0 [Rezension] "Under His Wrath" von Rhea Harp (Devils and Pretty Sins #2)

Autorin: Rhea Harp
Reihe: Devils and Pretty Sins, Band 2
Genre: Dark Romance
Verlag: Selfpublishing
Format: eBook
Seiten: 246
ISBN: 979-8307527627
Erschienen: 01/2025
Preis: 3,45 €
Sprache: englisch
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The angel basks in the dying light…

I claimed my best friend's sister and made her mine.

Now she's in the hands of my enemy and I’ll burn this world down to get her back.

I tried so hard to stay away. To keep her out of my dangerous life.

But she’s been my secret obsession for far too long…

They took her thinking I’d hold back on my wrath for the sake of this country. But they couldn’t be more wrong.

I’m the fire spreading across their cities. I’m the poison that leaks down their throats.

Ruthless.
Brutal.
Psychotic.

I’m the monster I always keep hidden from the world, only this time I get to let it out.

But when my mission ends and I get Dove back in my arms, she returns with a secret.

A secret so big and deadly that it shreds my cold hard to pieces and brings me to my knees for the first time.

Will I make it out alive in time to mend her broken mind, body, and heart?

And will she continue to love me after she finds out what I’ve done?

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0 [Rezension] "Under His Command" von Rhea Harp (Devils and Pretty Sins #1)

Autorin: Rhea Harp
Reihe: Devils and Pretty Sins, Band 1
Genre: Dark Romance
Verlag: Selfpublishing
Format: eBook
Seiten: 205
ISBN: 979-8333802507
Erschienen: 07/2024
Preis: 3,45 €
Sprache: englisch
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The devil comes out to play in the dark…

Rowan King is the cold and ruthless commander of the armed forces.
I'm at my weakest when he first sees me.
He tastes my tears and calls me a good girl when I obey his commands.
And when I don't, he makes me earn my forgiveness. Hard.
I hate what he does to me and hate that I like it even more.
But running away isn't an option.
His hunger for me overwhelms my defenses.
And he’s my only hope in a dangerous world governed by a secret society.
He tells me he protects what's his…
But is Rowan's protection worth the price?
And can my fragile heart withstand the powerful grip of this devil?

0 [Rezension] "The Mindf*ck Series" von S.T. Abby

Autorin: S.T. Abby
Reihe: The Mindf*ck Series, Buch 1 bis 5
Genre: Dark Romance
Format: eBook
Seiten: 638
ISBN: 978-1091074699
Erschienen: 04/2019
Preis: ca. 2 € pro eBook 
Sprache: englisch
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They took too much.
Left too little.
I had nothing to lose... until him.
I didn't expect him.
I didn't want to fall in love.
But I can't let him go.
Logan Bennett makes the world a safer place.
He's brilliant.
He's a hero.
He locks away the sick and depraved.
But while he's saving lives, I'm taking them. Collecting the debts that are owed to me.
Ten years ago, they took from me. They left me for dead.
They should have made sure I stayed dead.
Now I'm taking from them.
One name at a time.
I've trained for too long.
I've been patient.
I can't stop now.
Revenge is best served cold...
They never see me coming, until I paint their walls red.
Logan doesn't know how they hurt me. He doesn't know about the screams they ignored. He doesn't know how twisted that town really is.
He just knows people are dying.
He doesn't know he's in love with their killer.
No one suspects a dead girl.
And Logan doesn't suspect the girl in his bed.
They're looking for a monster.
Not a girl who loves red.
Not a girl in love.
I'm a faceless nightmare.
At least until I tell them the story they've pretended never happened.
But in the end, will Logan choose them? Or will we watch them burn together?

0 [Rezension] "Satan's Affair" von H. D. Carlton

Autorin: H.D. Carlton
Reihe: Cat and Mouse Duet, Vorgeschichte
Genre: Dark Romance
Format: eBook
Seiten: 197
ISBN: 978-1957635224
Erschienen: 04/2021
Preis: 2,74 €
Sprache: englisch
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Every Halloween, Satan's Affair will come to you.

We travel the country, offering terrifying haunted houses, thrilling rides and the tastiest food. And with every passing town, I cleanse this world, one execution at a time.

I hide within the walls, casting my judgement for those that reek of evil, singing lullabies to their rotting souls.

Once you've been chosen, there's no escaping my henchmen—they cater to my every desire.

You can run and you can hide, but it only excites me.

Come.

Take a walk through my dollhouse, where your screams will blend and your cute little pleas will go unanswered.

But I can't promise it'll be over quickly...

