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Redemption by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGeneva Garner's mind was fixed on survival, her unborn child, escaping out of Savannah, and getting away from the men in the white robes with hoods over their heads. Covered in dirt and smoke from the cellar where she took refuge when the Klan burned her plantation home, she fled on the first stagecoach headed north. She vowed never to trust a man again as long as there was breath in her body...Categorized as:
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Ruby by Sadie Conall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIts 1846 and after escaping by wagon train from St Louis and heading west, Ruby leaves Fort Hall for California, hoping to start a new life and leave her past behind... -
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Velvet by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsVelvet is about to breathe her last and doesn't even know it when Patrick O'Leary lays her on the bed in a very strange house. When she does awake from a fever-induced coma, she finds herself in a cabin with Dr. Hoyt Baxter, who's hateful, mean and spiteful and doesn't care if she lives or dies, so long as she's out of his house and his life as soon as possible... -
![Beyond Montana's Sky by Debra Holland]()
Beyond Montana's Sky by Debra Holland
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEdith Livingston Grayson can hardly wait to shake the dust of Sweetwater Springs, Montana from her silk skirts. Finally her exile to the small prairie town is over. She is returning home to Boston with her son Ben. Home to society. Home to educated, upper-class people. Home to the ocean... -
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![Sarah Mayfield by J.S. Anthony]()
Sarah Mayfield by J.S. Anthony
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn unexpected journey of the heart.The war is over and Sarah Mayfield has put the sorrows of her life in Virginia behind her. On the strength of three letters she has traveled by railroad, riverboat and stagecoach to meet her new life out west...Categorized as:
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![Garnet by Carolyn Brown]()
Garnet by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGarnet Diana Dulan swung open the doors of the Silver Dollar Saloon, sucked up a lunch full of cigar smoke, and listened intently to the sounds of men playing poker and the scrape of boots across the wooden floor; she felt right at home. After just minutes inside the doors of the saloon she knew she'd made the right decision to leave her sisters and the wagon train of brides heading to California...Categorized as:
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![Chances by Carolyn Brown]()
Chances by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAdelida Broussau took a big chance by saying she was Rueben Hamilton's new bride. But even a rat will stand up and fight when it's cornered and she was surely feeling the pinch of being pushed in the corner. Her sister, Maria, was dead...Categorized as:
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![Embrace the Wild Land by Rosanne Bittner]()
Embrace the Wild Land by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe American Civil War plunges Zeke and Abbie Monroe into violence and separation, danger and torn loyalties. Their first-born son, Wolf’s Blood, takes part in the Sun Dance, a tortuous ritual that initiates him into life with the Cheyenne. Then war forces Zeke to leave his family to join his white brother, Danny, in the conflict...Categorized as:
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![River of Love by Rosanne Bittner]()
River of Love by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAbigail Monroe had been pierced by an arrow as a young girl...and pierced even more deeply by the love of a half-breed Cheyenne brave named Lone Eagle. But now Abigail and Lone Eagle could lose everything--and each other. Trouble was coming across the Plains to challenge them and test their love. No longer could they hide in a paradise of their own making...Categorized as:
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![Eagle's Song by Rosanne Bittner]()
Eagle's Song by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEAGLE'S SONG is the final book in the Savage Destiny series, taking readers into the lives of Zeke and Abbie's children and grandchildren. This very moving story depicts the emotional end of an era for a once wild and free People, America's Native Americans; and the sometimes traumatic changes in the American West as civilization moves in to tame a lawless land...Categorized as:
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![Meet the New Dawn by Rosanne Bittner]()
Meet the New Dawn by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this totally unforgettable sixth book in the Savage Destiny series, a relentless wave of frontier progress forces itself into the lives of Zeke and Abbie Monroe, threatening their many years of abiding love and forcing a separation unlike any other they have experienced...Categorized as:
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![Montana Mail Order Brides Box Set: Books 13 - 15 by Linda Bridey]()
Montana Mail Order Brides Box Set: Books 13 - 15 by Linda Bridey
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBooks 13 -15 in the series that critics describe as “a wonderful blend of hope, humor, passion, romance, and forgiveness.” Westward Secrets: Book 13 Gina Silvetti comes to Dawson to find that the man she was to marry has died. Handsome, Deputy Rick Westlake helps her and the two begin a romance. But, secrets and family strife threaten any future they may have together...Categorized as:
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![Love's New Beginning by Dorothy Wiley]()
