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Love and Duty at Blackberry Farm by Rosie Clarke
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsCambridgeshire – 1942 As a new year begins and the war continues, young Artie Talbot feels trapped. In his heart he longs to fight, like his two brothers, for his king and country but is duty tied to Blackberry Farm. As feelings grow between Artie and Jeanie Salmons, Artie wonders if marriage will help him to finally accept his lot and settle down... -
![The Little Angel by Rosie Goodwin]()
The Little Angel by Rosie Goodwin
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFrom Sunday Times bestselling author of Mothering Sunday, Rosie Goodwin, comes the next in this heartwarming and heartbreaking Christmas treat. 1896, Nuneaton. Left on the doorstep of Treetops Children's Home, young Kitty captures the heart of her guardian, Sunday Branning, who has never been blessed with a child of her own... -
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![Murder on a Frosty Night by Verity Bright]()
Murder on a Frosty Night by Verity Bright
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWrapping presents and singing at midnight mass on a frosty night… Lady Swift is determined to enjoy Christmas at home this year, until another body turns up! Winter 1925. Eleanor and Hugh are decking the halls for their first married Christmas together when butler Clifford arrives with a mysterious telegram... -
![Murder in an Irish Castle by Verity Bright]()
Murder in an Irish Castle by Verity Bright
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsIrish whiskey, rolling green hills, a traditional Christmas feast and… a murder? Lady Swift will need the luck of the Irish to survive this holiday season! Christmas, 1924. Lady Eleanor Swift has received a rather unexpected invitation to the village Christmas party in the tiny, rural hamlet of Derrydee in the west of Ireland... -
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![A Ration Book Christmas by Jean Fullerton]()
A Ration Book Christmas by Jean Fullerton
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIt's 1940 and the German Luftwaffe have started their nightly reign of death and destruction over London's East End. The Brogan family is braced and ready to take on Hitler single-handed, if need be, but with rationing, air-raids and the threat of Nazi invasion hanging over this doughty family, their spirits are taking a bit of a battering. . -
![Open Me Carefully: Emily Dickinson's Intimate Letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson by Emily Dickinson]()
Open Me Carefully: Emily Dickinson's Intimate Letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFor the first time, selections from Emily Dickinson's thirty-six year correspondence to her neighbor and sister-in-law, Susan Huntington Dickinson, are compiled in a single volume. Open Me Carefully invites a dramatic new understanding of Emily Dickinson's life and work, overcoming a century of censorship and misinterpretation... -
![The Lilac People by Milo Todd]()
The Lilac People by Milo Todd
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsFinalist for the New England Book Award. "Reminiscent of Anthony Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See . . . Heart-stopping in its suspense and dramatic reveals. " —The Boston Globe. A moving and deeply humane story about a trans man who must relinquish the freedoms of prewar Berlin to survive first the Nazis then the Allies, all while protecting the ones he loves... -
![A Gentleman Under the Mistletoe by Grace Burrowes]()
A Gentleman Under the Mistletoe by Grace Burrowes
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLord Julian Caldicott is standing in for his ducal brother as manager of Yuletide merriment at the family seat. Alas for his lordship, nothing is going as planned. Cranky relatives arrive uninvited, family squabbles ensue, and Julian's annual case of the blue devils is worsening by the day. Julian decides to combat the mayhem and melancholia by anonymously spreading good cheer... -
![The History of Sound: Stories by Ben Shattuck]()
The History of Sound: Stories by Ben Shattuck
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsA stunning collection of interconnected stories set in New England, exploring how the past is often misunderstood and how history, family, heartache, and desire can echo over centuries. In twelve luminous stories set across three centuries, The History of Sound examines the unexpected ways the past returns to us and how love and loss are entwined and transformed over generations... -
![Christmas with the Ops Room Girls: A festive and feel-good WW2 saga (The Women's Auxiliary Air Force) by Vicki Beeby]()
Christmas with the Ops Room Girls: A festive and feel-good WW2 saga (The Women's Auxiliary Air Force) by Vicki Beeby
