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The Hope of Azure Springs by Rachel Fordham
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsSeven years ago, orphaned and alone, Em finally arrived at a new home in Iowa after riding the orphan train. But secrets from her past haunt her, and her new life in the Western wilderness is a rough one. When her guardian is shot and killed, Em, now nineteen, finally has the chance to search for her long-lost sister, but she won't be able to do it alone... -
![A Heart's Gift by Lena Nelson Dooley]()
A Heart's Gift by Lena Nelson Dooley
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIs a marriage of convenience the answer?Franklin Vine has worked hard to build the ranch he inherited into one of the most successful in the majestic Colorado mountains. If only he had an heir to one day inherit the legacy he's building. But he was burned once in the worst way, and he doesn't plan to open his heart to another woman... -
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![The Sheriff's Mail Order Rescue by Amelia Rose]()
The Sheriff's Mail Order Rescue by Amelia Rose
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLove is perilous – and that’s before you involve bandits and kidnapping.After five years of being the town’s sheriff, Matt Hanson is well and truly settled into his life in Iron Creek.Sure, there are still challenges, like the bandits that are occupying the nearby mountains, but Matt is content with his life in this small town... -
![Father Goose by Jodi Thomas]()
Father Goose by Jodi Thomas
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom anthologie The Cowboy Who Saved ChristmasDispirited by war, when Trapper Morgan accepts a job hauling five little rich girls to Dallas, all he cares about is the money. He doesn’t expect they’ll awaken his spirit—or that their intriguing nursemaid, Carolina, will awaken his heart... -
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![Voices of the Dead by Ambrose Parry]()
Voices of the Dead by Ambrose Parry
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 16 ratings1854 marks the dawn of a scientific age. Queen Victoria delivers a healthy heir after receiving chloroform during labour. Florence Nightingale makes headlines as she leads a troop of middle-class women out into the war zones as nurses... -
![No Other Will Do by Karen Witemeyer]()
No Other Will Do by Karen Witemeyer
Men are optional. That's the credo Emma Chandler's suffragette aunts preached and why she started a successful women's colony in Harper's Station, Texas. But when an unknown assailant tries repeatedly to drive them out, Emma admits they might need a man after all. A man who can fight--and she knows just the one...Categorized as:
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![Jake by Leigh Greenwood]()
Jake by Leigh Greenwood
The 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... -
![The Laws of Attraction by Mary Connealy]()
The Laws of Attraction by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIf widowed town seamstress Nell Armstrong has to make one more pair of boring chaps for the cowboys in her tiny Wyoming town, she might lose her mind. So meeting Brand Nolte, a widower father struggling to raise three girls, seems like her dream come true. Brand has no idea how to dress the girls, and Nell finally has a chance to both create beautiful dresses and teach the girls to sew...Categorized as:
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![Submitting to the Cattleman by B.J. Wane]()
Submitting to the Cattleman by B.J. Wane
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhy does doing the right thing have to be so hard? Leslie Collins has been asking herself that question ever since her eyewitness testimony in a murder case landed her in the Witness Protection Program far away from everything and everyone she’s ever known. Now, four years later, she struggles with growing despondency over the circumstances that prevent her from forming a relationship... -
![Callie's Calamity by Marie Higgins]()
Callie's Calamity by Marie Higgins
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll Callie Cartwright knows is that she's got to get out of town fast. Her husband is dead and she's pregnant. If the truth comes out to how her husband died, she won't live to see the day her baby is born.Thankfully, she went through an agency to find a man in search of a mail-order-bride. Callie is a city girl, but perhaps living out in the country on a horse ranch is what she needs right now... -
![The Good Guy: A Western Frontier Story by James Leonard]()
The Good Guy: A Western Frontier Story by James Leonard
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter returning home from the war, Porter Grayson and his wife had five beautiful weeks together before sickness took her.Now all he wants is to be left alone. He’s happiest with his whiskey bottle.When James Beaumont hires him to protect his sister and niece, Porter figures it’s an easy job for quick cash. He didn’t realize the Beaumonts were in a war all their own... -
