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Delilah: An Under Your Scars Novella by Ariel N. Anderson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSeventeen years after the events in Under Your Scars, Caroline makes her yearly visit to Meridian City and is taken on a heartbreaking and bittersweet journey that gives her something she's been searching for her entire closure.This is a sequel novella to Under Your A Dark Romance Novel, and the series must be read in order...Categorized as:
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Write My Name Across the Sky by Barbara O'Neal
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe USA Today bestselling author of When We Believed in Mermaids returns with a tale of two generations of women reconciling family secrets and past regrets.Life’s beautiful for seventysomething influencer Gloria Rose, in her Upper West Side loft with rooftop garden and scores of Instagram followers—until she gets word that her old flame has been arrested for art theft and forgery... -
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The Canal Boat Café Christmas: Starboard Home by Cressida McLaughlin
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Christmas special continuing the charming and heart-warming story of The Canal Boat Café, the runaway bestseller Summer and Mason take their upbeat and feelgood Canal Boat Café to London for Christmas, with unexpected results. Starboard Home – Summer and Mason find themselves unexpectedly spending the entire Christmas holiday in Little Venice when the canal freezes over... -
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Every Last Drop by Sarah Robinson
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNow a 2021 RWA's Vivian Award Finalist in Mainstream Fiction with a Central Romance. The first contemporary women's fiction novel by bestselling romance author Sarah Robinson sure to break your heart and test your limits as the characters dive into taboo topics that make you reconsider everything you once knew. Marry the love of my life.Become a mother.Write a book.Number one was complete... -
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![Retuned: The Price of Time by Tania Joyce]()
Retuned: The Price of Time by Tania Joyce
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA vacation. An unforgettable accident. Lives are changed forever.Gemma and Kyle wanted a quick getaway before they recorded their new album.But one fateful mistake changes their lives forever.Heartbreaking decisions must be made.Friendships will be tried and tested...Categorized as:
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![Happiness for Beginners by Carole Matthews]()
Happiness for Beginners by Carole Matthews
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMolly Baker is living her best life. Thirty-eight years old, she lives on the twenty-five-acre Hope Farm in Buckinghamshire, surrounded by (mostly) four-legged friends and rolling hills. There's Anthony the anti-social sheep, Tina Turner the alpaca with attitude, and the definitely-not-miniature pig, Teacup... -
![Finding Love at Mermaid Terrace by Kate Forster]()
Finding Love at Mermaid Terrace by Kate Forster
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLove comes when you least expect it...Tressa Buckland likes her quiet life in Port Lowdy, with its cobbled streets and colourful terraced houses overlooking the sea. Her job at the local paper allows her to pursue her art in her free time, with no one but her tabby cat Ginger Pickles to mind her in Mermaid Terrace...Categorized as:
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![Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson]()
Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn exhilarating and expansive new novel about fathers and sons, faith and friendship from National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree and Costa First Novel Award winning author Caleb Azumah NelsonOne of the most acclaimed and internationally bestselling “unforgettable” (New York Times) debuts of the 2021, Caleb Azumah Nelson’s London-set love story Open Water took the US by storm and introduced...Categorized as:
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A Summer of New Beginnings by Lisa Hobman
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMeet Zara Bailey, a travel writer paid to cover some of the globe's most luxurious locations. Jetting from wooden huts on stilts in turquoise seas to boutique hotels with roaring fires to 7* penthouse suites with panoramic views of the world's most glamorous cities..Categorized as:
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![The Billionaire's Secret: Enemies to Lovers Fake Marriage Romance by L. Steele]()
The Billionaire's Secret: Enemies to Lovers Fake Marriage Romance by L. Steele
