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The Moment of Truth by Shari Low
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe Moment of Truth…Laney Cochrane loves her life.With her friends Millie and Tash, she runs a proposal agency, organising the perfect setting for their clients to pop the question. Finding that forever love is something Laney knows all about. Her marriage to Cameron is blissfully content and she has never doubted they’ll live happily ever after.Then Cara Deacon walks into their office... -
![Kissing The CEO by Layla Hagen]()
Kissing The CEO by Layla Hagen
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsWhat’s that they say about the best laid plans? They are easily derailed. Especially when my high school crush is the CEO of the competition, and his matchmaking grandmother is plotting to bring us together. After getting the promotion of my dreams, I’m determined to prove to my boss that I’m the right person for the job...Categorized as:
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![Recovered by Jay Crownover]()
Recovered by Jay Crownover
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIt was hate at first sight... Affton I hated Cable James McCaffrey. He was entitled, spoiled, a user…and an addict. He was out of control and didn’t bother trying to hide it. He had everything anyone could want but still seemed miserable and lost. Every move he made, every mistake he stumbled his way through, rubbed me the wrong way...Categorized as:
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![Come Rain or Shine by Sarah Bennett]()
Come Rain or Shine by Sarah Bennett
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThere are worse fates than growing up knowing that you will one day inherit a vast and magnificent Cotswolds country estate, but for Rhys Travers it has always felt like a huge responsibility.Juniper Meadows is home to much of his extended family, not to mention the many local businesses that operate on the estate, so there’s no time to sit back and enjoy the view... -
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![Reunited in Love by Bella Andre, Jennifer Skully]()
Reunited in Love by Bella Andre, Jennifer Skully
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsShe’s the love he foolishly let go…Ava Harrington, brilliant billionaire businesswoman, has conquered the world. And yet, scarred by a love lost fifteen years ago, she's built a wall around her heart, swearing off love forever.Ransom Yates’s culinary genius has taken him to the pinnacle of success as a magnetic celebrity chef... -
![Pull by Rachel Van Dyken]()
Pull by Rachel Van Dyken
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsJaded rock star, Demetri Daniels, is in Hell — also known as Seaside, Oregon. Sent to rehab after nearly getting himself killed last year, his record company wants nothing more than for him to lay low, away from the limelight... -
![Capturing Cree by Nicola Jane]()
Capturing Cree by Nicola Jane
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsEvaThere is nothing wrong with believing in true love, right? Maybe I’m the type of woman who watches too many happily-ever-afters, but I want my prince charming. If I know one thing for sure, it’s this -- I’m not going to find him sitting around at the Kings Reapers MC’s clubhouse.Don’t get me wrong, the men here are hotter than Hades, but they’re more like Thor...Categorized as:
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![Mr. Mayfair by Louise Bay]()
Mr. Mayfair by Louise Bay
It should be the most shocking news I’d ever gotten—My boyfriend is getting married.Okay, technically he’s my ex-boyfriend. Two months ago he decided he wanted a break. I still thought he was my happily ever after.On any other day, knowing he was gone for good would be the worst thing that could possibly happen. But not today...Categorized as:
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![The Arrogant One by Marni Mann]()
The Arrogant One by Marni Mann
A sizzling one-night-stand, billionaire romance from USA Today best-selling author Marni Mann …I’m the arrogant one. She’s the woman who could tame me. What I don’t expect is to fall in love. The minute I hear her laugh, I smile.The second my fingers touch hers, I never want to let them go.When my eyes take her in, I know …Sadie Spencer is meant to be mine.She’s everything I never knew I wanted...Categorized as:
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![The Wager by Rachel Van Dyken]()
The Wager by Rachel Van Dyken
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsFrom the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, THE BET THE WAGER Lose a bet, lose your heart... What is it about a junior-high crush that can send an otherwise intelligent woman into a tailspin? TV reporter Char Lynn wishes she knew. Jake Titus is too rich, too handsome, too arrogant: a trifecta that once lured Char into the best night-and worst morning-after-of her life...Categorized as:
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![Mr. Cocky by Leslie North]()
Mr. Cocky by Leslie North
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI lie down for just a second…The next thing I see is the chiseled and extremely grumpy face of my billionaire client, Theo Barnes, looking down at me.If I’m Goldilocks, he has all the grouchiness of three bears. I was overworked and overstressed juggling photographing his fleet of yachts with my other projects.Add in a super comfy bed on one of his yachts and I’m out.Now I’m about to be fired... -
![Irresistible Revenge by Amanda Bentley]()
Irresistible Revenge by Amanda Bentley
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYou’re going to think I’m a shitty person, and I can’t say I’d even blame you. But before you make a snap judgment, let me help you understand.You see, I slept with my coworker.Now, I know what you’re thinking. Okay…and?Well, I slept with my coworker, but I still had a boyfriend.“How could you?”“That is WRONG.”“(insert choice expletives here)!”I know.You’re right.It is... -
![The Forever Rule by Carrie Ann Ryan]()
The Forever Rule by Carrie Ann Ryan
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhat happens when the man you’d thought could be the one turns out to be your new boss?BlakelyThe moment I met Aston Cage, I knew my life had changed. A single dance later, we’re both all in. Until he ghosted me.Then my boss fires me for dancing with the enemy.Three months later, working for the Cages is my last resort... -
![In Hate With My Boss by Lexi Calder]()
In Hate With My Boss by Lexi Calder
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThere are three things I know about Owen Bennett: He’s worth billions. He’s smoking hot. He’s a total asshole.Oh, and he’s my new boss. Which, I guess is technically four things. But who’s counting? Not Owen. Because all he can do is stare at my chest and make rude comments. He’s unprofessional, lazy, and the single most infuriatingly sexy man I’ve ever met in my life...Categorized as:
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![Seduction Under the Southern Stars by Serenity Woods]()
Seduction Under the Southern Stars by Serenity Woods
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’ve never been good at doing what I’m told… When Joel, an old friend of mine, asks me to stay in New Zealand after my father’s funeral to help his kid sister, Elora, hunt down a family heirloom, I’m not too thrilled. Visiting my home country has dragged up unwelcome memories of the poor, angry young man I used to be, and I’m itching to get back to my European excavations and affluent lifestyle... -
![The Final Chapter by Shandi Boyes]()
The Final Chapter by Shandi Boyes
The final chapter in the tumultuous love story of Isaac and Isabelle has finally come to fruition. An emotional and heart-clutching tale that will capture your attention from the very first page, and not let go until the very end...Categorized as:
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![Rival Desires by M. S. Parker]()
Rival Desires by M. S. Parker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to Rival Desires, where the rivalry is fiery, but the romance? It's downright scorching.Meet Cory charming, socially awkward, and co-owner of the established Palo Alto finance firm Gracen & McCrae. Enter Rylee Palmer, the brilliant, enigmatic head of the new game-changer in town, Palmer Money Management... -
![The Romance Rehearsal by Annie Dyer]()
The Romance Rehearsal by Annie Dyer
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIf the first time was a rehearsal, is this the real thing? Directing a play in London’s West End was an ambition met, only it meant I’d see the boy who was my first everything for the first time since that summer.Anthony was no boy anymore. He was all man. Charismatic, talented, famous and devastatingly handsome, and now staring in my production.My leading man - on stage, at least...Categorized as:
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![Cocky Playboy by Alex Wolf, Sloane Howell]()
Cocky Playboy by Alex Wolf, Sloane Howell
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 25 ratings"I drowned in this story. In these words, and in this world. A five star read from the very first page." - Amo Jones, USA Today Bestselling Author of the Elite Kings Club Series He's a bastard in Burberry. Decker Collins knows how to do one thing--win. When his billion-dollar law practice moves to merge with a firm out of Dallas, she shows up to oversee the transition...Categorized as:
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![(Not) The Boss of Me by Kenzie Reed]()
(Not) The Boss of Me by Kenzie Reed
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsConsiderate. Loves dogs. Walks old ladies across the street. Loves me no matter what I look like.We all have a list of our dream man’s ideal qualities – even if it’s just in our head.And okay, mine might be written in swirly script, laminated, and used as a bookmark for my favorite Jane Austen novel.You know what’s NOT on my list? Arrogant. Impatient. Distractingly sexy... -