![An Agent for Anna by Amelia C. Adams]()
An Agent for Anna by Amelia C. Adams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAnna Gray has exhausted herself taking care of her family. Try as she might, she simply doesn't know how to meet the needs of her ailing mother, her self-centered sister, and her distracted father. She longs for some help, and perhaps even an escape, but there doesn't seem to be an answer to her dilemma... -
![The Bounty Hunter's Return: A Historical Western Adventure Novel by Derek Levine]()
The Bounty Hunter's Return: A Historical Western Adventure Novel by Derek Levine
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRobert has long given up his bounty hunter career to make a peaceful living by his sons' side. Yet one night, a bleeding gunslinger appears at his doorstep begging Robert to help him find the gang that abducted a rich widow for ransom. After his sons urge him to save the poor woman, Robert must return to his outlaw roots and do what he knows best... -
![From a Distance by Tamera Alexander]()
From a Distance by Tamera Alexander
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsWhat happens when the realization of a dream isn't what you imagined... and the secret you've spent a lifetime guarding is finally laid bare? Determined to become one of the country's premier newspaper photographers, Elizabeth Westbrook travels to the Colorado Territory to capture the grandeur of the mountains surrounding the remote town of Timber Ridge...Categorized as:
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![Safe in His Arms by Colleen Coble]()
Safe in His Arms by Colleen Coble
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsSometimes it takes a stranger to see you as you really are. Born and raised on sprawling Texas land, Margaret O’Brien prides herself on her competence as a rancher. But her father believes she’s made for more than just dawn-to-dusk work. He wants her to have the love of a good man, to raise children, to build a life. But Margaret gave up such dreams years ago...Categorized as:
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![Rivers of Gold by Tracie Peterson]()
Rivers of Gold by Tracie Peterson
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsBook 3 of Yukon Quest historical fiction series set in Alaska in the late 1800s. Miranda Colton, presumed dead, finds herself under the care of a native Alaskan and a studious botanist from England, Teddy Davenport. Miranda only longs to find her friends and and continue north. She fears that her chances are diminishing with each passing day... -
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Rogue by Sable Hunter
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA loner by choice and a renegade by nature. Rogue is living up to his name. He’s lived life on his own terms, doing everything from team-roping in college, Texas Hold ‘em champion to founding his own company, Lone Wolf Oil. Everything he’s accomplished has been in spite of Dusty Walker, a man who sired four sons by four women – none of them his wife...Categorized as:
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![Emmeline's Exile by Josephine Blake, Covers and Cupcakes]()
Emmeline's Exile by Josephine Blake, Covers and Cupcakes
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEmmeline was abandoned at Madame Wigg's School and Foundling Home as a small child. When, as a young woman, her eyesight begins to fade, she is prepared to spend the rest of her life teaching and managing her blindness in the only home she has ever known.Madame Wigg has other ideas... -
![A Fine Day for Revenge by Ethan Westfield]()
A Fine Day for Revenge by Ethan Westfield
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShaun Hickman's deepest desire has always been to become a horse trainer. The day his stepfather dies, however, his world will suddenly turn upside down. Even though Shaun grows increasingly suspicious of his stepfather's death, believing that something treacherous has happened to him, no one wants to listen to his fears... -
![The Witness: A Classic Western Adventure by Zachary McCrae]()
The Witness: A Classic Western Adventure by Zachary McCrae
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSheriff Johnny Steele wakes up one day to find everything changed. It’s not just that he finds a teenage boy with tattered clothes in the midst of a violent storm. It’s that this boy serves as a valuable witness in a moment of cruelty. And now, Sheriff Steele must protect son and mother against a gang that wants them dead. The clock is ticking... -
![An Agent for Arielle by Parker J. Cole]()
An Agent for Arielle by Parker J. Cole
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA mulatto heiress, a former slave, and the case that tests their resolve...Mulatto heiress Arielle Bradford refuses to marry the politician her father has chosen for her. When she sees an advertisement that the Pinkerton agency in Denver, Colorado is looking for female recruits, it seems like the perfect escape plan. And then she discovers she has to marry her training agent... -