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"You are MINE..." Saint Jordan Killian CaldwellA gazillionaire with a panty melting smirk; and a soul as broken as my own.I wanted a child.He wanted a willing wife.I wanted someone to break me and build me up again...He wanted no emotions, no connection.A simple transaction, that's what he said it would be.I needed something in me to shatter, so I could finally live...Categorized as:
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A Good Life by Virginie Grimaldi, Hildegarde Serle
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLaughter, tears, the transformative power of love, unexpected revelations, and striking natural these are the ingredients that combine to make best-selling author Virginie Grimaldi’s English debut the feel-good read of 2024. Grimaldi is among France’s top ten contemporary authors and her uplifting, unputdownable literary novels have quickly garnered her millions of adoring fans...Categorized as:
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![Sticks and Stones by Katharine E. Smith]()
Sticks and Stones by Katharine E. Smith
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe scene is set for the perfect summer. Business is booming. The weather couldn’t be better. Best of all, Sam is coming back to Cornwall. For good. A storm is brewing, however. It seems that somebody, somewhere, has it in for Alice, although it is not clear who, or why. As Julie tries to help her friend, she finds her own thoughts turning progressively towards motherhood...Categorized as:
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![Quedará el amor by Alice Kellen]()
Quedará el amor by Alice Kellen
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEl sol baña los acantilados y las aguas turquesas del mar de Cornualles cuando Jane Bellamy y Cedric Stone se conocen en el verano de 1939. No están destinados a ser una ecuación perfecta, pero son jóvenes y el amor lo arrolla todo a su paso. Así que esta historia comienza como otras muchas: él y ella se enamoran. Hay primeras palabras, primeras miradas y primeros besos. Y luego nada... -
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Cherry Red Summer by Carina Bartsch
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNo girl ever forgets her first love...No one knows that better than Emely Winter. It's been seven years since she last saw the man with the turquoise eyes, Elyas Schwarz?the embodiment of everything mothers warn their daughters about. Good-looking, charming, and with a hint of arrogance, Elyas is back in Emely's life and driving her crazy...Categorized as:
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![You Then, Me Now by Nick Alexander]()
You Then, Me Now by Nick Alexander
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsShe’s given her daughter everything. Now it’s time to give her the truth. Becky’s father is not just absent: he’s a mystery, a gaping hole in her past. He died before she was born and for her mother, Laura, the subject is strictly off-limits. But when Laura books an unexpected trip to Greece, Becky decides to join her, determined to get closer to her mother—and to the truth... -
![Who Do I Run To? by Anna Black]()
Who Do I Run To? by Anna Black
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJaniece Hawkins never thought she'd find herself facing a love triangle. More than that; a love triangle with a married man. KP, the man of her dreams swept her completely off her feet before telling her he was married with two kids. Too deep in love to let go, she became accustom to being KP's other woman and didn't have a problem with her role as KP's mistress until she met Isaiah... -
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Love & War by Jackie Chanel
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBorn and raised in Miami, Florida, Caprice was on the fast track to becoming a young CEO. Raised by her former supermodel mother, Caprice was supposed to follow the path that her mother’s stilettos left. Until a letter from her father, mafia don; Domani Bonatelli, changed the course of her life... -
![Kick Off: The District Line #1 by C F White, Rebecca Baker Fairfax]()
Kick Off: The District Line #1 by C F White, Rebecca Baker Fairfax
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens when opposite sides of the track collide? East Londoner Jay Ruttman has only ever wanted one thing― to be a professional footballer. But after a disastrous brawl on the pitch gets him released from his pro-Academy, he has to follow plan B and enrolls as university Sports Scholar. Head down, train hard and get scouted is his motto... -
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Perfect for Him by Suzanne Jenkins
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a young wife and mother hears she hasn’t got long to live, she discovers a unique way of making sure her family will be okay after she’s gone. Implementing her plan keeps her busy until the end, when everything falls into place perfectly. Perfect for Him is a tale of two lovers whose lifetime romance sustains them, as an unwanted ending looms in the near future... -