![Never Kiss the Bad Boy by Lauren Landish]()
Never Kiss the Bad Boy by Lauren Landish
Survival Mode is how I live. My ghost kitchen is the place to be for every work crew in the city, and I bust my butt from sunup to sun down, while rubbing every nickel and dime together to scrape by. And it’s going fine. Until he shows up. Kyle Harrington parks his truck right in the middle of my drive-thru line and acts like the trouble he’s causing is no big deal...Categorized as:
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![Borrowed by Victoria Ashley]()
Borrowed by Victoria Ashley
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI was never supposed to want to keep her.She was meant to be borrowed.Mine for six days and not a day longer.She doesn’t belong to me.She belongs to someone else.My brother…The closest person I have outside of the screaming fans and paparazzi—a constant in my new life— other than the whiskey I drown myself in to numb the pain left by someone else... -
![Save the Best for Last by Jennifer Probst]()
Save the Best for Last by Jennifer Probst
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTessa Harper, makeover queen of a self-care media empire, loves a challenge. But when she’s forced to satisfy her female readership’s growing interest in sports, Tessa reluctantly seeks out Ford Maddox. The popular sportscaster, annoying friend of her bestie, and long-time sparring partner agrees to strike a deal. He’ll give Tessa his expertise if she’ll give him hers... -
![Dear Stranger by Winter Renshaw]()
Dear Stranger by Winter Renshaw
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOnline lovers … offline rivals. Ambitious and career-driven, I have zero time for dating until Blind Love—an app designed for those seeking genuine romantic connections without the hassle of awkward first dates—hooks me in. The only catch? Ninety days of anonymous messaging are required before identities are revealed...Categorized as:
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![The Silence of Monsters by Jay Crownover]()
The Silence of Monsters by Jay Crownover
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWin Halliday lives an extraordinary life.When he moves, the rest of the world moves with him. As the heir to the Halliday name and fortune, Win’s entire life has been carefully orchestrated from the moment he came into the world. He’s never been allowed to aspire for anything outside that plan, including love... -
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Implode by Victoria Dawson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsNicI should have stayed away from her. Even I know this.I used to convince myself that I’m irreparable. But what if the one woman I shouldn’t crave is the only person who can mend my jaded heart?Claire Nettles is hiding more than just her feelings from me. And when I find out what has her so scared, I’m never allowing her to walk out of my life again... -
![The Fake Family Deal by Layla Valentine]()
The Fake Family Deal by Layla Valentine
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWith his company stalling, he needed to do something drastic,But a fake family, the whole scheme broadcast on national TV? That prove be a step too far,Especially when their fake family is gate-crashed by a very real pregnancy!HERThree weeks, for six million dollars…I’d have to be insane to turn that down... -
![Severance Package by Carmen Bishop]()
Severance Package by Carmen Bishop
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGrumpy billionaire Everett Dorsey is the definition of why I swore off relationships.He's arrogant, broody, and too hot for his--or my--own good.He is literally everything I don't want. Not in a boss and certainly not in a boyfriend.Granted, what I want doesn’t matter. He’s made the rules we’re playing by very clear.No mixing business with pleasure.Ever... -
![Even If We Fight by Brianna Jean]()
Even If We Fight by Brianna Jean
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTWO SOULS TRAPPED IN TRAGEDY. FREEDOM OF CHOICE. THE POWER OF LOVE. THEY’RE GIVEN ONE LAST CHANCE. When I met Judah Colt, I knew his presence in my life would change everything.My gut told me to run before it was too late, and while I did the best I could to keep him at arm’s length, our connection became too powerful to deny. Too real to push away.We fell hard.Then we crashed and burned to ashes... -
![Indescribable Love by Samantha Chase]()
Indescribable Love by Samantha Chase
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA close proximity, rockstar, secret romance from NYT Bestselling author, Samantha ChaseHe’s the pop superstar dubbed the friendliest celeb alive.She’s the jaded publicist forced to represent him.Working together should be impossible.But the connection they find in each other is…completely indescribable... -
![Billionaire Boss's Fake Fiancée: A Forbidden Office Romance by Ariana Cooper]()
