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  • He Saw Me First: First Series by Melody Anne

    He Saw Me First: First Series by Melody Anne

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    During the week, I’m a respectable bookstore owner in a small town with a secret no one could ever guess. On the weekends I do what needs to be done to survive. My secret has been kept for ten years . . . my time is up.Cassandra Montana — once known as Tina Moore — had been the girl no one ever worried about...
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    bdsm  contemporary  dark  abuse  length-long  m-f
  • Faked by Vanessa Waltz

    Faked by Vanessa Waltz

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    My feelings are forever...the engagement is not.Vinn Costa used to hang the moon in my sky. He's my brother's broad-shouldered, brutally handsome best friend. He doesn't know I exist, but I've always loved him.Until he did something unforgivable.Vinn's not a sweet boy anymore. He's grown into a ruthlessly cold gangster. He's the most powerful man in Boston, a beautiful lost cause...
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    anal sex  bdsm  suspense  humor  mafia  dark  cold hero  contemporary
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  • 30 Days of Shame by Ginger Talbot

    30 Days of Shame by Ginger Talbot

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The monster draws pleasure from my pain. Now, it's time to fight back.SERGEI30 days of pain have pushed Willow to her limits.My pretty prisoner is no longer meek. She's trying to resist.But my precious prize doesn't know what I know.Nobody has ever won a war against me.Nobody has ever bested me.And she's not going to be the first.Good luck, little Willow..
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  dark  mafia  captive  contemporary  suspense
  • Poinsettia by Tiffany Reisz

    Poinsettia by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Christmas is not always the most wonderful time of the year for the many gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and intersex people who are estranged from their families. This year's Christmas story concerns two such people--Søren and Magdalena. Søren speaks of Magdalena, his mentor in sadism, in THE MISTRESS and THE KING...
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    bdsm  contemporary  m-f  dark  length-novella
  • Stronghold: Closing Time: Stronghold Doms Boxset #3 by Golden Angel

    Stronghold: Closing Time: Stronghold Doms Boxset #3 by Golden Angel

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A steamy hot boxset of friends to lovers romance, work romance, and frenemies to lovers.6. Stripping the Sub7. Tempting the Domme8. Hardcore VanillaStripping the SubEllie's been keeping secrets, but Master Michael is determined to strip back her walls and claim her as his own...
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    bdsm  contemporary  dark  length-epic
  • Thirty Days of Hate by Ginger Talbot

    Thirty Days of Hate by Ginger Talbot

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Secrets and lies tore us apart. Can love keep us together? SERGEI Willow thought she got away from me, but she was wrong from the beginning, wrong about everything. I find her trying to take down a human trafficking ring, unsure whether I'm there to help her, or drag her down. But from now on, Willow doesn't have a choice. She will be my wife. She will submit. She will play her role...
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    bdsm  new adult  contemporary  dark  length-short
  • Adrenaline by A.L. Woods

    Adrenaline by A.L. Woods

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    Four years ago, I betrayed his trust.He retaliated by breaking my heart.Adam Ryan had secrets.The kind better off where they belonged.Buried.As an urban explorer, I’m not afraid of a little trouble.But when I venture to the one place Adam forbade me from, I get more than I bargained for.Him and his friends.Along with their threats.Their violence.And their lust.Adam might claim to still hate me...
  • Wishing Well by Lily White

    Wishing Well by Lily White

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The perfect timing of a fairy tale is tied to its tragedy… Journalist, Meadow Graham, is invited to interview death row inmate, Vincent Mercier. Given three days to hear his sordid confession, Meadow seeks to learn why a wealthy hotel owner killed four people, including her twin sister...
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    bdsm  suspense  dark  mystery  contemporary  length-medium
  • A Lesson in Beginning by Elle Sparrow

    A Lesson in Beginning by Elle Sparrow

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Journey From Darkness to DesireThey took everything.My husband. My dreams. My innocence.After escaping a sinister cult's grip, I faced a stark new reality.I was left with only one thing.My treasure. My son.Desperate, I sought refuge with my estranged family.It was a struggle, but I was beginning to find my footing in this strange, modern world.Enter Joel Whitlock...
  • Grace by Dee Palmer