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen there’s so much to be afraid of, can May help bring festive cheer to the Ops Room? After failing to help evacuee siblings whom she witnesses being separated, May wishes she’d had the confidence to speak up. When Jess suggests a pantomime to boost morale on the station, May is desperate to help – but is held back by her own insecurities... -
![그녀의 심청 (Her Tale of Shim Chong) #3 by 비완, Seri]()
그녀의 심청 (Her Tale of Shim Chong) #3 by 비완, Seri
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsEp 24 - 35. Based on a Korean folktale, two very different women find themselves making the same wish - to leave this world behind. One is Shim Chong, a young beggar living off the kindness of others to support herself and her blind father. The other is the bride-to-be of old Chancellor Jang, sold off to him for the sake of her family... -
![Christmas at O'Mara's by Michelle Vernal]()
Christmas at O'Mara's by Michelle Vernal
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWelcome to the guesthouse on the Green, where Mammy and her girls will make you feel part of the family. Settle in and enjoy your stay at O'Mara's, where stories abound, romance lurks and laughter sounds. Two Christmases, two second chances. A heart-warming O’Mara family Christmas story that will have you laughing out loud. . -
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March by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSophie Santiago goes out with friends one night and ends up bumping into the most beautiful woman she’s ever seen, a tourist named Bryce. After a few hours with her, spent talking and dancing, Sophie knows that Bryce isn’t meant to be someone she knows for only one night, but something causes them to lose each other in the crowd... -
![Petteril's Christmas by Mary Lancaster]()
Petteril's Christmas by Mary Lancaster
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA merry Christmas for the Petterils? Piers wants to make their first Christmas together special, and so it proves to be - just not quite in the way he planned. His eccentric Great Aunt Prudence summons him to London with the news that she is dying and that one of her servants is stealing from her. Only one of these claims turns out to be true, though both require investigating... -
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![The Ballad of Sexual Dependency by Nan Goldin]()
The Ballad of Sexual Dependency by Nan Goldin
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFirst published in 1986, Nan Goldin's The Ballad of Sexual Dependency is a visual diary chronicling the struggles for intimacy and understanding among the friends and lovers whom Goldin describes as her "tribe... -
![Rough Pages by Lev A.C. Rosen]()
Rough Pages by Lev A.C. Rosen
Private Detective Evander "Andy" Mills has been drawn back to the Lavender House estate for a missing person case. Pat, the family butler, has been volunteering for a book service, one that specializes in mailing queer books to a carefully guarded list of subscribers... -
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Aphrodite by D.G. Rampton
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 16 ratings70,000+ readers have already discovered the Regency Goddesses Series. The books, which can be read in any order, are regularly in the U. S. top 20 for Historical Romance and Humor & Satire. #1 Amazon Best Seller, Regency Historical Romance. #1 Amazon Best Seller, British Humor & Satire. #6 Amazon Best Seller, Kindle Store (all genres). ♥ a Regency Christmas. ♥ a masterful heroine... -
![The Christmas Book Flood by Roseanna M. White]()
The Christmas Book Flood by Roseanna M. White
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn this charming World War II historical romance novella inspired by Jolabokaflod, Iceland’s Christmas Book Flood, an author falls in love with a man who doesn’t know he is her editor. Iceland. December 1944. Tatiana Eliasdottir is looking forward to welcoming her niece Elea for Christmas. She’s determined to give the little girl a joyful holiday and take her mind off troubles at home... -
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Hidden Truths by Jae
Lesbian Fiction: Historical Fiction - Sequel to Backwards to Oregon - Commuter Novel - 19 hours reading - "Luke" Hamilton has been living as a husband and father for the past seventeen years. No one but her wife, Nora, knows she is not the man she appears to be. They have raised their daughters to become honest and hard-working young women... -
![Girls Girls Girls by Shoshana von Blanckensee]()
Girls Girls Girls by Shoshana von Blanckensee
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA 2025 CALIBA Golden Poppy Awards Finalist. A PANTS POD BOOK CLUB PICK. One of ELLE's Best Queer Books of 2025. "Jam-packed with queer angst and queer joy . . . and a truly incredible amount of heart. I devoured this novel. " —Kristen Arnett, New York Times bestselling author of Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One... -