Billionaire Boss's Fake Fiancée: A Forbidden Office Romance by Ariana Cooper
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy wallflower assistant became my pretend fiancée.Things got complicated.Let's rewind for a moment...I needed her help to close a crucial deal.As the city's top tycoon, I should've known better.Mixing business with pleasure? Recipe for disaster.But her bubbly charm melted my icy exterior.A destination wedding became our stage.One hotel room. Two racing hearts.My ex stirred up trouble...Categorized as:
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![Vow of Atonement by Emma Renshaw]()
Vow of Atonement by Emma Renshaw
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA bossy Army vet determined to atone for his mistakes with the only girl he’s ever loved. A sassy boutique owner trying to shield her broken heart. Roman stole every part of Harper’s heart and soul over a decade ago and left without giving her back the pieces. She’s spent the past decade trying to forget him and everything he made her feel... -
![Embers of Black Oak by Monique Edenwood]()
Embers of Black Oak by Monique Edenwood
His eyes blaze in a way that is new to me.When they roam to my lips, it's all I can do not to tremble.He studies me as if tormented, as if the need to own my soul is all that exists.When he speaks, I feel myself succumbing to his deviant, seductive words. To his incomparable aura. To his power...Categorized as:
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![Echoing Hearts by C.R. Alam]()
Echoing Hearts by C.R. Alam
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThis is an almost complete rewrite of the original novel with the same title, published in 2018. An enemies to lovers love triangle romanceThe harder they resist, the louder their hearts echo each other.Rae Allen doesn't believe in the happily-ever-after. After watching her mother deteriorate from a broken heart into a full depression, she vowed never to fall in love... -
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![Porter by Georgia Cates]()
Porter by Georgia Cates
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsCraft beer and the sexy men who brew it.My employee’s daughter. The tomboy. The kid who once did odd jobs around the brewery. That’s all she was… until three years passed and she walked into my office for an interview.Frankee Dawson is no longer that girl I once called Kiddo. She’s grown into a beautiful, sexy, desirable woman. Very desirable. And that’s a problem. She’s my employee’s daughter...Categorized as:
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![Just Pretend by R.R. Banks]()
Just Pretend by R.R. Banks
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 21 ratings“Just pretend to be my fiancée for Christmas.” Sure. What could go wrong? The richest man in this city is an Adonis in the flesh. So damn gorgeous, he can stop my heart with a single glance. But he also happens to be my sworn enemy. From his designer suits to his arrogant ways, Colin has every quality I hate. If only I could stop fantasizing about him… His hands, caressing every inch of me... -
![Cruel Marriage by K.A. Linde]()
Cruel Marriage by K.A. Linde
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA sexy stand alone arranged marriage romance from USA Today bestselling author K.A. Linde... I signed on the dotted line. A marriage contract to seal my union with the devil. I thought I knew what I was doing. His money and name were mine for the taking. But Camden Percy always gets exactly what he wants. And what he wants is me—my body, my obedience, my surrender. He wants to break me...Categorized as:
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![A Love so Tragic by Stevie J. Cole]()
A Love so Tragic by Stevie J. Cole
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsPromises. We all make them. Sometimes we break them. But what happens when the promise you break haunts your dreams, when that moment of betrayal echoes within every last beat of your heart? Love. Love is passionate, painful, and all consuming in the most brutal yet beautiful way... -
![Hollywood Rebel by Misti Murphy]()
Hollywood Rebel by Misti Murphy
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRebel Maddox. A-list actor and grade-A alpha-hole.Too bad I need him, almost as much as he needs me. His reputation is... well let’s just say scandalous doesn’t quite cover it.Rebel needs someone to clean up his reckless, bad boy image.But needing someone and wanting them are two very different things.As his unsolicited publicist I’m about to learn this the hard way... -
![Wild Abandon by Jeannine Colette]()
Wild Abandon by Jeannine Colette
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhen you fall in-love it’s forever. But sometimes forever comes with a price. I never meant to meet Nathaniel Teller. It was by accident, on a Tuesday, that I walked into his bar. He was solemn, intense and hiding a secret behind those stoic green eyes. I never intended to fall in-love with him. We were supposed to be just friends. But I fell for him hard, deep. There’s no turning back...Categorized as:
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![The Christmas Boyfriend by Taylor Hart]()
The Christmas Boyfriend by Taylor Hart
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsCollege student, Lacey Hamilton can’t wait to go back to Snow Valley for Christmas. Until she finds out her ex and his new fiancé will be coming for Christmas dinner. Her ex broke her heart a year ago … and truthfully, she’s never gotten over him... -
![Arrived by Ashley Jacobs, S.S. Rich]()
Arrived by Ashley Jacobs, S.S. Rich
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsArrived is a spicy contemporary workplace romance full of tension and banter between a small-town girl trying to make her own way and the billionaire who threatens to derail her life–with pleasure.Laura BethHe was a charming stranger.A business trip hook-up.Then, suddenly, my competition.Parker Brooks. Gorgeous, confident, wildly successful...Categorized as:
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![Just Like Magic by Tara Wyatt]()
Just Like Magic by Tara Wyatt
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWith forty knocking on my door, it feels like my life is falling apart, especially after my recent divorce.Worse, I'm staring down an important deadline while tackling the worst writer’s block of my career. I need a change, and fast, so I put New York City in my rearview mirror and head north to the picturesque small town of Gossamer Falls... -
![Dirty Business by Sylvia Hart]()
Dirty Business by Sylvia Hart
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMy anonymous one-night-stand is the billionaire who bought my family’s resort. Now my dreams are going up in smoke… and Dante’s holding the match.I never meant to fall in lust with the handsome stranger. But a spilled drink, a charming smile, and a game of chance later, I’m left moaning his name. It’s incredible.Until it isn’t...Categorized as:
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![Shelve that Billionaire by Mia Sands, Danika Bloom]()
Shelve that Billionaire by Mia Sands, Danika Bloom
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsHe created the robot that stole her job... can she stop him from stealing her heart?***I've finally got my life on track, working at a cute little, small-town library in Maple Valley. I even put a down payment on a house, and then promptly got fired. Why, you ask? Because the new hire doesn't need breaks and will work for free... -
![Envy by Dylan Allen]()
Envy by Dylan Allen
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIf envy is a sin, then let me be damned.Graham was born to be a star. Once upon a time, that star shone only for me. Now, I have to share him with the rest of the world. For a while, I thought I could do it. Because, beneath the hypnotic smile, gorgeous body and God-given charm that made him famous, I still caught glimpses of my best friend.Of the boy who called me sunshine and loved me... -
![Faking The Game by Claudia Y. Burgoa]()
Faking The Game by Claudia Y. Burgoa
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Claudia Burgoa comes this page-turner fake-relationship-office romance.What happens when the guy who’s afraid of love finds himself in it?Know what they say about never mixing business with pleasure? Yeah, no.The one about never sleeping with your boss?I ignored it too.I blame Aslan Spearman, the boss... -
![My Worst Best Mistake by Kenzie Reed]()
My Worst Best Mistake by Kenzie Reed
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe thinks he can make me quit...I think I can drive him crazy. We've got 8 weeks to find out who's right...When it comes to sexy oil baron Grant Kingsley, you can leave out the drilling jokes—I’ve heard them all before...Categorized as:
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![Pick Love by Ella Goode]()
Pick Love by Ella Goode
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen his producer friend’s dating show is short one bachelor, reclusive tech billionaire Leo Davidson reluctantly agrees to fill in on one condition: he gets to play the villain. He’s allowed to be mean, short-tempered, selfish, and rude. Deal made, he gets micced up and shipped off to the island. Once he arrives, he finds sand, sun, and Quinn...Categorized as:
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![Gorgeous Lies by Brittany Taylor]()
Gorgeous Lies by Brittany Taylor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDear J,They were the shade of midnight blue.The last place I expected to see my old college love, Jude Harding, was in the local laundromat four years after I fled the city to escape him.Heir to Boston Royalty.Rich beyond comprehension.And a mouth I couldn’t help but fall for.Jude was everything I’d always wanted and more… until life viciously and unexpectedly tore us apart...
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