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Becoming A Vincent by C.M. Owens
When you live in a place where “turbo speed” internet is a slight step above dial-up, men carry on nine-year beard-growing challenges out of stubborn pride, and your brothers do things like nail all your panties to the outside of your cabin just for funsies, you tend to be a little crazy. You can call it a "locational" hazard, if you will. That’s Tomahawk for you... -
![Wild Open Hearts by Kathryn Nolan]()
Wild Open Hearts by Kathryn Nolan
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 23 ratings“I’ve heard that boys with motorcycles have less-than-noble intentions.” “Not a boy,” Beck said. “And you heard right.” Luna da Rosa is America’s Vegan Best Friend. The self-made billionaire is a flower-crowned hippie whose Instagram feed is as popular as Wild Heart - her vegan makeup company. When she’s not changing the cosmetics industry, she’s dazzling her online fans with kombucha recipes... -
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![Sleeper by Kayley Loring]()
Sleeper by Kayley Loring
SHANE MILLER SLEEP DIARY: Went to bed at: Late. How long it took to fall asleep: Forever. I have insomnia. Duh. Number of caffeinated beverages you had consumed: Zero. Thanks for advising me to quit! My stress level is off the charts. I can’t sleep right on a normal day, and lately my days are filled with the best kind of chaos... -
![Ick Factor by Morgan Elizabeth]()
Ick Factor by Morgan Elizabeth
Kat has never been on more than seven dates with a man before catching the dreaded ick. That’s all it takes to realize he’s not the one for her. It’s usually something small—the way he puts ice in his cup, drinks his coffee, or his preferred name in the bedroom, but it’s enough to make her realize she could never spend an eternity with him...Categorized as:
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![Snowflakes Over The Starfish Café by Jessica Redland]()
Snowflakes Over The Starfish Café by Jessica Redland
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWelcome to The Starfish Café - where you will find stunning views, delicious food and lifelong friendships.Two broken hearts.Since she inherited The Starfish Café, Hollie has poured her heart into the business, striving to keep her mother's traditions and warm-hearted spirit alive... -
![One Day Fiance by Lauren Landish]()
One Day Fiance by Lauren Landish
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsI’m Poppy Woodstock.Romance author and wholehearted believer in Happily Ever Afters.A terminal case of writer’s block should be my biggest worry. Then I crash into him—literally—and fall into the most gorgeous pair of blue eyes I’ve ever seen. Connor Bradley.Thief, rebel… and my new neighbor.One slip with the bad boy next door, and my life becomes stranger than any fiction I could ever write... -
![Faking Christmas (Christmas Escape) by Cindy Steel]()
Faking Christmas (Christmas Escape) by Cindy Steel
One little white lie.That's all it took. Now I'm suddenly having to fake-date my work nemesis to get me through a week at a Vermont Christmas lodge with my family.The problem? I can't stand Miles Taylor. Not only that, but I don't date people I work with. But I can handle it. I've had practice faking my emotions for years. So it shouldn't matter that Miles never lets me get away with anything...Categorized as:
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![Playbook by Rebecca Jenshak]()
Playbook by Rebecca Jenshak
From USA Today bestselling author Rebecca Jenshak comes a standalone fake dating sports romance. This steamy, grumpy / sunshine football romance delivers a swoony and emotional happily ever after. Brogan Six’s fan mail has been filling my mailbox for weeks. With every lipstick covered letter I receive, my irritation with him grows...Categorized as:
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![How to Kiss Your Enemy by Jenny Proctor]()
How to Kiss Your Enemy by Jenny Proctor
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHow is it possible for the chemistry between two chefs to be hotter than a ghost pepper yet colder than liquid nitrogen?When THE Tatum Elliott shows up to run the catering kitchen at my family’s farm and event center, I don’t trust her anymore than I did back in culinary school.But like it or not, she’s here. On my territory. My turf...Categorized as:
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![Doughn't Let Me Go by Teagan Hunter]()
Doughn't Let Me Go by Teagan Hunter
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt was just supposed to be one night. No kissing. No feelings. A wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am tangle in the sheets and we go our own ways. Only it’s a small town, and I was bound to run into the irresistible Porter Jones again. I just didn’t expect it to be at my job interview…which he’s conducting... -
![Nothing But It All by Adriana Locke]()
