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December 2001 Releases
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Georgia Bockoven
Another Summer, Harper, ISBN 0380818655
The quaint little beach house perched on the Pacifics edge is a haven
for those seeking refuge from lifes tempests. This season the tenants
renting the secluded cottage by the sea are differentyet each is
searching for something. A young mother wracked with guilt and
despair over a tragic death; a beautiful, successful lawyer denying the
passion shes never known ... and always desired; a little boy with no
laughter in his life; a man and a woman parted for twenty years, who
never stopped loving each other. This is where they bring their pain,
their broken hearts, their courage, and their dreams. And in this
magical summer, this is where their dreams will come true.
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Taylor Chase
Heart of Night, Harper, ISBN 0061012904
They call Sir Adrian Thorne a dangerous man-and seek to jail him for untold crimes! Yet from
the moment Lady Claire Darren feels the touch of his strong hand, she knows the lord is
honorable. But as soon as the mysterious, arrestingly handsome Adrian stokes her fiery
passions with a kiss, he demands that the lady keep her distance. It is a command Claire is
powerless to follow, for she has fallen helplessly, hopelessly in love. Adrian can ignore
his feelings no longer. He needs Claire desperately-to protect his name and to heal his
tormented soul. But he is a baron who must fight to regain his stolen birthright, a loner
who dares not love-and he can make no promises, because the danger that stalks him could
touch sweet Claire, and that must never be! But once he shares his strength with her, could
he ever deny her his heart?
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November 2001 Releases
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Carol Grace
Taming the Sheik, Silhouette Romance, ISBN 0-373-19554-0
Bridesmaid Anne Sheridan meets groomsman Sheik Rafik Harun at her best friend's wedding.
An extra glass of champagne on top of her allergy medicine sends her home early, but instead
of home, she winds up in the sheik's hotel room. What happened that night? She doesn't know
and Rafik isn't telling. He wants Anne to pose as his fiancie to keep his marriage-minded
parents from meddling in his love life. But the playboy sheik is in for a surprise when he
finds himself falling for the lovely Anne. Now he wants a real fiancie-he wants her.
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Susan Grant
The Star Prince, Dorchester/Love Spell, ISBN 0505524570
Imagine that you're a twenty-year-old guy in college, working on a finance degree, when
your divorced mother remarries-a king. But you're happy for her, and gradually you grow
used to the idea. Imagine now that several years later your stepfather tells you that
he's picked you to succeed him, and the next thing you know, you're the crown prince,
thrust into a world you never envisioned, complicated by a court-load of scheming royals
who don't think you belong there, either. And if that weren't enough, an independent-minded
princess-in-peril lands in your arms, on the run from the very laws you pledged to uphold.
Allowing yourself to be overwhelmed is a luxury you can't afford. It seems that the entire
kingdom is hurtling toward war, and you're the only one who can stop it.
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Brenda Novak
We Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, Harlequin Superromance, ISBN 0373710216
When Jaclyn Wentworth catches her husband cheating on her yet again, she's determined to get
out of her unhappy marriage and build a better life for her and her three small children.
But she married right out of high school, has no job skills or money to speak of and no
family to rely on. She's completely on her own-and happy to stay that way-until she meets up
with Cole Perrini again, "bad boy" of the small Nevada town in which she grew up. Then she
remembers what it's like to love a man. Only she can't have Cole without asking for more of
the same kind of misery she suffered with her first husband, because everyone knows Cole's
history, and that history seems to prove that he, too, has a cheating heart .....
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Cathy Yardley
The Driven Snowe, Harlequin Blaze, ISBN 037379018X
Angela Snowe is definitely driven she's shifting gears and moving into the fast lane of
life. And she's starting with gorgeous Josh Montgomery. Angela's claiming Josh for one night
of no-holds-barred sex. No more Miss Nice Librarian she's going to make all her fantasies
come true.... Or rather, he is...
Josh Montgomery was known as the hot corporate tycoon who could find his way around the
bedroom and the boardroom. But he's having trouble finding his way around how he feels
about Angela. Her sexy proposition shocks him...even if it is the sweetest deal he's ever
heard. But will only one taste satisfy his explosive desire?
