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La Sposa by Sienna Mynx
You are cordially invited to the wedding of Don Giovanni Battaglia and Mira Ellison.... The year is 1991. Two years after discovering love and losing it Mira Ellison has finally accepted her destiny. She will become Donna Mirabella Battaglia, the wife of one of the most notorious crime bosses in Southern Italy... -
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Ignite by Chelle Bliss
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMammoth Saint always had the brotherhood and the wind.Then he found Tamara Gallo and nothing else mattered.And when he decides to leave the MC, trouble follows.But when you love a Gallo, you never fight alone.Ignite is the fifth book in the new steamy romance Men of Inked: Heatwave series by Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Chelle Bliss... -
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![Scorch by Chelle Bliss]()
Scorch by Chelle Bliss
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe headstrong and wild Luna Gallo is about to have her world rocked, altering the course of her life and putting her on a path she never expects.Scorch is the tenth full-length standalone novel in the Men of Inked Heatwave series by Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Chelle Bliss...Categorized as:
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Pretty It Up by Cee Bowerman
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsDescriptionSometimes love just isn’t enough, or is it?Lana Gold, one of the Donovan triplets, found her one true love in college but lost him when the life he’d dreamed of became reality. Being an outsider looking in and so far away from her family and hometown took its toll on Lana and her marriage until she’d finally had enough and left it all behind...Categorized as:
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![Ryker by Nyssa Kathryn]()
Ryker by Nyssa Kathryn
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsSometimes, the quest for vengeance can cost more than you’re willing to pay.Blakely Sullivan was a foreign aid worker in the Middle East when a deadly bombing took the lives of families she’d come to know and love, collateral damage in someone else’s war... -
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Damaged Goods by April Wilson
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWhen martial arts expert Liam McIntyre spies a vulnerable young woman working the streets of Chicago, his chivalrous nature kicks in. She shouldn't be there, doing what she's doing. So, like any hero, he steps in. He pays to keep her off the streets for the night so they can talk. He learns who she is and what brought her to this point in her life... -
![Beautiful Prey 2 by Phoenix Daniels]()
Beautiful Prey 2 by Phoenix Daniels
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsJessica Watkins Presents Beautiful Prey 2 by Phoenix Daniels Follow newly married Victoria Storm as she prays for the life of her husband, Jack. In the meantime, her good friend Natasha Walker takes over her duties as an undercover officer posing as a prostitute, while she deals with past issues and a new love interest. Meet Gianni Storm, successful club owner and cousin to Jack Storm... -
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She Loves Me by Melissa Foster
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhat are two besties willing to risk for something more? The New York Times bestselling author of This Is Love has the answer in this fun, sexy, and emotional romance about friendship, family, and giving love a chance. Something is off in Piper Dalton’s life, and she has a feeling it might just be her. All her siblings are blissfully settled with their forever loves...Categorized as:
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Bad Deeds by Lisa Renee Jones
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWall Street meets the Sons of Anarchy in Bad Deeds , the smoldering, scorching next novel in the explosively sexy Dirty Money series from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones. Would you bleed for the one you love? To save his family empire from the grip of the drug cartel, Shane is pushed to the edge of darkness, forced to make choices he might never make... -
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Cannon by Lane Hart, D.B. West
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen the livelihood of the Savage Kings MC is threatened, Cannon Erikson steps up. He’s ready to do whatever it takes to win the war the former police chief started thanks to his twin, Conrad’s involvement with the chief’s daughter.Cannon’s determined to ruin the chief’s political aspirations, starting by backing his opponent in the race for mayor... -
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Path To Realization by TheFeveredBookaholic
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAsher Pryce hides behind a wall of secrets he's spent most of his life building up. How else is the adopted child whose birth parents run a drug cartel supposed to fit in? He's notorious for his overconfident swagger and total lack of patience for bullshit - a master of masks. The one thing in his life he can't fake? His feelings for his best friend's twin sister... -
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Sealed With A Kiss by Erin Nicholas
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat’s a girl to do when her celebrity crush needs her to be his fake girlfriend?Keep her damned feelings to herself, of course. Child TV star turned adult wallflower Naomi LeClaire has vowed never to return to the spotlight.But when she’s stuck in a storm with Donovan Foster, the hot, charming, wild-life rescuing internet sensation, and she finally gives in and kisses him..Categorized as:
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![Hard To Handle by Lori Foster]()
Hard To Handle by Lori Foster
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsSometimes Fate delivers a left hook. After Fate deals Supreme Battle Challenge (SBC) fighter Harley Handleman a sucker punch, his uncle secretly hires a pretty lifecoach to get Harley back in the ring of life. Anastasia Kelley has actually known Harley for years, but never as well as she's going to now... -