Nothing But It All by Adriana Locke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author Adriana Locke comes a warm and romantic novel about a marriage in trouble, two conspiring kids, and the meaning of long-lasting love. After twenty years, the cracks in Lauren Reed’s marriage are showing. She and her husband, Jack, feel more like roommates than a loving couple...Categorized as:
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![Are We There Yet? by Savannah Scott]()
Are We There Yet? by Savannah Scott
A vintage VW van. Four friends. A cross-country road trip.It will be the best adventure of my life, if only I can shake the feelings I have for Cameron .Cameron Reeves is as gorgeous as his name makes him sound.He’s about six feet tall, which is the height I always wrote in my ideal man list in my journal. Yes. I have a list of qualities I want in a man...Categorized as:
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![Be Mine This Time by M.A. Clarke Scott, MaryAnn Clarke]()
Be Mine This Time by M.A. Clarke Scott, MaryAnn Clarke
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the award-winning author of The Art of Enchantment, comes Be Mine This Time, a compelling, heart-warming story of second chances, divided loyalties and the power of love to heal the wounds of the past. Vancouver family mediator Kate O’Day adores her work in couple’s reconciliation, despite her own tragic history with relationships... -
![Head Over Heels by Karla Sorensen]()
Head Over Heels by Karla Sorensen
There’s only one course of action when your dad wants you to marry a clammy-handed wimp to make one of his board members happy—you get yourself stuck in an elevator with a hot stranger and have the steamiest make-out session of your life... -
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![Finn Rhodes Forever by Stephanie Archer]()
Finn Rhodes Forever by Stephanie Archer
The guy who broke my heart is now an arrogant, too-hot firefighter… who’s hellbent on getting me back.This summer, I have one goal: field work. I need it to finish my PhD. I never expected Finn Rhodes to offer help. He broke my heart twelve years ago, and now that he’s back in town, I want nothing to do with him.Finn wants one thing—me.We were inseparable as kids until everything changed... -
![The Worst Wedding Date by Pippa Grant]()
The Worst Wedding Date by Pippa Grant
He’s a tattooed shirtless bad boy. My best friend’s brother. And the jerk on the other side of my bed.I didn’t know bridesmaid was code for babysitter for the bride’s brother , but if that’s what my best friend needs of me for her dream wedding to go off without a hitch, that’s what I’ll do.Even if Theo Monroe has been a pain in my rear since third grade... -
![Mourning Wood by Heather M. Orgeron]()
Mourning Wood by Heather M. Orgeron
She’s hard up.He’s just hard…After an ill-fated one-night stand, Wyatt Landry was the last person I ever expected to see again.By design, mind you, as I spent the last two years avoiding him.He was only ever meant to be a good time—a really good time—and now, thanks to one teensy little mistake, he’s back in my life and wielding an entirely different set of tools...Categorized as:
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![Meet Hate Love: An Enemies to Lovers Romantic Comedy by Stevie J. Cole]()
Meet Hate Love: An Enemies to Lovers Romantic Comedy by Stevie J. Cole
I hated Vance Morgan, my arrogant office mate, more than anyone in the world. And yet, there I was, on a Paris-bound flight, cramped in the small space by his six-foot-four, arrogant frame. And why? Because after the sexy, thieving bastard stole my dream assignment, I found out he had a Lonely Fans page. One dedicated to pictures of his man-meat stick in front of world monuments...Categorized as:
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![Jed Had to Die by Tara Sivec]()
Jed Had to Die by Tara Sivec
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe happiest day of Payton Lambert's life was the day she graduated high school and watched Bald Knob, Kentucky get smaller and smaller in her rearview mirror. She wanted more for her life than a tiny town where everyone knows your business and you can’t find a decent cup of coffee for at least forty miles...Categorized as:
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![Chasing Christmas Eve by Jill Shalvis]()
Chasing Christmas Eve by Jill Shalvis
Meet cute... Run for the hills—temporarily . That's Colbie Albright's plan when she flees New York for San Francisco. Wrangling her crazy family by day and writing a bestselling YA fantasy series by night has taken its toll. In short, Colbie's so over it that she's under it. She's also under the waters of a historic San Francisco fountain within an hour of arrival... -
![Laws of Physics: Space by Penny Reid, Fiona Fischer]()
Laws of Physics: Space by Penny Reid, Fiona Fischer
