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The Blood of Promise by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMarsden Wyland is a walking bag of secrets. He’s walking the line between opening up to his new Pack, and keeping them from finding out what he’s really done. And on top of that, he’s seeing a ghost girl that can only mean one thing—he’s dying. The ghost is beautiful, and is there for him in hard moments, and showing up in memories, and nothing is making sense...Categorized as:
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Redemption by S.J. West
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the final installment of The Redemption Series, Anna must face the challenges of retrieving the rest of the seals from the Princes of Hell. As her relationship with Lucifer grows stronger, she learns more about not only her father’s past but also her own. Helena uses her growing influence to strengthen her dominion over Hell and tempt Anna’s dark side into joining forces with her...Categorized as:
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![Charlie by Janice Whiteaker]()
Charlie by Janice Whiteaker
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsCharlie is overwhelmed. Shadow Pine is changing so fast it takes everything she has just to keep up. Every minute of the day now goes to stocking shelves. Counting inventory. Filling out freaking spreadsheets. It’s miserable. And it’s all because of one man. Adam Bollingsworth. If the newscaster hadn’t insisted on writing that story, then everything would still be like it was... -
![Alpha Dominated by Olivia T. Turner]()
Alpha Dominated by Olivia T. Turner
The Dixon Brothers series continues with Easton and Ivy!The inexperienced Ivy will be dominated by her Kodiak bear shifter mate and she'll love every minute of...Categorized as:
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![Stoneheart Lion by Zoe Chant]()
Stoneheart Lion by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsShe's a shifter fixer who can fix anything ... except herself. Exiled from her clan, jaguar shifter Max is a P.I. who handles unique shifter problems. Incriminating photos, blackmail, mate problems? Max helps others solve their problems because there is no cure for her own loneliness. At least none that she knows. But she's never had a problem like him before .. -
![Bear's Redemption by Lisa Ladew]()
Bear's Redemption by Lisa Ladew
Bruin has never fit in with his kind because the bears hate him for something he can't control. The wolves like him OK, but now that his wolf bff is mated, Bruin prepares for more lonely days and nights... until he meets a female so 'purrfect', the sight of her breaks him...Categorized as:
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![Smoke in the Mirror by Aimee Nicole Walker]()
Smoke in the Mirror by Aimee Nicole Walker
Memphis Sullivan thought he was coming to Blissville to help his cousin out, but instead, he gained three meddlesome females, a tribe, and a permanent home. More than a year later, he owns a popular comic book and vinyl record store and doesn’t think his life could get any better... -
![Bound by Dreams by Piper Davenport]()
Bound by Dreams by Piper Davenport
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 13 ratings18+ for language and sexual situations…Aspiring actress Charlotte Whitmore has been plagued by bizarre recurring dreams for years. But now she’s hearing a strange voice when she’s awake. To make matters worse, her Hollywood ambitions have flat lined. After one rejection too many, she moves home to press the reset button on her life... -
![Her Destiny by Fiona Davenport]()
Her Destiny by Fiona Davenport
Peppa Leander was rising star in the Chicago restaurant scene, but she was tired of kitchen politics. And working with too many humans. The offer to become the head chef for a new restaurant in Timber Ridge came at the perfect time.Cason Kemp assumed he’d remain mateless for the rest of his life...Categorized as:
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![Feral Shifter Unleashed by Olivia T. Turner]()
Feral Shifter Unleashed by Olivia T. Turner
I've spent my life hunting down feral shifters and now I'm one of them.And it couldn't have come at a worse time.The director of the AFA—the Anti-Feral Agency—is retiring and I'm the top candidate to replace him.It's all I've ever wanted, but my damn grizzly bear keeps getting in the way.Snarling, growling, charging for the surface...Categorized as:
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![The Virgin Blood Series by Alexa Riley]()
The Virgin Blood Series by Alexa Riley
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsWelcome to the Virgin Blood Bundle! This book includes all four stories from our Virgin Blood Series! Bitten by the Beast, Bitten by the Virgin, Twice Bitten, and Bitten by the King are all together with EPILOGUES! That’s right! Check-in on your favorite vamps with brand new sexy, epilogues! Warning: This bundle is everything you’ve been dying for and more...Categorized as:
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![Dark Alpha's Need by Donna Grant]()
Dark Alpha's Need by Donna Grant
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Donna Grant comes another gripping story in her Reaper series featuring a brotherhood of elite assassins who wage war on the Fae at Death's behest—and the women who dare to love them.There is no escaping a Reaper. I am an elite assassin, part of a brotherhood that only answers to Death... -
![Pinch of Sass by C.D. Gorri]()
Pinch of Sass by C.D. Gorri
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan this stoic Dire Wolf admit the sassy feline is his fated mate and stake his claim?Ariella Golden needs to persuade sexy Dire Wolf Beta, and the amazingly talented chef at Serious Moonlight, Brock Laurent, to use her Pride’s corporation, Eat Well Live Proud, for all the roadhouse’s needs in order to win the coveted quarterly prize at her company...Categorized as:
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![Her Tiger by Fiona Davenport]()
Her Tiger by Fiona Davenport
Calliope Taft has wanted a hunky shifter of her own ever since her best friends let her in on the secret of their existence. Just when she started to give up hope, a sexy tiger shifter claimed her as his own.Tane Ruslan hadn’t expected to find his fated mate right across the street when he returned home to Timber Ridge...Categorized as:
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![Her Choice by Fiona Davenport]()
Her Choice by Fiona Davenport
After being rejected, Aaron Kemp never expected to have his own happily ever after. He spent years as a loner, coming to terms with the empty future ahead of him. But that all changed when he met Cressida Crawford. Cressida was a rare kind of shifter. One with unique abilities that included being able to choose her mate instead of being fated to someone...Categorized as:
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![From Kiss to Queen by Janet Chapman]()
From Kiss to Queen by Janet Chapman
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA new romance from the New York Times bestselling author of the Spellbound Falls novels... Jane Abbott knows that she's nobody special, so instead of looking for romance she's hunting partridge in the Maine woods when a plane crashes into a nearby pond. Diving in to save the pilot, Jane instinctively gives him air by way of a lifesaving kiss, and leads him to safety through a barrage of gunfire... -
![Beauty's Twisted Tyrant by Nichole Rose]()
Beauty's Twisted Tyrant by Nichole Rose
Cursed to sleep, awoken with a kiss…and destined to be his. But no one warned her how much she'd love her prince's twisted games.ThaliaCursed to sleep. Awoken by a kiss. You know the drill.But why didn't anyone warn me that Prince Charming is a tyrant?And why didn't anyone tell me how much I'd love his filthy games?Because the more time I spend with this wicked man, the harder I fall...Categorized as:
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![Just Like Magic by Tara Wyatt]()
Just Like Magic by Tara Wyatt
Adam Shephard is not in a rut.So what if he’s forty, single, and still running his family’s Inn? So what if he’s still grieving his father’s death and mourning the spectacular failure of his writing career? His life is perfectly fine, thank you very much. He’s not looking for love or a relationship, no matter what his nosy family thinks. Especially not with a writer from out of town...Categorized as:
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![Falling for the Enemy Alpha by Roxie Ray]()
Falling for the Enemy Alpha by Roxie Ray
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsShe’s forbidden and I rejected her. But my wolf has other ideas . . .I know Jess is different the second I lay eyes on her. For a human, she has one hell of a beautiful left hook.Falling for Jess is the last thing I need. Our pack is on the verge of war with the grey wolf shifters and the rivalry between the packs dates back hundreds of years... -
![Her Beta by Fiona Davenport]()
Her Beta by Fiona Davenport
Driving a pregnant member of his pack to the hospital while she was in labor was an experience Leyton Vetle didn’t want to repeat. But then her pretty nurse turned out to be his fated mate, and he knew that he’d go through the knuckle-whitening ride a million times if that was what it took to have her by his side...Categorized as:
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![Her Dragon by Fiona Davenport]()
Her Dragon by Fiona Davenport
Artemis Drake had good reason to be grumpy. The dragon shifter was older than all of his pack mates, but he still hadn’t found his fated mate. Not until he hunted down the little thief who stole a precious rock from his cave and discovered she was destined to be his. Marielle Beck thought she’d made a discovery that would impress her geology professor... -
