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I sold myself to the devil for Vinyls... Pitiful I Know by DarknessAndLight
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsLexi Grayson is a normal teenager, as normal as she can be with her unobserving skills and her overthinking mind. But she might need the overthinking if she wants to unravel the smirking mystery that is Blake Eaton...Categorized as:
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ラストゲーム 1 by Shinobu Amano, 天乃 忍
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsHe's rich, he's smart, girls gather around him all the time, and he has always gotten first place on his exams... well, until Kujou transferred in his primary school class... -
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![The Good, The Bad, And The Bullied by Rubix Cube 89201]()
The Good, The Bad, And The Bullied by Rubix Cube 89201
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 25 ratings"It's quite simple really," Bennett told me."You'll be our good girl," Declan said.Jordan smiled. "And we'll be your bad boys."I was silent for a moment. I looked at them, at the contract, and back at them. Then I calmly put the papers back on the table. I looked at the three of them and slowly rose from my seat... -
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Last Game 01 by Shinobu Amano
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsHe's rich, he's smart, girls gather around him all the time, and he has always gotten first place on his exams... well, until Kujou transferred in his primary school class... -
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![Pause by CJustMe, C.J. Adler]()
Pause by CJustMe, C.J. Adler
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAqueela, a dreamer and comedian at heart, has just one joyous vision - to transform lives through the mere power of friendship, friendships so solid that they last a lifetime. However, Jay, pessimistic by nature, is convinced that friends are overrated, and that Aqueela is nothing short of a whackjob with an idealistic perspective on the world. It would seem that he wants nothing to do with her...Categorized as:
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![Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles]()
Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 62 ratingsCarlos Fuentes doesn't want any part of the life his older brother, Alex, has laid out for him in Boulder, Colorado. He wants to keep living on the edge, and carve his own path-just like Alex did. Unfortunately, his ties to a Mexican gang aren't easy to break, and he soon finds himself being set up by a drug lord...Categorized as:
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![Wes Bennett's Vivid Dream by Lynn Painter]()
Wes Bennett's Vivid Dream by Lynn Painter
Wes has a dream about Liz coming to him in her prom dress, telling him he is the one she wants. But then he wakes up... -
![Broken Hill Havoc by Sheridan Anne]()
Broken Hill Havoc by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsCollege? How did this happen? One minute I'm starting my senior year of high school and the next, I'm in college. Let me repeat myself. How did this happen? I can't even begin to understand the crazy amounts of drama I've suffered through over the past twelve months, but I've never been so happy to say it's over. I’m more than ready for this next step in my life... -
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Jesse by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsJesse - Who would have known that the 'three-second rule' had the ability to change it all? I sure as hell didn't. How is it possible that I've gone so long without her in my life? Kaylah Millington is everything a guy could possibly want and I need more. So much more. One word from her smart mouth and I was on my knees, absolutely hooked. There's only one issue..Categorized as:
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![Tame Him by Caitlyn Dare]()
Tame Him by Caitlyn Dare
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 28 ratings𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗺. 𝗛𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗼.Remi Tanner was only supposed to be a pawn in my game. But I screwed up. I broke her. And now I have to find a way to fix it. I want her.I need her. In the end, I’ll prove she’s the only thing that matters.Ace Jagger wasn’t supposed to imprint himself on my heart...Categorized as:
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Fury by Tracy Lorraine
I’m infuriated by my feelings for her... They’ve held me captive all this time. I might have been the one that walked away, but that doesn’t mean I’m not still haunted by her—by what I did to her. But that’s the thing about ghosts… they always return when you least expect it. My stepsister was an outlet for my pain, but everything has changed. Now I’ve got nothing to lose...Categorized as:
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![The Taste of an Enemy by Holly Renee]()
The Taste of an Enemy by Holly Renee
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsRich. Vicious. Vengeful. Forbidden. The Boys of Clermont Bay had always been untouchable. And Carson Hale was the worst of them all. He was pretentious and a player, and he had hated me for so long I forgot that we were ever anything more than enemies. Brutally beautiful and savagely heartless, his only plan was to ruin everything I loved... -
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Jackson by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsElle - He’s the guy with the world against him and I’m the girl they all love to hate. Our reputations suck for two very different reasons and where he’s working to do something about it, I’m working to keep my head down and not draw attention to myself. Falling for Jackson would be a mistake. Falling for him would put me right back in the public eye, somewhere I swore I’d never be again... -
![The Fall of a God by Holly Renee]()