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsAll she wants is forgiveness, and all he wants is revenge... From the New York Times Bestselling Author Penny ReidOne week.Private cabin.Famous physicist.Still an unrepentant slacker...Categorized as:
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![How to Kiss a Movie Star by Jenny Proctor]()
How to Kiss a Movie Star by Jenny Proctor
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHe’s Hollywood’s biggest star. She wouldn’t know him from the pizza delivery guy.I’m a wildlife biologist in a tiny mountain town, not some kind of law-breaking celebrity stalker. At least not on purpose.It was an accident when I wandered onto the property of one of Hollywood’s hottest movie stars. Five minutes ago, I'd never even heard of Flint Hawthorne... -
![The Quit List by Katie Bailey]()
The Quit List by Katie Bailey
He quit believing in love a long time ago. She won't quit until she finds The One... and he's everything she's NOT looking for. Holly Greene is on a mission to find her happily ever after. And her journey to love does not include a detour to Bad Boy Bartenderville, population Jax Grainger...Categorized as:
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![This Is Love by Melissa Foster]()
This Is Love by Melissa Foster
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFall in love in Harmony Pointe, where hearts are lost, found, and sometimes misplaced…and everyone get a happy ever after. If a woman can’t find love in the quaint town of Harmony Pointe, it’s sure to find them—whether they’re looking for it or not. Here, the remaining single Dalton siblings are about to discover that they’re next in line to get swept away by love...Categorized as:
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![Winter Kisses at Roseford Hall by Fay Keenan]()
Winter Kisses at Roseford Hall by Fay Keenan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHollywood comes to Roseford, as Christmas wishes really do come true...The sleepy Somerset village of Roseford is the temporary home for the cast and crew of the latest Christmas movie, and there's an excitement in the air that can't be ignored. When Lucy Cameron, the owner of Roseford Cafe, is asked to fulfil a last-minute catering order on set, she can't believe her luck... -
![A Winter Warmer at the Little Cornish Kitchen by Jane Linfoot]()
A Winter Warmer at the Little Cornish Kitchen by Jane Linfoot
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings‘Sparkling, laugh-out-loud, romantic’ Phillipa AshleySt Aidan: a cosy Cornish village where friendships are made for life and it’s always cocktail hour somewhere…A clean slate in the world’s cosiest cottage by the sea…When Gwen Starkey and her best friend, Ella Simpson, arrive in St Aidan to take on a cottage renovation, it’s the fresh start they both so desperately need... -
![A Fish Out of Water by Savannah Scott]()
A Fish Out of Water by Savannah Scott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI knew trying to make a fresh start on Marbella Island would mean reinventing myself.I'm only here while I work my way up to my dream role in a major motion picture in Hollywood.Which explains why I took a role playing a mermaid in the island production of In So Deep . What I didn't count on?Ben. The charmer who just took a job as a water sports instructor.Everyone loves Ben.Everyone but me... -
![Double or Nothing by Cindy Steel]()
Double or Nothing by Cindy Steel
My best friend’s older brother is back in town.Do I care? Not one bit. Logan may have been my childhood crush, but I’ve always been little Tessa to him. Not to mention, he’s turned into a shallow flirt and I’m not looking to get played again.What’s the problem, you ask? (Besides all the flirting...Categorized as:
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![Love and Other Conspiracies by Mallory Marlowe]()
Love and Other Conspiracies by Mallory Marlowe
The hardest thing for a paranormal conspiracy theorist and a web series producer to believe in is finding love in this swoony debut romantic comedy. Hallie Barrett's life has imploded after she's dumped by her hotshot ex, who also happens to be her coworker and the star of the online series she was producing. Without a new show to present for the company competition, she’ll be out of a job...Categorized as:
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![A Fish Out of Water by Savannah Scott]()
A Fish Out of Water by Savannah Scott
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI knew trying to make a fresh start on Marbella Island would mean reinventing myself.I'm only here while I work my way up to my dream role in a major motion picture in Hollywood.Which explains why I took a role playing a mermaid in the island production of In So Deep . What I didn't count on?Ben. The charmer who just took a job as a water sports instructor.Everyone loves Ben.Everyone but me... -
![Laws of Physics: Time by Penny Reid, Fiona Fischer]()