0 [Abgebrochen] "Spookily Yours" von Jennifer Chipman (Witches of Pleasant Grove #1)

 

Autorin: Jennifer Chipman
Reihe: Witches of Pleasant Grove, Band 1
Genre: Romantic Fantasy
Verlag: Independently published
Format: eBook
Seiten: 244
ISBN: 979-8861258401
Erschienen: 10/2023
Preis: 2,77 €
Sprache: Englisch
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My cat is a demon.
No, that's not a joke. An actual, real life demon. And he needs my help to break a curse.
But what happens when that turns into more?
It can never be forever, and yet... I'm falling in love with him anyway.

0 [Rezension] "Leather & Lark" von Brynne Weaver (The Ruinous Love #2)

Autorin: Brynne Weaver
Reihe: The Ruinous Love, Band 2
Genre: Dark Romance
Verlag: Piatkus
Format: eBook
Seiten: 416
ISBN: 978-1638931799
Erschienen: 06/2024
Preis: 0,99 €
Sprache: Englisch
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Contract killer Lachlan Kane wants a quiet life working in his leather studio and forgetting all about his traumatic past. But when he botches a job for his boss’s biggest client, Lachlan knows he’ll never claw his way out of the underworld. At least, not until songbird Lark Montague offers him a deal: use his skills to hunt down a killer and she’ll find a way to secure his freedom. The catch? He has to marry her first.

And they can’t stand each other.

Indie singer-songwriter Lark is the sunshine and glitter that burns through every cloud and clings to every crevice that Lachlan Kane tries to hide inside. The surly older brother of her best friend’s soulmate, Lachlan thinks she’s just a privileged princess, but Lark has plenty of secrets hiding in the shadows of her bright light. With her formidable family in a tailspin and her best friend’s happiness on the line, she’s willing to make a vow to the man she’s determined to hate, no matter how tempting the broody assassin might be.

As Lachlan and Lark navigate the dark world that binds them together, it becomes impossible to discern their fake marriage from a real one. But it’s not just familiar dangers that haunt them.

There’s another phantom lurking on their doorstep.

And this one has come for blood. 

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0 [Abgebrochen] "Haunting Adeline" von H. D. Carlton (Cat and Mouse Duet #1)

Autorin: H.D. Carlton
Reihe: Cat and Mouse Duet, Band 1
Genre: Dark Romance, Stalker Romance
Format: eBook
Seiten: 608
ISBN: 978-1957635002
Erschienen: 08/2021
Preis: 4,58 €
Sprache: englisch
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The Manipulator

I can manipulate the emotions of anyone who lets me.
I will make you hurt, make you cry, make you laugh and sigh.
But my words don't affect him. Especially not when I plead for him to leave.
He's always there, watching and waiting.
And I can never look away.
Not when I want him to come closer.

The Shadow

I didn't mean to fall in love.
But now that I have, I can't stay away.
I'm mesmerized by her smile, by her eyes, and the way she moves.
The way she undresses...
I'll keep watching and waiting. Until I can make her mine.
And once she is, I'll never let her go.
Not even when she begs me to.

0 [Rezension] "Credence" von Penelope Douglas

Autorin: Penelope Douglas
Genre: Dark Romance
Verlag: Independently published
Format: eBook
Seiten: 470 
ISBN: 9781660089055
Erschienen: 01/2020
Preis: 4,60 €
Sprache: Englisch
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Tiernan de Haas doesn’t care about anything anymore. The only child of a film producer and his starlet wife, she’s grown up with wealth and privilege but not love or guidance. Shipped off to boarding schools from an early age, it was still impossible to escape the loneliness and carve out a life of her own. The shadow of her parents’ fame followed her everywhere.

And when they suddenly pass away, she knows she should be devastated. But has anything really changed? She’s always been alone, hasn’t she?

Jake Van der Berg, her father’s stepbrother and her only living relative, assumes guardianship of Tiernan who is still two months shy of eighteen. Sent to live with him and his two sons, Noah and Kaleb, in the mountains of Colorado, Tiernan soon learns that these men now have a say in what she chooses to care and not care about anymore. As the three of them take her under their wing, teach her to work and survive in the remote woods far away from the rest of the world, she slowly finds her place among them.

And as a part of them.

She also realizes that lines blur and rules become easy to break when no one else is watching.

One of them has her.

The other one wants her.

But he…

He’s going to keep her.