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Simon Says by Lori Foster
With his perfectly chiseled, lava-hot body, Simon Evans, an ex-fighter, also has a perfect life—great job, great girl, and more than enough dough. All that changes, though, when he catches his girlfriend cheating. To shake things up, Simon goes full force back into the ring, ready to take his rage out on his opponents... -
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![A Mafia Princess by Michelle Hardin]()
A Mafia Princess by Michelle Hardin
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCarterina Anastacia Stone wakes up from the most terrifying experience of her life to find that her life has been totally flipped upside down. Nathan Salerno is her gorgeous fiancé she can't remember even meeting, and the mother she thought abandoned her, is demanding to be a part of her life. Lies. Secrets. The truth... -
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The Absolution of Aidan by Kathy Coopmans
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAidan Hughes I was cruel to Deidre La Russo. Said things I should never say to a woman. Seen things happen to her. Things darker than the bottle of liquor I consume. I felt helpless. Defeated. The memories are more tortuous than the act of her torture. Then she walks back into my life, only she’s not alone. Deidre La Russo I have my reasons for leaving. I lived through hell... -
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Take Two by Evelyn Sola
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCharlieI’m far from perfect.I’ve made mistakes.And every day I wake up and make a promise to myself. A promise to stay on the right path and not let my past take hold.Relationships are risky for someone not in recovery. For a guy like me, it could not only be dangerous, but it could compromise all the work I’ve done to stay clean. At least that’s what my family thinks...Categorized as:
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All of Me by Tiffany Patterson
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBook 2 in the Townsends of Texas Series.Lena I have one goal in mind: Write another album. The completion of my next album would grant me freedom from my record label. A label owned by my scheming, lying, and manipulative ex-fiancé. Too bad writer’s block has had a death hold over me for months... -
![Rebel Heir by Jaine Diamond]()
Rebel Heir by Jaine Diamond
An edge-of-your-seat (fr)enemies to lovers romance about an outlaw biker with the Devil on his back, a good girl with a badass streak who’s about to find out who she really is, and a childhood marriage pact that comes back to haunt them both.Lex Davenport was the boy my dad warned me about. Literally.The son of a Mafia boss, Lex was the bad boy I snuck around with on summer holidays... -
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Possession: An Interracial Romance by T.K. Leigh
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSometimes the right path isn’t the easiest one.Weston Bradford entered my world in a whirlwind. Or, more accurately, during a torrential downpour. After our brief encounter, I didn’t think I’d ever see the attractive man with mesmerizing blue eyes again. Not in a city the size of Atlanta... -
![Sinatra versus Gabrini: Family at War by Mallory Monroe]()
Sinatra versus Gabrini: Family at War by Mallory Monroe
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA shocking death in the Sinatra family and a Gabrini is to blame. Mob boss Sal Gabrini and his uncle, boss of all bosses Mick Sinatra, find themselves on opposite sides of a deadly battle when Mick the Tick will stop at nothing to avenge what he views as cold-blooded murder. The Gabrinis stick together. The Sinatras stick together... -
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La Dolce Vita by Sienna Mynx
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSomeone powerful will fall. Someone greedy will die. Someone guilty will lose it all. Destiny has sealed their fate as husband and wife, but nothing has changed the Don. No evil will ever come between him and Mirabella again. Or so he thinks. Don Giovanni Battaglia has sacrificed all he intends to for la famiglia... -
![Dark Reign : A Dark Mafia Romance by Xavier Neal]()
Dark Reign : A Dark Mafia Romance by Xavier Neal
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI am going to restore my reign over both worlds.First, with a pen.Next, with a knife.Remind them who sits on the throne of this concrete jungle.Repair the structure that was shattered when my Mia Bella was stolen from me.Revenge will be had.Restitution received.And for me to reestablish order, I will do whatever is necessary.For there is no cost that is too great... -
![Teddy Sinatra 1: Chains For Love by Mallory Monroe]()
Teddy Sinatra 1: Chains For Love by Mallory Monroe
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsPressure is the new normal for Teddy Sinatra. As the oldest son and heir-apparent to take over the Sinatra Crime Family, the underworld, his men, and his siblings all expect perfection from him. His father, the king of mob bosses Mick Sinatra, is very much still in the game and expects his son to be worthy to someday take his place... -
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![Seized by Kaylea Cross]()
Seized by Kaylea Cross
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsShe’s strictly off limits. Carmela Cruz has wanted the same man for over a year, and now that he’s finally free, he’s fair game. But just when it seems like everything is about to click into place for them, he puts on the brakes. For her, the decision is simple. He either wants her or he doesn’t. She’s tired of his mixed messages and done with waiting for him to make up his mind... -
![Rhet: Lakeshore series by KT Adler]()
Rhet: Lakeshore series by KT Adler