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October 2001 Releases
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Susan Krinard
Secret Of The Wolf, Berkley/Jove, ISBN 0-425-18199-5
(Third in Krinard's historical werewolf trilogy). Amid the lush vineyards and majestic
hills of Napa Valley, hypnotist Johanna Schell has founded Der Hafen-a sanctuary for
those who know the pain of being "different." For lonely, tortured men like Quentin
Forster .... Frightening spells of amnesia have plagued Quentin for years, and Johanna
wants nothing more than to ease his unspeakable pain-and find out if his claim to werewolf
blood is just a delusion. But she is horrified to discover that, under hypnosis, this
tender, thoughtful man becomes violent, vengeful ... evil. And now-caught in the balance
between reality and illusion, truth and deception, simple desire and absolute destruction-
she must find the courage to trust him. To love him. To save him ...
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Barbara McMahon
The Marriage Test, Harlequin Romance, ISBN 0373036698
Though Sara Blackstone adores her husband, Alec constantly puts his job first-so Sara
walks out on their marriage after only a year. She doesn't know it then-she's pregnant.
Six months later Sara is enjoying a holiday before the baby's born. The last person she
expects to see is Alec! Sharing a remote cabin wasn't her idea of fun-at first. Has Alec
changed?
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Amanda Scott
Border Bride, Kensington Zebra, ISBN 0821770004
A proud and independent daughter of the Highlands, Mary Kate MacPherson resisted marrying
the dark-haired knight with teasing eyes, for only she knew that Adam Douglas had a secret-
and an old score to settle with her. He might force the marriage, but he would never coerce
her loyalty ... or her love. She'd fight him with every breath-but could she fight the
passion he awakened in her? Sir Adam ruled his vast estates in the Scottish Borders with
strength and fairness, but his new wife provided the ultimate challenge. Her bold defiance
and rebellious ways aroused in him an uncontrollable desire to tame her, to possess her ...
to love her. Adam knew only one way that might succeed ... slow, deliberate seduction.
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September 2001 Releases
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Debra Lee Brown
The Macintosh Bride, Harlequin Historicals, ISBN 0-373-29176-0
Brazen, bareback and beautiful! But little did Iain Mackintosh, determined laird of a
scattered clan, suspect that Alena, the secretive woman who stirred his very blood,
was the same gamin girl hed lovedand lostin childhood ... and so held the key to
his future. Her brutish betrothal. His marriage alliance. They could never be together,
yet Alena knew their hearts beat as one. Still, fear gripped her when she thought of
their future. For Iain Mackintosh, her souls own, had unknowingly vowed to war
against her clan- putting her in a danger as deep as their love!
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Barbara Freethy
Some Kind of Wonderful, Avon, ISBN 0-380-81553-2
Abandoned baby found! Its the kind of story investigative reporter Matt Winters
writesnot the kind he wants to be living. When he discovers a newborn baby girl on
his doorstep, he panics then he desperately turns to his temptingly pretty neighbor
Caitlyn Devereaux for help. After all, women are supposed to know everything about
babies! Caitlyns natural sensuality intrigues Matt and her aching vulnerability as
she holds the precious bundle piques his curiosity. The wedding gowns she creates are
famous for fulfilling every brides fantasies, yet she firmly says that marriageand
motherhoodare not for her. But her kisses suddenly have Matt dreaming of
something wonderfuland soon hes determined to get this reluctant woman to
change her mind.
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Micqui Miller
Morning Star, Starlight Writer Publications, ISBN 1-58697-346-0
Liz OHara, a widow and the mother of two teens, has spent her adult life looking
over her shoulder, knowing that one day she would have to admit the truth about the
lost months when she lived on the run as the young hippie, Morning Star. But she
never dreamed shed face Solomons dilemmachoosing one child over another
while a murderer lurks in the shadows, waiting to strike. Josh Wilder, a disillusioned
news anchor, suddenly finds his career back on the fast track. But in order to cash in
on his new celebrity, he must risk destroying the life of the woman hes loved for 27
years, the then pregnant young waif hed known only by her street name, Morning
Star. Together, Liz and Josh will face the greatest challenge of their livesracing
against the clock to save a dying young woman while stopping the man who has
sworn to kill them both.
