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A Miracle for the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips
Can an alien warrior who’s given up hope save a desperate woman and her unborn child?Lauren knew the decision to have a baby on her own wouldn’t be an easy one. She didn’t know that she would be kidnapped by aliens whose only interest in her is as a breeding vessel. A desperate attempt to escape leaves her trapped and isolated - and about to give birth...Categorized as:
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![Bidding on the Orc Outcast by Honey Phillips]()
Bidding on the Orc Outcast by Honey Phillips
What happens when you win the town’s grumpiest orc?Posy is brand new to Fairhaven Falls, but she’s determined to find her place in the charming small town—even if it means participating in an unusual bachelor auction. But she certainly doesn’t expect to end up bidding on the mysterious orc who everyone seems to avoid... -
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![Echoes of the Tide by Emma Hamm]()
Echoes of the Tide by Emma Hamm
Ace has spent her entire life hiding who she is. First, it was from friends and family who didn't know she was stealing from the rich. Then it was hiding her true self in a prison city under the water. The worst was hiding herself from new friends who helped her destroy Alpha. What she didn't know, was that decision would force her to come into the light. Maketes has always been the jokester...Categorized as:
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![Her Alien Husband by Michele Mills]()
Her Alien Husband by Michele Mills
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsI’m in a predicament of historic proportions. I’ve learned I can’t inherit my grandfather’s highly profitable business unless I’m married? Yes, an entirely ridiculous rule.I live with a herd of rescue cats and nary a boyfriend in sight. I’m also considered plain, sharp-tongued and overweight. And I’ve never, once been interested in marriage. Hence my reason for applying for a mail-order husband... -
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![Salvage by Jenny Schwartz]()
Salvage by Jenny Schwartz
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSecrets can get a girl killed. Cherry Pendit knows to keep hers close. But what if it’s whispering to her? What if it’s warning her of danger on the galactic horizon, and only she can save her clan?To save the people she loves, Cherry will have to risk her life to rescue a man she’s never met.A hunted man, a man abandoned on a derelict space station, on the far side of a black hole...Categorized as:
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![The Naga Scavenger's Precious Mate by Robin O'Connor]()
The Naga Scavenger's Precious Mate by Robin O'Connor
He is the king of beasts, the lord of water, and I’m his captive mate.FarahUnderwater, what it is up can seem like down. I’m supposed to be dead, I’m supposed to be just a normal, boring daycare worker. Somehow, I’m stuck in the middle of a bizarre, nightmarish adventure.And then there is him. I'm not attracted to him with a burning intensity. No, it's just a fever from nearly drowning... -
![Alien Triton's Prize by Lynnea Lee]()
Alien Triton's Prize by Lynnea Lee
Reeled into a fake marriage with a merman...How was I supposed to know my new boss was the owner’s nephew? Now, I’ve been fired for speaking up about his roaming hands. And if that isn’t bad enough, I get home early to find my boyfriend bumping the girl next door!With nowhere to go, I decide to join the Starlight Lottery...Categorized as:
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![Alien Haunts by Jenny Schwartz]()
Alien Haunts by Jenny Schwartz
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAlien ruins — avoid or explore?Madison Cardinal knows some mysteries are best left buried—like her past. But there’s a new multi-species exploration team in town and their proposed expedition is stirring up trouble.If Madison’s new business as a human pilot in hantu space is to survive, she needs the exploration team to get in, get out, and leave her cargo route intact...Categorized as:
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![The Ivory Tomb by Melissa Caruso]()
The Ivory Tomb by Melissa Caruso
The Ivory Tomb concludes the wildly original epic fantasy series bursting with intrigue and ambition, questioned loyalties, and broken magic that began with The Obsidian Tower.The Dark Days have returned. The Demon of Carnage mercilessly cuts through villagers and armies. The Demon of Corruption poisons/rots the land. The Serene Empire and the Witch Lords race towards war... -
![Rescued by the Orc Enforcer by Kate Rudolph]()
Rescued by the Orc Enforcer by Kate Rudolph
Vorok knows the rules of the Red District. Bust heads. Take names. And never cross the boss. But when the boss's daughter tries to run away from an unwanted engagement, Vorok has a choice to send her home... or help her escape.He's had his eye on the pretty human for years, but there's no way a pampered princess like her would want an orc enforcer... -