![Bound by Fire by Tracey Jane Jackson]()
Bound by Fire by Tracey Jane Jackson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsPepper Brooks has always dreamed of escaping her small town life and her alcoholic mother. Working double shifts at her dead-end waitressing job, she saves every penny in order to join her best friend in Scotland. Her plans are threatened, however, when she finds herself alone and in danger with no apparent way out...Categorized as:
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![Ripe for the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner]()
Ripe for the Alpha by Olivia T. Turner
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsI'm in desperate need of a savior. Kidnapped. Tied to a bed. Out of options. Out of luck. Until the Sheriff comes roaring in and busts the place up. He's just the man I was waiting for. I've always loved older men. I've always loved a man in uniform. With the Sheriff, I don't stand a chance. He has me on board before he even says one word...Categorized as:
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![Wallflower Seeks Mountain Man by Marley Michaels]()
Wallflower Seeks Mountain Man by Marley Michaels
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsSerena Black has never liked being the center of attention. She’s always been the girl swaying to the music at the side of the room, happy to watch everyone else. Having put her life on hold and moved back home to look after her father, she’s happy to read her beloved mountain man books and work at their family store. The less peopling involved, the better... -
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![Bound by Light by Tracey Jane Jackson, Piper Davenport]()
Bound by Light by Tracey Jane Jackson, Piper Davenport
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratings18+ for language and sexual situations... Thane Allen is the biggest movie star on the planet. He has money, status, and the ability to make people do what he tells them to with just a word. But he's without his mate and is losing hope that he will ever find her. Sydney Warren has lost both her parents and makes a daring choice to move to London to live with her cousin...Categorized as:
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![Bite Me by Skye Alder]()
Bite Me by Skye Alder
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI need to quit.I've been telling myself that every day for the last six months.I knew as soon as I started working for Hudson as his virtual assistant that this wasn't going to work out.He's rude, bossy, and a total grouch.I've only managed to last this long because whenever he starts being a jerk, I sass him right back.Enough is enough though. It's time for me to find a new job...Categorized as:
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![Broken by Layla Frost]()
Broken by Layla Frost
From USA Today bestselling author Layla Frost… You know the deal by now. Fated mates. Nefarious baddies. Grumpy-sunshine. And all the spicy tension. I’d been called a lot of things.Cold.Cynical.Jaded. An antisocial basta—You get the point.I’d say it came with being an overworked doctor, but that wasn’t the case. In my own personal purgatory, I’d lost touch with what I was meant to do—who I was... -
![Stealing Snow by Skye Alder]()
Stealing Snow by Skye Alder
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe could show her that they're meant to be. Sayer is used to getting what he wants. He's got more money, more power, then most and he's used it to get to where he is today. Now that he's settled, he's looking for the missing piece of his life. His mate. When he catches her scent, he figures that mating her will be as easy as everything else in his life. He was wrong...Categorized as:
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![Into It by Loni Ree]()
Into It by Loni Ree
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGiving her up isn’t an option. Now, I need to come up with other plans.I’ve become the king of bad ideas.Obsessing over my brother’s Personal Assistant-bad idea number one.Temporarily switching PA’s with my brother-worse idea.Taking the secret object of my desires to London for an extended business trip-worst idea yet.Spending day and night with her sends my obsession into overdrive...Categorized as:
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![Deadly Dragon’s Intense Infatuation by Amelia Wilson]()
Deadly Dragon’s Intense Infatuation by Amelia Wilson
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWhen a dangerous wildfire requires an emergency fire break, this dragon shifter springs into action, breathing fire to create a burn break. He thought nobody could see him but when he shifts back he finds himself face to face with a beautiful woman.MariDragons are real.Flynn is dragon.I’ve seen him as a dragon and I’ve seen him as a man.And he’s the sexiest man I’ve ever seen...Categorized as:
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![Her Fate by Fiona Davenport]()
