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  • Love You The Most by Julie Capulet

    Love You The Most by Julie Capulet

    Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The final epilogue to the I Love You SeriesThis is a bonus conclusion to Rafe and Lexi's epic love story, including babies and an OTT steamy and romantic HEA :)*This book is a 50-page finale to the I Love You Series and is currently available with the I Love You Series box set.It's also FREE! Visit juliecapulet(dot)com for your free copy...
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    sports  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Burndown by Winter Travers

    Burndown by Winter Travers

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For the past eight years, master mechanic Remington Grain has been tirelessly working toward his dream job of becoming a member of an NHRA pit crew. But being the new guy is never easy. Not only is he at the bottom of the totem pole, he’s pretty sure his crew chief hates him. Remy knows anything worth having takes hard work and dedication...
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    sports  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  new-adult  romance
  • Legend by Tracy Lorraine

    Legend by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I made one mistake…And she made one phone call that nearly destroyed my life.I’ve spent the past year plotting my revenge and imagining all the wicked things I’d do to her when our paths finally crossed again.I just had no idea it would be so soon.The last thing I expected when I re-entered the world was to find myself right in the middle of hers...
  • The Langfield Brothers : Box Set by Brittanee Nicole

    The Langfield Brothers : Box Set by Brittanee Nicole

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Four billionaires brothers. Four sports romances. Four happily ever afters. And one epic extended epilogue. Enjoy this collection of all four Langfield Brothers.1. Mother Faker (Beckett Langfield)2. Pucking Revenge (Brooks Langfield)3. A Major Puck Up (Gavin Langfield)4...
  • Hunter by Tracy Lorraine

    Hunter by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m a nobody... until everybody realizes who I am and who I’m related to.Then it’s like a giant target is painted on my back. They all think they can use me to climb the Rosewood High royalty ladder.They obviously underestimate me. I won’t cower down or give in.They can’t break me. But he can... without even trying.Zayn Hunter.He doesn’t want to use me..
  • Pepped Up & Wilder by Ali Dean

    Pepped Up & Wilder by Ali Dean

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Pepper: The best part of a happy ending... finding out it's actually just the beginning. Having someone promise to be by your side, to chase dreams with, whisper troubles to, it's more than I could have imagined. But after three seasons of Jace playing pro ball in Ohio, three long seasons, with him on the road, and me training all over the world, I’m questioning if we can really have it all...
  • Every Kiss You Steal by J.E. Parker

    Every Kiss You Steal by J.E. Parker

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Her past is plagued with darkness...He's determined to make her future brighter.-Ashley-My life was once a nightmare.Because of my past, the walls I've constructed are mighty.But those walls begin to waver the day I meet him...Chase Jacobs, star quarterback, and the cutest boy I've ever seen.With his easy smile and sweet words, he's perfect.Problem is, I'm not...
  • Ian by Kat Mizera

    Ian by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Caught on thin ice between desire and legacy... Scottish-born hockey player Ian Campbell is so much more than a professional athlete and he has the birthright to prove it. But all he cares about is the next championship. Not his law degree and not the weight of the family legacy waiting for him back home; but time is running out on the deal he made with his grandfather...
    Categorized as:
    sports  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • How We Fell in Love by Toni Aleo

    How We Fell in Love by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Option One: Wham, Bam, Thank You, Ma’am. Option Two: Till Death Do Us Part. Grace has only ever believed in Option One. But James makes her question that belief from the moment she meets him. James has only ever believed in Option Two. But Grace goes out of her way to shake his belief from the moment he meets her...
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    sports  romance  contemporary  anthologies  fiction  adult
  • Custom Culture Complete Series by Tess Oliver

    Custom Culture Complete Series by Tess Oliver

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    SAVE $$ when you buy the Custom Culture Series Box Set. Contains all 4 full length new adult romance novels from the Custom Culture Series. #1 FREEFALL #2 CLUTCH #3 DRAY #4 RETT FREEFALL: After leaving high school, with a hard won diploma and the title of most likely to break hearts, Alexander "Nix" Pierce has left his wild, out of control years mostly behind him...
  • Vengeful Rotten Casualties by Lucy Smoke