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Shield by Jenny Schwartz
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIf Cherry was a selfish witch, she'd keep running. She's an oracle. She KNOWS that trouble is closing in. However, there's an instant in which she could escape, and so could those she loves.Too bad she's surrounded herself with ridiculously noble allies. The kind of self-sacrificing, kind, clever, and resolute people who force you to love them ..Categorized as:
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![Sand and Ruin and Gold by Alexis Hall]()
Sand and Ruin and Gold by Alexis Hall
Once upon a time . . . that’s how the old stories always begin. Once upon a time there was a king of a fallen kingdom. He was just and he was beloved. Or so the numbers said. One day, he gathered together the greatest, wisest minds in all the land—not sorcerers, but scientists—and he bade them fashion him a son. A prince. A perfect prince to embody his father’s legacy... -
![I Spy an Alien by Jenny Schwartz]()
I Spy an Alien by Jenny Schwartz
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA quirky sci-fi romantic comedy about a blue-skinned alien spy and the woman who accidentally seduces him.Betrayed, broken-hearted, and plain broke, Elif Moora enlists in the Pax Galactica Corps. Her first assignment is a triumph! As the producer of Doctor Galaxy, Elif successfully raises humanity’s abysmal profile among a galactic audience of trillions.But then her efforts are sabotaged...Categorized as:
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![Don't Go Knotting My Heart by Ava Ross]()
Don't Go Knotting My Heart by Ava Ross
I’m falling for a wolf shifter, but my past may endanger us both. I escaped a life of fear for the beautiful mountainous town of Monsterville, where I meet Storm, a gorgeous wolf shifter. His wolfish ways and heady kisses draw me in, and the future he offers, one full of peace and love, makes me long for a life I never thought I’d find...Categorized as:
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![Nurse for an Alien Warrior by Roxie Ray]()
Nurse for an Alien Warrior by Roxie Ray
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI’m supposed to care for a kid, not create one! Space needs nurses. That’s what they told me, and that’s why I agreed to go.They say Raider is the last place I want to end up, but I’m up to the challenge. I’ll care for the warlord’s child.One problem.He wants me to make said child. With him.No. Not happening. Never.I’m not selling my body to some brute! But Kain isn’t the brute I imagined... -
![The Orc Warrior's Secret Baby by Celeste King]()
The Orc Warrior's Secret Baby by Celeste King
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI was lucky to find my soulmate.And cursed to have lost him so soon after…I thought Tarfu was my happy ending.Until he went missing in battle.At first I waited patiently. Then anxiously.Then finally, hopelessly.Three years have passed.Orc males in his clan begin to circle me.Looking to claim me.But if I know my mate, Tarfu will never stop till he comes back to me... -
![Surrendered by Evangeline Anderson]()
Surrendered by Evangeline Anderson
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCommander Thornex is a Hybrid--half Kindred and half Pyro--a much feared people who have the ability to unleash horrific maelstroms of flame whenever they are angered. All his life Thorn has struggled to control the destructive power within him. A horrible accident in his past made him swear to never unleash the fire again and for many years, he has kept himself under tight control...Categorized as:
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![Monstrous Truths by K.A. Knight]()
Monstrous Truths by K.A. Knight
Thirty years ago the world as we know it was lost. Now humans live like rats, desperate for food and safety, the wall towering before us as a mocking reminder of what happened…But some, some are born into privilege and wealth and I am one of those. I spend my days trying to change the world we live in, fighting for the truth as any good scientist does...Categorized as:
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![The Son of Sun and Sand by Elizabeth Gannon]()
The Son of Sun and Sand by Elizabeth Gannon
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe Consortium of Chaos: The super-villain organization semi-unwillingly thrust into the field of heroics. They’re not nice people, but now they do nice things. …Occasionally. If it’s during office hours and there’s nothing good on TV, anyway...Categorized as:
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![Healed by the Orc: A Steamy Alien Monster Romance by Robin O'Connor]()
Healed by the Orc: A Steamy Alien Monster Romance by Robin O'Connor