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRhet BannerMy rules in life are simple:Never have a woman in your bed for more than one night.Never mix business with pleasure.Never fall in love.Blood above all else.When life throws a new personal assistant at me, everything changes. I shouldn't want her, but I can't help it. She is breaking my focus and all my "nevers" are turning into "maybes"... -
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Fast Burn by Lori Foster
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFor the woman who’s his perfect match, he’s willing to break the rules… The moment Brand Berry meets beautiful, driven Sahara Silver, the connection between them is electric. It’s also something he can’t pursue. Sahara wants him, sure—to join Body Armor, where his MMA skills, size and cocky attitude make him perfect for her elite crew of bodyguards... -
![Reno Gabrini: A Man in Full by Mallory Monroe]()
Reno Gabrini: A Man in Full by Mallory Monroe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsVegas casino owner Reno Gabrini just wanted to take it easy. His beloved PaLargio was back in business and turning profits like the good old days. His headliner act, pop sensation Shay Grayson, was packing the house and making amends for her diva ways... -
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Rapture 4 (the finale): A BWWM Alpha Male Romance by Perri Forrest
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlika Cambridge is the wife of Rush, mother to an adorable set of twins and stepmother to a beautiful preteen. But she is also someone's daughter. A someone that Alika has absolutely no connection to. Enter Davina Bianchi. Having abandoned Alika as an infant, Davina has been desperately seeking out the daughter she walked away from... -
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The Naked Chef by Twyla Turner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a sex-positive siren who takes her pleasure whenever, wherever, and with whomever she pleases meets a former adult film star turned chef. There might be more than just food cooking in this kitchen. But…things aren't always what they seem.After a disastrous and life-altering ending to her first marriage, Mia Ayala has sworn off men for anything other than sex...Categorized as:
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Brizio DeLuca: Savage Bloodline Series by Keta Kendric
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI couldn’t leave well enough alone. My obsession with finding out what happened to my brother landed me in the hands of Brizio DeLuca. His offer to help me came with rules that set me on a path lined with torture, death, and destruction. I was minding my business and working on becoming a better man. And here she comes... -
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Kandie Shoppe by Kenya Goree-Bell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Dirty ass cop.”It’s sheriff but fine whatever.Kandie Love is a fũcking mess.The town tipsy,The town baker,The town gossip,The town —It doesn’t matter because her little nosey ass has rolled up on something that’s not her business but definitely interferes with mine.So now I have to put my foot on her throat to keep her from telling everyone what she thinks she saw... -
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Love & Heartbreak: The Love Series by Sage Young
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"I don’t hate my enemies because that can affect my judgment. I respect them because they now have my attention."Power, Money, and Blood. Christos Laskaris didn’t choose his life; it was his birthright as the son of one of the most powerful mafia bosses in the country. The shadow of his father’s legacy forced Christos to rule without mercy to prove himself worthy of being the heir to the throne... -
![Romancing Trina Gabrini by Mallory Monroe]()
Romancing Trina Gabrini by Mallory Monroe
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsReno Gabrini relocates his wife Trina far away from the bright lights of Vegas. They settle in a small Georgia town where Reno runs a restaurant and Trina volunteers at a community center. All is at peace with the world as Trina meets Sully, a gorgeous local bachelor who becomes her friend and confidante, and Reno meets Nell, a woman from his past who becomes his right hand assistant... -
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![The Heart of Reno Gabrini by Mallory Monroe]()
The Heart of Reno Gabrini by Mallory Monroe
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsReno Gabrini believes his number one job is to protect his family. His beautiful wife, Trina, and their two sons are the very reason he gets out of bed every morning... -
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Bratva Blood Brothers: Andrusha Part 1 by Cali N. Tae
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratings(Books should be read in order. None of the books in the series are a standalone.)Jemila Giordano is kidnapped in retaliation for her father killing the head of the Russian Turgenev crime family. What Andrusha Turgenev doesn't realize is, for Jemila, the kidnapping is a rescue. She has hated her father her entire life and wants to exact her own revenge... -
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Close Contact by Lori Foster
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThere’s no resisting a desire like this…MMA fighter Miles Dartman’s casual arrangement with personal shopper Maxi Nevar would be many men’s fantasy. She seeks him out, they have mindblowing sex, she leaves. Rinse, repeat. Yet lately, Miles wants more... -
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Causing Havoc by Lori Foster
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsOrphaned and torn from his sisters as a boy, sexy extreme wrestler Dean "Havoc" Conor gets a letter revealing how much his siblings want him back in Harmony, Kentucky. To stop his sister from marrying a sleazeball, Dean finds himself teaming up with her pretty-but-smart-mouthed friend Eve-who's heard of Havoc's reputation and doesn't need some hunk trampling on her heart... -
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Cruz by H.J. Bellus