0 [Rezension] "Darius" von J.R. Ward

Autorin: J.R. Ward
Reihe: Black Dagger
Genre: Romantic Fantasy, Vampire
Verlag: Gallery Books 
Format: eBook
Seiten: 320
ISBN: 978-1-6680-3540-5
Erschienen: 09/2023
Preis: 12,85 €
Sprache: Englisch
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Darius, son of Marklon, isn't looking for love the night destiny comes to claim him. He's also not interested in crashing his new car. But when a human woman runs out into the road and he must swerve to avoid killing her . . . everything goes off course.
Disillusioned by his King's lack of leadership and the losses in the war against the Lessening Society, Darius finds purpose in protecting a woman he cannot make his own. Love finds a way, however - until the truth of what he is comes out and she leaves him in horror.
Unbeknownst to them both, Anne is carrying his young, a female who is destined to be Queen - and after a tragic reunion, he vows to protect their daughter. Resigned to perpetual sadness, he is determined to serve the memory of his beloved no matter the cost...unless by some miracle, fate sees fit to once again bring them together.

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0 [Rezension] "Older" von Jennifer Hartmann

Autorin: Jennifer Hartmann
Genre: Romance
Verlag: Selfpublishing
Format: eBook
Seiten: 434 
ISBN: 979-8321809358
Erschienen: 04/2024
Preis: 4,70 €
Sprache: Englisch
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Before he discovered my age, he uncovered my heart.

Bruised and abused, and victim to a loveless household, I shimmered with new life the moment he found me drowning my sorrows in a lake beneath the stars.
A chance encounter. An unspoken connection.
I was smitten; he was curious.
But, as everyone knew, fate could be decidedly cruel.
He called me Halley, like the comet.
I called him Reed.
And my best friend?
Well…she called him Dad.

0 [Rezension] "Butcher & Blackbird" von Brynne Weaver (The Ruinous Love #1)

Autorin: Brynne Weaver
Reihe: The Ruinous Love, Band 1
Genre: Dark Romance
Verlag: Piatkus
Format: eBook
Seiten: 352
ISBN: 978-0-349-44156-6
Erschienen: 12/2023
Preis: 0,99 €
Sprache: Englisch
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A friends-to-lovers dark romantic comedy full of murder, chaos, and spice, unlike anything you’ve read before.

Every serial killer needs a friend.

Every game must have a winner.

When a chance encounter sparks an unlikely bond between rival murderers Sloane and Rowan, the two find something elusive—the friendship of a like-minded, pitch-black soul. From small town West Virginia to upscale California, from downtown Boston to rural Texas, the two hunters collide in an annual game of blood and suffering, one that pits them against the most dangerous monsters in the country.

But as their friendship develops into something more, the restless ghosts left in their wake are only a few steps behind, ready to claim more than just their newfound love.

Can Rowan and Sloane dig themselves out of a game of graves?

Or have they finally met their match?

0 [Rezension] "Blood Truth" von J.R. Ward (Black Dagger Legacy #4)

Autorin: J.R. Ward
Reihe: Black Dagger Legacy, Band 4
Genre: Romantic Fantasy, Vampire
Verlag: Piatkus
Format: eBook
Seiten: 453
ISBN: 978-3-453-32197-7
Erschienen: 08/2019
Preis: 5,49 €
Sprache: Englisch
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As a trainee in the Black Dagger Brotherhood’s program, Boone has triumphed as a soldier and now fights side by side with the Brothers. Following his sire’s unexpected death, he is taken off rotation against his protests—and he finds himself working with Butch O’Neal, former homicide cop, to catch a serial killer: Someone is targeting females of the species at a live action role play club. When the Brotherhood is called in to help, Boone insists on being a part of the effort—and the last thing he expects is to meet an enticing, mysterious female...who changes his life forever.

Ever since her sister was murdered at the club, Helania has been committed to finding the killer, no matter the danger she faces. When she crosses paths with Boone, she doesn’t know whether to trust him or not—and then she has no choice. As she herself becomes a target, and someone close to the Brotherhood is identified as the prime suspect, the two must work to together to solve the mystery...before it’s too late. Will a madman come between the lovers or will true love and goodness triumph over a very mortal evil?

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2 [Rezension] "Blood Fury" von J.R. Ward (Black Dagger Legacy #3)

Autorin: J.R. Ward
Reihe: Black Dagger Legacy, Band 3
Genre: Romantic Fantasy, Vampire
Verlag: Piatkus
Format: eBook
Seiten: 432
ISBN: 978-0349409320 
Erschienen: 01/2017
Preis: 10,99 €
Sprache: Englisch 
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A vampire aristocrat, Peyton is well aware of his duty to his bloodline: mate with an appropriate female of his class and carry on his family's traditions. And he thought he'd found his perfect match - until she fell in love with someone else. Yet when his split-second decision in a battle with the enemy endangers the life of another trainee, Peyton has to face the idea that his future, and his heart, actually lie with another.