My vacation turns on its head when ancient stones throw me straight into the arms of an Orc.ShannonI’m dying, that’s what the doctors told me. Visiting my ancestral farm in Ireland is the one thing I still want to do. Well, I get to see green. Lots of it, but not in the way I imagined... -
![Orc's Property by Celeste King]()
Orc's Property by Celeste King
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI don’t know how much longer I could have kept running from the Battle Frenzy orcs who were looking to kill me and my young nephew.Finally, limbs quivering and breath in ragged gasps, I collapsed as they towered over us, ready to end our lives.Until Jiwal saved us.An orc from the Raging Storm clan, he killed the other orcs as easily as I would swat a fly... -
![Dark Elf's Demand by Celeste King]()
Dark Elf's Demand by Celeste King
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI outran my master.But I can’t outrun fate.I was desperate for my freedom.In my haze, I made a decision that would change my life forever.I collapsed on a dark elf soldier’s doorstep.But Lavin doesn’t throw me in a cell.He gives me a bed, food, and medicine.I think for once I am safe.But soon I realize, a pretty prison is still a prison... -
![Adored By Her Orc Avenger by Celeste King]()
Adored By Her Orc Avenger by Celeste King
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsOn this Earth, we fear the orcs.But we fear other humans more…Life is not pretty where I am from. It is brutal and deadly.Such can also be said for the orc that saved me.I thought I was dead, but he fought off my attackers. Together, injured we took shelter in an abandoned house.It’s where I got to know him.Where I started to fall in love with him.But this world isn’t pretty... -
![Xurek by Ava Ross, Alana Khan]()
Xurek by Ava Ross, Alana Khan
It’s the intergalactic cruise of a lifetime, a chance to meet aliens and travel to exotic locales.On a lazy river excursion, I’m stuck sharing a float with Xurek, a cocky orc commander in the interstellar military. Leave it to him to insist on taking an axe on an inflatable float.The more anxious I become, the calmer he gets, which only irritates me more. I should ignore him, but I can’t...Categorized as:
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![Murmuration by T.J. Klune]()
Murmuration by T.J. Klune
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIn the small mountain town of Amorea, it’s stretching toward autumn of 1954. The memories of a world at war are fading in the face of a prosperous future. Doors are left unlocked at night, and neighbors are always there to give each other a helping hand. The people here know certain things as fact: Amorea is the best little town there is. The only good Commie is a dead Commie...Categorized as:
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![The Alien's Reward by Ella Maven]()
The Alien's Reward by Ella Maven
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsI don’t want to be a princess… I want to fight too. Bazel: All my life I’ve been treated with kid gloves, and I’m tired of it. I want to live up to the legacy of the proud Drixonian females with which I share half of my DNA. There’s one thing in my way—a young warrior who knows my secret and threatens to tell my father...Categorized as:
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![Snows of Aturia by SJ Sanders]()
Snows of Aturia by SJ Sanders
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAll Vanessa Williams wanted for the holidays was to escape the demands of her parents’ social schedules and comfortable place to work on her book. Having the opportunity to do so while enjoying the comforts of a cabin on an alien world seemed like the perfect way to pass the season...Categorized as:
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![Dad Bod Orc by Tana Stone]()
Dad Bod Orc by Tana Stone
I needed a break. A break from the paparazzi, a break from my co-star ex, and a break from being the hottest new actress in Hollywood.I did not need an orc bodyguard.But my overprotective dad refuses to let me go on a location shoot without a security detail, and he’s picked the toughest, scariest bodyguard in LA to accompany me. Too bad Roc is also my dad’s friend and my teenage crush...Categorized as:
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![Craved by the Alien Beast by Ava Ross]()
Craved by the Alien Beast by Ava Ross
I was stolen from Earth and gifted to an alien warrior. Will I find a new home with Aizor?Vanessa: One minute, I’m working as a cook, the next, I’ve been abducted by robocops and sent to a distant planet where I’m attacked by a ferocious beast. Then a seven-foot-tall, blue-skinned alien rescues me with crystal spears slashing... -
![Bearly Magic by Catherine Vale]()
Bearly Magic by Catherine Vale
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe local humans don’t know it, but they live among a growing community of shifters, mages, dark elves, and even vampires. San Fransisco may look like a beautiful city by day, but when the lights go down, the streets are crawling with paranormal creatures, of all kinds. Angela Mason works for the Order of Protection...Categorized as:
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![Bound by the Alien Pirate by Alana Khan]()
Bound by the Alien Pirate by Alana Khan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat happens when a cynical pirate plucks Izzy out of the jaws of danger, flies her to his cave, and vows to keep her prisoner?IzzyOne moment I was touring the Supercollider, the top thing on my bucket list, the next I’m falling into a marsh on a prehistoric planet. The most handsome male I’ve ever seen, complete with lush, luminescent wings, flies in...Categorized as:
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![Devil in the Hold by Tammy Walsh]()
Devil in the Hold by Tammy Walsh
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsHe’s pushed every Prize beyond her limit. And today he chose me. I’m not new to this game. I was abducted and made to work as a Prize for the past year. Dozens of alien fighters have claimed me. None scare me.None… other than the prisoner known as the “Devil.”When a riot kicks off and the prison is hurled into chaos, no one knows what they’re doing… or how high the stakes are... -
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Ghosted by Sarah Ready
Jillian Nejat is the only dating and relationship expert on the planet who is incapable of speaking to men. If they're living, if they're breathing, it's game over. With her bank account at zero, her career a dumpster fire, and her dating life in a ten-year slump, she moves into a tiny, dirt-cheap NYC apartment. Unfortunately, the apartment is already occupied...Categorized as:
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![His Human Widow by Michele Mills]()
His Human Widow by Michele Mills
I married a dead war hero.His name was Fire Lieutenant Byric Sandstone—an extremely wealthy Hyrrokin landowner, with a complicated estate.Obviously, I’m not really his widow. It’s a technicality, on paper so I could bypass immigration and perform my duties...Categorized as:
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![Hold My Heart by Esther M. Soto, Lea Burn]()
Hold My Heart by Esther M. Soto, Lea Burn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn a manhunt for a serial killer, FBI Special Agent Ileana Harper falls through a break in time, ripping her from the present and everything she knows. After forming an uneasy alliance with the man who comes to her rescue, she unearths long-buried family secrets...Categorized as:
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Kringl by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat’s worse than crash landing on an ice planet? Discovering that it’s controlled by a twisted alien posing as Santa and his crew of terrifying elves.Kringl wants nothing more than to return to his home world, but first he’ll have to escape from the frozen world that’s kept in a state of perpetual joyless celebration. Even worse, it’s always Christmas Eve, but never Christmas Day... -
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Dark Elf's Devotion by Celeste King
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsHis gaze promised to break me……but it was his touch that ruined me for all other men.I’ve always heard that my values and convictions are useless on Protheka.How they’d be ripped from me, like everything else.I just didn’t want to be used.All that changed when my sister fell ill.To save her, I sold my soul.Now I belong to a monster... -
![Orc Rebel's Secret Baby by Celeste King]()
Orc Rebel's Secret Baby by Celeste King
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsHe died trying to protect me.Or so I thought.On a hellish Earth I created my own slice of Heaven with Agrish…until it was burned to the ground.Along with my safety.For the last year, I’ve done nothing but run.Alone. Afraid. And with a broken heart.The Burning Sun orc clan was supposed to be my refuge.But then I see him.My giant orc. Rescued and living among them.And now it's my purgatory... -
![The Orc Soldier's Secret Baby by Celeste King]()
The Orc Soldier's Secret Baby by Celeste King
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI lost my orc. But he left me with something better.One year ago, Nevarth had to leave me. I never even got a chance to say goodbye. I thought I had lost him forever.Until I felt a kick in my belly.Now a part of him lives on in his son. When I look at his son, I feel that hope. And I feel sadness at having lost Nevarth.Until the day he returns.He tells me that our love put me in danger... -
![Azari by Alana Khan]()
Azari by Alana Khan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsPhaedra thought she left her least favorite holiday behind when she moved from Earth to another planet. It’s just her luck her hunky new mayor enlists her help to plan the town’s Valentine’s Day celebration. Can you blame her for describing it more like the 1920s St... -