![An Agent for Charity by Patricia PacJac Carroll]()
An Agent for Charity by Patricia PacJac Carroll
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCharity’s escapades have only been between the pages of books. Seth is a man with a temper. Together, they just might discover the love they’ve been looking for. Charity found the ad to become a Pinkerton detective and knew it was her chance to break out of the pages of her books and live a life of adventure. She knew all about being a detective. She’d read countless books about it... -
![An Agent for Cecily by Marie Higgins]()
An Agent for Cecily by Marie Higgins
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThere’s only one way to escape Cecily Sheldon’s insane family – take on someone else’s identity. Along with this new identity comes a new job. Of course, to become a Pinkerton Agent, she must marry a male agent who will train her. Now she needs to keep her true identity hidden from Broderick Tanner for fear he’ll arrest her along with her father and brothers... -
![The Adventures of a Dauntless Soul: A Historical Western Adventure Book by Austin Grayson]()
The Adventures of a Dauntless Soul: A Historical Western Adventure Book by Austin Grayson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThaddeus Riggs is a young farmer in the Dakota Territory with a strong sense of ethics, and always willing to stand up for what’s right. When tragedy strikes the family after his father passes away, Thaddeus is determined to do his best for his farm and make his deceased father proud... -
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![The Innocent Wife by Cici Cordelia]()
The Innocent Wife by Cici Cordelia
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJOSHUA . . .As the Sheriff of Little Creede, Joshua Lang has had his hands full more than once. Protecting his town from a criminal bent on destructive revenge. Keeping the peace when Little Creede grows too fast for its own good during the height of the silver mining boom...Categorized as:
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![Escaping a Cruel Setup by Austin Grayson]()
Escaping a Cruel Setup by Austin Grayson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMabel is stunned the day her sister, Dulcie, comes to her, fearing she may have killed a man. Determined to see Dulcie free, she urges her to go into hiding while she clears her name. Yet, there's a problem; a bounty hunter is after them. In order to save her sister, Mabel pretends to be her and throws herself into the bounty hunter's path... -
![The Watchmaker’s Perilous Adventure: A Historical Western Adventure Novel by Austin Grayson]()
The Watchmaker’s Perilous Adventure: A Historical Western Adventure Novel by Austin Grayson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCosmo Webster is a hard-working pocket watchmaker who leads a peaceful life. After his father abandoned him and his mother years ago, he vowed not to allow his heart to attach itself to anyone; even to his one true love. Everything changes when on his birthday, a gift once belonging to his father turns up at his door... -
![Protector: Doms of Mountain Bend Book 1 by B.J. Wane, Joe Dugdale]()
Protector: Doms of Mountain Bend Book 1 by B.J. Wane, Joe Dugdale
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDeputy Sheriff Shawn McDuff can’t figure out why the new teacher in Mountain Bend seems so familiar, but Lisa Halldor’s evasive answers to his inquiries confirms his suspicions they have met before. When he sees her struggling to focus and respond during a scene at his private club, he intervenes and finds himself as drawn to Lisa’s submissive nature as he is determined to unearth her secrets... -
![Bullseye Bride by Kari Trumbo]()
Bullseye Bride by Kari Trumbo
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Kitty’s father disappears, she and her family must find a way to pay for their house.Another payment missed and they lose everything. Kitty has one shot to save them, the winning prize would earn her freedom from a dastardly uncle, if only she had the chance to make it... -
![A Sheriff's Quest for Justice: A Historical Western Adventure Novel by Austin Grayson]()
A Sheriff's Quest for Justice: A Historical Western Adventure Novel by Austin Grayson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSheriff Caleb Rothwell is a brave man who has dedicated his life in the pursuit of justice. No one has ever gotten away with murder under his watch until dead bodies begin to turn up around town. However, when Ida Murray enters through his doorway, declaring she has witnessed a murder, Caleb knows he must devote himself to this serious case despite the challenges.. -
![An Agent for Alexina by Laura Beers]()
An Agent for Alexina by Laura Beers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlexina Kimball is an experienced Pinkerton Agent, and arguably one of the best agents at the Chicago office. She works alone and always catches the bad guys. However, everything changes when she's transferred to the Denver office and is assigned a partner.Finally, Dawson Wayne’s dream of becoming a Pinkerton Agent is becoming a reality... -