    Vengeful Rotten Casualties by Lucy Smoke

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I sold my soul to the devil only to turn around and slit his throat… Thomas Kincaid took everything from me. My mother. My hopes. My innocence.Now, it’s my turn.He thought he was safe.They all did.They were wrong.Men always think they can take without ever having to deal with the consequences. Well, now I’m back, and I'm the last consequence they’ll ever see...
  • Revenge by J.L. Weil

    Revenge by J.L. Weil

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Welcome back to Elmwood Academy. The conclusion begins. And the drama continues...
  • The Legacy series: The Love series, the Wrapped series, and the Burning Souls series. by M.J. Fields

    The Legacy series: The Love series, the Wrapped series, and the Burning Souls series. by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ten full length novels, three complete series, over 4500 real pages, for a limited time only. The Love series is a coming of age, new adult, contemporary series with a HEA, that is not typical. This series is raw and real. It will remind you of yours or someone you knows, first love. The Wrapped series is a single mothers love story with a younger man...
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    sports  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Cooper by Ali Parker

    Cooper by Ali Parker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "Cooper is the ultimate bad boy so Piper has her hands full." -- Amazon ReviewerMy journey with the Casanova Club has been full of wonder and magic and, dare I say, heartbreak.More heartbreak than I ever imagined I could endure.But here I am, suitcases packed, chin held high, ready to march into July to meet my next Bachelor.Cooper Diaz.He’s disgustingly handsome. Abs for days...
  • Cruel Kisses: A Dark Bully Lovers-to-Enemies-to-Maybe Lovers Romance by Thandiwe Mpofu, Thandie

    Cruel Kisses: A Dark Bully Lovers-to-Enemies-to-Maybe Lovers Romance by Thandiwe Mpofu, Thandie

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s gone… good riddance to tormenting, cold nightmares that come in the form of sweet but devious kisses.⠀Thing is, without her here, there’s a fiery riot in my heart I can't control.⠀She left a bloody feud brewing in my house.⠀That Little Minx caused chaos and hell to break loose between my brother and me as only she can.⠀She kissed me and imprinted her broken soul to my darkness...
  • Deep Check by Kimberly Kincaid

    Deep Check by Kimberly Kincaid

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This story was previously published in the HOT ON ICE anthology. Hotshot hockey center Finn Donnelly wants nothing more than to take The Cup to his best friend's grave after the Rage's big win. The problem is, that also means returning to his hometown and seeing January Sinclair, a.k.a., the woman he left behind. She might be as beautiful and fiery as ever, but Finn's ghosts belong in the past...
  • Stencil: Sugar and Spice, Ink by Evan Grace

    Stencil: Sugar and Spice, Ink by Evan Grace

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Our arrangement was simple—just physical and definitely no falling in love. That seemed easy enough until a positive pregnancy test changed everything. He’s loud, crude, sexy, and can cook and he’s bound and determined to make me his, but I’ve been burned before and if I let him in, and things don’t work out for us, well, it’s more than just my heart on the line...
    Categorized as:
    sports  contemporary  small-town  fiction  book  adult  romance
  • Ruthless Rose by Leila James

    Ruthless Rose by Leila James

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Micah RobertsonTalented football tight end.A guy who plays the field like nobody’s business.He’s ruthless.He can’t want me like he says he does.Because I’m less than nothing to him.Until he steals my heart.And now he has the power to break me.Welcome back to Rosehaven Academy...
  • The Wolfe Brothers Trilogy by Jami Davenport

    The Wolfe Brothers Trilogy by Jami Davenport

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Three sports. Three broken brothers. Torn apart by tragedy and forever bound by traumatic pasts. Thrust together once again when their paths cross in Seattle. MELTING ICE Brimming with attitude and broken beyond repair, Isaac "Ice" Wolfe has a heart as cold as his nickname, and he likes it that way--until he meets his neighbor Avery Maxwell...
  • Last Shot by Pippa Green, Eden Dunn

    Last Shot by Pippa Green, Eden Dunn

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It was love at first sight for me: the second Victoria Newhouse took my hand, I was stuck.Except I’m not allowed to want her.Her father made it very clear, and if I want to keep my contract with the Minnesota Raiders, then I’ll do whatever he says.Fast forward nine years and Tori now sees me as the grumpy Russian. I play well, I keep my head down, and I make sure to stay out of trouble...
    Categorized as:
    sports  romance  contemporary  billionaire  fiction  book  adult
  • Rendezvous by Skye Jordan, Joan Swan