Her Fate by Fiona Davenport
Trinity Ruslan wasn’t a fan of small towns or wolf shifters. And she really didn’t like the pack that lured her little brother away from his family. Timber Ridge was the last place she wanted to visit, but she couldn’t resist the chance to name her newest niece or nephew.Damon Kemp never expected to find his fated mate. Not with the awful luck the males of his family had...Categorized as:
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![Gena Showalter Bundle by Gena Showalter]()
Gena Showalter Bundle by Gena Showalter
Gena Showalter is one of the rising stars of paranormal romance. Now, three of her most popular stories have been gather togethered in one great collection: The Stone Prince, The Pleasure Slave and Heart of the Dragon. "Lots of danger and sexy passion give lucky readers a spicy taste of adventure and romance...Categorized as:
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![Ogre My Dead Body by Violet Rae]()
Ogre My Dead Body by Violet Rae
Can the curvy redhead with a dark past teach the growly ogre with a broken soul that even "monsters" deserve to be loved?GregorI've been alone for a long time, living a solitary existence in my cabin in the woods. My dream of falling in love and raising a family turned to ashes following the accident that turned me into a monster...Categorized as:
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![Claiming His Family by Rosa Mink]()
Claiming His Family by Rosa Mink
When Tawni finds an abandoned child in the woods, she’ll do anything to protect it, find where he belongs. After running away from her own pack, she’s hesitant to leave the boy with just anyone, she wants to find his family, and perhaps, find somewhere she can belong herself. As the years pass by, she doesn’t give up hope that they’ll find it... -
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![Claiming Charity by Violet Rae]()
Claiming Charity by Violet Rae
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRyderWhat could be worse than Christmas? Working security on a Christmas movie a week before the “big day.” The only consolation? Charity Pine is also working as props master on this movie. The problem? Charity has haunted my dreams for years, but she's my best friend's little sister and the one woman I can never have.Luke and I enlisted together... -
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Between the Bear's Sheets by Jenika Snow
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTalia Landon, a red fox shifter, knew she was in trouble when she saw Ford Wylde for the first time. The alpha bear shifter was the type of male she should stay away from. He had this darkness he wore like a second skin. It should’ve had Talia keeping her distance, but instead, she was drawn to him even more.But what was supposed to be a one-night stand turned into mating with a Wylde bear...Categorized as:
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![Butterfly Lane by T.L. Haddix]()
Butterfly Lane by T.L. Haddix
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsGenre: Romance with paranormal elements. Book Two in the Firefly Hollow Series. When Zanny Franks Campbell walks in on her husband kissing another woman, she’s devastated but not surprised. She’s known something was wrong for a while but hasn’t had the courage to find out what... -
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Remington by Elisa Leigh
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsViolet Spencer is a hot mess. At least that’s how she feels after making a spur of the moment decision that has consequences she isn’t prepared for. Trying to get out of her head, she takes a hike out in the forest. Everything goes from bad to worse in the course of a few hours and what started out as a good day turns bad. With daylight dimming, she doesn’t know how she’ll make it out alive...Categorized as:
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![Big Bad Alphas by Skye Alder]()
Big Bad Alphas by Skye Alder
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe wanted to be loved, but not like this...When my grandma passed away a few months ago, she left me all alone and with one last wish. She wanted me to open up the bakery that we had always dreamed of.So that's what I did.I thought that I would be happier once it was open, that it would fill the hole that her passing left. Instead, it just made me realize how alone I am...Categorized as:
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![Riding With the Panther by Andie Fenichel]()
Riding With the Panther by Andie Fenichel
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJorgeWhen I left Florida, I figured I’d be a lone shifter. It’s not ideal. I am a panther, and cats like to live in prides, but my family is dead, and my pack let me down. Well, maybe I let them down too. Broken Arrow, Montana is a long way from home, but I got a job cooking at the local diner and the Devil’s Pack Motorcycle Club hasn’t asked me to leave... -