![An Agent for Opal by P. Creeden]()
An Agent for Opal by P. Creeden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOpal Cahill was raised as the only girl in a family full of rough and tumble men. They taught her to fight and survive and taught her to push aside fantasies, because reality is as harsh as the rough side of a cat’s tongue. But she could never let go of reading about adventures of life in the west and dreaming that she might one day become a Pinkerton agent, like her hero, Kate Warne... -
![A Hope Unburied by Kimberley Woodhouse]()
A Hope Unburied by Kimberley Woodhouse
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the bustling world of paleontology in 1916, Eliza Mills defies societal expectations to pursue her passion. Having published her early groundbreaking papers anonymously, she has finally earned her place at the Carnegie Museum and seizes the opportunity to work at Dinosaur National Monument with a renowned paleontologist. But things in Jensen, Utah, aren't what they appear... -
![The Lost Past of Billy McQueen by Neil Alexander]()
The Lost Past of Billy McQueen by Neil Alexander
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe past has never left Billy. It's just been waiting for him to come and find it...It's been over thirty years since Billy last called Northern Ireland home. Back then, his secret love for schoolfriend Conor was the only shining light that kept him going during troubled times. That is, until their romance was tragically cut short when Conor disappeared without a trace... -
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![Against the Law by Kat Martin]()
Against the Law by Kat Martin
The most unsettled of the "no-account Raines boys," Devlin Raines has long been protecting his heart from injury. But his latest case - and client - forces him to lay everything on the line... At thirty-two Dev is "mostly retired" from Raines Investigations, content to run operations from his sprawling Arizona home...Categorized as:
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![Out of the Embers by Amanda Cabot]()
Out of the Embers by Amanda Cabot
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTen years after her parents were killed, Evelyn Radcliffe is once more homeless. The orphanage that was her refuge and later her workplace has burned to the ground, and only she and a young orphan girl have escaped... -
![The Rancher’s War (Westward Saga Western) (A Western Adventure Fiction) by Frank Wheeler]()
The Rancher’s War (Westward Saga Western) (A Western Adventure Fiction) by Frank Wheeler
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWilbur Cole enjoys a quiet life on his ranch caring for his family and his fiancée, Molly. But his quiet life is interrupted when a man from his past comes seeking vengeance.Rex Kelly is a thief, a murderer, and Lone Rock’s most wanted outlaw. He enjoys hurting men and women almost as much as he enjoys getting away with it... -
![Against the Wind by Amanda Cabot]()
Against the Wind by Amanda Cabot
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDoctor-in-training Louisa Vaughn has no intention of remaining in Sweetwater Crossing. She's just there for a few days to help a friend. But she can't abandon the injured man she finds at the side of the road. Until his broken leg heals, she'll serve as the town's doctor and midwife. She may not be fully qualified yet, but surely she's better than nothing... -
![Traces of Mercy by Michael Landon Jr., Cindy Kelley]()
Traces of Mercy by Michael Landon Jr., Cindy Kelley
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAt the war’s end, a young woman suffers an accident that leaves her unconscious and alone. Waking with amnesia, she takes the name Mercy and wants more than anything to find out the truth of her past. But then a handsome stranger arrives, who may hold the key to everything she has forgotten. What he knows could devastate her future, and even end her life... -
![Wishing on Buttercups by Miralee Ferrell]()
Wishing on Buttercups by Miralee Ferrell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan Love Survive When Secrets Collide? She’d kept her secrets safely hidden—those from her past, and those in the present. Some things, Beth Roberts knows, a lady simply doesn’t share, even in the 1880’s West. The townspeople would never understand. No one ever has. Jeffery Tucker, a handsome young writer, has kept his own secrets... -
![Claiming Mariah by Pam Hillman]()
Claiming Mariah by Pam Hillman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn light of her father's death, Mariah Malone sends a letter that will forever alter the lives of her family. When Slade Donovan, strong willed and eager for vengeance, shows up on her front porch, Mariah is not ready to hear his truths: her father's farm, the only home she's ever known, was bought with stolen gold... -
![Calico Spy by Margaret Brownley]()
Calico Spy by Margaret Brownley