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsShe hates fighting. He lives for it.Layla’s vicious past drove her away from her hometown. She couldn’t live with all the reminders surrounding her, so she ran.Cruz Felix found a new home. A place where he could get his head on straight, train, and fight match after match toward the end goal: the championship in Las Vegas...Categorized as:
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![Unbroken - A Bad Boy Billionaire Romance by Emerson Rose, Supahkawaii Designs]()
Unbroken - A Bad Boy Billionaire Romance by Emerson Rose, Supahkawaii Designs
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen the powerful and wealthy, Marcus Castillo, ends up comatose in a hospital bed, death seems inevitable. But for the rugged, alpha billionaire, whispers from the shadows begin to penetrate the darkness, giving him a sense of light--a sense of hope. All ICU nurse Imani Jefferson wants is to help her patient regain himself, despite the rumors of his controlling and cold reputation... -
![Unbreak This Heart by Betty Shreffler]()
Unbreak This Heart by Betty Shreffler
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEver since that horrific night, I’d shut men completely out of my life. I’d gone from the spunky, fun, Alex DeMarco to a broken woman terrified of intimacy. Easing me back into dating, my best friend sets me up with kickboxing lessons from my charming and perfectly sculpted instructor—Carter Maxwell... -
![My Fake Fiance by Piper Rayne]()
My Fake Fiance by Piper Rayne
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI never felt truly desired by a man—until him.The second he stepped foot into my small town Alaskan inn, his gaze swept over my curvy figure with desire, igniting a flame I thought was dead. He flirted with me, and I might’ve left two chocolates on his pillow at turndown, but that’s where it stayed. Over the years, he’s floated in and out of town while a friendship developed between us... -
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The Masseuse by Violette Dubrinsky
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen Jezebel Carter agreed to a spa session to appease her sickly sister, she expects one thing and one thing only: to leave tension-free. It’s a spa, after all. Instead, she leaves with memories of a gorgeous man with talented fingers, who probably doesn't work at the spa and is a possible pervert. Ramsey Stone is no pervert... -
![Ride the Fire by Jo Davis]()
Ride the Fire by Jo Davis
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsAfter he lost his wife and children to tragedy, Capt. Sean Tanner drowned his pain with alcohol. Now, fresh from rehab, he wants to regain the trust of his team and begin again. The last thing he needs is to have feelings for beautiful firefighter Eve Marshall. But even as they dare to explore their growing desire, Sean learns that his family may have actually been murdered...Categorized as:
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![Here I Am by Rochelle Alers]()
Here I Am by Rochelle Alers
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBorn into a real-estate dynasty, Brandt Wainwright chose football over the family business, and now he's a Super Bowl MVP. That streak of good fortune runs out the day Brandt crashes his SUV into a tree. During the long recuperation, the fun-loving quarterback becomes cranky and sullen—until private nurse Ciara Dennison shows up for duty... -
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Midnight Pursuits by Elle Kennedy
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsHer job is to stay hidden.Too bad he can’t take his eyes off her. Soldier-for-hire Ethan Hayes is the youngest member of an elite mercenary team. While he may be affectionately nicknamed the rookie, the skills Ethan honed as a Marine make him seriously dangerous. But when a sudden distress call puts him in close quarters with a rival, he finds more than his field skills being put to the test...Categorized as:
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The Dragon by Violette Dubrinsky
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBOOK 2 Sequel to The Masseuse Never tickle a sleeping dragon… Past events have changed Ramsey Stone. In place of the warm, loving masseuse now stands a ruthless man with one pressing goal: revenge. No matter the cost, Ramsey will have his vengeance. Jezebel Carter has come to the realization that the man she knew and loved doesn’t exist... -
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Reno's Gift by Mallory Monroe
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe entire Gabrini clan comes together in this explosive new interracial romance about love, and lost, and family. Reno Gabrini is the ultimate family man. Although he works harder than he should, and often finds it difficult to spend the kind of quality time he deeply wants to spend with his family, whenever they need him, he is always there... -
![Finley's Claim: A Dark Mafia Romance by Atlas Rose, Raven Scott]()
Finley's Claim: A Dark Mafia Romance by Atlas Rose, Raven Scott
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey call me the Cosa Nostra Prince. The first son of the most dangerous Salvatore Mafia family. We run the crime. We take the money. We control the war.So when our ‘launderer’ decides to run with one hundred million dollars of our money, you can bet we’ll hunt them down. Only they’ve run to a place they think they’re safe. A place that’s heavily guarded.An island in the middle of nowhere... -
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Hard Luck by Brenda Rothert, Kat Mizera
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKonstantinI grew up bleeding to survive, so getting paid to play the game of hockey is a life richer than I ever dreamed possible. I’ve got it all, or so I thought until meeting Lucy Cain. My teammate’s sexy sister is a ray of sunshine in my otherwise gray world. Though fighting on the ice is second nature to me, in Lucy I’ve discovered something I’ve never had before—someone worth fighting for...Categorized as:
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