    Rendezvous by Skye Jordan, Joan Swan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Keaton Holt knows all about the badass throwdown—on the movie set and in the bedroom. As the only sixth-degree black belt stuntman for Renegades, he’s made a career of translating those fighting skills to the big screen. He’s sown his oats and is ready for hometown and apple pie...
    Categorized as:
    sports  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  steamy  romance
  • Penalty Play by Jami Davenport

    Penalty Play by Jami Davenport

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Single dad and star defenseman Matt LaRue lives for his kids and hockey. He's had one failed marriage and doesn't have any interest in going through that hell again. As conservative as they come, he can't comprehend his unexplainable attraction to a free-spirited female who changes hair color more often than his boys create new excuses to avoid doing their homework...
    Categorized as:
    sports  adult  athlete  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Pepped Up Forever by Ali Dean

    Pepped Up Forever by Ali Dean

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    This is the fifth and final book in the Pepper Jones series, and it’s one you don’t want to miss. Pepper Jones is ready to start breaking some records. She’ll be a junior in college, and if she wants to run professionally when she graduates, it’s time to step things up a notch. This time around, she knows it won’t be accomplished by ramping up her training...
  • Coen by Sawyer Bennett

    Coen by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Coen Highsmith was a league star, but he lost more than his team the day the Pittsburgh Titans’ plane crashed...
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    sports  adult  athlete  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • The Deceit of a Devil by Holly Renee

    The Deceit of a Devil by Holly Renee

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sinless. Stunning. Damaged. Tempting. Allie Taylor had been the girl I hated for as long as I could remember. And now she loathed me just as much. It didn’t matter that I betrayed her to save her. Completely devastated and infuriated by my dishonesty, she had no intentions of ever trusting me again. Her trust was shattered, her hate raging on with each second...
  • Disorder by J.L. Weil

    Disorder by J.L. Weil

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Return to Elmwood Academy.My douchebag of a stepbrother is blackmailing me. Carter thinks he can use me to steal something from the Elite, something he is desperate to bury.Reckless.Frantic.Violent.I didn’t ask for this life, and yet I’m caught in the middle of a dangerous game. And the stakes are deadlier. The Elite, four damaged, gorgeous, arrogant guys, think they own me now...
  • Resilient Queen by Amber Vant

    Resilient Queen by Amber Vant

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I never wanted this. Never asked for any of it. The corrupted, chaos of the past is playing catch-up with the present and nothing is as it seems. Everyone wants something. Me? All I want is the truth. I thought this was the end, but it turns out it’s only the beginning. The basis for a much darker twist of fate. Secrets are starting to unravel; relationships have grown fractured...
  • Relentless by Cheryl Douglas

    Relentless by Cheryl Douglas

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nikki Spencer is all grown up, but the world still sees her as the little girl she used to be. She's ready to prove to her adoring public, and a certain rough riding rodeo champion, that sweet little Nikki isn't as innocent as everyone seems to think. J.T. McCall has a reputation as a rough rider, both on the bull-riding circuit, and in the bedroom...
    Categorized as:
    sports  adult  anthologies  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • The Disclosure Series Box Set by R.E. Hunter

    The Disclosure Series Box Set by R.E. Hunter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She was running toward her future. He was running from his past. When their worlds collided, nothing could prepare them for what was to come.  Desperate to overcome her painful past, Embry Jacobs searches for a fresh start in law school. A man is the last thing she wants. Or needs. Until she meets Luke Brody.  Luke has demons of his own...
  • Renegades, Volume 1: Reckless, Rebel, Ricochet by Skye Jordan

    Renegades, Volume 1: Reckless, Rebel, Ricochet by Skye Jordan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Grab this trio of awesomeness from New York bestselling author Skye Jordan! Renegades Volume 1 includes RECKLESS, REBEL and RICOCHET RECKLESS: A couture wedding dress designer to the rich and famous, Lexi LaCroix’s image means everything. Raised on the wrong side of the tracks, her years of polish and hard work are finally about to pay off...
  • Hot Shot’s Mistake by Gina Azzi