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August 2001 Releases
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Susan Krinard
"Kinsman" in the anthology Out Of This World, Berkley/Jove, ISBN 0-425-18199-5
The anthology also features stories by J.D. Robb, Laurell K. Hamilton, and Maggie
Shayne. Susan says, "It's a collection of four futuristic novellas. Robb's is set
in her Naked series setting, Laurell's is set in one of her worlds, and mine is a
romance set in the future in a galaxy colonized by humans, in which an elite clan
of telepaths are the only people standing between humans and war with a feline
alien race."
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Melissa McClone
His Band of Gold, Silhouette Romance, ISBN 0-373-19537-0
She knew catching the bouquet had been a big mistake She didn't believe in love
or marriage-for herself, at least. For others, wedding consultant Kelsey Armstrong
Waters planned the most perfect weddings-and hoped for the best. But her much-
married parents made her vow never to step down the aisle. Until she met Will
Addison. He'd come to beg Kelsey's help in planning his flighty sister's wedding,
and against her instincts she'd agreed. He was handsome, sexy, a romantic who
believed in love-and a man who stirred dreams she'd thought long gone. Now Kelsey
was even forgetting the most basic rule: Remember-you're not the bride! Or would
she be?
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Mary Ann Mitchell
Ambrosial Flesh, Leisure Horror, ISBN 0-8439-4902-3
Jonathan has always been very spiritual in his own way. He was raised to believe
in the sacraments, and even as a child his favorite was always Communion, the
eating of the body of Christ. Since he was taught that we are all made in the
image of God, it seemed only natural to him to take it one step further-to eat
actual flesh from a living body. He started with small bits of his own But now
Jonathan's an adult. His religious belief may have faded, but his taste for flesh
remains as strong as ever. He's long since moved on, from eating his own flesh to
eating that of others. But when his wife discovers his grotesque secret, Jonathan
is faced with a problem. And his solution leads him not only to new extremes, but
also to a meeting with a mysterious stranger who holds the key to an evil force
greater than any Jonathan ever dared imagine.
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Sue Swift
His Baby, Her Heart, Silhouette Books, August 2001, ISBN 0-373-19539-7
When there's a will, there's a ... baby?
Alex Chandler would do anything to make his deceased wife's deep desire
for a baby a reality, especially since he longs for a family of his
own. But why did she want her annoying half-sister, Dena, to carry
their child? Straightlaced Alex and earth-mother Dena have never seen
eye to eye about anything. True, Dena was warm, womanly and--Whoa! Did
Alex want to make a baby the old fashioned way--with Dena?
Nurturing Dena, already mother to twin tykes, also wants to honor her
deceased sister's memory by carrying her surrogate baby. But that task
entails getting way too close to arctic, repressed, but oh-so-handsome
Alex.
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July 2001 Releases
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Susan Edwards
White Dove, Leisure Historical, ISBN 0-8439-4890-6
White Dove had been raised to know that she must marry a
powerful warrior. The daughter of the great Golden Eagle was required to wed one of
her own kind, a man who would bring honor to her people and strength to her tribe.
Her pride would have required it, even if her duty had not. But the young Irishman
who returned to seek her hand made her question herself and made her question what
made a man. Jeremy Jones had changed since last theyd met. The Oregon Trail had
hardened him, and he was clearly no longer a boy. Hed come back to the Nebraska
Territory with both a glint in his eye and a desire that made White Dove tingle with
pleasure. Hed returned to be trained as a warrior, to take the tests of manhood and
prove himself in battle. Watching him, White Dove saw a bravery shed never known, and suddenly she
realized her young suitor was not just a man, he was the only one shed ever love.
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Laurie Paige
When I See Your Face, Silhouette Special Edition, ISBN 0-373-24408-8
After a shootout on Christmas Eve, policewoman Shannon Bannock thought marriage and family were
forever out of her reach. She wanted to withdraw from life. However, she had to thank Rory
Daniels, the handsomest man in the county, for saving her life. The problem was, her charming
neighbor seemed to think he was now in charge. And his fiery kisses proved it! Rory knew if the
stubborn beauty could find the courage to trust him, he could show her how much more there was
to life . . . and passion . . .
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June 2001 Releases
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Danielle Girard
Ruthless Game, Onyx Books, ISBN 0-451-40991-4
When rookie cop Alex Kincaid awakens behind the wheel on a strange street, she thinks the
stress of the job may just be getting to her. But when her first call of the day takes her
and her partner back to the same street and the scene of the murder of a man Alex
recognizes, Alex begins to discover there are things about her past that she doesnt
know. And to stay alive, shed better get to the answers before someone gets to her.