![Christmas with the Cornish Girls by Betty Walker]()
Christmas with the Cornish Girls by Betty Walker
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 10 ratings1941. The bombs still fall, but in St. Ives Christmas is finally approaching for the Cornish Girls…. With the war ongoing, Lily is feeling anything but festive. That is, until Eva asks if she’ll join her in working at an officers’ convalescent home, lifting her spirits no end. Eva came to St. Ives to be near the man who almost gave his life to protect hers... -
![A Sea View Christmas by Julie Klassen]()
A Sea View Christmas by Julie Klassen
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe holiday stirs up excitement as fondly remembered guests come to stay and acquaintances grow into more. . . . With a promise to her youngest sister, Sarah Summers declares that this year's Christmas at Sea View will exceed all expectations. But an upcoming trip to Scotland--and the prospect of becoming reacquainted with dashing widower Callum Henshall--blows a flurry of doubts into her mind... -
![A Christmas to Remember by Anton du Beke]()
A Christmas to Remember by Anton du Beke
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsReturn to the Buckingham Hotel in Anton Du Beke's sparkling new novel . . . London, 1938. As the threat of war looms ever closer, the Buckingham Hotel's difficulties grow. Still reeling from the events of last year, and with guests decreasing as foreign tensions mount, the staff of the Buckingham will have to struggle to keep up the hotel's glamorous reputation... -
![A de Russe Christmas Miracle by Kathryn Le Veque]()
A de Russe Christmas Miracle by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWelcome to a very special de Russe Christmas, on a night when an angel walks the earth. .. Join the House of de Russe for a special reunion at Christmastime - Gaston and Remington, and all of their children gather at Deverill Castle for what they believe to be Gaston's last Christmas... -
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![A Christmas Dream: A Wholesome Holiday Romance by Shanna Hatfield]()
A Christmas Dream: A Wholesome Holiday Romance by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe came to build the house of his dreams, but found a home for his heart. After an extensive search for the ideal location to build a house he’s spent years designing, Brant Hudson knows he’s found the perfect site the moment he sets foot on the land near Silver Bluff, Oregon. However, frustrating delays leave him laboring alongside the very crew he hired to finish the house in time for Christmas... -
![A Christmas Miracle for the Railway Girls by Maisie Thomas]()
A Christmas Miracle for the Railway Girls by Maisie Thomas
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings'Heartwarming historical fiction . .. The perfect stocking filler for fans of Nancy Revell, Daisy Styles and Margaret Dickinson' Eastern Daily Press. __________________. The sixth heartwarming, feel-good instalment in the much-loved Railway Girls series! Manchester, 1942. There are surprises in store for the railway girls this festive season. . -
![The District Nurses Make a Wish by Annie Groves]()
The District Nurses Make a Wish by Annie Groves
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe new heartwarming read in the wartime District Nurses series. .. For the district nurses of Victory Walk, there's been little time to bask in the triumph of D-day as London is facing a new threat – the buzz bombs. Everyone is terrified, never knowing where the next one will strike. Into this tense atmosphere, new nurse, Iris, must make her mark... -
![Once Upon an Aggravatingly Heroic Kiss by Bree Wolf]()
Once Upon an Aggravatingly Heroic Kiss by Bree Wolf
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA meddlesome lady. An honor-bound lord. And quite a few misunderstandings. England 1749: LADY EDITH WESTON, daughter to the EARL OF SWANSBOROUGH, is determined to see her friend wed to a man she loves. Unfortunately, Lady Adele, however, has been promised since birth and refuses to break her father’s heart by going against his wishes... -
![A Midwinter Murder: A gripping and addictive historical cozy murder mystery by Verity Bright]()
A Midwinter Murder: A gripping and addictive historical cozy murder mystery by Verity Bright
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHomemade baubles, reindeer-shaped cookies and snowy walks across the rolling moors… but Lady Swift’s festive plans are ruined when a body turns up! Winter 1924. When Lady Eleanor Swift unexpectedly finds herself a guest of the reclusive Duke of Auldwyke, she’s determined to enjoy Christmas with all the trimmings at his sprawling manor house... -
![The Mistletoe Seller by Dilly Court]()
The Mistletoe Seller by Dilly Court
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIt’s Christmas Eve. Flurries of snow fall on the cobbled streets of Whitechapel and an abandoned baby, swaddled in a blanket, is found on a doorstep in Angel Lane . . . Named after the street on which she was found, Angel Winter was blessed to be taken from the harsh streets into a loving home... -