Pinkerton operative Katie Madison’s newest case takes her to Calico, Kansas, where two Harvey House restaurant waitresses were murdered in mysterious circumstances. Calico’s sheriff, Branch Whitman, has never met a Pink he liked and is stunned to learn the pretty redhead’s true identity as she works undercover as a Harvey girl...Categorized as:
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![No Way Up by Mary Connealy]()
No Way Up by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNew Western Romance Series from Bestselling Author Mary Connealy When Cimarron ranch patriarch Chance Boden is caught in an avalanche, the quick actions of hired hand Heath Kincaid save him. Badly injured, Chance demands that his will be read and its conditions be enforced immediately. Without anyone else to serve as a witness, Heath is pressed into reading the will... -
![RNWMP: Bride for Kendall by Kirsten Osbourne, Mail Order Mounties]()
RNWMP: Bride for Kendall by Kirsten Osbourne, Mail Order Mounties
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJoAnn Becker, a wealthy socialite from Ottawa, has devoted her life to music and teaching others. She is content with her unmarried status, still living at home with her parents. That is until one of her closest friends moves west to marry the Mountie of her dreams. Once her friend is gone, she feels a bit lost and confused...Categorized as:
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![A Bullet For Justice (Westward Saga Western) (A Western Adventure Fiction) by Frank Wheeler]()
A Bullet For Justice (Westward Saga Western) (A Western Adventure Fiction) by Frank Wheeler
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSheriff Eddie Pittman believes in honor, justice, and the law. Tom Savage believes in murder, theft, and bullets. For years, Tom and his men have evaded capture. But they’ve also stayed out of Eddie’s way. Until now. A chance meeting between him and Eddie’s sister leaves Tom smitten, and Eddie fighting to protect his family and his town. Eddie won’t rest until Tom’s dead or behind bars... -
![Dry Cross Honor (Westward Saga Western) (A Western Adventure Fiction) by Frank Wheeler]()
Dry Cross Honor (Westward Saga Western) (A Western Adventure Fiction) by Frank Wheeler
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSheriff Merrill Vinson is looking forward to a new life in Dry Cross, Texas. But from the moment he arrives, he knows something isn’t right. The townspeople are nervous. Edgy. And no one will look him in the eye. Except for Cherry Jones.Cherry is the sassy saloon owner who keeps the town laughing. And Merrill is smitten. But Cherry’s got secrets she’ll go to her grave protecting... -
![Justice On The Ranch (Westward Saga Western) (A Western Adventure Fiction) by Frank Wheeler]()
Justice On The Ranch (Westward Saga Western) (A Western Adventure Fiction) by Frank Wheeler
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJohnnie Porter lives the quiet life of a rancher, untouched by the outside world. Until that world comes crashing down on him. Now he’s fighting for his family, his home, and the lives of everyone in Sunnycrag. And just when he thinks he’s got outlaw Shephard Elliot beat, he learns things are only getting started between them.Shephard Elliot is not the type of man who quits... -
![Blood Over Texas (Westward Saga Western) (A Western Adventure Fiction) by Frank Wheeler]()
Blood Over Texas (Westward Saga Western) (A Western Adventure Fiction) by Frank Wheeler
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJacob Baxter lives a peaceful life on his ranch. Until Sherman Lopez shows up with his gang. Wanted for robbery and murder, Lopez doesn’t leave men alive. He takes what he wants, when he wants. And right now, he wants Hilda Snow.Hilda ran from him and lived to tell the tale, but she took what wasn’t hers. There’s gold hiding in Texas Hill Country, and Lopez means to find it... -
![Destined for Justice (Westward Saga Western) (A Western Adventure Fiction) by Frank Wheeler]()
Destined for Justice (Westward Saga Western) (A Western Adventure Fiction) by Frank Wheeler
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAmos Cole cares only about his ranch and his family. When the Dusk Riders begin destroying nearby towns, he refuses to get involved. The only way to stay safe is to stay out of the way. But Larsen Wells doesn’t care who fights and who doesn’t. He takes what he wants, when he wants. And Amos’s sister is only the start. When the Dusk Riders raid his ranch, Amos has no choice but to go to battle... -
![Battle at Dry Cross (Westward Saga Western) (A Western Adventure Fiction) by Frank Wheeler]()
Battle at Dry Cross (Westward Saga Western) (A Western Adventure Fiction) by Frank Wheeler
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEmerson Hunt is a rancher, not a fighter. He wants to raise his two boys in peace. But when his cattle start dying and a mysterious new neighbor rides into town, he can’t turn a blind eye.Outlaw Crosby Burch is the worst kind of murderer—one who doesn’t discriminate. Young, old, man, woman, he’ll shoot anyone who tries to stop him from getting what he wants...
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