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Barbara McMahon
The Husband Campaign, Harlequin Romance, ISBN 0-373-03657-4
Kerry had always loved Jake Mitchell but hed never felt the same way.
Now it was time to give up on her foolish dreams and concentrate on finding Mr.
Right. Then Kerry finds her great-grandmothers diary containing a list of instructions
on how to attract a husband. When Kerry accidentally tried the first one, Jake showed
signs of interest. She was tempted to try the restafter all, if they worked on
marriage-shy Jake, surely theyd work on her Mr. Right!
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May 2001 Releases
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Alice Chambers
Always A Princess, Leisure, ISBN 0-8439-4867-1
The woman was a fraud if ever Philip Rosemont, Viscount Wesley, had seen one. And not only was
she masquerading as an aristocrat, the dark-haired beauty was posing as the Princess of Valdastok-a
tiny country that had been a dukedom for years! Yet though this impostor could hardly be a
noblewoman, Philip had good cause to believe he would find her anything but common. Eve Stanhope
despised the aristocracy. She had few scruples about stealing their jewels, and with the Orchid
Thief prowling the London streets, the time was ripe. But ripping off rubies was harder than she
expected, especially when she was cornered by a man who knew too much. And if kisses were illicit,
the viscount was an arch-criminal ..
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Brenda Novak
Dear Maggie, Harlequin SuperRomance, ISBN 0-373-70987-0.
Maggie Russell, a police reporter in Sacramento, is divorced and the mother of a three-year-old
son. Maggie may not have much time for a social life, but she's recently begun an e-mail
correspondence with a man named John. She's finally stumbled on the big crime story that will
truly establish her career-if it doesn't end her life. A serial killer who moves from one city
to the next. A murderer who chooses a female reporter and writes her letters . . . before he kills
her. Nick Sorenson, the paper's new photographer, seems to be taking an unusual interest in this
case. And in her. Nick's an undercover FBI agent tracking the killer and keeping an eye on Maggie-at
work and through his e-mail persona, "John." Maggie doesn't realize that she's falling in love with
a man who's not what he seems to be-- a man whose deceptions may save her life.
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Laurie Paige
Something to Talk About, Silhouette Special Edition, ISBN 0373243960
This is the first book in the Windraven Legacy series. All wounded detective Jess Fargo wanted
from reclusive widow Kate Mulholland was a place to rest, recover and try to reconnect with his
estranged son. The last thing he wanted was any kind of involvement and he had a feeling his
lovely landlady felt the same. Long ago Kate realized motherhood was never going to happen to
her and getting involved with a devastatingly attractive, if prickly, detective, not to mention
his needy little boy, was not wise. But then she was forced to trust this strange but compelling
man with her life. Could her heart be far behind?
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Laurie Paige and Christine Rimmer
Convenient Vows, Silhouette Special Releases, ISBN 0373217188
Convenient Vows is a reprint of Molly Darling, along with a reprint for Chris Rimmer.
Molly Darling involves a rancher with a baby daughter and a nursery school teacher. Sam
Frazier knew a good woman when he married her. He vowed chaste Molly Clelland would stay that way;
he needed her only to help raise Lass and keep his in-laws out of his hair. Then his feelings
changed from appreciative father to appreciative male .
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Ciji Ware
A Light on the Veranda, Ballantine Books/Ivy, ISBN 0449150291
Daphne Duvallon bolted her wedding at the eleventh hour and fled from St. Louis Cathedral in
New Orleans, vowing never to return to the land of her ancestors. Then, a hasty visit to play
the harp at her brother's wedding in Natchez, Mississippi, becomes an unexpected rendezvous with
destiny when she meets a nationally renowned nature photographer with dark secrets of his own.
Despite her overbearing "Magnolia Mama" three hours downriver, Daphne's first act of defiance is
to put her classical music career on hold, electrify her gilded concert harp, and join an all-woman
group called the Aphrodite Jazz Ensemble. For the first time in years she knows what she wants-
until shadows from another life threaten to destroy her only real chance for happiness.