Laws of Physics: Time by Penny Reid, Fiona Fischer
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsListening time 7 hours 44 minutesFrom the New York Times Bestselling Author Penny ReidLaws of Physics is the second trilogy in the Hypothesis series; Laws of Physics parts 1 (MOTION) & 2 (SPACE) end with a cliffhanger.A (brokenhearted) physicist.Now an infamous (who is LITERALLY EVERYWHERE!! UGH!) musician.The worst has already happened... -
![Beachy Keen by Kasey Stockton]()
Beachy Keen by Kasey Stockton
He has it all, except the one thing money can't buy: her heart.When Cat Keene finds a medical bill with the horrendous words final notice stamped across the front, she learns two things: first, her uncle/the man who raised her is keeping things from her for the first time in her life...Categorized as:
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![Broken Miles by Claire Kingsley]()
Broken Miles by Claire Kingsley
“What I really wanted was her.” This trip home would be a hell of a lot easier if she wasn’t here. Zoe. My ex-wife. Fixing the broken finances of my family’s winery is a little below my pay grade. But if I don’t help, they might lose their land. The trouble is, she’s everywhere , and I can’t avoid her. Seeing Zoe again dredges up feelings I’d rather ignore. Hurt. Regret. Desire...Categorized as:
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![Where Time Stands Still by N.S. Perkins]()
Where Time Stands Still by N.S. Perkins
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsTwenty-six-year-old Wren Lawson knows she will soon forget who she is. With early familial Alzheimer’s disease written in her genes, it’s a fact she’s wrapped her whole life around; to indulge in friends or romance is a risk for everyone around her—one she’s not keen on taking. Throwing herself into her work as a lawyer is the only thing she can do... -
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![Mine To Cherish by Natasha Madison]()
Mine To Cherish by Natasha Madison
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThings are supposed to go smoothly on your wedding day.Aren't they?ClarabellaDid I want to get married today?It's hard to say when he proposed in front of over a hundred people.Everything happened so fast, and I thought it was just nerves.It was not.The knock on the door showed me that what I was feeling was more than just cold feet.I was a runaway bride... -
![The Daddy Dilemma by Angel Devlin, Tracy Lorraine]()
The Daddy Dilemma by Angel Devlin, Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsHe’s my brother’s best friend. It was hate at first sight. Brandon I’ve been hiding away at home, focusing on work and not much else, certainly not myself. But my best friend’s about to tie the knot and forces a makeover on me. Suddenly women are falling at my feet, including my worst nightmare, his sister, after too many drinks. Now I can’t get her out of my mind. My dilemma... -
![Maybe in Fifty by Irene Bahrd]()
Maybe in Fifty by Irene Bahrd
"Night isn’t over until one of us has to leave."After my latest book release didn’t do as well as I’d hoped, I need a distraction. Flirting with a hot Scot in a hotel bar is the perfect solution.It certainly beats drowning my sorrows with whiskey sours.For one night, I’ll forget about my book and allow myself to be charmed by a stranger… one who could ruin me if I dare to ask for more... -
![The Baby Clause by Melanie Moreland]()
The Baby Clause by Melanie Moreland
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsThis is a chapter for charity - all profits to go the Keith Milano Memorial Fund. A glimpse into Richard and Katy's future. Reading the book The Contract first is highly recommended. Contains spoilers... -
![Wild Steamy Hook-Up by Piper Rayne]()
Wild Steamy Hook-Up by Piper Rayne
He’s the quiet brooding guy who’s owned my heart since I was sixteen but has refused to claim it. I’m the naïve woman who believes that someday our time will come.I just didn’t realize that someday would include waking up in Vegas with a raging hangover and a ring on my finger... -
![Redneck Santa Saves Christmas by Roxie Noir]()
Redneck Santa Saves Christmas by Roxie Noir
I'll admit it: I'm a damsel, and I'm in distress.It's Christmas Eve. It's snowing like crazy. My car's in a ditch.The only thing more distressing is the guy who stops to help me: good old Saint Nick.Obviously, it's a costume. Less obviously, underneath the fake beard is Grady, a guy I'd hoped never to see again...Categorized as:
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![Love Inn Books by Erin Branscom]()
Love Inn Books by Erin Branscom
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe doesn’t believe in love.She’s a romantic at heart.He’s her sworn enemy…and her new boss.Preston Steele is a buttoned up, Ivy League lawyer from an affluent prominent Boston family.He ditches the city life and moves to small town Freedom Valley to start over where he finally feels like he belongs.His new friends think he could use some fun and love in his life... -