The Fall of a God by Holly Renee
Innocent. Blameless. Pure. Heartbroken. Josie Vos belonged to the one family I hated more than anything. And I had forced her to despise me just as much. It didn't matter that I had lost track of my plan and fallen for my enemy. Irrevocably hurt and enraged by my deceit, she had no intentions of doing anything but watching me lose my throne. The secrets of our families can never be forgotten...Categorized as:
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![The Smirking Jerk by DarknessAndLight]()
The Smirking Jerk by DarknessAndLight
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 11 ratings“I’m in love with you.” How many times would I have to think about this, how many times, before she could hear it, feel it, see it in my eyes? “I’m in love with you.” How could I make her see without telling her, without scaring her off… without losing her. I couldn’t lose her... -
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Broken Hill Hearts by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsI have never been at such a low. School work? Stuff it. Manners? Get screwed.Being a decent human being? Over my dead body.And it’s all because of him. Nate was supposed to be the reason I wake up in the morning until he took that reason away. Now, I’m left feeling like an empty shell of the girl I used to be.He’s the love of my life. Always has been and always will be...Categorized as:
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![The Borrow a Boyfriend Club by Page Powars]()
The Borrow a Boyfriend Club by Page Powars
A feel-good, coming-of-age rom-com from debut author Page Powars that follows a trans teen who joins a boyfriend borrowing service masquerading as an Italian Club to prove that he’s one of the guys, especially to its frustratingly handsome leader.Noah Byrd is the perfect boy. At least, that’s what he needs to convince his new classmates of to prove his gender... -
![Better Than Before by Lynn Painter]()
Better Than Before by Lynn Painter
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsLynn Painter’s Better Than the Movies collides with Betting on You when, after meeting the annoyingly cute Bailey on his flight, Charlie gets picked at the airport up by his cousin, Wes, who introduces him to his annoyingly cute neighbor, Liz...Categorized as:
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Wanted by Sara Shepard
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsIn Rosewood, majestic estates sprawl for acres, and Tiffany toggle bracelets dangle from every girl's wrist. But not all that glitters is gold, and the town harbors secrets darker than anyone could imagine-like the truth about what really happened the night Alison DiLaurentis went missing. . . -
![Arabian Nights by Simone Shirazi]()
Arabian Nights by Simone Shirazi
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBlair Bakhtiar always wanted to be royalty. Zayn al-Haydar wanted to be anything but. When one fateful summer brings them together, the two discover that maybe it's not that much better on the other side... but the journey there is always full of surprises, with love being the biggest surprise of them all. [Book #2 in the Fairytale Series, but can be read as a standalone...Categorized as:
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![The Starburst Effect by Kelly Oram]()
The Starburst Effect by Kelly Oram
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLily Rosemont lives next door to the biggest jerk in high school. Noah Trask has bullied Lily for years, and now he’s ruined her senior year by making her a target and turning the whole school against her. On top of that, her parents are getting divorced, and her world is falling apart around her...Categorized as:
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![When You Were Everything by Ashley Woodfolk]()
When You Were Everything by Ashley Woodfolk
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsFor fans of Nina LaCour's We Are Okay and Adam Silvera's History Is All You Left Me, this heartfelt and ultimately uplifting novel follows one sixteen-year-old girl's friend breakup through two concurrent timelines--ultimately proving that even endings can lead to new beginnings."Stunning...Categorized as:
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![Eden High Series 2 #4 by Jordan Silver]()
Eden High Series 2 #4 by Jordan Silver
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsJace knows Sian is up to something. He suspects her sleepover is just a cover for her to get up to no good, so he stakes out her driveway to catch her at it. He'd no sooner pulled her out of her car when she did indeed try to sneak out of the house when there is an explosion. Track is miles away from home when he gets the sense that something is wrong and puts a call out to Valerie and Jace...Categorized as:
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![No Romeo by Stevie J. Cole, LP Lovell]()
No Romeo by Stevie J. Cole, LP Lovell
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTo everyone in Dayton, Hendrix Hunt was the tattooed bad boy, the bully, the player. Guys hated and feared him. Girls wanted to tame him. And I just wished I could forget him.Two years ago, Hendrix was my world. Then the taint of Dayton ruined everything, breaking us both with secrets and lies. I destroyed him and now he wants to destroy me..Categorized as:
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![今日、恋をはじめます 1 by Kanan Minami, Kanan Minami]()
今日、恋をはじめます 1 by Kanan Minami, Kanan Minami
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsHibino Tsubaki is a young girl starting her freshman year of high school who is addicted to one thing - doing hair. Although she does not have the confidence to make herself look cute wearing "in style" clothing and great hairstyles, she enjoys creating cute hair styles for her little sister... -
![The Third Strike by Wendi L. Wilson]()