    Hot Shot’s Mistake by Gina Azzi

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tangling up with my new physical therapist, Mila Lewis, is a mistake. One I can’t seem to stop making.When I sign with the Tennessee Thunderbolts, I have two goals: prove my injury hasn’t benched my career and get back to New York.But then, I meet Mila, the enigmatic therapist tasked with rehabbing my shoulder...
    Categorized as:
    sports  contemporary  romantic-love  romance
  • Brawler’s Weakness by Gina Azzi

    Brawler’s Weakness by Gina Azzi

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There’s only one woman I truly care about: my daughter. Until Maisy Stratford flounces into the front office of the Tennessee Thunderbolts with a heartfelt smile and a tray of baked goods.As the Bolts’ newest hire, Maisy is optimistic, enthusiastic, and a goddess at manifestation.Everything I’m not.Known as Brawler, I’m a gruff, quiet, rough-around-the-edges, NHL defenseman...
    Categorized as:
    sports  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  new-adult  romance
  • Delayed Penalty by Jami Davenport

    Delayed Penalty by Jami Davenport

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jasper:I ran away from my family, my upbringing, my background, and her. I made hockey my sole purpose in life and mended my broken heart. We were divorced years ago. Imagine my shock when I find out I'm wrong--about everything.Blaire:I've dedicated myself to being a world-class dressage rider at the expense of the only man I've ever loved...
    Categorized as:
    sports  contemporary  fiction  new-adult  book  adult  romance
  • Toli & Tessa by Kat Mizera

    Toli & Tessa by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What happens in Vegas doesn't always stay in Vegas...After a whirlwind romance, Las Vegas Sidewinders forward Anatoli Petrov is about to make Tessa Barber his wife…or so he thinks. When someone with a score to settle shows up and wreaks havoc on their special day, a past is revealed that he thought was buried a world away...
    Categorized as:
    sports  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Hooking by Kristine Allen

    Hooking by Kristine Allen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hooking: When a player impedes the progress of an opponent by “hooking” him with his stick.I’m Alex Kosinski, left wing for the Austin Amurs. Hooking was my penalty. It’s never something I set out to do, but it happens. After all, it’s hockey.Hockey is life. Getting traded was a kick to the nuts, but at least I was still playing. It was all that mattered.Until Sydney...
    Categorized as:
    sports  romance  contemporary  fiction  new-adult  book  adult
  • Face Off Flirting by London Casey

    Face Off Flirting by London Casey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My best bud asks me if I can let his younger, forever pain-in-the-you-know-what sister crash at my place while she gets settled into a new job. I say yes. Why not? Except I forget it’s been ten years since I’ve seen her dorky, mouth-full-of-braces face… and what shows up at my door is a beautiful WOMAN who is about to ruin my life…* * *My personal life is a disaster...
    Categorized as:
    sports  romance  contemporary  humor  fiction  book  adult
  • Tangled Rose by Leila James

    Tangled Rose by Leila James

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Beau DanbrookSon of football royalty.He’s a smooth-talking flirt but loyal to a fault.Now we’re tangled up together.If he finds out who I am, it will tear us apart.He can’t ever know the real me.So I hide who I am at every turn.And I’m about to lose my heart.Welcome back to Rosehaven Academy...
  • Her Outback Playboy by Annie Seaton

    Her Outback Playboy by Annie Seaton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Another sweet outback romance from award winning author, Annie Seaton. Jenni McDougal’s family have worked hard to build their fishing and charter business in the remote coastal outback town of Second Chance Bay. Jake Jones, her childhood sweetheart, was once the poor boy from the wrong side of town...
  • Playing to Win by L.M. Reid

    Playing to Win by L.M. Reid

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Quitters never win.Winners never quit.And I am no quitter.The gorgeous blonde I had a one night stand with three years ago breezes back into my life without warning. I may have made a mess of things back then but there is no way am I letting her go this time.The only problem? She hates me for what I did to her.Lucky for me, she needs me...
  • Comeback Route by Jami Davenport

    Comeback Route by Jami Davenport

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s time for bad-boy quarterback Tyler Harris to put up or shut up–and to win the ring he’s been avoiding his whole life.Two years without a ring on your finger is enough to drive any girl crazy, especially Lavender Gerloch. She loves her bad-boy quarterback, but he only prizes one type of ring–a championship ring. So it’s time to say goodbye.Tyler hasn’t been hit so hard in years...
  • Finding Charley by Casey Peeler