    Grace by Dee Palmer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Surprise is the understatement of the year and it hits Sam and Jason like a freight train.Rocked and shocked, Sam needs to determine if this is a really good surprise, because as much as she loves Jason, any future they may have together could be doomed if he’s not 100 percent all-in. She can’t afford to settle for anything less since there’s so much at stake now...
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    bdsm  dark  contemporary  dual-pov  length-medium
  • Adrenaline by A.L. Woods

    Adrenaline by A.L. Woods

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    Four years ago, I betrayed his trust.He retaliated by breaking my heart.Adam Ryan had secrets.The kind better off where they belonged.Buried.As an urban explorer, I’m not afraid of a little trouble.But when I venture to the one place Adam forbade me from, I get more than I bargained for.Him and his friends.Along with their threats.Their violence.And their lust.Adam might claim to still hate me...
  • Twist Me & Keep Me by Anna Zaires, Dima Zales

    Twist Me & Keep Me by Anna Zaires, Dima Zales

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    For a limited time, get the first 2 books in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling dark romance trilogy in one convenient bundle! A seductive, thrilling tale of abduction and dark love . . .On the eve of her eighteenth birthday, Nora Leston meets Julian Esguerra, and her life changes forever...
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    bdsm  dark  contemporary  suspense  new adult  length-long
  • Claimed as Revenge by Piper Stone

    Claimed as Revenge by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A Dark Mafia RomanceI claimed her to send a message. I'll keep her for my pleasure.Valencia Rivera was given to me for a night to seal a deal offered to me by her father, but after that pact was broken I decided she was mine to keep. She thought she had a say in the matter, but she found out otherwise when the first stinging lash of my belt landed on her beautiful bottom...
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    anal sex  suspense  contemporary  mafia  dark  m-f
  • Control by Lasairiona Lewis

    Control by Lasairiona Lewis

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Thor:Protocol. Routine. Control.Not anymore.My life turned on a dime in the blink of an eye. From making pancakes for the curvy redhead I met at the club, to being the single dad of an autistic, eleven-year-old boy.I need help.She needs a job.I’m usually a one-and-done kind of guy, but she draws me in, holding me hostage with her green eyes and sass.I’m playing with fire...
  • Griffin in Wonderland by Tiffany Reisz

    Griffin in Wonderland by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hard partying trust fun baby Griffin Fiske wakes up after a hard night with a King's boots on his chest and gets an invitation he can't refuse...This Original Sinners short story takes place approximately six years before The Siren...
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    bdsm  contemporary  m-m  dark  queer
  • Hawke by Anise Storm

    Hawke by Anise Storm

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Previously published in 2019, "Hawke" has been updated with a new POV and some expanded scenes. Arrogant. Sexy. Reminiscent. I felt all three about my newest client. The moment I met the sexy club owner in need of a party planner, I soon realized why. He was the one responsible for the most mortifying night of my life just one year earlier...
  • Black Light: Wanted by Maren Smith

    Black Light: Wanted by Maren Smith

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He had her the longest… he hurt her the most… Anna “Pony” Mitchell should be dead. Abandoned by her Menagerie sisters and shot by the only man she’s ever loved, now the hospital has declared her “unfit.” She has thirty days to prove them wrong or spend the rest of her life hospitalized. He lost his leg, his job… and almost his life...
  • Black Light: Purged by Livia Grant

    Black Light: Purged by Livia Grant

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    They may not have used the ‘f’ word, but it didn’t matter. She knew she was too fat. Khloe finally has it all — good friends, a successful acting career, a Dom who loves her, and a bright future ahead of her. Despite that, old insecurities flare after she is turned down for a coveted role.  Khloe quickly falls back into old habits that lead down a dark and dangerous path...
  • Vicious Intentions by Piper Stone