![Letters Never Sent by Sandra Moran]()
Letters Never Sent by Sandra Moran
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 13 ratings"The story unfolds like a flower; the impact of it on each person is profound. It’s a spectacular offering of love gained, lost, and struggled with over a lifetime—a poignant tale with a marvelous reveal at the end. "—Anna Furtado, Lambda Literary Review. Three women, united by love and kinship, struggle to conform to the social norms of the times in which they lived... -
![My Merry Marquess by Annabelle Anders]()
My Merry Marquess by Annabelle Anders
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Marquess to keep the holidays Merry…. Stranded by a snowstorm in Maybridge Falls, the Marquess of Merriweather runs into the last person in the world he wants to see—Lady Eve Bailey. Because the last time he saw the auburn-haired beauty, she stole his heart and then crushed it into a thousand pieces. Lucky for him, he’s over her... -
![夜畫帳 第三卷 by Byeonduck]()
夜畫帳 第三卷 by Byeonduck
白羅謙一直以為自己是不得已才留在尹府。. 為了先生的官途，他才重拾春宮畫筆，. 甚至不惜委身尹勝浩，付出比他想像更多的代價。. 可被他寄託了所有的先生，卻似乎並不這麼想。. 比起對他呼來喚去動手動腳的尹少爺，. 先生那不經意間流露出的輕視，更傷人。. 他在尹勝浩帶給他的肉體歡愉之中漸漸沉淪，. 本以為這一切的本質都是傷害，. 可當隱隱感受到尹勝浩對他流露出的在意與占有慾時，. 少年越發感到迷惘……. 本書特色. ※韓國話題性耽美漫畫第三卷堂堂登場！. ※韓國Lezhin Comics正式授權，全球首次集結成冊。. ※全系列好評不斷，占據各大書店排行榜！. 他們是地位懸殊的貴族與畫匠，. 卻在一次又一次的交歡中，越來越靠近。. -
![The Good Time Girls at Christmas by Fiona Ford]()
The Good Time Girls at Christmas by Fiona Ford
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLondon, December 1940. It's Christmas for the Good Time Girls, and whilst London tries to inject some sparkle into the wartime rubble, the women of the Hammersmith Palais aren't looking forward to the festive season. Nancy continues her battle to keep control of the Palais as Ronnie and his thugs appear at every turn, determined to take what he lost back... -
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![A Very Medieval Christmas: A Medieval Romance Bundle by Kathryn Le Veque]()
A Very Medieval Christmas: A Medieval Romance Bundle by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsA Very Medieval Christmas bundle brings you all of the Medieval joys of the season with five holiday-themed novellas, including a never-before published novella in A Blessed de Lohr Christmas! It's de Wolfe, de Russe, de Velt, and de Lohr all in one limited-edition collection! A Blessed de Lohr Christmas - when a Christmas Eve battle wounds Christopher de Lohr, it will take David and Marcus... -
![A Blessed de Lohr Christmas by Kathryn Le Veque]()
A Blessed de Lohr Christmas by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsIt's an extended epilogue to RISE OF THE DEFENDER as Christopher, David, Marcus, and Peter go to battle on Christmas Eve. .. and devastation ensues. On the Eve of Christmas, the de Lohr and Burton families converge for a celebration of peace, friendship, and family. Children are playing, men are drinking, and women are reminiscing... -
![A Joyous de Wolfe Christmas by Kathryn Le Veque]()
A Joyous de Wolfe Christmas by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe story de Wolfe Pack readers have been asking for! The reunion of Scott and Troy de Wolfe wrapped up in a holiday short story! It's Christmas 1274 A. D. , and the House of de Wolfe and their allies are gathering for a wedding, the marriage of James de Wolfe to Lady Rose Hage. But someone is missing... -
![Christmas Kisses by Judith Keim, Ev Bishop]()
Christmas Kisses by Judith Keim, Ev Bishop
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRandom circumstances brought them together. Love made them family. Hailey Kirby plans to spend a wonderful Christmas holiday at the Cedar Mountain Lodge with her family, celebrating her sister’s wedding as Maid of Honor. Things go awry when the wedding is called off. Hoping to comfort her sister, her mother and three sisters decide to go ahead with their winter vacation plans at the Lodge... -
![A Christmas Wish for Land Girls by Jenny Holmes]()
A Christmas Wish for Land Girls by Jenny Holmes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWinter, 1942. Land Girls Brenda and Una have relocated higher up the Yorkshire dales, to work on the remote hillside farms. Despite the bitter cold, there's warmth to be found in old friends and new faces - and plans for a cosy Christmas are afoot. But then a child evacuee goes missing in the snow, and everyone must rally round to find the boy before it's too late... -
![A Family Christmas by Glenice Crossland]()
A Family Christmas by Glenice Crossland
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLucy Gabbitas has just left school and is excited about joining her sisters at the local umbrella factory. But then her beloved father dies of lung disease leaving Lucy and her brothers and sisters broken-hearted. With barely enough to make ends meet, the family receive no sympathy from their tyrannical mother, Annie, and their first Christmas without him holds little comfort and joy... -