![British Black Sheep (Cocky Hero Club) by Lauren Smith]()
British Black Sheep (Cocky Hero Club) by Lauren Smith
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn arrogant Brit might just be the right cup of tea for her…He is exactly the kind of man Brie Honeyweather swore never to love…or lust after ever a sexy, arrogant, British bad boy in a designer suit. Alec is the last person Brie wants to be stuck on an international flight to London with, but hey…at least they’re in first class... -
![Puffin Bay by Annie Dyer]()
Puffin Bay by Annie Dyer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHeartbreak led me to Puffin Bay, searching for peace in a small, coastal town. Four years later, my bar is thriving and my next business is just what the town needs. It doesn’t need Roman Tominey. Arrogant, city-boy, suit-wearing grump - he knows how to push every one of my buttons, and after an evening of bad decisions, he knows how to push that one too...Categorized as:
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![Jingle Bell Games: A Steamy Holiday Novella by Cat Wynn]()
Jingle Bell Games: A Steamy Holiday Novella by Cat Wynn
Lara Blunt is a grouch, but she’s a grouch who works at the merriest little Christmas shop in town, The Jingle Bell. Lara can’t wait for her Christmas Eve shift to end so she can sulk at home by herself with a bottle of rum. Her manager (and the owner’s son!) Leo Nicoli, on the other hand, is full of holiday cheer, and he’s had his eyes on Lara since the day she stomped into his store... -
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![A Lodge Affair by Rachel LaBerge]()
A Lodge Affair by Rachel LaBerge
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIvy Lawson loves a to-do list, hates surprises, and the only outdoor activity she’s interested in is brunch on a patio. After catching her long-term boyfriend—and co-worker—cheating, she’s thrown into leading a high-profile client event at The Emerald Canopy Lodge. AKA: her nightmare destination. Ivy finds herself desperate and anxious to get her job done and leave the lodge as soon as possible... -
![The Fast Lane by Sharon M. Peterson]()
The Fast Lane by Sharon M. Peterson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA totally hilarious friends-to-lovers, brother’s best friend romantic comedyHe’s the only person who can give me a ride to my brother’s wedding, and he’s also the one man I absolutely CANNOT have feelings for. My brother’s best friend is strictly off limits… Isn’t he?I should have known my mom would go totally overboard packing for my brother’s big day... -
![Christmas in Paradise by Brittany Larsen]()
Christmas in Paradise by Brittany Larsen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCould an innocent fling turn into the real thing?I only want two things out of life: a career as a wedding planner extraordinaire and for Mom to stop treating me like a kid. Is that too much to ask? Probably.That is, until I get the chance to plan a televised, Christmas-themed wedding a thousand miles away from Mom in Paradise, Idaho. It seems like all my dreams might be coming true... -
![A Manny for Christmas by Sara Madderson]()
A Manny for Christmas by Sara Madderson
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsMOLLYSingle parenting is not what Nancy Meyers made it out to be. There isn’t a hydrangea or hot younger doctor in sight. Not even a charming widower with an improbably festive home.Instead, my life is all flaky ex-husband, messy kitchen, grimy (if gorgeous) kids, and an alarm call at the arse-crack of dawn each day. To top it off, I have no childcare. I’m desperate...Categorized as:
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![Rebel Without A Claus by Emma Hart]()
Rebel Without A Claus by Emma Hart
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChristmas is the most wonderful time of the year—unless you’re Quinn Langley.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀I’ve hated the festive season for as long as I can remember, but this year really takes the chestnut. My family has run Snow Cove’s grotto for the past sixty years, but when my dad—our resident Santa Claus—gets the flu, it’s down to me to find a new Santa and save Christmas... -
![That Time I Kissed The Groomsman Grump by Julie Christianson]()
That Time I Kissed The Groomsman Grump by Julie Christianson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBRADYYeah, I shouldn’t have kissed Natalie Slater.Not on the porch. Or at the beach. Or in the storage closet. Especially not the storage closet. But to be fair, she kissed me first. Six months later, I’m still thinking about it.Trouble is, I’ve made promises that tie me to our small town, while Natalie can’t wait to escape. I’ve got no business pursuing her or my secret ambitions...Categorized as:
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