    Vicious Intentions by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    There are no rules for men like them.Cain, Hunter, and Cristiano were heirs to some of the richest and most powerful families in the world, men who might as well have been kings. Ten years ago, they took an interest in me.Or at least that’s what happens in the fleeting memories I still have left after the car accident...
  • Bratva Darling by Sabine Barclay

    Bratva Darling by Sabine Barclay

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    I wasn’t prepared for her…She just got me to pay three times as much as I wanted for a company I’ll buy and destroy.She knows who I am. The bratva doesn’t scare her.Intelligent, brave, and unstoppable.I’ll make her mine.She doesn’t know it yet, but we’re soulmates.I’ll take her to her limits. Then give her all her heart desires...
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    bdsm  suspense  contemporary  mafia  dark  length-medium
  • Explicit Memory by Scarlett Finn

    Explicit Memory by Scarlett Finn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ‘There’s no place for that here.’ The past that they’d hoped to outrun has chased them down, and now it wants payback. To appease their debtors, they must delve into Rushe’s own history. As they come face to face with the situation that brought them together in the first place, Flick learns more about the man who she’s pledged her heart, and her body, to...
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    bdsm  suspense  contemporary  dark  length-medium
  • A Hurt So Sweet: Volume Two by Betti Rosewood, Fawn Bailey

    A Hurt So Sweet: Volume Two by Betti Rosewood, Fawn Bailey

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sticks and stones may break my bones, but my bullies will never f*ck me. Dexter Booth has taken everything from me. My pride, my innocence and my resolve to resist him have all fallen prey to his wicked charm. And now, he wants to pop my cherry - the very thing that could save me from his cruel reign...
  • Broken by His Hand by Piper Stone

    Broken by His Hand by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She will be mine, but first she must be broken.Sophia Russo tried to keep away from me, but just thinking about what I would do to her left her panties drenched. She tried to hide it, but I didn’t let her. I tore those soaked panties off, spanked her bare little bottom until she had no doubt who owned her, and then took her long and hard...
  • Color Outside The Lines by M. Bonnet

    Color Outside The Lines by M. Bonnet

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rhett Williams was the gorgeous, popular baseball player everyone fawned over. Most saw him as charming, but I knew what a monster he could be. He tormented me every day and made me hate everything about myself, my body most of all. Yet I fell for him anyway. One day, he went too far, breaking me beyond repair...
  • First Do No Harm by Kichiku Neko, Guilt Pleasure

    First Do No Harm by Kichiku Neko, Guilt Pleasure

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    bdsm  m-m  contemporary  dark  queer  length-novella
  • Call Sign: Thunder by Livia Grant

    Call Sign: Thunder by Livia Grant

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    He’d already killed to keep her safe, but what does he do when he’s the one hurting her?Zach Flying choppers was what Zachary ‘Thunder’ Garrett lived for, but when he’s shot down over cartel country, he’ll have to decide between completing his mission and trying to save an innocent American woman...
  • Those Boys Are Trouble by Willow Winters

    Those Boys Are Trouble by Willow Winters

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Five steamy, contemporary romances. One collection. AMAZON TOP 100 best selling series available in one collection for a LIMITED time! Those Boys Are Trouble includes all five of the full-length, stand-alone romances from the Valetti mafia series featuring filthy-mouthed, possessive bad boys, HEAs and no cliffhangers...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  contemporary  dark  mafia  alpha male  length-epic
  • Bystander by Sassa Daniels

    Bystander by Sassa Daniels

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A Dark Bratva...
  • Hound by Measha Stone

    Hound by Measha Stone

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When he sees something he wants, Jackson Titon has always been like a hound on the hunt, and when he caught her scent he knew she had to be his.This little fox doesn't know what's coming for her, but he's going to get to her first.To keep her. To train her. To own her...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  dark  contemporary  suspense  length-medium  m-f
  • The Ingénue by Tiffany Reisz

    The Ingénue by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A Siren prequelEvents take place approximately six months before The Siren – stars Sheridan &...
  • Obsession: Cruel Obsession / Deadly Obsession by J.L. Beck, C. Hallman