Novo, as a female in the Black Dagger Brotherhood's training program, feels like she has to prove herself to everybody - and she has no interest in being distracted by falling in love. But when Peyton proves to be so much more than a rich playboy, she is forced to confront the tragedy that has broken her soul and closed her off from love. As the two grapple with Novo's past and Peyton's present, another couple must contend with an erotic connection that is unparalleled - and potentially scandalous.

Saxton, who has had his heart broken, discovers in himself a deep-seated attraction to Ruhn, a new member of the household. But will the other male explore the connection? Or will he close his mind and his heart to what could be true love . . . and cost Saxton everything?

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2 [Rezension] "Lord of Shadows" von Cassandra Clare (Die dunklen Mächte #2)

Autorin: Cassandra Clare
Reihe: Die dunklen Mächte, Band 2
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Verlag: Simon & Schuster
Format: Paperback
Seiten: 699
ISBN: 978-1-4711-1665-0
Erschienen: 06/2016
Preis: 15,99 €
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A Shadowhunter's life is bound by duty. Constrained by honour. The word of a Shadowhunter is a solemn pledge, and no vow is more sacred than the vow that binds parabatai, warrior partners - sworn to fight together, die together, but to never fall in love.

Emma Carstairs las learned that the love she shares with her parabatai, Julian Blackthorn, isn't just forbidden - it could destroy them both. She knows she should run from him. But how can she when the Blackthorns are threatened by enemies on all sides?

Their only hope is the Black Volume of the Dead, a spell book of terrible power. Everybody wants it. Only the Blackthorns can find it. Spurred on by a dark bargain with the Seelie Queen, Emma; her best friend Cristina; and Mark and Julian Blackthorn journey into the Courts of Faerie, where glittering revels hide bloody danger and no promise can be trusted. Meanwhile, rising tension between Shadowhunters and Downworlders has produced the Cohort, an extremist group of Shadowhunters dedicated to registering Downworlders and "unsuitable" Nephilim. They'll do anything in their power to expose Julian's secret and take the Los Angeles Institute for their own.

When Downworlders turn against the Clave, a new threat rises in the form of the Lord of Shadows - the Unseelie King, who sends his greatest warriors to slaughter those with Blackthorn blood and seize the Black Volume. As danger close in, Julian devises a risky scheme that depends on the cooperation of an unpredictable enemy. But success may vome with a price he and Emma cannot even imagine, one that will bring with it a reckoning of blood that could have repercussions for everyone and everything they hold dear.

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0 [Rezension] "The Chosen" von J.R. Ward (Black Dagger #29/30)

Autorin: J.R. Ward
Reihe: Black Dagger, Band 29 & 30
Genre: Romantic Fantasy, Vampire
Verlag: Piatkus
Format: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 521
ISBN: 978-0-349-40917-7
Erschienen: 05/2017
Preis: 12,99 €
Sprache: Englisch 
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Xcor, leader of the Band of Bastards, convicted of treason against the Blind King, is facing a brutal interrogation and torturous death at the hands of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. Yet after a life marked by cruelty and evil deeds, he accepts his soldier's fate, his sole regret the loss of a sacred female who was never his: the Chosen Layla.

Layla alone knows the truth that will save Xcor's life. But revealing his sacrifice and his hidden heritage will expose them both and destroy everything Layla holds dear - even her role of mother to her precious young. Torn between love and loyalty, she must summon the courage to stand up against the only family she has for the only man she will ever love. Yet even if Xcor is somehow granted a reprieve, he and Layla would have to confront a graver challenge: bridging the chasm that divides their worlds without paving the way for a future of even greater war, desolation and death.

As a dangerous old enemy returns to Caldwell, and the identity of a new deity is revealed, nothing is certain or safe in the world of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, not even true love . . . or destinies that have long seemed set in stone.

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0 [Rezension] "Blood Vow" von J.R. Ward (Black Dagger Legacy #2)

Autorin: J.R. Ward
Reihe: Black Dagger Legacy, Band 2
Genre: Romantic Fantasy, Vampire
Verlag: Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
Seiten: 459
ISBN: 978-0-451-47533-6
Erschienen: 12/2016
Preis: 20,95 €
Sprache: Englisch 
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The Black Dagger Brotherhood continues to train the best of the best to join them in the deadly battle against the Lessening Society. Among the new recruits, Axe proves to be a cunning and vicious fighter—and also a loner isolated because of personal tragedy. When an aristocratic female needs a bodyguard, Axe takes the job, though he’s unprepared for the animal attraction that flares between him and the one he is sworn to protect.