![Guarding His Melody by Victoria Sue]()
Guarding His Melody by Victoria Sue
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsDeaf since childhood, Sebastian Armitage had a promising musical future until his dreams were shattered when he transformed at twelve years old. In a world where enhanced humans are terrorized and imprisoned, his life shrinks around him even more as he suffers the torment of his father’s experimental research to enable him to hear...Categorized as:
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![Fate Awakened by Jocelyn Montana]()
Fate Awakened by Jocelyn Montana
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA fierce werewolf consumed by his past. A human used as bait. A connection neither expects. A MONSTER TO EVERYONE BUT HER … Hans lives only for vengeance. No more Pack. No friends. Only the dark void inside him tormenting him about his past. Yet when he meets a dark-haired beauty, desire tears through him and changes everything... -
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Nanny For The Alien Primal: A SciFi Romance by Athena Storm
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHe may be a king but my rank is higher. Its called 'mom'. One day I get a knock on my door.It’s the Drokan King.Turns out that the two orphaned kids my best friend left behind when she died are royalty.He says I need to bring them to the Palace. And I need to come be their nanny.He’ll pay me handsomely and ensure I live a life of privilege and comfort. But there’s something more... -
![The Minotaur and the Mage by Cora Crane]()
The Minotaur and the Mage by Cora Crane
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA city girl who’s inherited a small town magical storefront, the minotaur single dad next door, and a rivalry that’ll drive them both wild. I thought I had it all figured out—a thriving career in the music industry, a promotion on the horizon, and enough work to keep me distracted from my love life (or lack thereof)... -
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![Impawsible by Celia Kyle]()
Impawsible by Celia Kyle
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA wererabbit and a tiger-wolf hybrid? Impawsible! Wererabbit Bethany Buchanan hopes she can create a new life in Deals Gap, North Carolina. Home to the weird, wacky, and unwanted, it should be a place where she doesn’t have to hide (much) and can be herself (mostly). When she meets Carter, a hotter than hot tiger-wolf hybrid, she knows she’s found her new home...Categorized as:
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![Gantz/13 by Hiroya Oku]()
Gantz/13 by Hiroya Oku
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsDinosaurs. Seriously, can the frantic world of Gantz get any more scary? How about a giant doughboy with crazy fangs and a strange outie bellybutton? Yeah, it's not just scary; it's a very strange world for Kei!. At least this time the Gantz crew have a new weapon! It's an awesome state-of-the-art uni-motorcycle thing! And one of the characters uses a massive space samurai sword... -
![Circus Save Me by K.A. Knight, Erin O'Kane]()
Circus Save Me by K.A. Knight, Erin O'Kane
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt's been over thirty years since the bombs dropped that almost decimated the planet. The fallout changed not only the animals and the landscape, but the people too. Freaks they called them; outcasts of society and hunted for their powers. The Circus has the only people to openly flaunt them, offering a haven for the lost and the damned... -
![Hallowed Bond by Eressë]()
Hallowed Bond by Eressë
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTime and circumstances may force true lovers apart but the tie that binds them can never be fully severed. When Dylen Teris and Riodan Leyhar meet one harsh winter in the dual-gendered realm of Ylandre, neither expects the encounter to lead to a fast friendship and abiding love... -
![The Orc's Secret Baby by Celeste King]()
The Orc's Secret Baby by Celeste King
On a ruined world, I fell in love with a monster.And now he’s back.Not that it matters.He is an orc warrior. I am a human woman.Amid a blasted Earth ruined by invasion, Yggy was always kind to me. His handsome face caused me to fall in love.Until one night, when I realized his love for me would lead to my death.Against all protests from my heart, I had to leave Yggy...Categorized as:
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![Sugar and Splice by Alana Khan]()
Sugar and Splice by Alana Khan
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan Jenna tame Noble, the half-man/half-lion with an insatiable appetite for more than pastries, or is their sizzling chemistry a recipe for disaster? Jenna As Noble's mentor in the bakery, I never expected to be whisked away by a lion-man who craves more than just my yummy treats. His fierce loyalty and tantalizing presence are ingredients for passion...
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