![Christmas with the Spitfire Girls by Jenny Holmes]()
Christmas with the Spitfire Girls by Jenny Holmes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYorkshire 1944: All they want this year is a truly happy Christmas…. The end of the war feels tantalisingly close, but Air Transport Auxiliary girls Bobbie, Viv and Mary have plenty more flights in their beloved Spitfires yet – battling everything from snow to enemy fire on their journeys... -
![The Christmas Shop by Hattie Finch]()
The Christmas Shop by Hattie Finch
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Christmas Shop was a place of magic. A place of wonder. But for Hope, it would be the last happy place she visited for many years. ***FREE with Kindle Unlimited***. Hope and her parents are visiting London in the weeks before Christmas. When the unthinkable happens, and she is separated from them in the middle of a busy market, finding them again should be a simple matter... -
![Christmas Past by Glenice Crossland]()
Christmas Past by Glenice Crossland
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen seventeen-year-old Mary O'Connor collapses one Sunday in church she is taken to live with Dr Roberts and his wife in a beautiful Yorkshire village for her health. Though initially employed as a maid, Mary soon becomes the daughter the couple were never able to have... -
![Mr. Darcy's Christmas Letters: A Pride and Prejudice Novella by Melanie Rachel]()
Mr. Darcy's Christmas Letters: A Pride and Prejudice Novella by Melanie Rachel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe loves her. She might love him back. All they need is a second chance. Fitzwilliam Darcy doesn’t want to think about how he has failed Elizabeth Bennet. He just wants to do his duty—stand up for Charles Bingley at his wedding—and leave for Pemberley. But one mishap after another delays his departure, and sharing Netherfield with the newlyweds sends him into hiding... -
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![It Starts With a Kiss: A Very Merry Fairbanks Christmas by Alyssa Clarke]()
It Starts With a Kiss: A Very Merry Fairbanks Christmas by Alyssa Clarke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSnowed in Together, Forced proximity, One bed to share, Steamy Regency Romance. Margaret Fairbanks is devoted to her role in securing her children's place in the ton. She journeys from town to Penporth for the Christmas season. Little did she anticipate being trapped in a cottage with the enigmatic Mr. Grayson Rochester. It starts with a kiss…... -
![The Marquis, the Minx, and the Mistletoe by Ava Devlin]()
The Marquis, the Minx, and the Mistletoe by Ava Devlin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Steamy Regency Christmas Romance. A Yuletide Jilting. She was running away. Again. The only white Tatiana Everstead would wear on her wedding day was the dusting of snow that clung to her cloak as she fled the aisle. She flees north, seeking sanctuary with an old friend and chased by the doubt and the tauntings of a long-ago fortune-telling... -
![A Mean Season by Marshall Thornton]()
A Mean Season by Marshall Thornton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDom Reilly is back. In this follow up to Year of the Rat, Dom helps clear three men wrongly convicted of rape while also following a pet project—the twenty-year-old case of a man accused of killing his lover in 1976. Meanwhile, Dom gets wind that someone is looking for him. A private detective from Chicago... -
![Christmas at Sugar Plum Manor by Roseanna M. White]()
Christmas at Sugar Plum Manor by Roseanna M. White
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAs the beloved stepdaughter of the Earl of Castleton, Lady Mariah Lyons cherishes her home at Plumford Manor, but her idyllic world will be threatened when the estate passes to Cyril Lightbourne, a childhood friend she hasn't seen or heard from in years... -
![Neither Present Time by Caren J. Werlinger]()
Neither Present Time by Caren J. Werlinger
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCan a house save the lives of the people who live in it? Can an inscription written in a book over sixty years ago change the fates of people not even born when it was written? Beryl Gray is solid and dependable – her partner, Claire, thinks so, her family thinks so, her colleagues think so. She has a long-term relationship and a job she likes as a university librarian... -
![Winter Rogue by Emma V. Leech]()
Winter Rogue by Emma V. Leech
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Rogues and Gentlemen Christmas Novel. .. . A wicked libertine whose luck has run out…. Justin Langley, the Earl of Rutherford, has followed in his dreadful father’s footsteps...
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