved for as long as I have been sentient.Collecting soul after soul, I fed. I gorged. Then he arrived, and suddenly, I understood what it truly meant to feel. Jealousy. Greed. Obsession.It tasted like him. Intoxicating. Addicting. I had to have my fill of him. Control him. Keep him. And I did. And we were happy. Trapped. But happy. Until she arrived. Her soul replete with mortal toil...
    Categorized as:
    workplace  steamy  suspense  romance  paranormal  horror  dark  spooky
  • False Lines by Breena Wilde

    False Lines by Breena Wilde

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Genre: Erotic New Adult Series: Blurred Lines volume 7 Summary: Her brother is dead and Zane is gone. Cruze is still around but is that what she really wants? It'll all come down to her twenty first birthday. It's going to be epic, sexy, and..
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