Love's New Beginning by Dorothy Wiley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLoss took everything, love gave him even more. It's 1800 Philadelphia, and the city cowers before a mysterious killer—Yellow Fever. Daniel Armitage and his family are respected members of Philadelphia society. But their status cannot save Daniel’s loved ones. His entire family succumbs to the horrifying disease. His mother’s startling deathbed confession, shakes Daniel to his soul... -
![My Girl: A Montana Sky Series Novella by Debra Holland]()
My Girl: A Montana Sky Series Novella by Debra Holland
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom New York Times and USA Today bestselling author comes a Montana Sky novella of love and loss that coincides with Bright Montana Sky. When a logging accident kills his friend and Felicity Woodbury’s fiancé, Lars Aagaard steps in to lend his support. To keep Felicity’s suitors at bay during her mourning period, the two act as if Lars is wooing her... -
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![Mail-Order Brides of the West: Darcy by Debra Holland]()
Mail-Order Brides of the West: Darcy by Debra Holland
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHigh-Society lady Darcy Russell has a dangerous secret. The only way to stay safe is to flee far away and marry a man who knows nothing about her family background or their money. All she asks for is a husband who lives in the country, is kind, and will match her intellectual interests, especially with modern philosophy...Categorized as:
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![The Proud Breed by Celeste De Blasis]()
The Proud Breed by Celeste De Blasis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAN UNTAMED WOMAN... A FEARLESS MAN... A MAGNIFICENT LOVE. THE MONUNENTAL ADVENTURE THAT SWEEPS ACROSS A MIGHTY CENTURY OF AMERICAN HISTORY.The first time Gavin Ramsay sees Tessa MacLeod y Amarista -- a violet-eyed beauty swimming naked in a hidden pool--she reacts by attacking him with a knife. Realizing her mistake, she nurses him back to health and into a deep, enduring and courageous love... -
![A Willow Creek Christmas by Lily Graison]()
A Willow Creek Christmas by Lily Graison
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWidowed with two young children, Keri Hilam is desperate to escape her abusive brother-in-law, going so far as sneaking away in the dead of night in hopes of finding a better life. She never regrets leaving, not even when they find themselves stranded, starving, and alone... -
![Savage Horizons by Rosanne Bittner, F. Rosanne Bittner]()
Savage Horizons by Rosanne Bittner, F. Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUNTAMED PASSIONS AND WARRIOR'S BLOOD Before the white man walked the land, it belonged to the Sioux, Cheyenne, and Chippewa. But as trappers and pioneers pushed West, the days of innocence ended--and the nights of blood began. Left behind as a legacy of passion and shame was the White Indian called Blue Hawk by his Cheyenne people..Categorized as:
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![A Clean Slate by Amelia C. Adams]()
A Clean Slate by Amelia C. Adams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOlivia Markham is a socialite from New York City who came to Topeka with one goal—to marry Adam Brody. But Adam has married someone else, and Olivia has nowhere to go. Taking a job at the Brody Hotel requires her to swallow her pride, but she has no choice in the matter. Now she must learn to adjust to simple living and wearing cotton dresses—cotton, when she should be wearing silk... -
![The Whisper of Morning by Amelia C. Adams]()
The Whisper of Morning by Amelia C. Adams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCaroline Hampton is an unmarried, independent woman, able to come and go as she pleases. Working as the manager of the Brody Hotel has suited her, giving her both a home and a career. But lately, she has begun to feel restless, wondering what else might be out there for her. Since the death of his wife, Wallace Dupree has spent his time alone, working as a train conductor and reading poetry... -
![The Christmas Confection by Shanna Hatfield]()
The Christmas Confection by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWill a sweet baker soften a hardened man’s heart? Find out in this historical holiday romance! Born to an outlaw father and a shrewish mother, Fred Decker feels obligated to atone for the past without much hope for his future. If he possessed a lick of sense, he’d pack up and leave the town where he was born and raised, but something. . . someone. . . unknowingly holds him there... -
![Romancing the Wilderness: American Wilderness Series Boxed Bundle Books 1 - 3 by Dorothy Wiley]()
Romancing the Wilderness: American Wilderness Series Boxed Bundle Books 1 - 3 by Dorothy Wiley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA new, never-before issued bundle—ROMANCING THE WILDERNESS—containing three full-length, binge-worthy novels by award-winning historical romance and western author Dorothy Wiley. The set includes WILDERNESS TRAIL OF LOVE, NEW FRONTIER OF LOVE, and WHISPERING HILLS OF LOVE, more than 900 pages of heroes, suspense, and tender romance... -
![Phebe's Promise by Cathryn Chandler]()
Phebe's Promise by Cathryn Chandler
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHis head is in the clouds, but her feet are firmly on the ground. Can they ever find a way to make a life together? Phebe became an orphan the day she was born. Her mother died giving birth, waiting for her husband and son to return from the gold fields in California. But neither one was ever heard from again...Categorized as:
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![Vera's Virtues by Cissie Patterson]()
Vera's Virtues by Cissie Patterson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVera Mae Wigg is ready for an adventure, and her fellow teachers at The Wigg Foundling Home and School have been given the opportunity for just that. They are all heading west to start their own schools... -
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![Wendi's Wish by Danni Roan]()