    Obsession: Cruel Obsession / Deadly Obsession by J.L. Beck, C. Hallman

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Obsession Duet Book One and Two. My obsession with Dove wasn’t normal, it toed the line on psychotic, but my love for her overshadowed that. I’d killed, destroyed, and hurt those that had done her wrong. I’d watched her for years wanting to claim her but refusing to. I was both her guardian angel and a demon lurking in the shadows. She was mine, even though she didn’t know it yet...
  • The Collar Promises Forever by Bianca Howards

    The Collar Promises Forever by Bianca Howards

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 6 ratings
    It was a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.In her pursuit to find meaning in her life, Melanie Smith moves to a foreign country to put down roots and start anew. Lulled into trusting a crafty stranger, all of her expectations regarding her journey are shattered when she's kidnapped and kept as a human pet by a man who seeks something impossible from her—absolute submission...
  • Tempest by Ketley Allison

    Tempest by Ketley Allison

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I shouldn't want her. I shouldn't crave her.She's not safe -- especially not from me. I know the trouble that comes with people running from the shadows. I know the danger of getting involved with those who deal in secrets. I make those problems go away.Hitman. Fixer. Whatever...
  • Twisted Empire by Stella Hart

    Twisted Empire by Stella Hart

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The Dark Dynasty trilogy continues – step into the dark, scandalous world of America’s elite and discover their sinful secrets, twisted lies, and dirty desires... I know the truth now, and I know what I have to do. Tatum can try to resist, but I won’t give up on her. I won’t stop until she’s safe in my arms. Our Crown and Dagger enemies are powerful. Richer than sin...
  • Reapers and Roses  (Grove High School Book One) by A.R. Breck

    Reapers and Roses (Grove High School Book One) by A.R. Breck

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Rose When my Mom told me we were moving to the Grove, I thought it was a joke. Our family, one of the wealthiest in Woodbury, moving to a dump like the Grove? Well, I guess that's what happens when you lose everything. Now we're shoved into the house the size of a shoebox and I can literally feel the darkness seeping in around me...
  • No Limits: A Dark Romance by Lauren Landish

    No Limits: A Dark Romance by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She thinks she’s a monster. But I’m the monster. And she’s my angel. I’m a ruthless perfectionist who’s never needed love. It’s a worthless emotion that makes you weak, and I’m anything but weak. I haven’t let a soul get close to me. No one’s ever made me feel a damn thing. Until Shawnie. My angel. I knew from the moment I saw her that she was different...
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    bdsm  new adult  contemporary  dark  suspense  length-epic
  • Black Vows by Dori Lavelle

    Black Vows by Dori Lavelle

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Holy hell, this book is very intense! I've read several of this author's books, and this series right here is so damn good. It's super dark and disturbingly intoxicating." I need someone to shake me awake, to tell me this is only a dream. I keep waiting to let out the breath I’ve been holding since he captured me. But the nightmare doesn't end. The sun doesn't rise...
  • Lev Petrov by Harper-Leigh Rose

    Lev Petrov by Harper-Leigh Rose

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ivy Adams is no stranger to being alone. She trusts no one and thinks little of stealing to get by. After all, everyone she has ever known has always betrayed her, so why should she treat others any differently?But when she is caught stealing from mafia boss, Lev Petrov, her life becomes his to toy with...
  • Rendezvous by K.D. Robichaux

    Rendezvous by K.D. Robichaux

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    The agreement is for one year of companionship. Once the year is complete, the Infidelity employee and the client to which they’ve been tethered must mutually agree to the relationship in order for it to continue. When Quincy Herald chooses not to renew her agreement with billionaire hotelier Jean LaRue, he doesn’t take the news well, deciding to force her to stay against her will...
  • The Finish by Jade Eby

    The Finish by Jade Eby

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The highly anticipated companion novel to Whiskey and a Gun is here! I loved him. I hated him. He was my everything. He was my undoing. Carter had his turn. Now it's mine. This is my story now...
  • Finding His Strength by Measha Stone