![Intermezzo by Sally Rooney]()
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family, from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney. Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common.Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties—successful, competent, and apparently unassailable...Categorized as:
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![Rough Around The Edges: A LESBIAN ROMANCE NOVEL by Crystal Chard]()
Rough Around The Edges: A LESBIAN ROMANCE NOVEL by Crystal Chard
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Fresh, fab and funny. The characters leap off the page and swear at you until you love them while the sweet romance quietly captures your heart." CLARE ASHTON.Roxanne Mackenzie is not exactly living her best life. After moving to London to follow her dream of becoming a writer, she thought things would be different – better. Instead, they’re a whole lot worse... -
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Desperately Entwined by Emily Jane Trent
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDesperately Entwined, Book 8, is the dramatic conclusion of Touched By You: Natalie loves Tanner too much, and her heart might burst. If only he felt the same…. Her life has become inexorably entwined with his, and she’s desperate to have a future with him. Can Tanner make the commitment she longs for, or will the romance end? “She loved him so much she thought her heart might burst... -
![The Getaway by Isabelle Broom]()
The Getaway by Isabelle Broom
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSometimes it takes losing everything to find the person you need . . .Most people travel to Croatia for its endless sunshine, pebbly beaches and crystal clear sea.Kate goes there to disappear.She needs to escape from a life that has fallen apart in spectacular and public fashion, and no one on the beautiful island of Hvar knows who she is or what she's running away from... -
![The Marriage Rival by Kat T. Masen]()
The Marriage Rival by Kat T. Masen
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Office Rivals are back and have finally said ‘I Do.’ Presley Malone was the co-worker every guy wanted to get their hands on.Sexy, intelligent—and entirely off-limits.So, I knocked her up during a heated one-night stand.We fell in love, had a son, and I put a ring on her finger.Now, she’s mine.Marriage is supposed to be all bliss, right?For better, for worse... -
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![Glasgow Boys by Margaret McDonald]()
Glasgow Boys by Margaret McDonald
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA striking debut exploring the power of identity, community and the Scottish working class. This coming-of-age story is an incisive look at young masculinity and the way even the most fraught childhood is not without hope.Neither Finlay or Banjo can remember the last time they had a hug.Against all odds, 18-year-old Finlay has begun his nursing degree at Glasgow University...Categorized as:
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![Clover's Child by Amanda Prowse]()
Clover's Child by Amanda Prowse
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the million-copy bestseller Amanda Prowse, the queen of heartbreak fiction. Amanda Prowse is the author of The Coordinates Of Loss and the no.1 bestsellers Perfect Daughter, My Husband's Wife and What Have I Done? When eighteen-year-old Dot meets Sol, she feels that love has arrived at last... -
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Star Crossed by J.S. Taylor
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe final instalment in the bestselling Starlight Trilogy... A young singer and a dangerous mentor 'X Factor meets Fifty Shades - I can't get enough of this series!' Total Book Blog The last book in the Starlight Trilogy sees Summer and Adam explore the dangerous depths of their relationship. But when Adam opens his heart, a deadly threat could tear them both apart... -
![My Brother's Best Friend by Annie J. Rose]()
My Brother's Best Friend by Annie J. Rose
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy best friend’s brother has always been a pain.He’s bossy, full of himself, and demanding.I’d rather be anywhere but in a room with him.But for Doug, I’ll do just about anything,Even if that means interviewing the new mayor,And helping him with the annual Fourth of July celebration... -
![Like a Christmas Dream by Lindsay Harrel]()
Like a Christmas Dream by Lindsay Harrel
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Follow your dreams” is not her family’s motto.But this Christmas, Sarah’s doing the unthinkable—defying her wealthy parents.Instead of fulfilling expected holiday obligations, she visits a quaint English village to help her estranged sister open her dream bakery. And yes, Sarah fully expects things to be awkward between them.What she doesn’t expect?Michael Hammett...Categorized as:
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![The Certainty of Chance by Jacquelyn Middleton]()
The Certainty of Chance by Jacquelyn Middleton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT DECEMBER…Madeleine Joy is feeling more meh than merry. When an Icelandic volcano erupts six days before Christmas, hazardous ash congests European airspace, canceling flights indefinitely—including the thirtysomething's connection to Paris... -
![What If I Never Get Over You by Paige Toon]()
What If I Never Get Over You by Paige Toon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne Day meets a contemporary Bridgerton in this high-drama, escapist wonder of a love story, Paige Toon’s best yet.Three days to fall in love. Six years to try to forget.Ellie didn’t expect to fall in love while interrailing through Europe. But she also didn’t expect to meet a man like Ash... -
![A Kiss Before Christmas by A.E. Ryecart]()
A Kiss Before Christmas by A.E. Ryecart
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChristmas is looming and Jack De Lacy needs a solution to one hell of a fix. Dumped by his boyfriend in favour of his best friend, Jack's been busy bragging about a hot new man in his life. A hot new man who doesn't exist... -
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Tormented by Elle Charles
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKara Petersen has lived through more than most. The horrors of her past had shaped her, forcing her to walk through this life relatively alone. Untrusting and guarded, seeking solace in the shadows, she thought she could survive anything that life threw at her. And she did... Until him… Sloan Foster. He brought her out of the darkness and into the light... -
![London, Can You Wait? by Jacquelyn Middleton]()
London, Can You Wait? by Jacquelyn Middleton
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlex loves Mark. Mark loves Alex. But is love enough? Since moving to London from the US, twenty-four-year-old Alex Sinclair seems to have it all: a coveted job writing for the theatre, supportive friends, and the man of her dreams—gorgeous Irish actor, Mark Keegan. But in the year since the acclaimed debut of her play, Alex and Mark’s lives have been turned upside down... -
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![1462 South Broadway by K.C. Decker]()
1462 South Broadway by K.C. Decker
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER! FIRST PLACE WINNER OF THE NATIONAL EXCELLENCE IN ROMANCE FICTION AWARD! 1462 South Broadway is a smoking hot example of how kink and BDSM can be sexy and playful instead of always brooding or deviant... -
![Summer Secrets at the Apple Blossom Deli by Portia MacIntosh]()
Summer Secrets at the Apple Blossom Deli by Portia MacIntosh
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLily Holmes is ready for a fresh start. And there’s no better place to begin again than the idyllic seaside town of Marram Bay.All Lily wants to do is focus on making her new deli a success and ensuring her son’s happiness. Not the postcard creeping out of her handbag, and definitely not finding a new man in her life!But this isn’t going to be as easy as she first thought... -
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Obsession by Susan Lewis
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCorrie Browne is an ordinary girl with extraordinary ambitions. Determined to find the father she has never known, her search takes her from the quiet Suffolk village where she lives, to a new life in London, a fastpaced television career—and to three people who come to dominate her life... -
![Two Tears in a Bucket by Traci Bee]()
Two Tears in a Bucket by Traci Bee
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBetrayed by her cold, callous mother and abused by her alcoholic stepfather, eighteen-year-old Simone Woodard is kicked out of the house like a bag of trash and left to survive on her own. While struggling to create a life for herself, her beauty and innocence captivate Kevin Kennard, a handsome, hazel-eyed felon with an addiction to all things illegal... -
![A Family Affair: Spring by Mary Campisi]()
A Family Affair: Spring by Mary Campisi
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Family Affair: Spring is a story of betrayal, forgiveness, and redemption, all wrapped up in the lives of the people we love to love, and even a few we love to hate. Harry Blacksworth is rich, handsome, the ultimate playboy with a killer smile and a clever wit. He’s fought it, denied it, ignored it, but the damn truth won’t go away: He’s fallen in love... -
![Christmas in the Snow by Karen Swan]()
Christmas in the Snow by Karen Swan
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNo secret stays buried forever...In London, the snow is falling and Christmas is just around the corner - but Allegra Fisher barely has time to notice. She's pitching for the biggest deal of her career and can't afford to fail. And when she meets attractive stranger, Sam Kemp, on the plane to the meeting, she can't afford to lose her focus either... -