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April 2001 Releases
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Barbara McMahon
Temporary Father, Harlequin Romance, ISBN 0373036493
When Luke Winters offered Lindsay Donovan a business marriage, he planned to thwart his
grandfather's machinations. It didn't matter that his new wife came with a brand new baby
girl-until Luke started wishing he wasn't just a temporary father.
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March 2001 Releases
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Pamela Britton
Enchanted by Your Kisses, Harper Torch, ISBN 0-06-101430-3
Proud and beautiful Lady Ariel D'Archer bravely bears the cruel disdain of society-all
the while wondering if her sullied reputation will prevent love from ever entering her
heart again. But then she meets Nathan Trevain, whose breathtaking gaze enflames her
passion and whose softest touch sets her heated blood racing. This is a man unwilling to
take "no" for an answer-nor is Ariel certain she could deny him anything. But he is also
a man who harbors a dangerous secret-one that places Ariel in grave danger once she uncovers
it.
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February 2001 Releases
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Debra Lee Brown
Ice Maiden, Harlequin Historicals, ISBN 03732914933
When Scottish chieftain and sole shipwreck survivor George Grant awoke
on the ice-crusted shore of a strange land, he knew his mission: return
home in time to wed the dainty bride his king had chosen. But that was
before he met his captor, a blue-eyed Viking hellion whose price for
freedom was a temporary marriage-to her! Rika was as cold and hard
as the hammered metal covering her wrists. Yet the blush of her
cheeks belied her frosty fagade. She needed the seasoned warrior
to secure her bride price, for it would buy her brother's prison
release and free her from an abusive fianci. How could she know that
George's fiery passion would melt her frozen heart?
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Carol Grace
Fit For A Sheik, Silhouette Romance, ISBN 0373195001
Carolyn is a
wedding planner. A handsome sheik comes into her upscale shop on San Francisco's
Union Street one evening and orders her to plan a wedding. Not his-his sister's.
Money is no object. After trying on the dress for the absent sister, picking out
her china and even planning her honeymoon, Carolyn finds out it's an arranged
marriage that his sister does not approve of. She must stop the wedding preparations,
but she can't stop thinking about the sheik and wishing he weren't so overbearing and
arrogant. But that's the way sheiks are-until they meet the woman of their dreams...
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Candice Hern
Miss Lacey's Last Fling, Signet Regency, ISBN 0-451-20161-2
Rosalind Lacey has spent all her 26 years in the country, quietly managing the lives
of her widowed father and five younger siblings. When she learns she has contracted
the illness that killed her mother, she decides to spend her last few months doing
all the things she's never had the time or opportunity to experience. The simple country
miss is transformed into a dashing Town sophisticate as she cuts a wide and wild swath
through London Society. Since she won't be around to face the consequences of her behavior,
she does and says exactly what she pleases, even becoming involved with a notorious rake.
It is an exciting and heady time for the onetime country mouse, until she receives a fateful
letter bearing news that turns her glittering new world upside down.
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Barbara McMahon
Starting With A Kiss, Silhouette Special Edition, ISBN 0373243804
Abigail Trent had never intended to be thirty and still single. So when her colleague Dr. Greg
Hastings offered to help her transform from prim-and-proper physician to irresistible
temptress, Abigail couldnt refuse. But she never expected that with just one kiss, Greg
would make her feel so desirable and special. For the first time in Abigails life, she
was keenly aware of the sensations and longings a mans touch could evoke. Suddenly,
she began to hope that what had started out as a Cinderella-esque fantasy could turn into
something much more.
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January 2001 Releases
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Amanda Scott
Border Storm, Kensington Zebra, ISBN 0-8217-6762-3
As daughter of a Scottish march warden, Laurie Halliot knew life could be
treacherous in the Borders. But when the English accused her runaway
stepsister of murder, Laurie pledged herself as hostage until the truth
could be uncovered. To protect her honor, her father insisted she be
handfasted to her jailor. And so Laurie became the reluctant bride of
Sir Hugh Graham of Brackengill, English brother of the notorious Scots
heroine, Janet the Bold. A man of divided loyalties and strong heart,
Hugh tempted Laurie as no man had before. If she was ever to regain her
freedom, she must stay out of his bed, but how could she deny her own
dangerous passions?
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Updated 12-20-2001 by Karin Welss
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