    Finding His Strength by Measha Stone

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Captured and forced to marry Henrik, Megara vows never to forget his monstrous behavior... but her hatred for her husband doesn't weaken her attraction to him.Henrik chases his legacy with the ferocity and strength worthy of a God. He will not be deterred, and he will not fail. Nothing will stand in his way. Not even a wife...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  suspense  contemporary  dark  m-f
  • Ravager by S.B. Hazel

    Ravager by S.B. Hazel

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Running through a haunted Halloween maze, I feel the heat rising inside me—chased by a sexy devil in a mask, hotter than I ever imagined.The thought of being captured, ravaged, ruined… it tempts me beyond reason. I want to stumble, to fall and surrender, to feel his arms close around me.Desire and fear churn in a terrifying mix, my body burning for what comes next...
  • Elizabeth's Anal Submission by Nikki Sex

    Elizabeth's Anal Submission by Nikki Sex

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Elizabeth is further seduced by her captor, "Sir" and becomes sexually awakened through bondage and domination during sex. Having never experienced BDSM she now finds that it is what has been missing from her marriage. Elizabeth finds herself unintentionally confessing things to "Sir" that she has never told anyone, not even her husband Mark. For a start she has been faking orgasms...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  dark  contemporary  menage  bondage  length-novella
  • Rotten Apple by B.B. Blaque

    Rotten Apple by B.B. Blaque

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ▪▪▪▪Francis Patrick “FOCUS” Flanagan Sgt. at Arms for the Royal Bastards NYC/Rotten Apple Chapter▪▪▪▪ I knew immediately Nixx’s tough girl game was an act—New Yorker with a rough edge and a decent size chip on her shoulder—I wasn’t buyin’ that mess at all. She has the eyes of a damn angel and lips that’d make the most religious man wanna lay down with Satan himself...
  • Double Vision by L.M. Halloran

    Double Vision by L.M. Halloran

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Everything has a price, and the price of truth is steepest of all. Eden has an ironclad five-year plan. In three months, she’s saying good riddance to Los Angeles and returning to the Pacific Northwest for medical school. Nothing is going to get in her way. Nothing… but the impossible...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  suspense  contemporary  dark  mafia  length-medium
  • True Beginnings by Willow Madison

    True Beginnings by Willow Madison

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A DARK EROTIC ROMANCE True Beginnings is the second book in a series that includes two alternative endings. See for yourself why fans are saying this makes all the other dark romances look like greyed out shades of fairytales. MORE OR ENOUGHMax is all about being in control. It's the only way he knows how to be. There’s never been a question in his mind about what he wants...
  • Total Possession by Juliette N. Banks

    Total Possession by Juliette N. Banks

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hunter Dufort may be the youngest in the Dufort family dynasty.He might also be the quietest, but he has certain tastes and needs his elder brothers don't have.And he's not talking about whisky.When Grace turns up in his world, Hunter wonders if she may be his greatest challenge yet. For he needs to have unequivocal and total possession of her...
  • Whiskey and a Gun by Jade Eby

    Whiskey and a Gun by Jade Eby

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I only meant to love her... Tawny Owens was going to help me escape my past. She was going to change my future. But that's not what happened. I don't know if I can control it much longer. This insatiable need to kill the only good thing in my life. But this isn't her story - it's mine...
  • Rulebreaker by Marlee Wray

    Rulebreaker by Marlee Wray

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The rules said he couldn't have her, but rules are made to be broken.The moment he spotted Kate at the Marquis Club, Rory knew she would be his. The club's rules demand that he wait until she's trained, but he's used to taking what he wants, when he wants it.She's only nineteen, but he's not going to take things slow and he's not going to be gentle...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  dark  contemporary  new adult  length-short
  • Mafia Doctor: A Dark Mafia Arranged Marriage Romance by Parker Fox, James Johnson

    Mafia Doctor: A Dark Mafia Arranged Marriage Romance by Parker Fox, James Johnson

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He didn't just come to take me. He came to make me his.From the moment I was told I would be marrying him, I knew Dante Donato would come for me when he was ready, but I didn't think even a mob boss like him would kidnap me off the street.I was wrong...
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