![A Deeper Love Inside: The Porsche Santiaga Story by Sister Souljah]()
A Deeper Love Inside: The Porsche Santiaga Story by Sister Souljah
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn the New York Times bestseller from the author of the Coldest Winter Ever, the Santiaga family saga continues, this time told by Porsche Santiaga, Winter’s fiery younger sister.At last, mega-bestselling author Sister Souljah delivers the stunning follow-up to The Coldest Winter Ever that fans have been eagerly waiting for... -
![The Secret Bridesmaid by Katy Birchall]()
The Secret Bridesmaid by Katy Birchall
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsMatrimony meets mayhem in a modern British romcom about a young woman charged with pulling off the biggest aristocratic wedding of the year––and the misadventures that ensue.Sophie Breeze is a brilliant bridesmaid. So brilliant, in fact, that she’s made it her full-time job... -
![The Friendship Fling by Georgia Stone]()
The Friendship Fling by Georgia Stone
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this delightfully charming and heartfelt debut love story, two lonely and wildly different strangers embark on a short-term friendship over one London summer—only to discover they may be something more by the time the season ends.No one would ever call Ava Monroe a people person, which isn’t ideal for a barista in a busy London coffee shop... -
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Blue Murder by Emma Jameson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsTwo Dead Men In London’s fashionable Chelsea, a Halloween bash goes terribly wrong. Emmeline Wardle, daughter of a frozen foods baron, throws a party which results in the demise of two university schoolmates. Handsome golden boy Trevor Parsons is dead. So is pasty computer nerd Clive French... -
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![The Curious Heart of Ailsa Rae by Stephanie Butland]()
The Curious Heart of Ailsa Rae by Stephanie Butland
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom the author of The Lost for Words Bookshop, The Curious Heart of Ailsa Rae will warm you from the inside out. Ailsa Rae is learning how to live. She's only a few months past the heart transplant that—just in time—saved her life. Life should be a joyful adventure. But . . . Her relationship with her mother is at breaking point and she wants to find her father... -
![Firmado, Abril by Paula Ramos]()
Firmado, Abril by Paula Ramos
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratings¿Si os tengo que decir algo de la vida?Algo tan sencillo como que hay que vivirla. Y eso significa cometer locuras, saber disfrutar de las buenas decisiones, pero también aceptar las equivocaciones.No te quedes con el primer novio, suelen salir rana. Tampoco dejes de hacer cosas por miedo, al contrario, lánzate a por ello... -
![The Secret Lives of People in Love by Simon Van Booy]()
The Secret Lives of People in Love by Simon Van Booy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“Simon Van Booy’s stories have the power and resonance of poems. They stay with you like a significant memory.”—Roger Rosenblatt “Van Booy is a remarkable young writer. Taste, touch, smell, sight and sound, in spite of their evanescence, are frozen for a moment in these stories and celebrated, along with their subtle interconnection, in all the aspects of love...Categorized as:
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![The Bookshop on Rosemary Lane by Ellen Berry]()
The Bookshop on Rosemary Lane by Ellen Berry
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratings**Take a trip to the Yorkshire village of Burley Bridge, where a very special little cookbook shop is about to open its doors…** In the beginning… Kitty Cartwright has always solved her problems in the kitchen. Her cookbooks are her life, and there isn’t an issue that ‘Cooking with Aspic’ can’t fix... -
![She Wore Red Trainers by Na'ima B. Robert]()
She Wore Red Trainers by Na'ima B. Robert
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen Ali first meets Amirah, he notices everything about her—her hijab, her long eyelashes and her red trainers—in the time it takes to have one look, before lowering his gaze. And, although Ali is still coming to terms with the loss of his mother and exploring his identity as a Muslim, and although Amirah has sworn never to get married, they can't stop thinking about each other... -
![One on One by Tabitha King, Stephen King]()
One on One by Tabitha King, Stephen King
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA high school basketball star and a defiant outcast discover a profound love that sustains them through a triumphant but painful year...
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