The Third Strike by Wendi L. Wilson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen life throws you a curveball, you hit it out of the park.I’d never been as wrong as I was when I assumed the Rogues had betrayed me. Now the true culprits were on my hit list—which was, at the moment, dormant. While an impossibly archaic threat hung over Stella’s head, there was nothing to be done but wait... -
![Keeping Kyler by Siobhan Davis, Fiona Jayde]()
Keeping Kyler by Siobhan Davis, Fiona Jayde
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 16 ratings★☆ Special pre-order price. Will increase upon release. ★☆ Book three in the captivating Kennedy Boys series. Description coming soon. "Lashings of drama, hot chemistry, and great banter. Perfect for fans of Tijan... -
![Rebelling With the Bad Boy by Sarah Sutton]()
Rebelling With the Bad Boy by Sarah Sutton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTrusting the bad boy… What could go wrong?It’s on my birthday that I realize the past sixteen years of my life haven't really been mine.From my outfits to my hairstyles and even to my love life, my parents have control over all of it. And instead of fighting, I live by my mantra: keep my head down and keep my mouth shut.Until I’m paired with Brentwood High’s resident bad boy, Hudson Bishop...Categorized as:
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The Broken Hill High Series: Box Set #4-5.5 by Sheridan Anne
Broken Hill Hearts – Book 4 I have never been at such a low. School work? Stuff it. Manners? Get screwed. Being a decent human being? Over my dead body. And it’s all because of him. Nate was supposed to be the reason I wake up in the morning, until he took that reason away. Now, I’m left feeling like an empty shell of the girl I used to be. He’s the love of my life... -
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A Thousand Words by Treblehearts
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsReece Bremer goes through life with a scowl and cold personality. Jessica Andrews goes through life with a glowing smile and positive outlook. Reece looks at life with dull, judgmental eyes that make him hate the world and the people living in it. Jessica, well . . . She looks at life through a camera. Literally... -
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Puck by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsCourtney - He’s the boy at school who could ruin it all. He’s the guy who would lead you down a dark alleyway, show you the time of your life, and then forget your name while you struggle to breathe. And now, his eyes are on me. Puck Jones is every woman’s dream come true, but for me, he’s nothing but a nightmare...Categorized as:
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Perfectly Misunderstood by Robin Daniels
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis dual perspective book is the final installment in The Perfect Series. Jayden Valdez is an overachieving intellectual. Mike McGinnes is Franklin High School’s dumbest jock. Even though they barely know each other, she finds his personality repulsive and he thinks she’s got a giant stick up her you know what...Categorized as:
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![Breaking The Bad Boy by kaddydee]()
Breaking The Bad Boy by kaddydee
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsAshley Martin has been through more grief than a person experiences in their entire life and carries baggage that no kid should ever entail. Tyler Miller is the school's scandalous bad boy who acts on impulse, blinded rage and will single-handedly destroy anybody who stands in his way...Categorized as:
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![Devious Kisses by Thandiwe Mpofu]()
Devious Kisses by Thandiwe Mpofu
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 16 ratings𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝒃𝒖𝒕... 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍.⠀⠀Here’s the 411 about high school—well, at least for my high school, Clintwood Academy.⠀⠀💋It’s a fucking warzone.⠀💋Everyone has a grudge against someone else. ⠀💋It’s the breeding ground for losers, jealous broken-hearted girls, and acne covered fools with zero game...Categorized as:
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![Falling for Fate by Caisey Quinn]()
Falling for Fate by Caisey Quinn
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFate Buchanan just wants to escape the constraints of her old life. After checking her mother into rehab and catching her fiancé with her maid of honor the night before their wedding, she ran. Angry and hurt, she’s aching to do something reckless. Dean Maxwell is having one last summer of freedom before taking over his family’s multi-billion dollar medical conglomerate... -
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Where the Wild Boyfriends Are by M.L. Collins
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhat happens when Jackson High’s Good Girl and Bad Boy are forced to work together? I’ll tell you:I destroy his guitar. (Accidentally!)He uses my guilt to trick me into doing his work.For three weeks!Until I find out he lied. Oh, heck no. This bad boy has crossed the wrong girl.I call him out on it. In front of the whole school.Check mate, bad boy. “It feels good to be bad,” he whispers... -
![Unbroken Rules by Eliah Greenwood]()
Unbroken Rules by Eliah Greenwood
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLies, passion, betrayal. Discover the last book of the teen sensation that captured 30,000,000 hearts across the globe today! Haze and Winter’s relationship has been a fight from day one. From crazy exes, to psycho families, to heart-wrenching betrayal, the couple has been through hell and back and lived to tell the tale...Categorized as:
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![Boys Over Flowers: Hana Yori Dango, Vol. 2 by Yōko Kamio, 神尾葉子]()
Boys Over Flowers: Hana Yori Dango, Vol. 2 by Yōko Kamio, 神尾葉子