![Her Mate by Fiona Davenport]()
Her Mate by Fiona Davenport
Luke Besnik wasn’t looking forward to visiting the Badlands Territory. His alpha has given him the impossible task of talking some sense into his selfish sister. But the moment he met Adley Hoyt, his trip was more than worthwhile. Adley has yearned for a fated mate ever since her adopted parents told her about shifters. Just when she almost gave up hope, Luke turned up in town...Categorized as:
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![Bearthlete by Terry Bolryder]()
Bearthlete by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe’s an athlete, and a bear, and the only thing he wants to win now is the heart of his mate. Love hasn't been easy for Ryan Hart, the hottest snowboarder in the world. His brothers have found mates and settled down, but the perfect woman for him is still to be found...Categorized as:
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![Love at First Mate by Dani Wyatt]()
Love at First Mate by Dani Wyatt
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWho knew my undoing would drive into the Badlands in an orange and white VW Bus?Wynter Wyatt is everything I’d hoped I would never find. I’ve spent my life avoiding what most shifters wait for their entire lives.Their mate.Not me. I want none of it. It’s too risky. For her and for me.But, she keeps showing up. Tempting me and my resolve is weakening...Categorized as:
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![Black Heart by R.L. Mathewson]()
Black Heart by R.L. Mathewson
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsThere was something seriously wrong with Marty. That was the only explanation that she could come up with. Why else would she feel this way for the biggest SOB in town? Granted, he was also the hottest man in town, but he was also arrogant, callous, and determined to drive her away even as he drove her crazy with his touch... -
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![One True Mate: Dragon's Heat by Lisa Ladew]()
One True Mate: Dragon's Heat by Lisa Ladew
Dragon love burns bright, can she survive the flames? Graeme made his way to Serenity for one very specific, hopefully-deadly reason, but a few friendly wolf shifters on the Serenity Police Department almost made him reconsider his centuries-old death wish. His body, however, remembers it well, acting upon it when he is unable...Categorized as:
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![Fated To Be King by Skye Alder]()
Fated To Be King by Skye Alder
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt was supposed to be a vacation.I’ve always wanted to go to Scotland and when I win my dream vacation, I have nothing but high hopes for the trip.Then I get turned around and when I stop to ask for directions, I’m led to this castle and entered into some kind of Queen ceremony.I’m trying to stay positive. I’ll just explain that I would make a terrible Queen and get back to my vacation...Categorized as:
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![Possessed by The Alpha by Skye Alder]()
Possessed by The Alpha by Skye Alder
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEmpath: A person with the paranormal ability to apprehend the mental or emotional state of another individual.That’s what I am. I can feel emotions and so when I turn eighteen and start to feel this strong pull, I grab my best friend, hop in the car and follow it. It leads me deep into the forest to him.Gunner Harding.The alpha of the Red Ridge Pack and my mate...Categorized as:
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![Love in the Time of Zombies by Cassandra Gannon]()
Love in the Time of Zombies by Cassandra Gannon
Scotlyn Summerline was having a bad day even before the zombies attacked. Her diet was blown, her credit cards were all maxed out, and she was working the nightshift at a sleazy miniature golf course in Las Vegas. An army of the undead rampaging through the city is just the final proof that bad things happen to nice girls...Categorized as:
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![Run To Me by Cynthia Eden]()
Run To Me by Cynthia Eden
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s used to getting what he wants… Jennings “Jay” Maverick is a tech billionaire. He has the world at his feet, and he thinks he can buy anything…but he can’t buy her. One look at the mysterious Willow, and Jay knows that he is a goner... -
![Sexy Wild Beast by L. Nicole]()
Sexy Wild Beast by L. Nicole
Casey and her family have lived in the small town of New Hope all her life.Being an observer—mortals who protect and help Supernatural beings blend in—means she knows the danger that lurks in the woods.She should stay away—she just can’t.For as long as she can remember, her parents have taken steps to hide her existence from Micah Lang...Categorized as:
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