    Finding Charley by Casey Peeler

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One bottle of Jack and the words “I’m sorry” are all it takes for Charley’s world to turn upside down… again. Charley has a decision to make. Does she sink or swim? After Dylan reminds Charley that he always has the upper hand, she decides it’s time break free. But how? She uses her past, present, and what she hopes to be her future to find her freedom...
  • Savage Love by Penelope Bloom

    Savage Love by Penelope Bloom

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He was practically a god to them, and I was nothing.They saw me as the scarred, broken girl who had run from tragedy.And he thinks he can break me. Torment me. Claim me.He says he'll steal my heart, whether I like it or not.But my heart can only be given. And he'll have to earn every piece of it.Fire is a funny thing. It can destroy, but those few things that survive it come out stronger...
  • You Drive Me Crazy by Juliana Stone

    You Drive Me Crazy by Juliana Stone

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Coming home to Crystal Lake should be a walk in the park for famous race car driver, Wyatt Blackwell. He’ll collect an honor, see some family, and get back to his fast paced life before anyone notices he’s gone. But when a fender-bender lands him in the local ER, the doc who treats him is none other than the prickly, straight laced, student president he screwed over at prom...
    Categorized as:
    sports  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  small-town  romance
  • Illicit by Melissa Adams

    Illicit by Melissa Adams

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    College Life is hard when you have to juggle two boyfriends, two hot (and forbidden) stepbrothers and pledging the hottest sorority on campus.I’m a legacy in the Zeta Theta Beta and my Mom wants me to join them to follow in her footsteps.Luckily Bryce and Parker understand that I might have to do things I don’t necessarily want to during party games and dares...
  • Quarterback Keeper by Lacey Black

    Quarterback Keeper by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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  • Cruel Devil by Daniela Romero

    Cruel Devil by Daniela Romero

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dominique Price hates me.He wants me.He can never have me.At least that’s what I tell him.Good looking, arrogant, football God, everything comes so easy for him. I won’t be just another game to win.It doesn’t matter that I want him.It doesn’t matter that with just one look, he takes my breath away.He’s my brother's best friend and officially off limits...
  • Cruel Hearts by Sofia Daniel

    Cruel Hearts by Sofia Daniel

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s dog eat dog at Templar Academy.I’m about to get eaten alive… And I think I’ll like it.I thought I had skeletons in my closet.Turns out I have a whole cemetery.But that’s nothing compared to these bullies.Maxwell, Kendrick, and Orlando are wealthy, wicked, and devilishly delicious.They crossed me last term, and now I will uncover their secrets.I’ll have them groveling at my feet...
  • The Worth Series: Books 1-3 by Mara Jacobs

    The Worth Series: Books 1-3 by Mara Jacobs

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Books 1-3 in the New York Times bestselling Worth Series 3 best friends - 3 new loves Book 1: Worth The Weight A New Body...A New Life...An Old Flame? Lizzie Hampton is literally a shadow of her former self. Having lost half her body weight, she's headed to her small hometown to test out her new body on an old flame...
    Categorized as:
    sports  adult  anthologies  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Melting Ice: Seattle Sockeyes Hockey by Jami Davenport

    Melting Ice: Seattle Sockeyes Hockey by Jami Davenport

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    USA Today Bestselling author Jami Davenport presents another Seattle Sockeyes hockey romance and the fifth book in her Game On in Seattle sports romance series showcasing alpha male heroes of football, baseball, and hockey. Brimming with attitude and broken beyond repair, Isaac "Ice" Wolfe has a heart as cold as his nickname, and he likes it that way--until he meets his neighbor Avery Maxwell...
  • Unspoken Rules by Eliah Greenwood

    Unspoken Rules by Eliah Greenwood

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "I lost the fight. I lost her. But I don't care about my promise. I'm chasing that girl... again." Haze Adams and Winter Kingston were supposed to be a done deal. A onetime thing. The notorious street fighter had one goal and one goal only: make the girl fall in love, break her heart to hurt his enemies, and move on to the next best thing. Easy, right? Wrong...
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