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsSeries Description: Tsukushi Makino has been accepted into the snobbish Eitoku academy. From a middle-class background and poor compared to her classmates, Tsukushi is determined to get her diploma...Categorized as:
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![Damaged by Vera Micic, Vera Hollins]()
Damaged by Vera Micic, Vera Hollins
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsNine days have passed since Hayden got into an accident and fell into a coma. Nine days of hoping for a miracle that would allow him to wake up. Nine long, endless days.Half of me is conquered by despair, while the other half clings to the hope that he will recover soon. I refuse to let fear and doubt overcome me... -
![Like You Hurt by Kaydence Snow]()
Like You Hurt by Kaydence Snow
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsDonna What kind of idiot gets on my bad side on his first day at my school? Hendrix Hawthorn is arrogant, cocky, infuriatingly attractive and clearly doesn’t realise I can make his life hell.Which is exactly what I intend to do… until he shows up in the one place no one knows I go to – the one place that makes me feel alive...Categorized as:
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![Diesel by Jaye Pratt]()
Diesel by Jaye Pratt
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsCyrus JamisonI sold my soul to the devil.I had a plan for my life, which included marrying my best friend.He was ripped away from me, and I was left shattered with nothing left to live for. That is until a stranger walked into my life using blackmail to get what he wanted.I won’t let anyone ruin Zeke’s memory, even if that means I need to live to make that happen... -
![How to Get Revenge on a Cheating Ex by Maggie Dallen]()
How to Get Revenge on a Cheating Ex by Maggie Dallen
Am I really going to kiss my boyfriend’s best friend? Yes. Yes, I am.I caught my boyfriend cheating on me with his best friend’s girl.Now his best friend and I have a plan to play them like they played us.There’s only one problem. Everyone knows Zack and I can’t stand each other.The uptight princess and the slacker bad boy? No one will believe we’ve suddenly fallen in love... -
![Believe Me, I'm Lying by Jordan Lynde]()
Believe Me, I'm Lying by Jordan Lynde
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsWhen seventeen-year-old Harley's parents are killed in a car crash, she's desperate to find work so that she can support her little brother, Elliott. Pretending to be twenty-one, Harley accepts a role as a teacher - at a school for delinquents. It's tough - but life gets even more complicated when Harley starts to have feelings for not one, but two of her students . . -
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Until You're Mine by K. Langston
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsTaking big risks had always been Archer Brook’s way of life. It’s what has to be done in order to get what you want, and he knew that better than anyone. Archer may have been born into a life of wealth and privilege, but he’d proven time and time again that his success was a result of his own true grit and determination... -
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Catch Me by E.M. Moore
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFear… Fear of the unknown. Fear of feeling. Fear of losing. I think I’ve come to terms with the fact that I’m just one scared girl in a world where there’s a lot to be afraid of. Cade, Lex, and Reid helped. They pulled me out of my own head, helped me feel a sliver of happiness again. But with that, I gained a new set of worries. What if I lost another person I love? I’m not perfect... -
![The Broken Hill High Series: Box Set #1-3 by Sheridan Anne]()
The Broken Hill High Series: Box Set #1-3 by Sheridan Anne
From Book 1: "Go live with Nate Ryder," they said. "Everything will be fine," they said. Are they nuts? Nate Ryder has been the bane of my existence for the past five years. He’s made it his personal mission to make my life a living hell and now my parents expect me to go and live with the guy for the foreseeable future. No thanks... -
![The First Time by Wendi L. Wilson]()
The First Time by Wendi L. Wilson
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsI might have gone from rags to riches, but this is no fairy tale.I never thought I’d long for the days of pacing the living room of our tiny single-wide trailer, waiting for Mom to get home from her shift serving drinks at The Silver Fox. Or my boring night shifts at the convenience store. Even dodging my skeezy ex-boyfriend’s bumbling attempts to seduce me... -
![Fake You by M.V. Ellis]()
Fake You by M.V. Ellis
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDrew I hate the lies you tell. For as long as I could remember, everything in my world had been fake. Literally everything. I’d had it with it all: the lies, the pretense, the show. But I was stuck on a dizzying merry-go-round of deceit, and I couldn’t get off. So when she came into my life, I thought I’d hit the jackpot with something and someone more real than anything I’d ever experienced...Categorized as:
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![Aftershocks of Kiss Cam by mikaelanay]()
Aftershocks of Kiss Cam by mikaelanay
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJacob Callahan and Jacquelyn Waldorf have been rivals from the day they were born. Yes, you heard it.Their families are rivals.Their friends are rivals.Their soccer teams are rivals.Everything is going smoothly hateful until...One game night... -
![Duet Me Not by Lilian Li]()
Duet Me Not by Lilian Li
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“I can be your practice makes perfect.”ASHVIN didn’t mean to join the Penang State Synchronized Swimming team. He didn’t mean to go viral when he jumped into that pool and danced with that girl. It all started as a dare to ask his crush to prom, but all it takes is one dare, one wrong choice, to turn his world upside down...
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