Wendi's Wish by Danni Roan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWendalynn Wigg will tackle any problem head-on, so when she's offered her chance at a school of her own, becoming a mail-order bride should be no obstacle at all. Setting her heart on a life dedicated to instilling a lifelong love of learning in needy children, she sets out for Nebraska, where a lonely preacher is in need of a wife...Categorized as:
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![Yetta's Yearning by Michele Lindsey]()
Yetta's Yearning by Michele Lindsey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNow that his mine has paid out, Nathaniel can finally hang up his pickaxe and fulfill his dream of owning a cattle farm. He's also looking forward to settling down and starting a family. But he'll need a wife first.Yetta has spent her whole life at the Wigg Foundling Home and School in New York City. First as a foundling herself, now as teacher, living in the dorms... -
![Caroline's Passion by Peggy L. Henderson]()
Caroline's Passion by Peggy L. Henderson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCaroline Hudson has always gone after what she wants. Leaving the wilderness to pursue a medical degree in Boston would seem unfathomable to most. Being taken seriously as a woman doctor may be her biggest obstacle to overcome. An unexpected offer appears to provide every opportunity for which she had hoped, until a face appears from the shadows to remind her of what she truly wants... -
![Scars of the Heart by Kristene Holloway]()
Scars of the Heart by Kristene Holloway
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWill their pasts keep them apart? Or can love heal their scars?Adelaide Harris is seeking a new future. Jilted by an unrequited love, she heads West, beginning a new chapter of her life as a mail-order bride in a marriage of convenience, determined to never fall in love again. However, she is about to discover that fate has other plans in store for her.Jackson Preston is haunted by his past... -
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Jake by Leigh Greenwood
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe freedom of the range, the bawling of the longhorns, the lonesome night watch beneath a vast, starry sky--they got into a man's blood until he knew there was nothing better than the life of a cowboy...except the love of a good woman. Isabelle Born and bred in Savannah, Georgia, she was the kind of woman Jake Maxwell avoided at all cost... -
![Wildest Dreams by Rosanne Bittner]()
Wildest Dreams by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLettie MacBride knew that joining a wagon train heading West was her chance to begin anew, far from the devastating memories of the night that had changed her forever. She didn't believe she could escape the pain of innocence lost or feel desire for any man...until she meets Luke Fontaine. Haunted by his own secrets, Luke could never blame Lettie for what had happened in the past...Categorized as:
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![Tame the Wild Wind by Rosanne Bittner]()
Tame the Wild Wind by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHalf-breed Gabe Beaumont had had to choose between the Sioux tribe of his mother and the white family of his father, and his choice had cost him everything. Settlers had murdered his Indian wife and child, and now revenge was all he lived for...Categorized as:
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![Dixie Moon by Shirleen Davies]()
Dixie Moon by Shirleen Davies
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGabe Evans is a man of his word with strong convictions and steadfast loyalty. As the sheriff of Splendor, Montana, the ex-Union Colonel and oldest of four boys from an affluent family, Gabe understands the meaning of responsibility. The last thing he wants is another commitment—especially of the female variety. Until he meets Lena Campanel... Lena’s past is one she intends to keep buried... -
![Painted Montana Sky by Debra Holland]()
Painted Montana Sky by Debra Holland
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn Painted Montana Sky, a NOVELLA from the acclaimed Montana Sky Series, USA Today bestselling author Debra Holland brings together two people who have turned their backs on love and relationships. In 1894, Lily Maxwell, aspiring painter, travels to Sweetwater Springs, Montana, with her precious cocker spaniel to work on an artistic project that could launch her career... -
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Dakota Dream by Lauraine Snelling
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLeaving Norway for good Clara carries with her little more than dreams. Armed with a water-stained letter, a faded photograph, and a ticket to America, Clara Johnson travels to Soldall, North Dakota, and her handsome, curly haired husband-to-be... -
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![Pillsbury Crossing by Donna Foley Mabry]()
Pillsbury Crossing by Donna Foley Mabry
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the second of The Manhattan Stories, Emma is nine on the day they meet, hot-headed and wild-haired. Akecheta is twelve, already the man of his house. He saves her life and tells her she belongs to him... -
![Savage Mists by Cassie Edwards]()
Savage Mists by Cassie Edwards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith dreams of peace for his people, Iron Cloud begins his quest for vengeance against the government agents who have abused them, by first abducting white woman Damita...Categorized as:
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![Savage Passions by Cassie Edwards]()
Savage Passions by Cassie Edwards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLiving among the virgin forests of frontier Michigan, Yvonne secretly admires the cheiftain of a peaceful Ottawa tribe. A warrior with great mystical powers and many secrets, Silver Arrow tempts her heart. But white men and Indians alike threaten to keep them apart forever. Yvonne and Silver Arrow will need more than mere magic...Categorized as:
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Savage Thunder by Cassie Edwards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor 10 years, he dreamed of the lovely girl with the crown of pink rosebuds in her flowing hair. She had mystically drawn him to her, and no woman since could compare. But when their canoes met one night in midstream, he discovered a full-blown passion that he had never imagined in the budding maiden...Categorized as:
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![Savage Fires by Cassie Edwards]()
Savage Fires by Cassie Edwards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCrippled in a train accident and abandoned by her fiancee, lawyer Josephine Taylor Stanton believes no one will love her in a wheelchair, until a proud, handsome Ottawa chief shows up in her office looking for someone to help his people...Categorized as:
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![Savage Secrets by Cassie Edwards]()
Savage Secrets by Cassie Edwards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSearching the wilds of the Wyoming Territory for her outlaw brother, Rebecca Veach is captured by the one man who fulfilled her heart's desires. But could she give herself to Blazing Eagle without telling him about her shameful quest? He wants her from the moment he sees her, but haunted by painful memories, Blazing Eagle pulls away...Categorized as:
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Savage Moon by Cassie Edwards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn Savage Moon, bestselling author Cassie Edwards brings readers another passionate historical romance set on the American frontier. Misshi Bradley knew two lives. As a settler girl, she'd seen her family die, one by one, on the grueling trail west. Stolen by renegade Indians, she'd grown to womanhood with an Indian family...Categorized as:
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Anna by Everly West
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan the Rancher Convince the Southern Belle to be his Montana Wife? With no family in Charleston, Anna Tuttle decides to join her friends and become a mail-order bride. But she wasn’t prepared for the way her indulged life would change. And yet her rugged husband is doing his best to help her adjust to her new life as a ranchers wife. But she wants more... -
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Savage Love by Cassie Edwards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMonster bones. They were the stuff of Indian legend, which warned that they must not be disturbed. But lovely, golden-haired Dayanara and her father were on a mission for the Smithsonian Institute to track down the mysterious bones and uncover them, despite the danger...Categorized as:
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![Thunder on the Plains by Rosanne Bittner]()
Thunder on the Plains by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE SOUND OF TWO HEARTS BEATING, JOINED BY A LOVE MADE STRONGER BY STRUGGLE, CAN BE AS LOUD AS ... THUNDER ON THE PLAINS Lovely young heiress Sunny Landers was utterly devoted to her father's great dream --- a transcontinental railroad that would run from Chicago across the Great Plains to the Pacific...Categorized as:
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Matt by Leigh Greenwood
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMatt Haskins proved to be the most difficult of all the orphans in The Cowboys to write about. It's not easy to make a hero out of a man who has been sexually molested, especially when the abuse has given him a mental block against physical contact. I had to find a way to make the reader see that Matt's strength was of a different kind from most cowboys... -
![Mail Order Meals by Kirsten Osbourne]()
Mail Order Meals by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGertrude Miller is well-known for her cooking, working for the diner there in Beckham, Massachusetts. When she spots an old crush eating with his new wife, she realizes that there is no chance she will ever be able to find love there in Beckham, where everyone remembers her as a member of the demon horde... -
![The Happiest Couple in the World: A Sequel to Pride & Prejudice by Amy D'Orazio]()
The Happiest Couple in the World: A Sequel to Pride & Prejudice by Amy D'Orazio
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt is settled between us already, that we are to be the happiest couple in the world.When Elizabeth Bennett married Fitzwilliam Darcy in autumn of 1812, she believed that all unhappiness and strife between them had been laid to rest. Their misunderstandings resolved, she wished for nothing more than to enjoy their happily ever after.Alas married life brings with it a new set of challenges...Categorized as:
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![Savage Spring by Constance O'Banyon]()
Savage Spring by Constance O'Banyon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSEASON OF LIFE Framed for a murder and on the run, Alexandria disguised herself as a young boy--and convinced Taggert James to take her along with him to Philadelphia. But as a young woman, she couldn't dent the desire that Tag ignited in her blood. A mere glance from his violet eyes could make her melt in his arms, a mere touch of his lips drew her to his bed...Categorized as:
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![The Mavericks by Leigh Greenwood]()
The Mavericks by Leigh Greenwood
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHawk and Zeke have been inseparable ever since boyhoodâ��two loners, outsiders, as free as the wild horses they chase across the Arizona desert. So when they join up with two misplaced dancehall girls on the trail, they react about the same way as unbroken mustangs to the saddle... -
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Savage Dream by Cassie Edwards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsForbidden by her strict father to associate with handsome Navajo chief Shadow, whom she secretly loves, Maria is unable to resist her feelings when Shadow abducts her...Categorized as:
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