For Elise, who lost her first cousin to a grisly murder, Axe’s dangerous appeal is enticing—and possibly a distraction from her grief. But as they delve deeper into her cousin’s death, and their physical connection grows into so much more, Axe fears that the secrets he keeps and his tortured conscience will tear them apart.

Rhage, the Brother with the biggest heart, knows all about self-punishing, and he wants to help Axe reach his full potential. But when an unexpected arrival threatens Rhage and Mary’s new family, he finds himself back in the trenches again, fighting against a destiny that will destroy all he holds most dear.

As Axe’s past becomes known, and fate seems to be turning against Rhage, both males must reach deep—and pray that love, rather than anger, will be their lantern in the darkness.

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0 [Rezension] "Blood Kiss" von J.R. Ward (Black Dagger Legacy #1)

 

Autorin: J.R. Ward
Reihe: Black Dagger Legacy, Band 1
Genre: Romantic Fantasy, Vampire
Verlag: New American Library
Format: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 397
ISBN: 978-0-451-47500-8
Erschienen: 12/2015
Preis: 7,00 €
Sprache: Englisch 
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Paradise, blooded daughter of the king’s First Advisor, is ready to break free from the restrictive life of an aristocratic female. Her strategy? Join the Black Dagger Brotherhood’s training center program and learn to fight for herself, think for herself...be herself. It’s a good plan, until everything goes wrong. The schooling is unfathomably difficult, the other recruits feel more like enemies than allies, and it’s very clear that the Brother in charge, Butch O’Neal, a.k.a. the Dhestroyer, is having serious problems in his own life.

And that’s before she falls in love with a fellow classmate. Craeg, a common civilian, is nothing her father would ever want for her, but everything she could ask for in a male. As an act of violence threatens to tear apart the entire program, and the erotic pull between them grows irresistible, Paradise is tested in ways she never anticipated--and left wondering whether she’s strong enough to claim her own power...on the field, and off.

0 [Rezension] "The Beast" von J.R. Ward (Black Dagger #27/28)

Autorin: J.R. Ward
Reihe: Black Dagger, Band 27 & 28
Genre: Romantic Fantasy, Vampire
Verlag: New American Library
Format: Hardcover
Seiten: 508
ISBN: 978-0-349-40912-2
Erschienen: 04/2016
Preis: 15,70 €
Sprache: Englisch 
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Nothing is as it used to be for the Black Dagger Brotherhood. After avoiding war with the Shadows, alliances have shifted and lines have been drawn. The slayers of the Lessening Society are stronger than ever, preying on human weakness to acquire more money, more weapons, more power. But as the Brotherhood readies for an all-out attack on them, one of their own fights a battle within himself…

For Rhage, the Brother with the biggest appetites, but also the biggest heart, life was supposed to be perfect—or at the very least, perfectly enjoyable. Mary, his beloved shellan, is by his side and his King and his brothers are thriving. But Rhage can’t understand—or control—the panic and insecurity that plague him, terrify him ... and distance him from his mate.

After suffering injury in battle, Rhage must reassess his priorities. The answer, when it comes to him, rocks his world...and Mary’s. But Mary is on a journey of her own, one that will either bring them closer together or cause a split that neither will recover from...

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5 [Rezension] "The Shadows" von J.R. Ward (Black Dagger #25/26)

Autorin: J.R. Ward
Reihe: Black Dagger, Band 25 & 26
Genre: Romantic Fantasy, Vampire
Verlag: New American Library
Format: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 576
ISBN: 978-0-451-47500-8
Erschienen: 03/2015
Preis: 13,91 €
Sprache: Englisch 
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Sold by his parents to the Queen of the s’Hisbe as a child, Trez escaped the Territory and has been a pimp and an enforcer for years. On the run from a destiny of sexual servitude, he’s never been able to rely on anyone...except for his brother, iAm. iAm’s sole goal has always been to keep his brother from self-destructing—and he knows he’s failed. It’s not until the Chosen Selena enters Trez’s life that the male begins to turn things around...but by then, it’s too late. The pledge to mate the Queen’s daughter comes due, and there is nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, and no negotiating. Now Trez must decide whether to endanger himself and others—or abandon the female he loves. When tragedy strikes and changes everything, iAm, in the name of brotherly love, is faced with making the ultimate sacrifice.... 

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